The best restaurants serving British food in Scotland

We recently moved to Irvine and this is our new favourite place. We regularly meet up with our grown up kids and their dogs for dinner. Food is always fantastic and the service is second to none. Our server last night 21/9/24 (tall guy with hair in a ponytail) was particularly fab and very funny. Hubby never usually orders fish when we go out to eat as we are a family of butchers but he’s had the fish and chips our last 3 visits. It’s fantastic that we can bring the dogs with us after a walk at the beach park and you never feel like they are an inconvenience. Steak pie is lovely and the “Wee Wan” is such a good size. Everyone is so pleasant and this is a fab location. Can’t wait for our next visit, thanks once again for being so welcoming

The food was decent and the service was good. I wouldn't hesitate to go back and would recommend it to others. The full breakfast is good value for money and it is not too pricey.

Take away lunch shop that was a let down. Called in to pick up a sandwich. My daughter is on a strict dairy free diet due to allergies…we struggled to get anything for her. Chef seemed to think eggs were dairy…that her mayonnaise had milk in and that a chicken poached in milk was ok. Finally we got that sorted…shouldn’t have been so hard. Then there was my sandwich. Ordinary ham on brown. I paid 80p extra for salad…which consisted of a very few undressed leaves, one sliced cherry tomato and two chunky slices of cucumber. I really wouldn’t go back…over priced for what we had and absolutely no idea re allergies which is ridiculous really. A supermarket sandwich is cheaper and tastes nicer. Think that says it all. Very disappointed.

If you’re taking the boat tour on Loch Ness this is where you’ll catch it. If not, it’s still a great pit stop to shop, have a bio break, grab a cold drink (or sample some gin!) and browse the shops. Surprisingly affordable souvenirs here. Stop won’t take long unless this is also your hotel… not sure of value or pricing on those. Great views of the Loch. Be careful of the very busy highway!

Had an unbelievable experience at tigerlily for breakfast, had one of the best service I have ever received thank you so so much Kathryn and will certainly be returning next time I am in Edinburgh 😁😁

Dinner was lovely, staff were extremely attentive, service was quick and slick. We came down to Dumfries for filming my university documentary, we always stay at the Cairndale hotel. Monday night after hard graft out filming myself and my girlfriend were knackered. We couldn’t face going into the town for dinner or just ordering a takeaway. Contacted reception for the set menu, which my girlfriend had. I ordered off the a la carte. We hadn’t booked as it was a last minute decision we were met by the manager, who told us not to worry, and we were sat quickly. Server came over with menus, (we had a good idea of what we were having but it was handy to just have another look) then manager came over to take our orders. My girlfriend ordered the soup and chicken bacon cheese burger. I ordered the goats cheese crostini (I felt quite embarrassed as I had to ask what the crostini was, but was pleased to know the manager had to go and double check himself. We shared a laugh about this later) I ordered the lamb shoulder for main. Draft options for soft drinks were plentiful, we were pleased to hear Pepsi max was an option my only bug bear was the price of the drinks, I feel £7 was slightly steep for 2 soft drinks, however I do understand there has to be a certain pricing within hotels. However it didn’t hinder our quality experience. Starters arrived promptly and the quality and service of food was really nice, the manager was over quickly to ask for feedback. Starters scuttled, time for the main, mg girlfriends cheeseburger was massive 3 breaded chicken fillets 2 rashers of bacon and a lovely amount of smothered cheese, I actually wish I’d ordered it myself. And her chips were plentiful too, I don’t know what it is about the quality of chip in Dumfries but it trumps anything in Glasgow. As I say we’re down to the Cairndale often and are always impressed with the quality. You get what you pay for and especially the £40pp per night brd and breakfast deal at the moment, you’re laughing. My lamb was absolutely beautiful, I’m t total myself so I always get concerned when there’s a red wine sauce however, I wasn’t to be worried here. The sauce was lovely and sweet and I’m not one for turnip but even ate that alongside the beautiful roasted potatoes. It was a lovely meal and we chatted away with the servers and manager who were all very accommodating, we look forward to coming down again in the next few weeks. Apologies I can’t remember the names of those who dealt with is, it was a very busy day and we were just so glad to have a lovely evening with some gorgeous food. All the best during the refit and we hope the Cairndale gets its deserved 4th star, we’ll continue to support the restraunt and hotel whenever we are down!

Friendly atmosphere excellent customer service food quality is excellent with a variety of options and the hot chocolates are amazing

Good portion sizes, good quality puddings/sausage and friendly, quick service. We ordered three suppers (haggis, battered sausage and smoked sausage), chicken nuggets and chips, a portion of onion rings and two portions of chips. They also offer pizzas, kebabs, sundaes and ice cream

Called in for a coffee! as in the area. Had a bowl of chips as they looked good. Ended up with the most delicious ice cream, which is made by them. Staff lovely and will definitely go back when next in the area.

La cafetería de The Byre Theatre ofrece un servicio amable y eficiente, una buena variedad de bebidas frías y calientes y aperitivos durante el día. El precio es muy competitivo con otros lugares en la ciudad.

We call in regularly for a good, well-packed, well-priced sandwich; not a vast fancy choice, but fresh and tasty. Fish and Chips on a Thursday evening is also pretty decent! Service can vary depending who is working, from very friendly and helpful to downright indifferent.

We had a day out yesterday and ended up here for coffee. The sign at the entrance said the cafe was open until 4.30. As it was just before 4 when we parked round the back we thought we had plenty of time. However when we entered the cafe I approached the counter to order I was told in no uncertain terms that they were shut. When I pointed out that their sign had said it was open until 4.30 the rude assistant pointed to the sign on the counter which said last orders 4. I said it was 4 and we only wanted coffees she said 'well we're shut'. You would think that after 2 years of pandemic that businesses would be grateful for any money they could get, well that's not the case in this cafe. We had been going to buy some plants but left empty handed and on the way out told the assistant in the shop that we wouldn't be back. Their loss is someone else's gain

A super bed and breakfast with a lovely vegan curry and home baked ecclefechan tart in the bar which had an open fire. Steve and Mary looked after us like a mum and a big brother. Could not do enough for us including a very welcome lift to and from hoddom Bridge as we were walking the annandale way. And a packed lunch to order. Will recommend to all, especially walkers.

we booked, but its closed !!!!!!!!! Nobody told us, that the B&B is not open . Many peple booked and had no accomodatian. Thats not how it works!!!!

just had a meal for two we ordered soup that was was stone cold then Yorkshire pudding also cold the plates were warmer than the food which was not cooked right the table were filthy and all the time we were there not one table was cleaned this is the worst place i have ever had a meal if you want Corona Virus this is were you would get it the place is filthy and should be investigate by the health and safety even flies were flying about also they know how to charge for rubbish food i for one will never go to this dirty place again so what i would say stay clear of this place