Dining

Despite some criticism, usually unjustified, Scotland has been a byword for fine dining and superb personal hospitality for many many years, and this tradition still flourishes today. Our selection of hotels and inns feature in different ways all that is ‘best’ about best restaurants, dining and eating out experiences in Scotland, with ample choice of individual experiences for you to enjoy the fine cuisine and faultless hospitality which has attracted numerous awards and accolades for many of them.

Many feature award winning kitchens, and gifted executive chefs and chef patrons who head enthusiastic professional teams, ensuring that dining is an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful, fresh, local ingredients for which Scotland is so well known – and who continue a gastronomic tradition that has delighted many most discerning palates from all over the world, here in Scotland.

To dine in their restaurants is an experience to savour for many reasons, not least for the discreet and courteous and attentive service, which comes as standard, and which perfectly compliments the exquisite cuisine.

So...Taste the difference. Whatever you want, you'll find it here, all underpinned by the best that Scotland has to offer.

Seafood and fish are particularly prized culinary assets in Scotland. The aphrodisiac properties of oysters seem doubly tempting on a romantic break, but there are also the gastronomic delights of lobster, crayfish and mussels, not to mention wild salmon, turbot and halibut to look forward to.

From the land, you might sample peerless Aberdeen Angus or Highlands cattle beef, or local lamb, all of it succulent and tender. Scotland's sporting estates mean that the land is also rich in game, such as grouse, pheasant and venison, which appear regularly on menus.

Eating out is however not just about the food. You neefd to feel good to enjoy fine din in g and food to the full. Romantic meals are about ambience too, and when it comes to idyllic settings for eating out, Scotland makes the experience unforgettable. Book a romantic break in Scotland and you could be sitting at a window watching deer graze on the lawns while you breakfast in your Highland lodge¿gazing out over the twinkling lights of the city from a rooftop restaurant in Edinburgh, watching the world go by from a pavement café in Glasgow, sitting in a cosy nook in a country inn, the candlelight flickering over the table, ordering dinner in a lochside setting overlooking the mountains.