Top Restaurants in Melrose
Top 10 restaurants in Melrose, United Kingdom (UK)
Discover the best restaurant in Melrose, United Kingdom (UK) including The Buccleuch Arms, Burt's Hotel Restaurant, Kings Arms Inn, Marmion's Brasserie, Tweed Restaurant, The Shish Restaurant, Quins, Monte Cassino, The Salmon Inn, The Townhouse
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1. The Buccleuch Arms
Overall Ratings
4 based on 282 reviews
Set in the heart of the Scottish Borders the Buccleuch Arms is a charming four star Inn with an incredible history dating back to 1836. In recent years the Buccleuch has earned an award-winning reputation as one of the finest Inns in Scotland, welcoming both locals and guests from further afield. Most recently of course winning Scottish Inn of the Year 2015 at the Scottish Hotel awards in April. So whether you're visiting the Scottish Borders on the new Borders Railway or passing through, make a point of stopping at the Buccleuch. We hope you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Reviewed By Adrian D - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
My wife and I had a late lunch here after going on an Alpaca trek nearby. This Buccleuch Arms was one of the places recommended by the owner of the alpacas and I can see why. The staff were friendly, the service was good and the food was tasty with the nachos being particularly enjoyable. If you're in the area and looking for food you could do a lot worse than eating here.
2. Burt's Hotel Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 425 reviews
Reviewed By howardeawilliams - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Went to Burts for dinner with a number of friends, and the welcome was friendly and everything looked good, until the orders were taken and the food started to arrive. First the Eastern European waitress couldn't set the table, and we had to correct her mistakes. Then when the food arrived I had no cutlery so asked for a set, which was not provided and I had to get my own. The food was not brilliant, dried up pork terrine with four thin toasted French bread that was a real tooth breaker and was impossible to eat, followed by fish and chips. The best bit was the fish which was well cooked and tasty, but the chips looked to me as if they were fresh out of the freezer and not home made and not nearly as nice as the chippy. Quite expensive for a poor meal.
3. Kings Arms Inn
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 320 reviews
Reviewed By pandncord - Newtown, United Kingdom
What superb food, really good value, the smoked haddock with potato leek and orkney cheese sauce is an absolute masterpiece, staff very attentive and accomodating its a five from us all the way.
4. Marmion's Brasserie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 354 reviews
Reviewed By Daviren - Glasgow, United Kingdom
A brief review to say we had dinner here over New Year and were hosted by a really friendly staff team (of two) and enjoyed a very decent, flavoursome, well constructed meal. In particular, and the reason for reviewing, was that I had some of the most tender beautifully cooked venison I have had in a good while, well-sourced I guess!!
5. Tweed Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By CUMBRIAVIEW - Conwy, United Kingdom
There is plenty of choice on the menu. The Tweed Restaurant with its AA Rosette award is set in a relaxing and fantastic surroundings, Served by Extremely attentive and pleasant staff. You overlook the Gardens down to the River Tweed. We Really enjoyed our locally sourced meals here. A Big Shout Out to all you Guys.Thanks for making it So Special for us.
6. The Shish Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 176 reviews
Reviewed By Hawklord_pxr5 - Galashiels, United Kingdom
Another visit to our favourite local Indian restaurant, this time with extended family. Staff were friendly as always!
Difficult gor us regulars to get something other than our favourite mains of chicken chilli masala and rogan josh but the visitors were impressed with their choices too. Popadums and mix of starters all good too.
There are cheaper places in town but this is always first choice.
Will be back soon!
7. Quins
Overall Ratings
4 based on 318 reviews
Fresh quality food cooked to order, serving Evening Meals, Lunch, Breakfast and delicious Home-baking, Professional but friendly service. Lovely ambient and welcoming atmosphere. Private Room available for Dining and parties.
Reviewed By isikelso - Kelso, United Kingdom
First visit in several years and had very nice lunch.was busy (Saturday late lunch time) but got table next to bar area. Was noisy though so wouldn't sit there again. Chose a special, Cajun spiced chicken on a bed of salad and sauteed potatoes. Chicken...MoreThank you for your review, glad you enjoyed and hope to see you again.
8. Monte Cassino
Overall Ratings
4 based on 335 reviews
Reviewed By maryjos123
We decided to try this Italian restaurant on New Years Eve as my partner who is Italian prefers to try family run ones rather than the big chain Italian ones.
We were not disappointed. This is a lovely restaurant, typical Italian decor and very cosy. We were greeted by the owner and he is such a lovely man. He chatted in Italian with my partner too and it was really nice for him to have a conversation with a fellow Italian.
We had planned to just have a main course as it was just for lunch but there were so many things we liked on the menu so ended up having a 3 course lunch.
The food was amazing. I gave my partner a taste of my carbonara and he said it was the best carbonara he had tasted outside of Italy.
The young man who served us was so lovely. Even on our way out , the chef came and said goodbye too.
It was such a lovely experience and cannot wait to return.
We highly recommend this restaurant , especially if you are looking for an excellent authentic Italian one. We were also pleasantly surprised at how much our bill was. Excellent price for the food we got. Large portions and very well presented.
9. The Salmon Inn
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 278 reviews
The Salmon Inn pub is situated in the town of Galashiels, Scottish Borders. We are a traditional pub that's built its reputation on serving a fantastic range of the finest real ales and serving up delicious food.Our "Sticky Chicken" customers just keep coming back for more! We are proud of our pubs personality and character, a real hub of hospitality. With our extended function room, with bar, we are able to cater for parties and regularly have "Live Music" with headline acts from throughout Britain hosted by Allie Fox "The String Jam", voted the second best gig in the UK. A haven for acoustic music.With it's open fireplace, clean, modern, cosy decor, our customer are always made to feel welcome. We regularly show sport on our 4 large flat screen televisions, positioned so you never miss an important goal or try.The garden has an outside Seating area with heated lamps, and an area catering for smokers. It's a pub people like to come back to. We hope you enjoy it.The 'String Jam Club'There's nothing quite like a Scottish pub, with a cosy open fire, and a night of acoustic music from local performers. Our traditional pub, The Salmon Inn Galashiels, boasts the renowned String Jam Club, so our guests can also enjoy the musicians who play a variety of music styles, from Blues to.
Reviewed By Erin A - Falkirk, United Kingdom
Had lunch here. Just really good pub grub, good menu, good portions, decent price. Would go back and recommend for lunch.
10. The Townhouse
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 275 reviews
Reviewed By peter1fife - Fife
Just enjoyed an excellent meal in the Brasserie. My venison, beetroot & celeriac gratin, venison & chestnut faggot, roasted beetroot and red grape jus was very good and my wife enjoyed the Guinea fowl special. Cheeses were well kept, came with a lovely fresh tasting chutney and plenty of biscuits! What made it even better was the apparently very low mark up on their wine list. We had a great bottle of Pingus Psi which retails at about £25 and was sold at £46 which in terms of restaurant mark ups is astonishingly low and gave us a chance to enjoy this lesser wine from the fabled Pingus domain at a half decent price. Other wines seemed also to be keenly priced. IMO there are some restaurants that you simply should not go to on account of their cynical approach to wine pricing. Well done Townhouse.
