LOVED our dinner at Home.The service was friendly, welcoming and unpretentious. It was like arriving at a friends house where they poured a large glass of wine and put delicious bread and olives on the table. Felt at home from the start.I had the cucumber avant guard which was hard to describe even after eating it - but the flavours were amazing. The green curry fried chicken was outstanding -So much flavour.For mains we had pig cheeks which were delicious and the rump steak. The steak was unbelievable! It was melt in the mouth and cooked to perfection. It was also one of the largest steaks have ever been served and took 2 of us to eat. Should really have taken a doggy bag as would a have made amazing sandwiches next day.Didn’t really have room for pudding but wanted to try the plum tart which was so delicious. Wine was very reasonably priced for the quality and comes by glass .Will be finding reasons to be in Dumfries on Thursday or Friday again so can return
Kerry S
We loved Home Restaurant. All the staff were so welcoming and took time with each table. They create great atmosphere in the restaurant. For starters we had the Fried Chicken Curry and the Cucumber Avant Guard - which is hard to describe but was so full of flavour. For mains we had the Pigs Cheeks - soft and delicious - and the Rump Steak. The steak was amazing. Cooked to perfection and melted in the mouth. We were quite full but didn't want to miss out on trying the puddings and so glad we didn't. We had the Plum Tart and Baked Cheesecake. Both more interesting than might sound and absolutely delicious. The meal was excellent value for the quality of food. We had a great meal and can't wait to go back.
FarAway50481414722
Great combination of tastes & textures with each dish. I had to try everyone's on my table & could not decide on my favourite. I simply can't wait to go again....
Kirsteen S
We booked Home for a meal after receiving a voucher for a birthday gift and OMG I’m so glad we received that voucher. It was very busy when we were there but had a beautiful ambience. The service from Louisa and the staff front of house was brilliant and Louisa was very knowledgeable about the menu and talked us through everything on the menu. The food was outstanding. We had Thai chicken as a starter which was beautiful. I had a rump steak, cooked to perfection and the mashed potato was to die for. My husband had cod which he also said was amazing. Also had a side of green which we very tasty. We both had apple crumble to finish off which was beautiful. The presentation was lovely and everything looked and tasted amazing…well done to Tom and kitchen staff. We will defo be back again. Thanks team Home ??
Richard P
This lovely restaurant in Dumfries is owned and managed by my good friends Tom and Louisa. They are absolutely fantastic at offering freshly prepared food from locally sourced produce. Blending tasty ingredients with fresh produce they always surprise me with ever visit. Front of house staff are always very welcoming and they always provide a positive atmosphere. A top ranking restaurant in south west Scotland which deserves high praises! Well done guys ????
Julie Smith
This was just wonderful in every way. A meal which completely outdid recent visit to Tom Kitchen restaurant in Edinburgh - in every way. Beautiful food. Wonderful care - very personal. Unobtrusive. Honest honest. And food sourced and grown locally. I was encouraged to run my finger round the plate to pick up the last drops of sauce. 'Feel at home'. So very relaxing. The four of us dining just loved it. Not cheap but excellent quality and value for money. Worth every penny and pound! Shall return!
Margaret Littlejohn
I recently visited this restaurant with my brother and we found the food to be excellent. Each course was super tasty and creatively put together. I particularly enjoyed the spicy prawn starter. The ambience is great, service very friendly and non intrusive. The overall impression is of unpretentiousness with actually very talented cooking and relaxing atmosphere
Tim Saunders
I will never forget the first meal I had here. Some of the best food I’ve ever had, and all in a relaxed, unpretentious and friendly environment. Absolutely one of my favourite restaurants I’ve ever been to
Andymac64
We had heard lots about this place and read a certain newspaper review. Home did not disappoint, it was in a lovely space with a really good vibe. Louisa is absolutely wonderful at the front of house stuff, made us feel very special and we warmed to her enthusiasm immediately. Perusing the menu it oozed quality and made us salivate. The ingredients on the menu are sourced very locally, with the vegetables originating in the village we were actually staying in. The cheese comes from a farm we had passed on our visits to Dumfries and Galloway many times. I started with the Paprika Prawns and my wife had Mozzarella and peaches. We obviously had to test each others dish and both were stunning creations. There was only one winner for the mains for us, the Halibut, fish cake and peas, again beautifully presented and prepared with flavours just perfect. Finally based on the first two courses we had to finish with a dessert. Chocolate cremeux and baked vanilla cheesecake again a triumph of flavours. Cooking of the very highest order. Home was busy on a Thursday night and two walk ins were lucky to get a spare table. Highly recommend you book well in advance if you want to visit Home as it’s one of the best meals we have had for many years. Thanks to Louisa and the team, you have a very special place with Home. We will definitely be back- wish we lived closer.
FrequentFlier691769
Great, lively, friendly restaurant. We were a party of 6 for a birthday. It was a night for the Tasting Menu. All the dishes were excellent and a few were amazing, truly amazing. Good wine, great service. Full and rather noisy!
Quite an interesting tasting menu experience, if you are a meat eater should be fine, the vegetarian choices instead of meat can be variable. But it is ultimately good value, the staff are attentive and caring,
WHB70
Undoubtedly the best restaurant meal we have ever had. We had the taster menu and each course was a pleasure to eat. We didn’t want it to come to an end. From first arriving until we left we were treated with courtesy and friendliness by the proprietor and all the staff. Service was excellent and timing was perfect between courses. The restaurant was busy and some customers quite noisy which made conversation difficult sometimes and the background music could have been turned off as it was inaudible. I would have no hesitation in recommending Home as a wonderful place to eat.
Creswell
Great addition to Dumfries restaurant offering. Tasty food in a stylish setting with friendly owner and staff. Some food feels slightly overpriced but I'm willing to pay more for the atmosphere etc. Give it a try- if you can find it!
Global812074
Amazing food all be it a limited menu, good attentive staff, however the ambience of the place is more casual, the basic chairs just uncomfortable and the entrance is the hidden secret, no signs on the gate, we had to find three people for directions, word to the wise, it’s opposite the big car park next door left to a market and through an alley with a large rusty gate and weeds in a courtyard, will be back with a seat cushion soon
Ian A
Both myself and my husband really enjoyed our 1st experience at Home Restaurant. A very warm welcome, a nice relaxed atmosphere. Both of us enjoyed our food. My husband had prawns to start then belly pork, both delicious he followed with rhubarb tart which was not what my husband expected but still tasty. I had the watermelon with feta cheese with a sprinkling of nuts, outstanding, with such simple ingredients, i then had the lamb dish, also delicious. Unlike my husband I couldn’t manage a pudding. Whilst sitting I saw both the cod dish and the steak dish served, both looked scrumptious. Would definitely visit the restaurant again if in the area, we were in the area for a weeks holiday. Not a problem for us to recommend this restaurant.
LOVED our dinner at Home.The service was friendly, welcoming and unpretentious. It was like arriving at a friends house where they poured a large glass of wine and put delicious bread and olives on the table. Felt at home from the start.I had the cucumber avant guard which was hard to describe even after eating it - but the flavours were amazing. The green curry fried chicken was outstanding -So much flavour.For mains we had pig cheeks which were delicious and the rump steak. The steak was unbelievable! It was melt in the mouth and cooked to perfection. It was also one of the largest steaks have ever been served and took 2 of us to eat. Should really have taken a doggy bag as would a have made amazing sandwiches next day.Didn’t really have room for pudding but wanted to try the plum tart which was so delicious. Wine was very reasonably priced for the quality and comes by glass .Will be finding reasons to be in Dumfries on Thursday or Friday again so can return
We loved Home Restaurant. All the staff were so welcoming and took time with each table. They create great atmosphere in the restaurant. For starters we had the Fried Chicken Curry and the Cucumber Avant Guard - which is hard to describe but was so full of flavour. For mains we had the Pigs Cheeks - soft and delicious - and the Rump Steak. The steak was amazing. Cooked to perfection and melted in the mouth. We were quite full but didn't want to miss out on trying the puddings and so glad we didn't. We had the Plum Tart and Baked Cheesecake. Both more interesting than might sound and absolutely delicious. The meal was excellent value for the quality of food. We had a great meal and can't wait to go back.
Great combination of tastes & textures with each dish. I had to try everyone's on my table & could not decide on my favourite. I simply can't wait to go again....
We booked Home for a meal after receiving a voucher for a birthday gift and OMG I’m so glad we received that voucher. It was very busy when we were there but had a beautiful ambience. The service from Louisa and the staff front of house was brilliant and Louisa was very knowledgeable about the menu and talked us through everything on the menu. The food was outstanding. We had Thai chicken as a starter which was beautiful. I had a rump steak, cooked to perfection and the mashed potato was to die for. My husband had cod which he also said was amazing. Also had a side of green which we very tasty. We both had apple crumble to finish off which was beautiful. The presentation was lovely and everything looked and tasted amazing…well done to Tom and kitchen staff. We will defo be back again. Thanks team Home ??
This lovely restaurant in Dumfries is owned and managed by my good friends Tom and Louisa. They are absolutely fantastic at offering freshly prepared food from locally sourced produce. Blending tasty ingredients with fresh produce they always surprise me with ever visit. Front of house staff are always very welcoming and they always provide a positive atmosphere. A top ranking restaurant in south west Scotland which deserves high praises! Well done guys ????
This was just wonderful in every way. A meal which completely outdid recent visit to Tom Kitchen restaurant in Edinburgh - in every way. Beautiful food. Wonderful care - very personal. Unobtrusive. Honest honest. And food sourced and grown locally. I was encouraged to run my finger round the plate to pick up the last drops of sauce. 'Feel at home'. So very relaxing. The four of us dining just loved it. Not cheap but excellent quality and value for money. Worth every penny and pound! Shall return!
I recently visited this restaurant with my brother and we found the food to be excellent. Each course was super tasty and creatively put together. I particularly enjoyed the spicy prawn starter. The ambience is great, service very friendly and non intrusive. The overall impression is of unpretentiousness with actually very talented cooking and relaxing atmosphere
I will never forget the first meal I had here. Some of the best food I’ve ever had, and all in a relaxed, unpretentious and friendly environment. Absolutely one of my favourite restaurants I’ve ever been to
We had heard lots about this place and read a certain newspaper review. Home did not disappoint, it was in a lovely space with a really good vibe. Louisa is absolutely wonderful at the front of house stuff, made us feel very special and we warmed to her enthusiasm immediately. Perusing the menu it oozed quality and made us salivate. The ingredients on the menu are sourced very locally, with the vegetables originating in the village we were actually staying in. The cheese comes from a farm we had passed on our visits to Dumfries and Galloway many times. I started with the Paprika Prawns and my wife had Mozzarella and peaches. We obviously had to test each others dish and both were stunning creations. There was only one winner for the mains for us, the Halibut, fish cake and peas, again beautifully presented and prepared with flavours just perfect. Finally based on the first two courses we had to finish with a dessert. Chocolate cremeux and baked vanilla cheesecake again a triumph of flavours. Cooking of the very highest order. Home was busy on a Thursday night and two walk ins were lucky to get a spare table. Highly recommend you book well in advance if you want to visit Home as it’s one of the best meals we have had for many years. Thanks to Louisa and the team, you have a very special place with Home. We will definitely be back- wish we lived closer.
Great, lively, friendly restaurant. We were a party of 6 for a birthday. It was a night for the Tasting Menu. All the dishes were excellent and a few were amazing, truly amazing. Good wine, great service. Full and rather noisy!
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Quite an interesting tasting menu experience, if you are a meat eater should be fine, the vegetarian choices instead of meat can be variable. But it is ultimately good value, the staff are attentive and caring,
Undoubtedly the best restaurant meal we have ever had. We had the taster menu and each course was a pleasure to eat. We didn’t want it to come to an end. From first arriving until we left we were treated with courtesy and friendliness by the proprietor and all the staff. Service was excellent and timing was perfect between courses. The restaurant was busy and some customers quite noisy which made conversation difficult sometimes and the background music could have been turned off as it was inaudible. I would have no hesitation in recommending Home as a wonderful place to eat.
Great addition to Dumfries restaurant offering. Tasty food in a stylish setting with friendly owner and staff. Some food feels slightly overpriced but I'm willing to pay more for the atmosphere etc. Give it a try- if you can find it!
Amazing food all be it a limited menu, good attentive staff, however the ambience of the place is more casual, the basic chairs just uncomfortable and the entrance is the hidden secret, no signs on the gate, we had to find three people for directions, word to the wise, it’s opposite the big car park next door left to a market and through an alley with a large rusty gate and weeds in a courtyard, will be back with a seat cushion soon
Both myself and my husband really enjoyed our 1st experience at Home Restaurant. A very warm welcome, a nice relaxed atmosphere. Both of us enjoyed our food. My husband had prawns to start then belly pork, both delicious he followed with rhubarb tart which was not what my husband expected but still tasty. I had the watermelon with feta cheese with a sprinkling of nuts, outstanding, with such simple ingredients, i then had the lamb dish, also delicious. Unlike my husband I couldn’t manage a pudding. Whilst sitting I saw both the cod dish and the steak dish served, both looked scrumptious. Would definitely visit the restaurant again if in the area, we were in the area for a weeks holiday. Not a problem for us to recommend this restaurant.