Dumfries Galloway
Connor’s

Connor’s

1 South Crescent, Dumfries Galloway, United Kingdom

Food • Cafés • Pizza • Steak


"Myself and my partner where just outside of portpatrick yesterday and wondered about somewhere to have lunch, it was about 12.30pm on a scorching hot Bank holiday Sunday. We hadn’t actually planned to go there to start with but thought why not. I saw on Facebook Connors Restaurant had just uploaded a Facebook post about stopping there for a choice of 2 lovely menus and a cheeky gin, sounded perfect! The post had went up about 15 mins before we arrived, so I assumed they must be looking to take some tables. I walked down and there where 2 tables taken outside, and 1 table inside. I asked if I could get a table for 2 outside if possible and I was told no they had been reserved and I thought okay but before I could even open my mouth again she said all tables inside where also reserved that they where fully booked. There was 1 table inside, other wise it was pretty empty. Ok no problem, we found somewhere else so no big deal, after about 2 hours spent having food and wondering around we went back to the car (parked just up from Connors restaurant) and I noticed again there was only the 1 table outside, and no one at the others. I’m maybe wrong but I felt like this was odd, the inside didn’t look like it was “fully booked” either. It actually looked a little dead compared to everywhere else. This has also happened to my friends a couple of times too they’ve went in and the place has been stone dead but got turned away because of the excuse of being fully booked. Just felt like it was not quite right. Sorry I never usually write reviews but felt like I had to get my point across on this one. We would love to dine here and hopefully will in the future."

Smiths

Smiths

Dumfries DG1 1HS, United Kingdom, DG16 5DZ, Dumfries Galloway

Brunch • Buffet • British • Breakfast


"My husband and I got married at the blacksmith shop this week and stayed at this hotel with our wedding guests. We would never recommend this place to anyone looking to get married. We have come away disgusted with the way we was treated on our wedding day by certain staff members. The rudest person of them all was a lady called Alice who worked in the restaurant. She made me cry on my own wedding day with how she kept trying to start arguments from the moment we arrived for our wedding meal. She kept prodding us with sarcastic remarks all the time was constantly watching us to try and make an issue over literally anything. She was absolutely vile with the way she thought she could talk to us. The woman even got a tape measure out on our wedding day for social distancing on tables (long story short: mine and the grooms table was so far away from our guests we had to shout to the tables it was a joke they went past the 2M ruling!!! So we moved our table slightly closer to our guests so we could actually hear them and she then had the cheek to get a tape measure out UNBELIEVABLE. This is not how to treat guests especially on their wedding day!! There is a way to speak to people and it certainly wasn’t this!! We then complained about her to another member of staff and it was a pack mentality in this hotel and she was allowed to talk to people however she wanted. I just wanted to add that other wedding parties in the restaurant was getting away with singing, standing up and mingling, music on their phone speakers but nope... this woman had it in for us all night. I think she took good pleasure out of getting an argument out of myself and my guests. Will never be coming back here. Just so grateful we had lovely friends and family there who made the day lovely for us otherwise this would of been a hell hole."

Queensberry Arms

Queensberry Arms

47 High St, DG12 6AD, Dumfries Galloway, United Kingdom

Full • Steak • Lunch • British


"Came here for a fishing trip with friends decided to try a different pub to have a evening meal,,upon arriving we found our table and after 10 minutes of being seated they had taken our drinks order,,came back 10 mins later for our food order took the order came back 10 mins later to saying they hadn't got what we wanted to eat,,so we complied with them and changed our order to what they had got,,they went away again come back 10 mins later to say they still hadn't got what we had changed the 2nd time 3 times they said they hadnt got what we wanted,by this time we had waited over 1 hour for food and we was very hungry so decided we didn't want the meal after changing our meal numerous times so we left the pub to go and get a pizza up the street, to my surprise the chef and her daughter came running up the road threatening me sayin we hadn't payed for our meal to which we had never gotten the chefs daughter said you can get down there now and pay your meal aggressively!! we was threatened with the police and to never be able to drink in Annan again i had never been treated like this in my life and ended up paying £85 for food i never got,,I feel sorry or the other public houses trying to take business from holiday makers I've been coming here for years fishing bringing loads of men down here who spend alot of money if something isn't done about it the other businesses will be loosing out due to the queen's Bury hotels and there abusive,vile potty mouthed behaviour. BEWARE YOUVE BEEN WARNED."

Swan

Swan

Kingholm Quay, DG1 4GB, Dumfries Galloway, United Kingdom

Food • Pubs • Steak • Seafood


"Upon entering the restaurant was as cosy as i remembered from my last visit several years ago. We were placed at a window table which was great. First hiccup was I’m a cider drinker and on the cider menu it only had a bottled section all being fruit or 0% which I’m not fond of. Had I not asked I wouldn’t have noticed that cider draught was mentioned in draught beer section. Maybe that should be reviewed as I had no intentions of looking at beers being a cider drinker. The next wee fumble was when we looked at the menu and upon approach to take our order we were told the simple words. Beef is unavailable but we have pork. We did not have a clue what she was talking about and assumed she had told us something that was meant for another table. Was only after ordering and needing to use the toilet that we spotted a specials board with roast dinners and other options on them that we had never been told about or made aware of as it also isn’t mentioned on the menu about Sunday roasts. Would have been nice to have been told about this option. The next hiccup i encountered was the dessert menu. We were told no cheesecake left. That was fine cos I only ever order fudgecake or cheesecake when I’m out so the server came back to get our order and I asked for fudgecake. To be told sorry we have none. So I decided to pass on desert. everyone else at our table ordered and ate there’s. So around 20-30 mins had passed and we got up to pay and leave. We were the last table out and I know I seen cheesecake sitting behind of the counter so I assumed one of the staff reserved a slice for themselves which I found rather annoying knowing I ddnt get it instead. For my main I ordered the Katsu chicken. Chicken rice and popadoms were nice. Chips were the best Iv had in a long time. So crispy and fluffy. Top marks there. However the Katsu curry sauce was watery and bland. Being out for a birthday meal I did not want to make a scene so I ate up. But I definitely think the sauce needs improvement. Staff were nice and smily but felt like they were lacking on some simple aspects of service as once again we were on the premises for an hour and a half and we weren’t asked if we would like another drink at any point either after the initial pint. Would I come back….. probably but not in a hurry."

Stranraer Tandoori

Stranraer Tandoori

London Road, DG9 8, Dumfries Galloway, United Kingdom

Balti • British • Scottish • European


"As we were in Stranraer on a Saturday evening wanting food we decided to pop in here as from the outside it looked very nice appearances can be deceptive. There was only one other couple in the Restaurant on a Saturday evening this should have started the alarm bells ringing but we persevered. We were sat at a table for 2 even though there were lots of tables for 4 available, we asked three times to be moved but this was 'not possible as they were all booked ' this turned out to be utter rubbish as whilst we were eating at least two other couples arrived and were seated at a table for 4. The waiter (possibly the Manager) was very miserable and said they didnt serve Alcohol despite there being Wine Glasses on the Table which was acceptable. There was No Sparkling Water or Sugar Free Drinks were available either yet they brought a Diet Coke to another table. We ordered the food, the Onion Bhajis arrived and they were obviously bought in and not prepared on the premises. We asked for Bombay Chicken without the Boiled Egg on Top again this was 'not possible ', we still cant work out why !. The Garlic Naan was just a Plain Naan absolutely smothered in Easy Garlic. We asked for some Fresh Chillies to be put on top of the Chicken Tikka again 'not possible, we only have Chilli Paste ' an Indian Restaurant without Chillies ??? unheard of. Chicken Bhuna was very bland and tasteless as was the Pilau Rice. The Manager was very conveniently nowhere to be seen when we asked for the Bill. The Waitress asked if everything as ok and we had tell her of our huge disappointment, she actually said that there had been lots of complaints of late. Do yourselves a big favour if you are in Stranraer and avoid this place. When we left there were still tables for 4 vacant too, The biggest worry was there was NO Hand Drying facilities in the Gents surely in these times of Covid this is very dangerous as well as being unhygienic too"