Pitlochry, Scottish Restaurant Guide

You’ll pay “London prices but it’s worth it” as “quality shines through” at this “just lovely” restaurant in a newly relaunched 1866 railway hotel, now run by nearby Ballintaggart Farm cookery school. “There’s some imaginative cooking here and good use of local and foraged ingredients”, along with “very knowledgeable and friendly staff” – although “the bar has more atmosphere and better acoustics than the dining room”.

“Always a pleasure, combining excellence all round” – this luxurious, family Relais & Châteaux property (built in 1840) has long been a mainstay of the surrounding area, with its “assured cooking of quality ingredients, particularly excellent meat”.