Restaurants and Scottish
- The Tea Rooms at The Butterfly and the Pig
City centre gem serving Afternoon Tea, High Tea, cakes & delights - Cail Bruich
The Cail Bruich Restaurants present modern cuisine influenced by French cooking techniques and an appreciation of the best ingredients available from Scotland's outstanding natural larder. - Bo'Vine Meats and Wines
A delightful restaurant serving fine food and wine - Two Fat Ladies
Two Fat Ladies serve up a fresh, exciting menu with a focus on the finest seafood ingredients
The Stag and Haggis
The Loch Ness House Hotel, Glenurquhart Road,
Inverness,
IV3 6JL
The relaxed and welcoming Loch Ness House Hotel is a handsome, family-run establishment on the western fringes of Inverness. Specialising in locally caught seafood, the Stag and Haggis restaurant has a comfortable traditional charm, offering a choice of…
La Stella
28 Adelphi,
Aberdeen,
AB11 5BL
Well known as Le Bonne Baguette for many years, La Stella, now under the direction of Chris Tonner and Lynsey Yule, is a smart contemporary bistro focusing on hearty local ingredients served with enthusiastic originality and a touch of internationalism.
Strathgarry Restaurant & Cafe
113 Atholl Road,
Pitlochry,
PH16 5AG
Enjoy fantastic food at the Strathgarry Restaurant and Cafe in Pitlochry, where the staff have established an excellent reputation for serving a variety of traditional Scottish dishes using fresh and local produce.
The restaurant opens daily from…
The Tannochbrae Tearoom
High Street,
Auchtermuchty,
Fife,
KY14 7AP
This Auchtermuchty tearoom, which was used for the filming of Scottish Television’s Dr Finlay, transports diners back in time to post-war Britain when independent teashops, grocers and tobacconists reigned. Its interior is unashamedly retro with its…
The Tasting Rooms
2 Whitehall Crescent,
Dundee,
DD1 4AU
The Tasting Rooms reopened in Dundee in December 2010 several years after a fire at its former location. The new venue is a handsome rounded-corner building directly opposite the River Tay, though the adjacent city council tower and Olympia swimming…
Timberyard
10 Lady Lawson Street,
Edinburgh,
EH3 9DS
A planned opening for June 2012, Timberyard is the ambitious from-scratch new bistro-restaurant from the Radford family, best known from their days steering Atrium and Blue on the floors above the Traverse Theatre. The new venture is nearby, in fact, in…
The Torridon
Torridon,
Achnasheen,
Highland,
IV22 2EY
This country house hotel looks more like a castle as it stands guard over the brooding loch and mountains in this remote corner of Wester Ross. Head chef Jason ‘Bruno’ Birkbeck, a former Young Chef of the Year, recreates some of this drama on the plate…
Two Fat Ladies at the Buttery
652 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8UF
The Buttery has long been a by-word for quality in Glasgow so the Two Fat Ladies franchise raised some expectations by keeping the name on moving in. And they didn’t disappoint. A splendid baroque Victorian bar leads to a tartan carpeted wood panelled…
Two Fat Ladies
88 Dumbarton Road,
Glasgow,
G11 6NX
This is a restaurant with the chutzpah to put its kitchen in the window – aspiring chefs who want a master class in how to prepare and cook fresh Scottish fish need only stop and gawk. The small room is laid out galley style with dark walls, crushed…
The Vine Leaf Restaurant
131 South Street,
St Andrews,
Fife,
KY16 9UN
Chef Morag Hamilton’s lengthy menu displays a huge variety: scallops come with Balbirnie black pudding, while fillet of sea bass is wrapped in banana leaves with lemongrass and sweet chillies. Seasonal vegetarian dishes include butternut squash stuffed…
The Wildings
Harbour Road,
Maidens,
Ayrshire,
KA26 9NR
A small family-run hotel and restaurant located just a mile from Turnberry in the seaside village of Maidens, the Wildings is the sort of neat, but modest-looking, place you'll find in many parts of Scotland. For the most part, what you see is what you…
63 At Parklands
Parklands Hotel, 2 St. Leonard's Bank,
Perth,
PH2 8EB
Set in one of finest hotels in the area, the 63 At Parklands is one of Perth's leading restaurants. The restaurant has been awarded 2 AA Rosettes for dining and enjoys an excellent reputation for its fine food and relaxed yet efficient service.
The…
Airds Hotel & Restaurant
Port Appin,
Argyll and Bute,
PA38 4DF
This assured, upmarket establishment changes its menu daily and occasionally offers a seven-course Gourmet Menu accompanied by wines to suit.
The Albannach
Baddidarroch,
Lochinver,
IV27 4LP
A dark wood dining room in the hotel is the backdrop for a set five course menu described as a ‘showcase for all things local, free range and wild’. Twenty years under the same ownership, the Albannach has been recognised with a Michelin star.
The Anderson
Union Street,
Fortrose, by Inverness,
IV10 8TD
Scottish ingredients are given an international makeover in this restaurant and bar in the village of Fortrose, near Inverness. A Manhattan seafood chowder is loaded with Moray Firth spoots and crab meat, or there is a decidedly un-Highlands-style…
Andersons Restaurant
Deshar Road,
Boat of Garten,
PH24 3BN
An unpretentious eating spot in the Cairngorms National Park where the food is hearty but crafted and the atmosphere is relaxed, informal and family-friendly.
Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles
Gleneagles Hotel,
Auchterarder,
Perth and Kinross,
PH3 1NF
Scotland's only Michelin two-star restaurant, a distinction it has held since 1996, this is one of the country's most sought-after upmarket dining experiences. It's not, however, an intimidatingly grand affair: set in a modestly sized room in the heart…
Ardanaiseig Hotel
Kilchrenan,
Taynuilt,
Argyll and Bute,
PA35 1HE
There can be few finer escapes for a romantic getaway than Ardanaiseig, a stately old country house hotel hidden into the banks of Loch Awe in the shadow of mighty Ben Cruachan. Unlike many other country houses in the Highlands Ardanaiseig is much more…
Ash
The Royal Highland Hotel, Station Square, Academy Street,
Inverness,
IV1 1LG
Situated in the heart of Inverness, Ash is a lively bistro and bar within the stately Royal Highland Hotel. The pale green walls and gilt-framed oil paintings of the Victorian dining room are freshened by tartan table runners and bright flowers…
Barley Bree Restaurant with Rooms
6 Willoughby Street,
Muthill, near Crieff,
Perth and Kinross,
PH5 2AB
If you are looking for sophisticated cooking in the depths of rural Perthshire, try Barley Bree in the main street of Muthill. This restaurant with rooms has a cosy lounge area with, in season, a roaring log fire, while the bare wooden floors, chunky…
