Craigdarroch Arms - Dumfries Galloway

Visited with a friend after a walk in the hills. It was a good job we were hungry, or we'd rather not have eaten there. The starters were ok. I had tomato soup, which was fine it came with a large wedge of bread. My friend had a smoked salmon fishcake which also didn't seem too bad. The mains, however, were not so good. M friend's Pork and apple burger was burned. Not just charred, but overcooked. There was virtually no apple sauce. The chips weren't cooked enough, and the salad was rather lackluster. My lasagne looked very unappetising, rather like it had just been thrown into the bowl. It was edible, but nothing special at all. The extra side of chips I had ordered didn't come, but when the waitress eventually noticed this, I decided I'd rather not have them. In summary, while the food was edible, we paid as much as you'd pay in a decent city pub for something similar, but really weren't satisfied with the food. In fairness to the establishment, we chose not to mention this on the day it's just easier and we were tired and so didn't give the management a chance to put things right for us.

It's always a pleasant surprise to find a pub with a good menu using local ingredients! We ate well, the service was friendly. The pub has a large garden. This must be one of the best pubs for miles in any direction! My wife left her sunglasses behind, but Tim, the landlord, was super-helpful, finding them and posting them on. We will definitely go there again.

Due to a misunderstanding we thought we could enter hotel before opening to use toilet as the less abled public toilet no one had access to the key . Before I could explain a very rude man , apparently the manager , came storming out shouting and swearing and told us to get f out and became very aggressive towards us. When I said we would come back at opening time for some food I was told to don’t bother f bother you are barred then stoned up a set of stairs . This man I had never met in my life and I find it extraordinary that he acted like this

What a fantastic experience from start to finish. The view from the restaurant was fantastic and the service and quality of food was outstanding. You get what you pay for and it you want quality service and quality food this is the place to book! Thank you for making our day so special.

Had tickets to a gig here and attempted three times to book a table for a meal before hand. Twice got an answer machine that said they would phone back, but they didn 't and emailed, no reply. We ate elsewhere and went into the pub for a drink before the gig. Surprised to see diners eating in there. Unimpressed with the pub, dated, dirty and scruffy. The place the gig was in was fine. However, when the manager stood up to thank the band at the end we thought his foul language was unnecessary and inappropriate considering there were very young childeren and elderly people there. He shouted, 'That was effing brilliant, give me an effing lemon to wipe the smile off my effing face. You guys weren 't even effing looking at each other '. Even the band members looked taken aback. Needless to say we won 't be hurrying back to see any gigs here and from the other reviews we were fortunate not to eat there after all.