Restaurants in Dumfries & Galloway
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L’Aperitif
Purgatory at dinnertime can look uncannily like Stranraer at times, so thank the powers that be for this cheerful local. It’s definitely the town’s best restaurant and is close to being its best pub too. Despite the name, dishes are more Italian than French, with great pastas alongside roasts, saltimbocca, and delicious appetisers featuring things like smoked salmon or greenlip mussels. Early dining (£13.50 for two courses) is lighter on the wallet.
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Gordon House Hotel
The small, laid-back hotel rooms are in good shape, but they vary a bit, so have a look at a few. No 2 is probably the best of the doubles. You can dine in the restaurant (mains £11 to £13), which serves posh nosh like pan-seared breast of guinea fowl with tarragon and grain mustard, or the lounge bar, and there’s a beer garden for sunny afternoons.
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Castle Restaurant
The Castle Restaurant is the best place to eat in town and uses organic produce where possible. It covers a few bases with chicken, beef and seafood dishes on offer as well as tempting morsels for vegetarians. Lunch mains are lighter and cheaper, and there’s a good-value evening two-course offer for £16.
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Waterline
This chain pub across from the tourist office is soulless, but it’s family friendly, close to the ferry and, for Stranraer, is a decent option for a meal or quiet drink. Good-value burgers, baguettes, pasta dishes, curries and pub faves are dished out all day.
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Hullabaloo
At weekends locals flock to this contemporary restaurant at the Robert Burns Centre. For lunch there’s wraps, melts and ciabattas, but come dinner time it’s inventive angles on traditional creations – with imaginative fish dishes perhaps best on show.
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One Bank St
This wee room upstairs around the corner from the tourist office (look for the sign on the street) does gourmet rolls and baked potatoes, but gets even more adventurous with wraps like roast veg and humus or smoked chicken and raspberry.
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Kings Arms Hotel
This traditional pub sells very traditional pub meals – and it does them pretty well. It’s recommended by locals, and there are plenty of them in here scoffing the tempting morsels.
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Deli 173
For a truly awesome baguette drop into this fine-foods deli. We recommend 'the Godfather'.
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Simply Delicious
Great cafe serving all-day brekky (£6.50), luxury melts and freshly ground coffee.
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