Bistro restaurants in Central Scotland
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Breizh
This warmly decorated bistro – the place could define the word – is a treat. Dishes are served with real panache, and the salads, featuring all sorts of delicious ingredients, are a feast of colour, texture and subtle flavours. The blackboard meat and fish specials offer great value and a real taste of northwest France: breakfasts, galettes (Breton buckwheat crêpes), tasty wines... If you like quality food served in an unpretentious way, you'll love it here.
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Playwright
Next door to the theatre, and decorated with photos of Scottish actors, this innovative cafe-bar and bistro serves a 'grazing menu' of light meals (£5 to £8) from noon to 5pm, a lunch and pre-theatre menu (£17/20 for two/three courses) and a gourmet à la carte menu that concentrates on fine Scottish produce with dishes such as saddle of lamb with wild mushrooms and roast halibut with shellfish sauce.
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Café 52
This little haven of laid-back industrial chic – a high, narrow space lined with bare stonework, rough plaster and exposed ventilation ducts – serves some of the finest and most inventive cuisine in the northeast. Try starters such as wild game and garlic meatloaf with spiced swede chutney, or mains like roast- cumin-and-honey pork loin with baked black pudding.
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Byre Theatre Bistro
A happy, buzzy spot with comfy couches, works of art on the wall and a well-developed menu that encompasses some delicious fusion cooking. Lunchtime sandwiches come with interesting fillings, such as hummus and red pepper. Dinner gets more sophisticated, featuring dishes such as seared tuna steak on sultana-and-nutmeg couscous with smoked-tomato dressing.
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Antlers
This brand-new bistro makes the most of locally sourced produce, offering soup, sandwiches and burgers during the day, and an unexpectedly classy menu at dinner time, with dishes such as grilled goats cheese on black pudding with onion marmalade, glazed loin of pork with a cider reduction, and Cajun-style pan-fried venison.
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Paco’s
Something of an institution, Paco’s keeps Perthers coming back over and over, perhaps because it would take dozens of visits to even try half of the menu. There’s something for everyone: steaks, seafood, pizza, pasta and Mexican, all served in generous portions. The fountain-tinkled terrace is the place for a sunny day.
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Jute Cafe-Bar
The industrial-chic cafe-bar in the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre serves excellent deli sandwiches and steaks, as well as more adventurous Mediterranean-Asian fusion cuisine. Early-bird menu (5pm to 6.30pm daily) offers a two-course dinner for £12. Tables spill out into the sunny courtyard in summer.
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Cuan Mor
This always-busy bar and bistro sports a no-nonsense menu of old favourites – from haddock and chips to sausage and mash with onion gravy – spiced with a few more-sophisticated dishes such as scallops with black pudding, and a decent range of vegetarian dishes. And the sticky toffee pudding is not to be missed!
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Jute Cafe-Bar
The industrial-chic cafe-bar in the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre serves excellent deli sandwiches and steaks, as well as more adventurous Mediterranean-Asian fusion cuisine. Early-bird menu (5pm to 6.30pm daily) offers a two-course dinner for £12. Tables spill out into the sunny courtyard in summer.
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Grill House
This cheerful, sometimes boisterous restaurant offers something for every taste and bank balance, with a big selection ranging from Mexican, pizza and pasta to char-grilled salmon and quality steaks. The upbeat atmosphere and service are pluses, as is the £5 lunchtime deal.
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Zizzi
Beloved of local students, this Italian eatery has atmosphere without the tack. Rather than Mona Lisas, moribund love songs and phallic pepper grinders, it’s got contemporary decor, an open kitchen, a chatty buzz and fast service. The food won’t wow but it will satisfy.
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Tailend
Delicious fresh fish sourced from Arbroath just up the coast put this new St Andrews arrival a class above most chippies. The array of exquisite smoked delicacies at the counter will have you planning a picnic or fighting for a table out the back.
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Gathering Place
This bright and breezy bistro is an unexpected corner of culinary excellence, with a welcoming dining room and sunny conservatory, tucked below the main road junction at the entrance to the village.
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