Ballantrae, Scottish Restaurant Guide

2022 Review: An imposing country-house hotel overlooking the Firth of Clyde, with an Italian garden courtesy of acclaimed designer Gertrude Jekyll. On the food front it's “always reliable”, and now boasts “two dining areas: the Scottish baronial castle itself, and the new glasshouse” – a late 1800s affair similar to one on the Queen's Balmoral estate, and offering informal dining as against the main restaurant's three- and six-course tasting menus.