Scottish cuisine: the best places to taste it in Thurso
11 restaurant menus in United Kingdom, (the ranking and the list of restaurants are based on the number of recommendations received from users in the last month, currently updated to December 2024)
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Stuffed Portobello Mushroom with Ocket and Pear Salad
Baguette
Marshmallow
Salad
Poulet Farcis
Puddings
Meringue
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Scallops
Cake
Sirloin Steak
Vegetable Risotto
Risotto
Sorbet
Soup
Seabass
Mussels
Sea Bass
Beef Cheeks
Braised Beef
Salmon
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Lamb
Fish and Chips
Sit down
European
Scottish
Visa
Highchairs Available
Full Bar
Free Wifi
Accepts Credit Cards
Takeout
Accepts Mastercard
Accepts Visa
Accepts American Express
Reservations
Seating
Table Service
Wheelchair Accessible
Serves Alcohol
American Express
Wine and Beer
Mastercard
Gift Cards Available
Drinks
Mid-range
"Had a great dinner for two here, a simple and compact menu with plenty to choose from. The meals are very well presented and have amazing flavours...."
Sander Peters
"Brilliant meal hear with family tonight. Best meal š ever . Fully recommend for a real..."
Janet Wilson
"Possibly one of the best meals we have had and we've been to many many restaurants all over Europe. The service was very good. This is a must visit..."
Ricky Rowe
"We had a beautiful dinner here at this classy āhole in the wallā. The food was delicious and beautifully presented. The wine list is short but..."
Richard Edwards
"Outstanding food and serviceā¦the smoked salmon to start was incredible (smoked in house) followed by the shredded beef or local salmonā¦delicious!..."
Amir Hefni
"Bydand Restaurant was absolutely wonderful. Both the starter and main was delicious and the service was excellent. I highly recommend this stop. My..."
Noah Hartzell
"Excellent food, lovely staff and reasonably priced. If visiting Thurso, do pop in, you won't be..."
Mark O'Rourke
"Amazing food, unbelievable service and an incredible little find! Such a small but intimate restaurant! The small tasting type / 2 course menu was to..."
Sonny Henderson
"Just wow! Pre-booked our table as only in Thurso one night & so glad we booked here. From the moment we arrived until we left the service & food was..."
Yvonne Rowe
"Enjoyed our meal at Bydand, but it did feel somewhat like they were trying to be fine dining rather than actually being fine dining ā everything..."
Munro Stuff
"Highly highly recommend this restaurant along the NC500 route. It looks small and average from the outside but donāt let that fool you, the food is..."
Jason Jong
"What a great little find. Top notch food and wine with a great couple running it. Really friendly place.
Veg risotto starter was lovely but the..."
Michael Allan
"Went at 6pm. Only table in then but full by 7pm. Small restaurant with small tables some quite close together. Hence 4 * for atmosphere. Nice decor...."
William Abernethy
"Great value for money, booked in advance. Every detail of the meal was great quality and cooked to perfection. The best meal I had on my motorcycle..."
John TH
"Lovely meal and excellent service plus a good price. Well worth..."
Barry Thornley
"Delightful restaurant with great friendly service and lovely food. It was quiet on the Saturday night when we ate there but still a pleasant..."
Sue Jones
"Absolutely sensational meal. Great small family run place We had the Haggis and Scallops starters and salmon and beef mains...just pure culinary..."
Ray Gearing
"Had Christmas Menu, nice food and super friendly services!
Highly recommend the ale!
Had a very pleasant Christmas Eve there! Thank..."
Shuo Yang
"Absolutely delicious dinner. 2 or 3 course set menu with excellent variety. Family owned business. Very reasonably priced. A must go to eatery when..."
"This is a real gem on the NC500 route, if you're travelling along you must stop by!
It's very homely with tasty food and even an excellent selection..."
Lucy Wilde
"Although the exterior is nothing to write home about. Donāt be fooledā¦
The food was fresh and really great!
The treats looked amazing. Sadly..."
bill Jackson
"Picture the scene; itās been a long day battling the wind and the rain - you stumble into the store to be greeted with a delicious array of cakes..."
Tammy M
"Dropped in for a coffee the day before, so after a very long walk we popped in around 1530 and got some drinks and some soup.
The place was quirky..."
kev d
"Hidden gem this one. When we came in, we were greeted by a table full of freshly made pies and sweets. (even some gluten free ones!) The staaf is..."
Jeremy Klamer
"Lovely little cafe, stopped for breakfast on the nc500 route. Amazing food, fast service and big servings for the price. Lovely staff. Would..."
Payten Clarke
"Great little quirky place in the middle of not really anywhere. We were a little late showing up on a Saturday night but they couldn't have been more..."
Alastair Swaffer
"Found this gem while driving along the coast. Stopped for lunch, however ended up staying for their dinner menu.
The food was amazing, we had the..."
Lauren Amber
"We called in for lunch whilst touring the area, we were greeted by the very helpful Julie, who directed us to a table beside the wood-burning stove,..."
Michael Parker
"One of the best little cafes in the country.
Not only is Bettyhill a wonderful little community with beautiful people, but this cafe is a gem.
We..."
"Just one of the most amazing places ever. Food was excellent and all provided for a donation of your choice. Great selection. And so wonderful to see..."
Norman MacLeod
"Great concept for a cafe. The staff are fabulous and very welcoming. Food is great with plenty to choose from, with some great homemade cakes. More..."
Christine Waples
"Very child friendly with a good selection of toys to keep toddlers occupied while drinking. Interior decour is amazing, creating a lovely relaxed..."
Daniel Went
"Friendly and well situated with a lovely ethos. Great cake. Nice cross section of people from young to old. If you need to chat, you can signal that..."
Nigel Bird
"Had alovely chat ourside with a gentleman who explained about the Community Cafe and about the OAP 'Thursday Cafe/Club' that is run each week; to..."
Fryer Tuck
"What an asset to Thurso! Located next to the river, there is seating inside and outside. The cafe, run by volunteers, serves excellent light bites,..."
Gabs Williams
"Not been recently so can't say much about it, it's right by the river,and there's a fresh fish shop close by has all..."
LINDA HOLLAND
"Great cafe on the harbour at Thurso. Very friendly staff and customers. Great bacon bap and coffee. Itās a community run cafe and donations welcome..."
Simon
"Very nice place, big..."
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"Lovely friendly atmosphere. Fantastic community project. Credit to all involved, especially the volunteers running the joint.
If youāre passing by,..."
Marcus Douglass
"Great community cafe, good range of food on the menu. Great service by the volunteers who man the cafe. All this for as little or as much you want to..."
Louis Frew
"Amazing customer service, delicious food, clean and comforting cafe would highly recommend! And it's all a charity cafe you pay what you want! Wish I..."
Sax Canale
"Great place doing great things for the..."
Bawbag Xavier
"What a fabulous place. Great idea, great location and the food was delicious. Thank you for your warm welcome would highly recommend but check..."
Amanda Snashall
"Love this place! Best paninis I've had anywhere, MASSIVE mugs of hot chocolate, proper slabs of cake and good service. Perched right beside the..."
Shona MacArthur
"had some amazing chocolate cake and a perfect cup of tea. the people volunteering were so kind and fun!! highly recommend this wonderful..."
Sid Tims
"Can't beat the fruit scones! Arrive 15 minutes after opening and they are freshly warm from the oven. Awesome, jam and butter. Good coffee and tea..."
Alex Groves
"Lovely cosy place! This is a community cafe run by volunteers and funded by donations. There's a children's play area, fairy lights and art work on..."
"Went there 3/8/23 and took dogs with us. We were made welcome and had an excellent meal (six if us and 2 dogs). The young man serving behind the bar..."
Mark Harris
"Thanks so much to The Grove for making us so welcome today with our small dog. Excellent beer, food and friendly locals. Highly recommend the burger..."
Julie Abel
"Food is absolutely beautiful the staff friendly beer cold very clean establishment well worth your time. Might I also suggest not to expensive for..."
James McClay
"Awesome little bar with a buzzing atmosphere. Despite being a tourist with a dog I was greeted by many a friendly local. Grabbed a great burger an a..."
Fran Huffman
"Very friendly staff and delicious food. Only time I think my kids have cleared their plates. Very dog..."
Hayley Coello
"Very welcoming to us on a wet day. Great that we could take the dogs in lovely chat with staff water given straight away for the dogs and the best..."
Alexandria Hardie
"Delicious and nice friendly staff. They were very accomodating. I usually avoid carbs and they allowed me to swap my chips for salad. Asked for hot..."
Maxwell Stockwell
"Great place to visit if you have dog's as they are allowed in whilst you try the extensive menu along with a pint.
Relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff..."
Nigel āBadgerā Hyde
"Lovely pub. It's actually the same as ynot but this is a pub. Food was very good, I had spaghetti and my husband had a steak baguette. The steak was..."
Alex Botezatu
"Great meal and service..."
andrew bowdler
"Good place for a pint. Lovely staff. Could do with being a little..."
Juliette Currums
"On my own and faniced a drink went in and was made very welcome friendly place barmaid was excellent ! Thank you Marigold and all the gents for a..."
Elizabeth Dickie
"Very central bar in Thurso, busy but quick service, staff friendly and helpful, all boxes..."
Paul Kelly
"Relatively friendly place which is good for a pint and a game of..."
"Stayed for 1 night to do the new Thurso parkrun, which started a stones throw from the hotel which was more luck than judgement on my behalf. Had a..."
Stuart Paterson
"Just had a Superb meal the Park Hotel to celebrate our Anniversary. It honestly was the best meal we've ever had, the starter was delicious, Piri..."
Andrea Sinclair
"Our meal was absolutely lovely the potions were massive and no complaints at all. Service was first class. Only suggestion would be to not put..."
Barbara Munro Purdie
"Ate at the Park Hotel with family last night after the Halkirk Highland Games. My 9 year old son loved the macaroni cheese, Mum had chicken curry..."
Olivia Ramage
"Very nice helpful staff. Lovely food. So far everything I've had is homemade (except maybe the bread roll with yesterday's soup but I can forgive..."
Andrew Black
"Food is ace, really lovely, staff very friendly, highly recommend coming..."
Zoe Mackenzie
"Had a superb meal tonight for husband's 80th birthday. And you have a star employee with..."
Marjorie McDermid
"Great place to stay. Staff are so friendly and helpful. Rooms very comfortable and well appointed. Food is..."
Martin Daley
"3star rating should be 5 star lovley friendly staff large rooms and amazing food will be..."
Jim David Stirling
"What a really nice experience . All the staff very friendly & very clean loved our stay there..."
Lorraine Henderson
"Cordiali in tutto se necessiti di aiuto x l'ufficio .personale gentile prezzo ok servizi in camera..."
Poached Eggs on a Toasted Muffin with Hollandaise Sauce
Calamari
Lamb
Salad
Mussel Bowl
Nachos Large
Pesto
Chili
Sit down
Bar
Pub
Grill
British
Scottish
Accepts Mastercard
Accepts Visa
Mastercard
Live Music
Seating
Visa
Table Service
Wheelchair Accessible
Serves Alcohol
Wine and Beer
Parking Available
Highchairs Available
Full Bar
Free Wifi
Accepts Credit Cards
Outdoor Seating
Takeout
Reservations
Breakfast
Dinner
Lunch
Drinks
Brunch
Mid-range
"Never had a bad meal and love the massive gluten free options on menu donāt think Iāve been anywhere with so much option, was in today and kids..."
Caitlin Mowat
"Excellent place, super gluten free menu and also happy to do half portion for our daughter.. Great place to have dinner before catching boat home to..."
Karen Jackson
"Absolutely delicious breakfast of eggs benedict today. Beautifully presented. Poached eggs were soft, and bacon was crispy - just the way I like it..."
Melanie Thomson
"Great place, food of very good quality and value; friendly staff; good occasional live music. Everybody must try the rump steak and blue cheese..."
Carl Ramsey
"Probably the best chilli bowl I have ever had. Food always good and great service from obviously happy..."
Mick Jones
"Excellent haddock tea with dog in bar, great atmosphere, very welcoming..."
Graham Gillies
"Great atmosphere, friendly staff, good food would definitely recommend..."
Chris Henderson
"Had a lovely meal here last night - first time I've been to the Y Not & would certainly return! Great food, great atmosphere & excellent service. Had..."
Sue Court
"Everytime i come back home to thurso we eat here....always fantastic food, super fresh and well made good relaxed atmosphere and great to take you..."
Donald Mackenzie
"Charming room clear at the top of 3 flights of stairs. Good food in the restaurant downstairs. Good base for the Thurso area. Very clean and..."
Teri-Theresa Grim Wilson
"Good food, good service, very good beer. All in all, couldn't fault the..."
Christopher Brisco
"Passing through & this came up on a search, so glad I stopped. Lovely young lady welcomed me & served me & it was so good to see so many G/F choices...."
Sarah-Jane Hamilton
"Dad and four littles for late lunch. Food quality was absolutely out of this world.
Staff are lovely and friendly and the place has a happy..."
Just Me
"Absolutely lovely food from here, fresh tasty and reasonably priced. Wide range of drinks and alcohol free alternatives. Located near to the centre...."
Katie P
"The staff was amiable and prompt in seating us. However, the food preparation took longer than anticipated, as it appeared that the kitchen staff was..."
Max
"We came here as a party of 5 on a Saturday morning for brunch after doing Thurso Park Run. Food was mega tasty and just what we needed to refuel. We..."
CLF-0x
"Food here is really tasty.
MacDog special was great! Sides were delicious too.
Nice busy place with great..."
Amy Cosgrove
"Food is excellent, well priced and plentiful. The onion rings and fries are honestly amazing. Super crispy.
Nice, clean restaurant. I canāt think..."
Kenny Marshall
"Great staff good food and first class..."
Andrew Bridge
"Lovely place very friendly staff service was fast and friendly food was amazing would highly..."
mr White
"Had late lunch/early dinner here before getting the ferry. The food was amazing, I had & loved the mac & cheese, so did one of the other people with..."
Katie Paterson
"I had the steak burger and it is the best food I've had 'out' for a long time. The burger was tasty and just the right amount of chargrilled. It came..."
Charlotte Hampton
"After a bit of a disappointment with another restaurant my hubby found this little gem hidden away. Never tasted haddock quite like it š the..."
Victoria Taylor
"Wow, this place is excellent. Travelling solo I turned up on spec without a reservation but they quickly fitted me in although quite busy. The..."
"We had a lovely, super fresh and great fish to eat. You can't get it fresher! We enjoyed it. The fish & Chip Shop has a tiny spot beside and outside..."
Mehv Cla
"Visited twice over the course of 2 days, first visit was the evening of 11/10, and ordered a large haddock chips and curry, despite how busy it was,..."
James Dunkley
"Stopped by on our first night in Thurso. Got a large haddock supper and a white pudding supper. Ā£16 for the two. Both were delicious! Maybe the best..."
Ally
"Battered sausage was better than expected and well priced. Chips, pretty decent. Nice touch with covered outdoor seating to nosh down on your..."
Atticus Harris
"Great local fish and chips. I had haddock chips and bettered haggis. Taste was..."
Neil Hodgson
"My favourite chippy, always enjoy stopping here on the way to or from Orkney. I normally struggle to eat fish and chips, but at Robin's their food is..."
Hannah
"We shared haddock and chips. The fish was chunky and the batter tasty. The chips were well cooked and had a good texture. We scarfed all this down us..."
Ian Ellis
"Fantastic fresh fish and tasty chips.Very friendly staff.Set us up for our trip back to..."
Jean McGregor
"Really good fresh fish, chips and a whole variety of other things.
Do look out for the..."
Steve Marquis
"Top marks for having a box of fried cheesy items. Also perfect amount of chips as usually I can only eat half the chips in a..."
Dawn Kerby
"Ā£6.40 for two pieces of paddock and some chips. The portion of chips was a bit on the smaller size compared to other places but I couldn't eat it..."
"Hands down the best dinner I ever had in the UK, with prices well below average. We Italians tend to be extra picky about food but this place has..."
Guido Tiberi
"Little bit hard to find from the outside, but once youāre in they will serve you lovely dishes and drinks. Good restaurant with good food for good..."
Sander Peters
"Had Langoustine as starter & Sirloin Steak as main meal..both were AMAZING! I'm from Australia so i am lucky to have nice steak there..this was the..."
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"Really nice atmosphere, friendly and good attentive service. The food was lovely and decently..."
Nura H (Nura H)
"Good food, good service but not a great ambience. For the price they charge I would have expected a really good ambience but it was a little dark..."
K R D
"Delicious meal, Salmon was beautifully cooked and The did a cheese board with jam as instead of..."
Douglas Fraser
"10 out of 5 stars.. super friendly and helpful staff.... super delicious fish..... š great!!! also the beer (..."
Andreas Kudlicz
"Food was absolutely delicious. The staff were busy but had time for you and they were..."
Zoe Mcquade
"Amazing customer service. One lady serving at the bar and waiting on tables but we were attended to completely. Food was beautiful and fresh. Came..."
Bethan Pocock
"We have been on NC500 for a week now and this place serves the best food of all the restaurant that we have..."
"Dinner last night was lovely, hubby said it was the best beef stew he had ever ordered in a restaurant. Best chips as well. Great service and good..."
Julie Knapp
"Absolutely amazing food, couldn't fault it in the slightest. The waiting staff were also very kind and helpful! Thanks for a good..."
Kaya Eddowes
"Very friendly place to stay,would highly recommend..."
Jim Mackinnon
"Just the Best food
Best staff
Best price so -
Don't think i need to say more..."
Jane Thompson
"Superb hosting for our wedding dance, can't recommend..."
Michelle Sutherland
"Typisches schottisches Essen und leckerer Tee in angenehmer..."
"We had a lovely, super fresh and great fish to eat. You can't get it fresher! We enjoyed it. The fish & Chip Shop has a tiny spot beside and outside..."
Mehv Cla
"Visited twice over the course of 2 days, first visit was the evening of 11/10, and ordered a large haddock chips and curry, despite how busy it was,..."
James Dunkley
"Stopped by on our first night in Thurso. Got a large haddock supper and a white pudding supper. Ā£16 for the two. Both were delicious! Maybe the best..."
Ally
"Battered sausage was better than expected and well priced. Chips, pretty decent. Nice touch with covered outdoor seating to nosh down on your..."
Atticus Harris
"Great local fish and chips. I had haddock chips and bettered haggis. Taste was..."
Neil Hodgson
"My favourite chippy, always enjoy stopping here on the way to or from Orkney. I normally struggle to eat fish and chips, but at Robin's their food is..."
Hannah
"We shared haddock and chips. The fish was chunky and the batter tasty. The chips were well cooked and had a good texture. We scarfed all this down us..."
Ian Ellis
"Fantastic fresh fish and tasty chips.Very friendly staff.Set us up for our trip back to..."
Jean McGregor
"Really good fresh fish, chips and a whole variety of other things.
Do look out for the..."
Steve Marquis
"Top marks for having a box of fried cheesy items. Also perfect amount of chips as usually I can only eat half the chips in a..."
Dawn Kerby
"Ā£6.40 for two pieces of paddock and some chips. The portion of chips was a bit on the smaller size compared to other places but I couldn't eat it..."
Milly MC
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