Ballater, Scottish Restaurant Guide

Not everywhere is opened by the future King, but Prince Charles – as he then was – helped open the doors on this ArtFarm (from Hauser + Wirth) venture down the road from Balmoral in 2019. The art is more outré than the contemporary and relatively conventional ingredient-led modern Scottish dishes, but the environs make for an interesting meal in these parts (although as one keen-eyed repeat visitor notes: “a lot of the great art which was there at the opening seems to have moved on and some furniture which was in the bedrooms when the place launched has gone too. They are art dealers after all…”)