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TOP 40 WINING & DINING IN SCOTLAND
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78 St Vincent
78 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
Set in on old bank building this restaurant offers a unique menu. Although it is Scottish based, it also offers hints of Japan and the Middle East, all adding to the variety.
Price: Lunch £10.00 Dinner £18.00
Details: 0141 248 7878
Airds Hotel
Port Appin
Argyll
Sitting on the side of Loch Linnhe, here you can dine with a spectacular view of the Scottish hills and glens. Serving local Scottish food that is as fresh as the day you dine there.
Price: Lunch £10.50 (three courses) Dinner £40.00 (four courses)
Details: 01631 730 236
Amber Regent
50 West Regent Street
Glasgow
This top class Chinese restaurant serves outstanding food served in a relaxing environment. A lot of time and effort has been made to make this restaurant look stylish and a joy to eat in.
Price: Lunch £9.95 (two courses) Dinner £25.95 (five courses)
Details: 0141 331 1677
Balbirnie House Hotel
Markinch
Fife
This award winning restaurant is situated in a beautifully refurbished country house amidst wonderful surroundings. The menu gives a well balanced selection of beautifully prepared dishes in which local produce is extensively used.
Price: Lunch £10.00 Dinner £30.00
Details: 01592 610 066
Bunchrew House Hotel
Beauly
Highlands
This is a good all round traditional Scottish restaurant set in beautiful surroundings. The extensive menu includes a number of exotic options including ostrich.
Price: Lunch £22.00 Dinners £27.00
Details: 01463 231 917
The Buttery
652 Argyle Street
Glasgow
This old style restaurant positively oozes class. Enormous lengths have been gone to in terms of the quality of the extensive menu and the decor to make the diner feel that they are in the land of gracious living.
Price: Lunch £20.00 Dinner £30.00
City Merchant
97 Candleriggs
Glasgow
This restaurant serves mostly Scottish foods and sea food. The brassiere style lay out has been recently been extended to cater for the growing number of regulars who have come to relish the quality of the fare.
Price: Lunch £10.00 Dinner £20.00
Details: 0141 553 1577
Corsemalzie House Hotel
Port William
Newton Stewart
Dumfries & Galloway
With its own estate, loch and vegetable garden the restaurant is supplied with the very best of home produced and caught fish and game, so you are guaranteed fresh food every time. This converted mansion is set in the countryside and you will be sure of a relaxing dinner in a peaceful environment.
Price: Lunch £12.00 Dinner £25.00
Details: 01988 860 254
Courtyard
Alford Lane
Aberdeen
This bistro serves beautiful Scottish meals in a relaxing atmospheric environment.
Price: Lunch £15.00 Dinner £30.00
Details: 01224 213 795
Creel Restaurant
St Margaret's Hope
Orkney
This restaurant brings you the taste of Orkney with specialites changing daily. All of the produce used is local and fresh thereby ensuring the best of quality.
Price: Dinner £30.00
Details: 01856 831 311
Crinan Hotel
Crinan
Lochgilphead
Argyll
The hotel has two restaurants which both show stunning views of the Crinan canal, the special of the day is usually what was caught that morning in both the sea and the hills.
Price: Lunch £12.50 Dinner £28.00
Details: 01546 830 261
Culloden House Hotel
Inverness
Highlands
Within this very historical building the chef and his support staff have created a menu of the highest standard. The very best of local produce is used to create dishes of outstanding quality.
Price: Lunch £18.00 Dinner £50.00
Details: 01463 790 461
Denzler's 121
121 Constitution Street
Leith
For those who want a change from the usual choice of cuisine then this Swiss restaurant offers just that. Decorated with paintings by Scottish artists the atmosphere here is very calm and relaxing.
Price: Lunch £8.50 (two courses) Dinner £18.50 (three courses)
Details: 0131 467 7239
Fitz Henry
19 Shore Place
Leith
This warehouse converted restaurant tends to specialise in the unconventional, but don't let that put you off, be adventurous as the food is a delight.
Price: Lunch £16.00 (three courses) Dinner £27.00 (three courses)
Details: 0131 555 6625
Gerard's
50 Chapel Street
Aberdeen
The food is prepared by a chef who was once the World Masterchef so it is pretty safe to say that you will be served a top French meal in this well established restaurant.
Price: Lunch £9.50 (two courses) Dinners £23.00 (three courses)
Details: 01224 639 500
Harolds Restaurant
Lochranza
Arran
For a mix of Scottish and Caribbean food this restaurant, situated above the distillery visitor centre, offers something totally different.
Price: Lunch £10.00 Dinner £25.00
Details: 01770 830 264
Igg's
15 Jeffery Street
Edinburgh
Scottish cuisine in a friendly environment, what more do you need? The food is top notch and the service is extremely pleasant. There is also a high quality wine list.
Price: Lunch £15.00 Dinner £28.00
Details: 0131 557 8184
Inverlochy Castle Hotel
Torlundy
Highlands
As Queen Victoria once said of the place, "I never saw a lovelier or more romantic spot" This truly splendid hotel is is renowned the world over with a guest list that reads like the Who's Who. Over the years guests have relaxed the sumptuous surroundings whilst contemplating what choice to make from the extensive menu and wine list.
Price: Lunch £28.50 (three courses) Dinner £45.00 (five courses)
Details: 01397 702 177
Kinloch Lodge
Isle of Ornsay
Skye
An award-winning chef is in attendance to prepare your selection from an extensive menu. Set within an historic building the restaurant is decorated with paintings from the 18th - 19th Century.
Price: Dinner £55.00 (five courses)
Details: 01471 833 214
Lairhillock Inn and Restaurant
Netherley
South of Aberdeen
Menu features the best that the Scottish countryside has to offer from loch and hill, there's a selection of fish, boar, game, and all things traditional.
Price: Lunch £10.00 Dinner £20.00
Details: 01569 730 001
Loch Fyne Oyster Bar
Cairndow
Loch Fyne
Argyll
This award-winning restaurant is a real treat, it serves traditional seafood of outstanding quality. One to be tried by all seafood connoisseurs.
Price: £15.00 all day
Details: 01499 600 217
Nairns
13 Woodside Crescent
Glasgow
Run by one of Scotland's most famous chefs, Nick Nairn, this converted town house serves high quality dishes prepared in a manner you would come to expect from a chef of this calibre.
Price: Lunch £15.00 Dinner £25.00
Details: 0141 353 0707
Number One Princes Street
Balmoral Hotel
Edinburgh
When you arrive you will immediately realise that you have walked into a restaurant with both elegance and style, the same could also be said about the menu.
Price: Lunch £20.00 (three courses) Dinner £50.00 (three courses)
Details: 0131 556 2414
The Old Course Hotel
St Andrews
Fife
This hotel is famous the world over as it dominates the famous Road Hole of the St Andrew's Old Course where the Open Golf Championship is held. The restaurant has outstanding views across the course and is renowned for the quality of its food and service.
Price: Lunch £20.00 Dinner £45.00
Details: 01334 474 371
The Old Library Restaurant
Arisaig
Highlands
This stylish restaurant, which is housed in a 200-year-old building, specialises in serving freshly caught seafood.
Price: Lunch £12.00 Dinner £28.00
Details: 01687 450 651
Peat Inn
Cupar
Fife
People travel for miles and book well in advance to enjoy the splendours of the famous eating establishment. Over the years it has built up a fine reputation for consistently providing top quality food served in a very relaxed and welcoming environment.
Price: Lunch £20.00 (four courses) Dinner £35.00 (four courses)
Details: 01334 840 206
Restaurant at the Bonham
35 Drumsheugh Gardens
Edinburgh
The menu is as stylish as the restaurant, the chef has somehow managed to mix the taste of Scotland with the taste of California and come up with some truly unique and tasty dishes.
Price: Lunch £15.00 Dinner £25.00
Details: 0131 623 9319
The Riverhouse Restaurant
1 Greig Street
Inverness
Highlands
For good Scottish food such as Aberdeen Angus Beef, fresh fish and venison this cosy restaurant is worthy of your custom. With the kitchen situated in the middle of the room the diner can see for themselves the care and attention that is taken in preparing their food.
Price: Lunch £18.00 Dinner £35.00
Details: 01463 222 033
Rogano
11 Exchange Place
Glasgow
An atmospheric seafood restaurant set in a stylish surroundings with Art Deco booths and has been one of THE places to eat in Glasgow for a considerable number of years during which it has managed to consistently maintained the highest of standards of cuisine and service.
Price: Lunch £25.00 Dinner £45.00
Details: 0141 248 4055
The Silver Darlings
Footdee
Aberdeen
The dining room is in a large conservatory that overlooks the River Dee, so wonderful Scottish scenery accompanies the predominately seafood menu.
Price: Lunch £18.50 (three courses) Dinner £28.00 (three courses)
Details: 01224 576 229
A Taste of Speyside
Dufftown
Highlands
This tartan bedecked restaurant serves all things Scottish. The food is prepared using the very best of local ingredients.
Price: Lunch £10.00 Dinner £18.00
Details: 01340 820 860
Thai Fountain
2 Woodside Crescent
Charing Cross
Glasgow
This Thai restaurant is renowned across the West of Scotland for the quality of its excellent food and the warmth of its welcome. If you are unsure of Thai food then allow the friendly staff to guide you through the menu - you will not be disappointed by their selection.
Price: Lunch £9.00 (two courses), Dinner £20.00 (two courses)
Details: 0141 332 2599
Three Chimneys Restaurant
Colbost
Skye
For a fabulous selection of game and seafood served amidst the rugged beauty of this outstandingly scenic island this restaurant takes some brating.
Price: Lunch £35.00 Dinner £55.00
Details: 014750 511 258
Turnberry Hotel
Girvan
Ayrshire
This is one of the most prestigious hotels in Scotland, and with a dinning room to match. The menu mainly features local fresh produce and is prepared by one of the top chef's in the country.
Price: Lunch £25.00 Dinner £40.00
Details: 01655 331 000
Two Fat Ladies
88 Dumbarton Road
Glasgow
This well-established, highly recommended seafood restaurant has only seven tables so pre - booking is definitely advised.
Price: Lunch £15.00 (two courses) Dinner £25.00 (three courses)
Details: 0141 339 1944
Ubiquitous Chip
12 Ashton Lane
Glasgow
For many years this famous Glasgow restaurant has been catering to the tastes of the more discriminating diner. The menu offers an extensive selection of traditional and not so traditional favourites. The 'Chip' also enjoys the reputation for having one of the best wine cellars in the city.
Price: Lunch £15.00 Dinner £30.00
Details: 0141 334 5007
Waterfront Wine Bar
1c Dock Place
Leith
Set in a former steam ship passenger waiting room, this restaurant manages to transport you back in time. The menu is mostly seafood and the service is a delight and sometimes enjoyable.
Price: Lunch £9.00 Dinner £20.00
Details: 0131 554 2530
The Water Tower
Cemetery Road
Dalkeith
Edinburgh
This exclusive restaurant's chef is the 1995 Masterchef winner and changes the menu regularly, your tastebuds will be sure to be satisfied.
Price: Dinner £35.00 (five courses)
Details: 0131 660 4865
The Witchery
Castlehill
Edinburgh
Set beside the castle this gothic styled restaurant reminds us of the Old Towns history and the city's witch hunting days. The Scottish menu is well accompanied with a very extensive wine list and both excel in quality.
Price: Lunch £18.00 Dinner £32.00
Details: 0131 225 5613
Yes
22 West Nile Street
Glasgow
Serve Scottish dishes in a modern style within an airy, spacious environment. Although a fairly recent addition to the city's culinary scene the restaurant has quickly established a name for the quality of its food and the friendly efficiency of the service.
Price: Lunch £20.00 Dinner £35.00
Details: 0141 221 8044
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