Location: South Ayrshire
Top Restaurants in South Ayrshire
Where to eat Scottish food in South Ayrshire: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Discover Restaurants offering the best Scottish food in South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village of Alloway is home to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and the Robert Burns Heritage Trail. Highlights of the trail include Auld Kirk Alloway, Burns Cottage, Burns Monument Gardens and the 13th century Brig O'Doon. South of Alloway along the attractive A719 coastal road is Culzean Castle and Country Park which offers much of interest all ages. En route is an unusual roadside attraction called Electric Brae, a 'magnetic hill' where a car left out of gear will appear to go uphill due to an optical illusion. A few minutes drive from Culzean Castle is the famous Open Golf championship course at Turnberry where the clubhouse is open to the public.
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10. MacCallum's Oyster Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 419 reviews
Seafood restaurant overlooking Troon Harbour specialising in locally sourced produce.
Reviewed By 84s_paulina
Had a dinner with friends, and I absolutely loved that restaurant. Itâs sooo cosy, service is friendly ,polite and beyond helpful. The food is to die for ! If you in Troon and like seafood itâs a must to go there for lunch or dinner, Iâm beyond impressed!!!
9. Wildings Hotel and Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1123 reviews
Family run Hotel and Restaurant with 11 ensuite bedrooms. Situated in the picturesque village of Maidens. Stunning sea views and a stone's throw away from Culzean Castle and Trump Turnberry. Dine in our wonderful restaurant and enjoy a range of local prod
Reviewed By 988graemec
Outstanding value for money.I cannot think of another restaurant that can come anywhere near the quality and choice at this price.In fact, ignore the price because you could pay twice as much and have much poorer fare!Please, do yourself a favour and treat your taste buds to this outstanding food.I canât rate it highly enough.
8. Saffy's Cafe Bar & Brasserie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 584 reviews
Reviewed By rab2435
Have visited saffys a few times now & the food quality has always been excellent at sensible prices which keep us coming back
7. The Chestnuts Hotel Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 556 reviews
Lovely family run hotel with 14 en-suite rooms. Freeview / tea & coffee making facilities. Open from 10am serving coffees and Home Baking till 11.30Am...Lunches from 12-4.30Pm, Suppers from 5-9pm. Superb home-cooked food served in the Bar, Restaurant and
Reviewed By Philippo A
We stopped here for lunch after visiting the Burns centre and had a very enjoyable Sunday roast. My wife enjoyed the lamb and I greatly enjoyed the roast lion of pork.Everything was cooked and presented well with plenty of flavour as you would expect. Wine list was reasonable. Service professional and attentive.Tables are in the bar area...would have been great to sit outside of the weather had been more favourable.
6. Kirkmichael Arms
Overall Ratings
4 based on 479 reviews
Serving quality food from 12.00 Noon till 9pm daily. Where possible we use locally sourced fresh produce. Daily Specials Board, Lunch & Evening Menus.
Reviewed By Alison S
Terrible experience.Arrived at 1.20pm ordered at 1.40pm waited 35 mins for our main course and felt cold by this time.Should have walked out but did not..Ordered the lamb cofta,,as recommend. by the waitress, as I said I liked lamb,as not sure if I would like it. When it finally arrived I could not eat it as a bit dry and far to spicy. Spoke to Dorothy the owner who,s attitude appeared to be well you ordered it . She did not offer to try and sort anything out for me My friend and Ileft without ordering a sweet or coffee Itâs a sad day when a pensioner leaves dissatisfied with no food having paid £12.95. and had travelled over 15miles. Will not be back or recommend.could be small ,so asked the waitress about the lamb cofta.I should have asked what cofta was as did not know and only asked about lamb on flat bread. She felt I would like it. So thought I would give it a try. Unfortunately I could not eat it as the lamb is made minced up and does not taste like lamb. When I said to the waitress I felt it was too spicy and was dry. I was left with nothing to eat..Dorothy came over, but her attitude was well to bad that is what you ordered. As a new customer having travelled 20miles she could have tried to sort something out but did not appear to be interested. We did not stay on for a pudding. A pensioner that pays £12.95 and has to leave well over an hour with nothing to eat is shocking. Will never be back and donât recommend.
5. The Black Bull Tarbolton
Overall Ratings
4 based on 436 reviews
Fine dining restaurant using local produce sourced fresh and seasonal with private dinning area available for functions and a unique decorated public restaurant.
Reviewed By Ken F
Had a wonderful dinner here, standard of cuisine was WAY beyond our expectations! You can get everything from classic pub-grub and a great childrenâs menu to excellent steaks and a high standard of cuisine including duck and red snapper. The menu choices change regularly.
4. The Coo Shed
Overall Ratings
4 based on 198 reviews
The Coo Shed is a unique family-run coffee shop with all food prepared and baked 'in-house' and locally sourced wherever possible. The coffee shop is part of a family run dairy farm at South Corton Farm and all things inside are dairy themed, from the lig
Reviewed By ChazBroon
Went for Lunch with my daughter, we were seated straight away, I ordered Macaroni with chips and salad my daughter had the special some sort of panini or wrap with chips. We were both very hungry. Service was very quick, Macaroni had obviously been blasted through the microwave as it was hot round the edges and only slightly warm in the middle chips were not very warm and had obviously been sitting a while, my daughters chips were the same it was very disappointing.Thanks for your review. I do hope you had made your complaint known to the staff. If you had they wouldâve corrected this straight away. It is not in any of our interests to have any customer leaving our premises unhappy. We are only human and mistakes sometimes happen unfortunately. We would have corrected it and apologised to you if we had known about it at the time. Our apologies once again for this sub-standard service. I do hope this has not put you off from trying us again.
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3. Macfarlane
Overall Ratings
4 based on 387 reviews
Warm, inviting, relaxed and personal dining.
Reviewed By Nikki-Dunree
We have stumbled upon this great little restaurant. Iâve had breakfast which was made to order, lunch and now dinner. The service is good. Ambience nice. The food excellent!!! I had asked again for something not on the menu, they actually met my request and delivered my favourite pud, macaroons... delicious, thank you! It was busy with two large groups but this did not impact on the service or quality of our experience. It is rare to feel totally one hundred percent happy after a meal. My standards are reasonably high but I get sick of poor service and mediocre food when I know I can present a meal at a better standard, for a fraction of the cost. This restaurant is certainly achieving everything I require and I can recommend it highly. The monkfish starter was just delicious. My husbands steak was cooked, as he likes to perfection, melting in his mouth.
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2. Buckley's Cafe/Bistro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 203 reviews
Reviewed By BC1111111
Attended with friends for lunch. Canât really fault the food. Portion sizes not great but taste and presentation was good. Found the establishment itself very claustrophobic, small, and very noisy. Could hear everyoneâs conversation around you. Would be a very frustrating place if you wanted to go and chill out with a coffee and read the paper.....unless there was no one else in.
1. Auld Acquaintance Cafe (International Fusion Food)
Overall Ratings
4 based on 55 reviews
Cafe with British,Scottish,Indian,European,Chinese,,Sea food,Thai food (International Fusion food) Plus Home baking cakes ,cookies and Scones
Reviewed By Soozysoo
Visited Auld Acquaintance in Girvan partly due to the positive reviews on Trip Advisor, which bore no resemblance to the establishment we visited. The place itself wasdefinitely appropriate to its title - auld (old), tatty and looked uncared for; however, once inside, we decided to give it a go as often appearances can be deceptive. I ordered a tuna & feta pizza and my friend ordered roasted Mediterranean vegetable pizza. We waited ages for the food to arrive, despite the fact there was hardly anyone in the place and when the food eventually arrived we were both flabbergasted. Both pizzas were made with ready made pizza bases, smothered in what appeared to be tomato puree instead of pizza sauce and my pizza was smothered in what I can only presume to be tuna savoury, the type used for sandwich fillings, instead of just tuna with lumps of melted cheddar and a tiny amount of feta on top. It actually looked as if a dog had thrown up on top of a pizza base. My friend's roasted med veg pizza wasn't much better and both were served on plastic plates! My supposed tuna & feta pizza was cold, so I asked for it to be warmed up, whereby the waitress took it away & then the 'chef' appeared & explained that it couldn't be reheated due to the presence of mayonnaise, reinforcing my suspicion that it was sandwich filling on the pizza instead of just tuna & feta. The food was so awful we ate only a couple of pieces, paid and then left. I wouldn't mind but the food there isn't cheap; £8.99 for a 9 inch pizza which frankly wasn't as nice as a chesp frozen pizza from Asda. The food was absolutely horrible and the place bore absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the establishment described or depicted on Trip Advisor, therefore I'd recommend that everyone gives this place the widest berth possible and go elsewhere.
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