Reviews
Review: The Crab & Lobster Fish Shack
South Queensferry is probably the perfect place for a seafood restaurant, and so taking the short hop from Edinburgh to the Firth of Forth to sample the fruits de mer at The Crab & Lobster Fish Shack made perfect sense. The shack may not be perched on the seaside (and it’s not really a shack…
Read MoreTravel Review, Knipoch Hotel: ‘A visit to Knipoch is like taking a deep, restorative breath of crisp, cleansing Highland air’
I knew that Shakespeare’s singular Scottish play, Macbeth, was set in Scotland, of course, but I had no idea that the murder that inspired it supposedly happened in the dining room of the Knipoch Hotel, a cosy little bolthole just three miles outside Oban, writes Eilidh Tuckett. No, this isn’t a Highland edition of Cluedo,…
Read MoreTravel Review: Seaton House, St Andrews
Visitors flock to St Andrews for different reasons, whether it be to play rounds of gold on the town’s historic championship courses, visit the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world, shop its many local boutiques, or go on a history-walking tour of the ancient ruined cathedral in the former ecclesiastical capital of Scotland. Whatever the…
Read MoreIs this Glasgow’s best Sunday roast? Elements in Bearsden serves up a fantastic lunch
It’s been an impressive start for Gary Townsend’s first solo venture, Elements in Bearsden. Opening last year to a flurry of rave reviews, it was tipped to potentially be Scotland’s next Michelin star destination and just three months later gained a recommended status in the coveted guide, before being awarded the prestigious accolade of three…
Read MoreHotel Review: The Hoxton, Edinburgh
Grant Dickie paid a visit to The Hoxton, a new face in the Edinburgh hotel scene, to see just what was on offer. Turn up Grosvenor Street by Haymarket train station and you’ll find The Hoxton Edinburgh on the site of the former Edinburgh Grosvenor hotel. Perfectly placed away from the hustle and bustle…
Read MoreRestaurant review: Patatino At The Hoxton, Edinburgh
This new Italian restaurant inside a shiny new contemporary Edinburgh hotel is a curate’s egg, finds Richard Bath. The Hoxton is a new hotel built across eleven townhouses on a terrace that is just 100 yards from Haymarket station and tram in Edinburgh’s West End. The vibe is very upbeat and fresh, with a small…
Read MoreMontrose, Edinburgh: ‘I am glad to be able to report there hasn’t been a seismic shift in the food at Montrose’
Edinburgh diners can relax because the excellent Montrose’s fanfare about a new direction was overblown – this relaxed Abbeyhill eatery thankfully remains largely unchanged, says Richard Bath. I recently received an unnerving message from Montrose, the sister restaurant to Michelin-starred Timberyard and one of my favourite places to spend quality time with my palate. The…
Read MoreReview: 3 Blind Mice, Edinburgh
Things are starting to ramp up in the centre of Edinburgh. We’re a mere week away from the start of the Edinburgh Festivals and the Royal Mile is already teeming with tourists as I weave my way towards the relative calm of Blackfriars Street. I’m headed for 3 Blind Mice, a traditional wood-fired pizza restaurant…
Read MoreFred Olsen: Scotland, Scilly Isles & The West Country 10 Night Cruise
At the ripe old age of 33, I packed my bags, hopped on the 30-minute train from Haymarket to Rosyth and into the waiting taxi on my way to the terminal where I would embark on my very first cruise. To be frank, I didn’t think I would be enjoying the luxuries of a cruise…
Read MoreGalgorm Resort is the perfect place for a luxury spa break in Northern Ireland
There are spa breaks, and there are spa breaks. But when I agreed to travel to Northern Ireland to visit Galgorm Resort I was fairly confident that it would fall into the latter category, and thankfully I wasn’t disappointed. Galgorm is around a 30-minute drive from Belfast and the hotel can provide a private transfer…
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