Great food and great charm. We were passing through and stopped for dinner. The greeting area has a…read morecountry flair and you are greeted and taken well care of. The restaurant is a bit overdone for my style with too many curtains and frills, but the food is definitely worth it. Stop in, I think you will like it.

So, it might sound like an unused venue in Albert Square, but this is a place for serious foodies…read more Too tired to tackle a main ( although impressed by the choice), I went for two starters served together. Result! A Stornoway black pudding Scotch egg with homemade brown sauce was exquisitely tasty, especially combined with roast cauliflower, beautifully done with goat's curd, barley and lemon salad. But even that combo was eclipsed by a dessert to die for. Floating Island might sound cryptic, but think a soft baked meringue, covered in pistachio shavings, sitting in a cool pool of vanilla custard. Just heavenly. Add on smart, attentive staff, and reasonable prices, and it's no surprise this is a popular, award-winning venue. That's not a cock and bull story....

Excellent food and service from the gastropub. A wide range of well prepared meals and excellent…read morestaff

If you want meat, and I mean a grill plate with 5 kinds of meat, this is your heaven. Service was…read moregreat and the food was just what I was craving. I will come here again.

The Ploughman is a traditional style pub serving traditional pub meals with a focus on local…read moresuppliers. The dining area was a good size but not ideal for larger groups. We were a party of 14 with a high chair for our daughter and we did feel a little squeezed in and I don't think they could have taken a party bigger than ours due to the layout of the space. The decor is very old pub feeling with dark woods, dark carpets and twee trinkets dotted around the room and on the walls. If you're after a modern gastro-pub experience, you won't find it here! The food itself was a bit of a mixed bag. I chose Oriental Prawns for starter and they were quite obviously bought in ready made and frozen and weren't anything spectacular, you can get equally good (or better) from the freezer cabinet of your local supermarket. They were served with a chilli sauce which was tasty, but straight from a bottle so you would expect it to taste good and a side salad which came with no dressing at all, my pet hate when I go out to eat. There nothing worse than a pile of dry salad just dumped on the side of a plate with no thought, it's not too much of a chore to add a little drizzle of olive oil at the very least. The main course was a Jekyll and Hyde type dish and is a good snapshot of the overall dining experience. I ordered steak au poivre cooked medium and it genuinely was one of the nicest pieces of meat that I've had in a while. They list their local suppliers on the menu and I'm wishing I had taken a note of the butcher that the steak came from as it was excellent. The pepper sauce was plentiful and delicious, but again I suspect that it came from a jar/packet and that may be the reason. All the mains come with a choice of chips or potatoes and veg and again are of the frozen variety. This is a real shame as they let down what would otherwise have been an excellent dish. It was reasonably priced at £17, but for that I'd be expecting more than opening a bag of frozen chips and deep frying them. The service was very good, friendly staff who couldn't have done more to help us and they were quick and efficient without being intrusive at all. Overall, the meal here was ok. The food that was cooked from fresh was delicious, but let down be pre-prepared sides. The place itself is a little dated with perhaps the most uncomfortable seats I've sat on in a while, but for a reasonably priced meal with family, it was perfectly acceptable.

This used to be my local pub and i was always very impressed with the service and drink, although…read morethe decor did leave a lot to be desired. The last time i went, the leather on the sofas had been ripped and the cushion foam was coming out. The white ball had been stolen from the pool table and they didn't seem to have another one so out when the idea of playing pool. The karaoke machine was also broken. There is however a number of tvs that you can watch the football on and the owners always ensure the football is on for the big games. The drinks are priced fairly but the wine is quite expensive for the taste - in fact it's like £12 a bottle for disgusting wine. I'm sure this isn't the owners fault entirely though. On the whole it has a great atmosphere and is definately worth a look if you're in the area.

My family and I ate in here the other night, oh my goodness never again. The food was over cooked,…read moreand over priced. Pretty sure it was boil in the bag food. Take my advice go to M&S buy a gastro pub meal, and have it at home. Much tastier and much cheaper.

Nice gastro pub, interesting menu with some very good dishes, plus some which you would expect in a…read morebar/pub restaurant. Service is good and some staff are really friendly and forthcoming. Bar area lacks personality and is a little bit cold in its surroundings. For food your best sat in the restaurant side. Good selection of drinks and a late selection of vodkas, rums and guns, some unusual choices in between. Over all, prices are at the top end of food and drink prices but then again it is Bieldside and if people pay the prices then it's got some worth in it. Well worth a visit with some friends for an informal evening! Live music on the odd Friday excellent

Just changed owner, new menus. Nice atmosphere still quite expensive for drinks. Good food.read more

Yum Yum Yum, just been to this delightful little pub in the heart of Blairgowrie town. Lovely…read moresetting and warm atmosphere inside. Friendly and attentive staff. They only serve food during lunchtime, but I can forgive that as my lunch was delicious. They have a great selection of pub lunch food and all at reasonable prices for hearty portions. If you pop in here I would definitely recommend one of the hot toasted wraps; warm cheesy goodness packed with other just as tasty meats.