Scottish Borders

We welcome Wilson’s Farm & Kitchen to Scottish Food Guide. (new member May 2023). This magical place offers fabulous dining in nature in the beautiful Borders countryside. Meander down a secret pathway to your own private dining experience where you will be served Lucy’s wonderful feast, or dine at the large table in the charmingly refurbished Cart Room. Their beautiful Read more...

Hemp tea is highly nutritious, ethical and delicious – indeed an exceedingly healthy cuppa. Leonard roasts and crushes his hemp seeds before blending them with a combination of rose petals, mint and lavender to create the most beautiful hemp seed tea. Stockists to follow or buy online on this weblink. I can vouch for the tea being delicious and the Read more...

Firebrick Bakery is the fabulous invention of Amanda & David who have made Lauder their home after stellar careers and multiple awards. Amanda is an acclaimed pastry chef so what a pair they make. After spells at Roman Camp, Simply Heathcotes, The Jam House, Kyloe and more..it is only natural they should now create amazing breads, cakes, pastries and desserts Read more...

Welcome to Buccleuch Arms, home to the Blue Coo Bistrot where they are passionate about local produce, knowledgable and skilled. After a superb breakfast – they are open to non residents from early morn – we could have talked all day about artisan producers and their mouth watering menus! Billy Hamilton is a fine host and pretty ace in the Read more...

Just across the square from Burts and equally delightful in its own individual way, The Townhouse is also owned by the Henderson family, who have deservedly won many accolades for their fine food and hospitality. Members of the prestigious Scotch Beef Club, you have the choice of relaxed eating in the Brasserie or dining in the elegant Restaurant, both menus famed Read more...

A great addition to border country is this super coffee shop perched up in the hills conveniently by the main road to Lauder. It is an ideal stop on the road connecting north and south – many’s the time we have paused for a light bite. Spacious and airy, bustling and cheery, the café is a popular haunt with home Read more...

Winner 2019/20 Slow Food Scotland Best Butcher. photo Albie Clark Specialising in their own organic reared Aberdeen Angus, carefully sourced outdoor-reared pork and organic lamb and mutton. They have their own on-farm butchery and cure and sell their own fine range of organic Scottish salamis. Chris traveled to Italy to learn from the experts and the resulting salamis are superb. Read more...

Dunlouise & Hardiesmill are the only two farms that currently meet Ark of Taste standards & criteria for Native Bred Aberdeen Angus. Hardiesmill in Berwickshire rear Scotch Assured pedigree Aberdeen Angus, Ethical Scotch Beef, in the traditional way, fed on grass and grass silage. Well hung beef from the finest Border countryside – the real deal. Native Bred Aberdeen Angus beef Read more...

RBST Winner 2023 Sustainable Farm of the Year. Online sales, a regular at Kelso Farmers’ Market plus their lovely Farm Shop open Fridays 10.00-18.00 & Saturdays 9.30-15.00 (but check for seasonal changes).This highly respected family farm rears Scotch Assured pedigree pure bred Native Aberdeen Angus in the traditional way, fed on grass and grass silage. Well hung beef from the finest Read more...

South of Scotland Scottish Thistle Award Winner 2023 Best Hotel Experience. This fairytale castellated country house sits in 28acres of stunning woodland, gardens and landscapes – the perfect gourmet base to explore the South of Scotland, yet within a stone’s throw of Edinburgh – sufficiently close to take a city excursion if you wish before returning for a romantic meal. Read more...