Our review is strictly for the restaurant inside The Belvedere. On the way back from Dunnottar Castle our group wanted to grab a bite to eat before the two hour ride back to Edinburgh. We found this spot in some local guide and decided to give it a shot.
The restaurant has a small dining area in the front and additional seating in the back room by the bar. The menu has a variety of options as well as specials listed on the chalk board in the middle of the room. I really thought that it was good that they had the option for some dishes to get half portions.
Being in Scotland I wanted to try their haggis and black pudding fritters that were fried in a light almost beer batter like crust and dressed with a small salad in the middle of the half sliced round fritters with a sweet sauce with a little heat chili sauce. The sauce was really good and surprisingly went well with the haggis and black pudding flavors. Both the haggis and black pudding was good but not the best I've had.
Next course was the beef stroganoff with rice. The sauce of the stroganoff was ok but a little looser that what I'm used to. Also I think it would have done better with wide noodles than rice.
Dessert I had the hot toffee sundae which is a good ending to the meal.
The only slight negative was that it did take some time to get our food. I'm guessing it could be lack of kitchen staff to help cook and prepare all the dishes to come to the customers at a timely matter. At the time we went it happened that two other large tables were dining there arrived just before us.
The servers were very nice to us and also were nice enough to give my friend some bread with butter as she waited for her entree to come and she didn't order an appetizer. read more