Re: Delicious Sticky Toffee Pudding…read more To the Greek couple we met in Inverness, with great apologies, we suffered confusion of which delicious desserts we had at various restaurants around the city, inadvertently directing you towards a place that did not serve sticky toffee pudding. We should have pointed you towards MacGregor's as having the most delicious sticky toffee pudding, now verified after having several others that did not perfectly balance sweet with salt as that of the sticky toffee pudding at MacGregor's. If the pub is full, please find your way to the end of the bar and the small door to the left that takes you to the cosy table service room where Jess and other wait staff, including little Nala, will take the best care of you. We also highly recommend the steak & ale pie and fish & chips, should you require something a bit more than the sticky toffee pudding. Again, apologies, and we are certain you will have a fantastic experience at MacGregor's!

We had a very good dinner on the restaurant side and then slipped over to the bar where we snagged…read moreseats near the musicians and enjoyed a pint while they played and played. A quite memorable evening for us in Inverness.

Both the bartender and our server were very nice. Our server kept forgetting us but the bartender…read moredidn't, so we didn't mind so much. The steak was melt in your mouth good. My mouth just started water all over again as I typed that.

This was the first place we stopped at for food in Inverness. I read a few items that were vegan…read morespecifically and chose this for that, we were not disappointed! There was a whole veg menu to choose from and the food was great, I couldn't finish much of mine but thankfully my husband helped me out. Service was good and staff was friendly and seemed happy to be working there. The bar is prohibition themed which was cheeky for us dining as Americans.

While the name and location scream "tourist trap", Johnny Foxes is an outstanding pub that happens…read moreto draw in a non local crowd. We dropped by for an early dinner and got seated right away in a booth. The menu is broadly pub fare, with a focus on burgers and a couple of more upscale dishes (including an excellent fried camambert). We split the camambert (panko crusted and served with a fig and onion jam); my wife had a vegan Scotch broth + house made bread + tomato & pesto bruschetta, while I went with the highland burger: haggis on top of 6oz of dry aged Angus beef. The burger was exceptional, with a deep and pleasantly gamey flavour while the haggis added some richness. Paired with a pint of a local cask ale (Cromarty Brewing Happy Chappy pale), it was as good as dinner as we could've imagined on our first night in the Highlands.

Excellent spot for meal in Inverness. It has a wonderful ambiance especially the booths. It's a pub…read morebut won't table service. They have live music today starting at 10:30. But the highlight is the food. My wife ordered the mussels. They were served in a light cream sauce with a hint of peppers. Sublime and plentiful. I had the soup wich was very good and the steak and Guinness pie. Excellent and so much food I could not finish. Top notch service

What a sweet bistro! John, Amy, and Maya were very…read moreaccommodating and sweet on a busy night. Business is good and rightly so! Our group really enjoyed everything. Try the haggis - a bite of all the components on the plate was delicious. Don't skip the bread, you will have room and regret not having some of the best we have tasted in Inverness. The table ordered the burger, Venison, lamb, and mushrooom linguini. We all left full and content.

We went for dinner and had a great experience. We both ordered fish and chips as it was our first…read morenight in Scotland. Delicious meal! Waitress was quick and helpful. The place wasn't too busy, but we had to wait 30 minutes. Think they may have been understaffed. Atmosphere was typical for a pub.

Ate here for lunch with my wife - she has a gluten diary allergy and I have tree nut allergy, Alpha…read moreGal with a diabetes kicker.... We are a blast at restaurants. This restaurant is very careful. Apparently the lead chef is gluten intolerant. Lots of choices including desserts! We both had the Marry Me Chickpeas (I added chicken). Absolutely delicious. Staff was attentive and helpful. I would bring dates here and business meals here for sure. Maybe small children - maybe. Open seating area and pleasantly decorated. Would come back if in the area...

We absolutely loved this restaurant. The ambiance is great , the food is amazing . Served very hot…read moreand delicious. The cocktails are also delicious and very creative . Highly recommend this restaurant when in Inverness . Our server was very patient with us when we had a ton of questions. Excellent! The dessert was the best part ! The butterscotch pudding was out of this world !

Excellent service and quality pub food with a wide selection of local ales and drinks. Try the…read moreCajun chicken burger, one of the best I've ever had. If not the best.... The pub has a cozy local feel and was a great stop for a quiet lunch with a pint.

Small dining area inside with lots outside. Cute little place - we got here just as the opened…read more Folks were friendly. Ordered half pints of Real Ale and Innis &Gunn Lager, which was about 3 pounds each. For food we got the fish and chips (17 pounds) happy fish bites and haggis croquettes (7.50 pounds each). Fish bites were a bit small and more bread than fish and although the fish and chips were beg portion, mostly bread. It's a solid 3.5

The hubs and I popped in here for lunch and the place quickly filled up. We both started with a…read morelovely, delicious Guinness which totally hit the spot after we'd been walking all morning. Normally we don't order the same thing but today we got the grilled chicken/Thai chili Mayo sandwich. It was a solid chicken sammie and the fries were quite nice. We each ate about half the fries we got, not because they weren't good, but rather so we wouldn't over eat. Service was fast and friendly as well.

Couldn't get a spot at better rated places. Seated right away at R&Bs. Food and drinks were…read moreaverage. Atmosphere, less than. We got there around 7, and the drunk crowd had just started arriving for a night of karaoke. All good and fun, just beware that it's not really a family restaurant later into the evening.

A very lively spot with awesome music and friendly staff! We came in on a Monday, we're seated…read moreright away. They have a QR code that you can scan and order or they do have a server that comes around to take your order as well. The food was quickly delivered after we order and everything was hot, tasty and fresh! We would definitely come back if we are in the area

I don't know about coffee as this seems to be more of a burger establishment, but I'd give this…read morespot 10 stars if I could. I ordered the bbq burger and my daughter got the hungry bird. The burgers are huge, flavorful. We additionally ordered the cheese fries with their home made cheese sauce and the cheese sauce is just that- cheese. Not like the cheese sauses we have back in the states. Staff was friendly , we were promptly seated and best of all is the VIBES here. The aesthetic is modern but fun with neon signs depicting blink 182's logo and some other fun signs. The view, if you're lucky to sit next to the window, overlooks the river that runs alongside the street. Portions are huge, you can easily share a fry, the music is banging here, and they have a full bar. Oh and the milkshakes- BOMB! Definitely pay the 50p for the whipped cream, it tastes so fresh.

It's not often that my husband and I will exclaim "I LOVE this spot!", but that's exactly what we…read moredid after dining here on our first night in Inverness. Everyone we encountered was friendly and welcoming. We were shown right to a table near the windows, offered drink menus, given the daily specials (for food and cocktails). We both ordered a pint (I was stoked to find they had Belhaven on tap!), and the Haggis & Steak Meatballs to start. After a bit of deliberation, I ordered the Pan-Fried Sea Bass for my main, and my husband went with the Slow Roasted Venison Haunch. The meatballs came out first and looked different than I expected. There were three meatballs served in a bowl of a cream sauce, accompanied by two bread slices and a small side salad. I was able to taste the haggis, which was a nice surprise. The haggis flavor didn't overpower the meatball, which in turn was given a nice creamy-herby flavor from the sauce. The salad that came with it was nice and light, and served with kale chips, giving it an extra bit of crunch and flavor. My entree was phenomenal. The Asian-inspired sauce that was drizzled over the fish and noodles added a nice flair to the flavor, without taking away from the flavor of the fish (sea bass is my favorite fish, after all). I was worried that the noodles wouldn't work with the dish overall, but it did turn out very well. The noodles were perfectly cooked and paired with al dente vegetable straws. Everything had a splash of the sauce, which tied it all together. My husband also immensely enjoyed his meal. He said that the venison was perfectly cooked and that the different sauces were all delicious. To be fair, he did say that he originally thought there were too many sauces on the plate, but once it was in front of him, and he was shoveling it into his face, he understood that they all worked together. An appetizer, an entree each, and two pints of beer per person later, we decided that we had to try their sticky toffee pudding. I'm not sure why we thought it was a good idea (other than the vague recollection of a vow I made before we even left the States, saying that I would eat sticky toffee pudding at every establishment that offered it), but we were glad we ordered it. I mean, we were full up and ready to 'splode, but we were glad we ordered it. Their pudding is served in a square, with a scoop of ice cream and warm caramel. It was the perfect ending to the most fantastic meal we had on this trip. We came very close to going back on our last night in town, as well, but wanted to try something different (in reality, we would've been much better off had we come back to The Ivy, but you live and learn.) I hope others stop in to try their wonderful entrees and fun cocktails. I want this restaurant to succeed so that when we return to Inverness, we have a place to go for a great meal!

Wife was very hangry and needed food. The Ivy Bar & Kitchen was one of the first eateries we came…read moreacross. To be honest they have "Bar" first in their name so I should have lowered my expectations but wife on the verge of snapping at me, decided to go with it. Ordered and the food took a long time to arrive. I am all for slow food but any longer and the wife would have been storming out of there. Wife ordered the Scottish Salmon Special for £17. It was well cooked but not an especially creative dish. Actually, most of the menu looked uninspired. The salmon came with mashed potatoes and a creamy sauce that had no ambition. I was a bit bored with the menu so just went with the Ivy Burger. I asked for onion rings instead of chips (fries). Unfortunately the waitress didn't quite comprehend and I got chips and onion rings. The onion rings looked outstanding but sadly the rings were cold and oily. As soon as I touched the burger I knew it was going to be mediocre. The bun, though grilled was dense and close to crumbly. The burger was room temperature and bland. Even the haggis topping didn't distinguish it. Had to ask for some ketchup for my chips, wish they had some curry sauce. There was a tiny cup of slaw which was possibly the best part of the meal, a larger portion would have helped tremendously. Overall, get drinks here but pass on the food.o

The staff need retrained or to change jobs because they are not for customer facing! They are…read morepassive aggressive and condescending of any feedback given and will do so in front of other customers! the soup is suspiciously like cup a soup and it's extremely over priced! The whole experience was off puting and there is no wonder there is so many negative reviews online about this place and the manger

We had quite a bit of time to kill while waiting for the all-clear to board our train to Edinburgh…read more That was on me; I didn't know how busy the station would be, or how long it'd take us to walk from our hotel, so we left too early. I had initially thought we'd have to make a dinner out of crisps and soda from the WH Smith inside the station, as our First Class train tickets didn't include a meal, and it looked like all the restaurants inside the station were closed. But, we did a quick door check (if it opens, they're open!) at Ness & Thistle, and were happy to find the door opened. We got a table near the windows, where we could keep an eye on the departures board. There were two women working the bar that night, and one came out with menus and water. I really hate that I didn't get her name, because she was so fantastic. At any rate, I wasn't starving, but as our train stopped in Edinburgh after midnight, I knew I would need some kind of sustenance. After reviewing the menu, I picked the Mac n Cheese meal. I thought it sounded like a good, small meal. My husband chose the Battered Fish & Chips. I had a chance to take in the surroundings as we waited for our food. The interior is a lot...fancier...than I'd expected, given it's inside a train station. There are a few comfy looking overstuffed benches, as well as an inviting bar area. They allow enough space for luggage between tables, which is key for an establishment like this. The bathroom was nice and clean, as well. So, remember how I ordered the Mac n Cheese because I thought it'd be a small meal? Nope! I had to laugh when our sweet waitress brought our meals to the table. The mac was smothered in ooey, gooey cheese, and served with a side of chips and garlic bread. I barely made a dent in the mac! My husband tried to help out, but we never even got through half of the meal. I felt like such a wasteful person because I couldn't take it with me (4 hours on a train and into a hotel room with an uncertain fridge status). Still, the mac was very tasty. The cheese oozed, which I loved, and there was an extra zip to the sauce that spiced it up so that it was more than just a regular cheese sauce. My husband finished most of his meal, but I think he hit his "fried food threshold" about halfway through. The fish was expertly fried, and it came with chips (duh) and peas. He did finish off the fish and most of the peas but left a large pile of chips on his plate. He said it was some of the best fried fish he's had. We were pleasantly surprised by the meal, and by the service. And, before we left, we were shocked at how busy they got so late at night. There were four different parties posted up at the tables and benches by the time we left, all of them looking like they were ready to party.