The best British restaurants Scotland

It's a pleasure to go back to school at this address in Dunvegan. The plates are carefully laid out and their contents rarely fail to delight visitors, as do the regulars. The setting is rather classy and sober, with parquet flooring, stone walls and panelled ceiling. Children are particularly welcome with a menu dedicated to them, at very reasonable prices. It is best to book in advance as this is a popular address.

The Uig Hotel has the only real restaurant in the village, in a sober room with white tablecloths. The food here is all the best Scottish, with fish & chips, salmon, lamb, pork, deer and beef. If you are here on a Sunday, book your traditional meal with a full menu: starter, roast, fish, dessert. There is also a pub area where you can enjoy several of the island's beers and a hundred single malts. The hotel part is also very qualitative, with comfortable rooms.

Relax and trendy, the Cuan Mor is built on a creative decoration combining old stones, parquet floors and panelling, as well as old iron rebar. The strength of this pub is its micro-brewery: Oban Bay Brewery. Its beers are simply excellent and they are tasted with sandwiches, wraps, salads, seafood and other dishes at midday. In the evening, only the main card is available, with burgers, meat, fish or vegetarian options. A good playlist accompanies the experience.

The Stag's Pavilion is located in a long hall facing the golf course and the campsite. Valérie Anne, Scottish, and Rino Pisano, Italian chef, are at the helm of this acclaimed establishment. They fell in love with Arran in 2011, and the crush gave birth to a great adventure. The excellent cuisine features leek and cheese pies, mushroom risottos, salmon with parmesan cheese or sheep shoulders with honey and wine. The success is unequivocal and it is better to book in the evenings in season.

This charming little establishment with its attentive service has no other neighbour than Rothesay Castle as its neighbour. It has established itself as a must for locals for a quick lunch or a long family dinner. The food is both hearty and tasty, with a more sophisticated menu in the evening. Don't hesitate to drop in at lunchtime for gourmet plates at low prices: jacket potatoes, baguettes, pasta, pizzas and more. You can also pick up take-out. You can't go wrong!

This beautiful establishment smells of the Highlands in its cosy, traditional manor house, with a bar and restaurant area. Both are perfectly decorated and very typical, with tartan carpeting and a pleasant medieval castle atmosphere. The food is local and very successful. There are two real alesat the counter. The establishment is also a hotel***, with 32 single, double and family rooms, all with private bathroom and including breakfast.

Named after the famous castle on Loch Ness, this fine gourmet address opened in 2011 and is run by a father and his daughter. He cooks burgers, fish & chips, curries, haggis, pasta and salads. The desserts are also worth a close look, if you haven't already eaten too much. In the evenings, the menu is enriched with meat and fish, with a wider choice between venison, magpies and grill suggestions. The room is quite sober, black and burgundy, and the staff is smiling. The atmosphere is simple and relaxed.

The mountain atmosphere is claimed loud and clear in this excellent café on the first floor of a sports shop. The decoration is based on elements from the region, with skis, mountaineering helmets and sledges. Through the windows, the Cairngorms' summit is not far away and you can enjoy it even more on the balcony. The food is perfect and the breakfasts are worth the detour. The menu is inspired by New Zealand, with a resolutely Scottish touch. The place is very popular and it's best to arrive early in the season or at the weekend.

This friendly corner pub with its red façade is one of the favourite establishments of the residents of the city centre. The food is classic of this type of establishment, correct and generous, with burgers, baguettes, paninis, baked potatoes, fish & chips and curries. The room is organized around the bar and on a small balcony. Animated evenings are regular: match broadcasts, quizzes (on Mondays), live music (often on Sundays)... There's always something happening, even several in this lively pub!

This friendly café is hidden at the back of a colourful shop selling delicacies and gift ideas. At breakfast and during the day, locals meet there to chat over sandwiches, baked potatoes, salads, burgers and quiches, or simply enjoy a snack with coffee. The result is very convincing and the pleasant decoration consists of plush deer heads, thick wooden tables and blue-tinted panelled walls.

This elegant, modern address showcases both European and Scottish gastronomy, with an interesting offer at lunchtime and in the early evening. This café bar restaurant welcomes everyone, but is also a privileged place for business (meetings, professional appointments...), hence a certain standing. Located on the seafront, it offers beautiful views of the port. On the kitchen side, the textures and flavours are skilfully worked, for both meat and fish, and there are also good vegetarian dishes that are out of the ordinary.

In a trendy bistro atmosphere, with its pretty cork cards, Three Lemons serves appetizing cuisine, with pizzas, a good choice of burgers, meat and fish. We're sure it's 100% fresh, homemade and generous. It's the meeting place for all locals to indulge themselves. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual. In the summer, you can sit on the terrace made of pallets, or simply sunbathe under the veranda. The gin and whisky list, as well as the wine list, is well worth a look.

Langass Lodge cooks probably the best food in North Uist, in its small hotel cut off from everything. The dishes are prepared as they are presented: with great care. The best that the land and sea have to offer is on the plate, with fish, seafood, meat and vegetarian dishes. Langass Lodge is also a very pleasant hotel, with 11 rooms with en-suite bathrooms, 6 of which are more luxurious and spacious. Discounts are available from 5 consecutive nights.

At the entrance to the Ben Nevis Trail, this inn can be difficult to find as it is not on the busiest side of the glen and the Nevis River. It can be reached from the Glen Nevis Visitor Centre, following the road to the Ben. Once at your destination, a typical Highland ambience awaits you, with a large dark stone room, huge wooden tables, all the best Scottish food and excellent beers. There is often live music.

Away from the main street, this address is clearly not appealing from the outside, but don't hesitate to push the doors. Behind its warehouse look is a trendy and relaxed bar-restaurant, with a rather metallic and contemporary setting. The dishes are traditional Scottish, decent and hearty. Shareable trays are available, as well as a burger menu and a children's menu. Sometimes there's live music on the weekends. You can sip cocktails in the bar area, as well as spirits and wines from all over the world.

Built around 1900, this pub-restaurant is a perfect place to eat and drink in Mallaig. In a recently renovated room (2018) with red and grey colours, you can enjoy a simple but efficient menu, quite classic for this type of establishment. The dishes are rather successful and there is also a billiard table for amateurs. The place also makes a hotel, and is also very appreciated as such, with its three modern and comfortable rooms, double and twin, with bathroom, TV, courtesy tray, hairdryer.

The Black Fox is a warm and trendy pub on Leith Walk that has created the conditions for its success with excellent cheap food and a range of homemade beers to accompany it. Salads, pizzas, burgers and hot dogs will be served in a small room with white bricks and thick parquet flooring. The plates are really copious: enough to mop up the craft beers (consume in moderation!). The place fills up from 6pm and empties just before the last tram.

If you are going to or leaving the Royal Botanic Garden, this bistro is a great stop for you. Its bright walls decorated with contemporary, colourful paintings create an informal atmosphere maintained by friendly hosts and family clientele. The menu changes every day - everything is homemade - and alternates between coq au vin, macaroni and cheese, mussels and chips or mackerel fillets, or traditional local dishes.

You will have to reserve for this pretty little address located in a charming cottage built in 1836. The menus change every day and can be consulted beforehand on the website or social networks. The experience is quite unexpected, very rural and family oriented, with the guarantee of fresh and seasonal ingredients. You feel like you are in our guests' dining room and the plates are mainly garnished with local meats, prepared in a creative way, and fish. The Gardener's Cottage has two sister establishments: The Lookout and Quay Commons.

This pub with a maritime touch and crimson benches is a real popular venue. On the walls, frames and paintings depict ships from another era and fish of all kinds. There is a terrace and a beer garden for sunny days and bands play regularly on weekend evenings. The selection of beers is well stocked and many also come to eat there. Choose from pizzas, burgers and pub classics such as Fish & Chips or Mac 'N' Cheese.

This excellent restaurant, voted French Restaurant of The Year in Scotland in 2018, with its dark and contemporary décor is quite chic but affordable and casual. The recipes are inventive overall and every detail counts, from the service, to the presentation, to the water which is flavored with violet. Every plate has its own multi-sensory experience! The dishes are superbly prepared with very good ingredients. The staff is very smiling and there is also a bar area.

The Amber Restaurant of the Scotch Whisky Experience is a true Scottish table that showcases national tradition and cooks excellent national dishes. Amber's specials are a good value for money and it's better to prefer hands to tapas for those who are hungry. The clientele consists of both visitors and locals and the bar area attracts whisky lovers from all over the world. The selection is one of the most comprehensive in Edinburgh at attractive prices. The servers are experts who will be able to advise you.

The atmosphere is that of a happy canteen in this charming village house. Enjoy many Scottish classics such as Haggis, fish & chips, figurines, burgers, but also an avid selection of sandwiches, wraps and potatoes for lunch. Some pasta and salad dishes are also on the map. It is a popular and lively place where paintings and pictures decorate the walls.

This pub, right on the port of Isle of Whithorn, is recognised by CAMRA for the quality of its beers (Pub of the Year for the region in 2013), but also for the quality of its food and the variety of its whisky and wine list. The atmosphere is very local and familiar, with stone walls and maritime decoration. There is a restaurant area for a slightly more formal setting, and a pleasant waterfront terrace for sunny days. The menu changes every day and consists of local and seasonal products.

The Cavens Arms is a great address in Dumfries! Systematically re-elected best local pub every year by the Camra, he held the title from 2006 to 2012, and won it again in 2015. The food is as typical as it is generous, with nice portions of meat, fish, curry, burgers and more. At the bar, there are up to ten real ales, which makes it the place to be, both for eating and drinking. The decoration is simple but classic, with carpet, benches and paintings. Attention: no restaurant service on Mondays.

Connor's is Portpatrick's most adored restaurant, especially for its excellent fish and seafood dishes, but also for its meats and stir-fries. The food is fresh and well presented, making it an ideal place to discover the flavours and craftsmanship of the region, in a simple and classic version. In addition, there is a wide choice of beers and spirits. The location on the port, facing the cliffs, doesn't spoil anything either. The warm welcome and the friendly atmosphere are also worth mentioning.

On the same site as the train station, this excellent restaurant specializing in the flavors of the sea offers a refined and original table to Kyle of Lochalsh. The interiors are contemporary, with a traditional touch, and the plates are beautifully set. There is of course a lot of fish, but also a meat dish and a vegetarian option. All the ingredients are sourced locally: peat-smoked salmon, artisanal cheeses, fish from Mallaig...

A few steps from Her Majesty's Palace, Holyrood 9A is a gastro-pub that has made burgers its specialty. The menu offers 13 of them, with inventive and copious formulas around beef, chicken, or vegetarian alternatives. A nice choice of real ales allows you to accompany your meal with a pint, in a classic pub space with panelling and mouldings. We meet there mostly in the evening and on weekends, but we can also have breakfast there until noon. We enjoy it as a family, with children's menus at low prices.

The Timberyard was created by the Radford family in a completely renovated old warehouse, although elements of the past have been incorporated into the layout here and there. The result is eclectic and very convincing. We practice a "from farm to plate" strategy here, which means that we are sure of ultra fresh, local and quality! Evening menus are available in 4, 6 or 8 courses. Lunch is a 5-course or à la carte menu. Outside, the terrace provides the same surprising effect, with metal furniture and the bricks of the building at the back of the painting.

This restaurant, which was awarded a Michelin star in 2010, had the good idea to settle in this small 18th century village. The modern and audacious cuisine is one of the most renowned in Scotland, served in a delightful classic setting, next to an open fire and with a 25-page wine list. The culinary experience is guaranteed by local ingredients and sublimated flavours, with high quality meat, fish and vegetarian dishes. Reservation is recommended, as well as a stay in the hotel .

Bridgend's hotel, at the crossroads of Islay, is home to one of the best pub-restaurants on the island. The bar area - named Katie's Bar after their retired octogenarian barmaid - is more relaxed and offers a cheaper menu, while the restaurant is more classic and sophisticated. They both cook with local and seasonal produce. Whatever you choose, the dishes are well-presented and the content is successful, with inventive local dishes to satisfy all tastes. In the evenings, reservation is recommended.

Renowned as one of the best restaurants on the island, the food is tasty and carefully presented. On the programme of festivities: fish, with the traditional fish & chips, but also sole, halibut and scallops. There are also some meats, a vegetarian dish and homemade pizzas. For lunch or early evening, prices are smaller with lunch and Early Bird formulas. As for the atmosphere, the decoration is simple, but the bistro setting provides the atmosphere and the service is friendly.

Local scallops with black pudding, chicken with bacon, haggis and whisky, roast duck with orange and triple-sec: the choice leaves one dreaming and the locals are not mistaken. It is one of the most popular restaurants, both for the quality of the dishes prepared with local products and for the friendly welcome and impeccable service. The Castle Restaurant is a very reputable address for dining in the city in a relaxed setting, right in front of the castle. It's best to book on busy nights.

For superb local Scottish cuisine, it's around here. Lochinver Larder has based its great popularity on its beautiful and inventive menu, where you can enjoy great classics such as haggis or its famous magpies, but also gratins, curries, quiches and many other delicious dishes. At lunch, the choice also includes jacket potatoes, paninis, burgers and baguettes. Vegetarian and gluten-free options (bread and pasta) are available on request when ordering.

Built in 1775 by James Craig at the same time as the rest of New Town, the Dome is a true neo-classical palace. First a college for physicists, then a bank, it is now a restaurant with three rooms, including a bar and a tea room. Marble columns, mosaics, crystal chandeliers and bouquets of flowers, everything is made to seduce and travel through time. Scottish gastronomy is traditional and not excessive, despite the lush pageantry. Ideal, therefore, to treat yourself to a good classic meal in a rare setting or just to drop in for a beer.

This is one of the most romantic places you can find to revel in the surroundings of Loch Lomond. The restaurant area has been named Colquhoun's restaurant and offers, in a large room overlooking the loch, a typical menu of British gastronomy. You can have lunch there or just have a drink by the fire on comfortable sofas while contemplating its shores. The establishment is also a hotel ****: the 48 luxurious rooms are an ode to relaxation. The perfect stay? A Munro or a nice hike, followed by a relaxing time at the spa.

The "Captain's Table" is the restaurant of The Ship Inn. Regulars and tourists are happy to mingle, for a friendly atmosphere. A typical and authentic address, it offers traditional British pub cuisine and specializes in seafood. Nothing surprising with the immediate proximity of the port! Moreover, you will have lunch or dinner with a very pleasant view on the sea. Here, we serve fresh, homemade and local food. Try the Cullen skink, a soup with smoked haddock, potatoes and cream.

A Fish & Chips out of the ordinary. If you finish the ashvale whale, the house will offer you a second one, free! Well, if you insist... Or you can choose to finish with a dessert, for the final sweet note. You'll even be given a certificate of achievement! Apart from that, The Ashvale is an excellent seafood restaurant, but not only. A family establishment, it has thought of children's menus and the small appetites of the elderly, not to mention vegetarians and gluten intolerant people.

The Three Birds team will be happy to welcome you to their warm and friendly little restaurant. Ideally located 15 minutes walk from the old town centre, it is the ideal place to enjoy the delicate cuisine prepared by the chef. The emphasis is on local products, fresh, sourced locally. The dishes are presented with refinement, the flavours are there and the happy discoveries are also there. This is a perfect opportunity to enjoy a good meal and to spend a pleasant moment with your partner or family.

It's on this coffee shop that J.K. Rowling wrote the first adventures of his Harry Potter hero! The atmosphere is a student and a décontractée and your wallet will not want to crack for a bagel or a salad.

Sister address of The Kitchin and The Castle Terrace Restaurant, this Scottish gastro pub is a credit to Stockbridge and confirms the district's trendy culinary identity. Burgers, fish & chips, steak pie, fish pie, risotto: the choice is quite traditional and the recipes are carefully prepared. The plates, carefully presented, are served in a pleasant room mixing rustic and modern. There are several craft beers and cask ales that change regularly.

Aurora is a small bistro restaurant with an overflowing creativity, which has been hailed by critics as "Best Newcomer - Edinburgh Evening News Restaurant Awards 2018". Scottish flavours are brought to the fore here, in bold, generous and colourful marriages. All ingredients are sourced locally, so they are fresh and in season. The decor of the restaurant also contributes to the experience, in a Nordic, raw and modern spirit. For every desire, budget or time of day, there is a menu for every taste, with brunches or tasting menus.

This was one of Robert Burns' favourites when he stayed in Dumfries. Although it has evolved and been renovated since then, it has kept its soul and a beautiful authenticity. The poet's unconditional admirers will even be able to sit where he sat and recite a few verses from his pen, as he did himself. In the kitchen, the establishment has called upon chefs familiar with starred restaurants, for a very appreciable quality. On the bar side, we will mention the 250 or so whiskies, but also the wide choice of beers and cocktails.

The N°1 Bistro is the restaurant of the Mackays Hotel. It is located in a street that holds a record: that of being the shortest in the world! In addition to this curiosity, the restaurant is interesting for its menu that meets all budgets and offers varied and quality dishes. Lunch on the go or British bistronomy in the evening, you'll find what you're looking for. As the hotel is also a hotel, you will be able to stay in the hotel at a good value for money.

Deli Gasta is ideal for a quick break at the entrance to Skye. Cosy and full of charm, the restaurant is located in an old mill. You can eat in or take away. You'll find there sandwiches revisited with fish and fresh products. The smoked salmon is recommended: it is the best on the island. If available, you can buy it from the restaurant owner. You will find delicious homemade pastries and different types of coffee.

There is a small parking lot on site, otherwise you will have to park on the street.

This restaurant is confidential and has chosen an operation that is just as confidential, since the chef is a passionate doctor who devotes his free time to sublimate the products of the Highlands and to surprise his guests. You will need to make a reservation for lunch or dinner, as the room can only accommodate a maximum of 10 people. The menu is very short, and is composed exclusively of fresh ingredients from the local area, and cooked with inventiveness. It is complemented by a drinks menu which is also very elaborate. The result is a real gastronomic experience!

The Lookout offers a breathtaking panoramic view of Edinburgh. Here you can enjoy breakfast, lunch, coffee or dinner, enjoying the view and the setting, as well as the fine, fresh and inspiring cuisine that blends local and international cuisine. The welcome is warm, and the staff is at your service to offer you a beautiful moment. A dinner at night can be a pleasant and romantic idea.

Ghillie Dhu is a traditional Scottish pub, housed in what used to be St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. It offers high quality, fresh local produce, premium beers and spirits, and live music every night. Its listed architectural setting makes it a place to visit: high ceilings, rich ornamentation, authentic parquet flooring... Each space - the bar, the auditorium, the beer garden, the snugs - offers an authentic, elegant and ultra-careful decor. Extra info: The pub brews its own Ghillie Ale.

A modern and authentic restaurant in an establishment whose tradition of restoration goes back to 1711.... It's already a promising start! The place is welcoming, and the cuisine is exclusively local, seasonal and homemade, by chef Kenny Coltman. You will have lunch or dinner with a view of the Tweed River. Everything here is simple, affordable, friendly... There is a grocery store where you can find the best local specialties, or enjoy scones and pies with tea.

The Old Ferry Bar has quite a history... that of the old ferry that used to cross the loch before the bridge made it obsolete. It was better to take early in the morning, before the captain had consumed too many pints, at regular arrivals and departures. Pub and restaurant have a beautiful atmosphere, as well as a breathtaking view and a tasty traditional menu, all fresh produce, served in generous portions. Gin lovers: test the cocktails!