East Ayrshire
Wood Fired

Wood Fired

Strathaven Road, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom, KA17 0LY

Pizza • Italian • British • Scottish


"absolute heaven we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day for the beautiful picturesque ride to the loud hill restaurant. in the most beautiful Scottish history and surrounded by pure natural beauty, each seat in the house offers a picturesque view to enjoy during eating. we chose a table outside to take the full advantage of the beautiful weather. the employees are absolutely fantastic and work as well oiled machine and the high degree of training and know about the menu and options makes for a simple, pleasant experience at the order. the menu offers literally for everyone and the personal will let them know which specials are available. I had difficulty choosing between the dressed but finally for the haggis bons for my starter, the amazing low price sirloin steak with a diane sauce and for pudding the piece de resistance, that is the sticky toffe pudding. you just have to try. the dishes were served quickly, despite everything freshly cooked. the haggis was amazing. the sauce, the pots and the haggis perfectly blend. I would like to have eaten a larger part of it for a main course. the main course was brought out in perfect time how well the kitchen works. the timing was just perfect even though the restaurant was busy. I admit, I was tried by the carbonara that my daughter ordered and the steak pipe that my wife ordered, but the Sirloin steak was too heavy to resist at such a low price. boiled to absolute perfection with a fine diane sauce. just perfect! my daughter said that her carbonara was excellent and the steak pee of my wife was supposed to be fantastic. the puddings. Oh I don't have the vocabulary to do the sticky toffee pudding justice. I honestly can't remember ever being so good. the sponge was perfect, the sauce was perfect and it was nice and warm and lush. my wife chose the strawberry and lime cheese cake and she was very impressed by the thick basic. my daughter ordered the dough sticks and I managed to grab one. they were fantastic! After we finished our meal, we were asked if we wanted to move to the house as the sun was blown and it became cool. we never thought to ask, and we were very grateful that the employees asked us. everything was perfectly timed, well presented and looked just as good as it tasted. the service was excellent. the staff was very attentive, friendly and helpful as well as knowledgeable. the prices were amazing and the culinary experience improved by the beautiful environment. a dog-friendly, child-friendly restaurant that is just excellent. watch the movie 'outlaw king' before you visit and ask them if they speak with chef sam so kind and welcoming."

Mcchristies

Mcchristies

The Portland Arms, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Drinks • Salads


"Came with my Dad for a Father 's day lunch. Was easy to book online on the day and we were seated quickly on arrival.I started with haggis pakora and Dad had garlic mushrooms. Both were edible and tasted okay.For the main my Dad had lasagne. This seemed to have just been reheated in the microwave but my Dad ate half.I ordered what was described on the menu as traditional roast, with all the trimmings What actually arrived was 3 small slices of roast beef which looked like it had been overcooked by about 6 hours and then left I the fridge to dry out for a week or so. Under that was a couple of roast potatoes that had obviously came out of a packet frozen and simply heated in the oven. Dry and very unappetising. The Yorkshire pudding was frozen from a packet. As was the measly and dull looking vegetables. I asked for this to be taken back. I did not even taste it, it looked so bad. I then ordered steak pie and chips. Chips were hard and dry. Steak in the pie was drowning in watery gravy and had absolutely no taste. I ate one mouthful and sent that back also. At no point did the serving staff enquire why I has sent 2 meals back virtually untouched. I had been recommended this establishment by family members who had eaten there pre-COVID. They spoke highly of all the visits they had made there .The fact that a table was so readily available on a busy time like Father 's day should have raised alarms but I went on previous reviews. After looking at these the most recent was 2 years ago.Terrible food and definitely will not only not return but will tell any of my friends in the local area to avoid it like the plague. Kind regards,Colin Barclay"

Gemmell’s Coffee Shop

Gemmell’s Coffee Shop

Trabboch Road, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom, KA5 5JD

Coffee • British • Scottish • Breakfast


"HUGE disappointment today! My family and I have eaten here many times in the past and after today I highly doubt we will return! Arrived at 1230 and did not get the first persons food (out of six of us including a child) until 135. The rest of the table including the 6 year olds cheese sandwich did not appear for another 10 minutes and only after asking where it was! Many people who had arrived after us were being served before us even people who had the same or similar meals. Our drinks that we had prefer with the meals were long since drank or gone cold! Really a shockingly bad experience. Now I am not saying that the place wasn’t busy yes it was though most definitely could have been busier as due to rain outside tables were not filled. The staff were indeed working hard they just didn’t seem to have good direction in sorting out orders. Also lots of dirty tables left being in leaned. When our food arrived the child’s yoghurt and crisps never appeared and the crisps that came out with the panini and baked potatoes were a bit soggy. Other than that lunch was nice. Everyone would have had cakes and more coffee but am afraid after waiting that time not one of us was in the mode! Really bad show Gemmells ! If you had said an hour for everyone’s food (rather than 20 minutes) we would have gone elsewhere and returned another day. Instead you have now lost 6 customers!"

Library

Library

Dumfries House Estate, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Cafés • Coffee • Cheese • Seafood


"The Stables Bistro is located on Dumfries House estate, next to the café and a 5 minute stroll from Dumfries House Lodge. At the time of our visit it was only open on Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday lunchtime and therefore to avoid any issues we reserved in advance when we booked a room at the Lodge. The setting is unusual in that the tables are arranged within the “stalls” of the former stables although thankfully they have long since been “mucked out”! The decoration is plain. Our table for two was accommodated in one of the stalls with another couple’s table and there was plenty of room to spare. There were a few groups occupying some of the other stalls giving each party a private space and providing a good atmosphere. There was no dress code and most guests we saw were “smart but casual”. There was a choice of 4 items per course, all freshly prepared to order. I felt as if we could easily try any of the choices however for starters I opted for salmon pillows (stuffed with a trout mousse) whilst my wife had breaded stuffed wild mushroom with salad; for mains I had hake on a bed of spinach assorted vegetables, my wife had chicken with chive mash and vegetables and to finish we shared millionaire shortbread and then the Scottish cheese board. The dishes were all well presented, focussed on quality rather than quantity and were very enjoyable. With only a short stroll to our lodgings we enjoyed a couple of bottles of wine with the meal at around £18 each. Service was pleasant and efficient and our bill was £80, ex tip, but including the wine. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would go back when we next visit Dumfries House. There is a toilet for disabled guests on the ground floor and the main bathrooms (very well maintained) are upstairs where there also appears to be a small function room."