We were lucky enough to get a table on a Friday night for our tea. We regularly eat at The Ploughman as it’s local to us, I was all set for having my usual Scampi as it’s the best in town until the special caught our attention, pan fried skin on cod served on a bed of cabbage, coriander sautéd potatoes, topped with a poached egg and hollandaise sauce, it was absolutely amazing. The presentation was outstanding, it was cooked beautifully and portion size was good, all for £18, I only wish I’d taken a picture. Staff and service perfect as always, thank you for a great evening.
FloridaMyrtle
We are a guest in Scotland from the US and our visit has been nothing but wonderful on our whole trip with the lovely Scot people and their hospitality. Today we stopped at the Ploughman for lunch. The big bald guy at the desk yelled at us, do you have reservations? We said no we are sorry he said sit here! The lovely table he offered was in a window in the front with sun beating down on us. We listened as everyone else came in he never asked do you have a reservation he just sat them. They were all Scots. He knew we were hot but he never tried to do anything to help. The food was mediocre and we could not wait to leave there. We will enjoy the rest of our trip and hope this guy has a better day.
Margaret D
I have visited The Ploughman many, many times, never had any cause to complain. This week was different. Four ladies of a certain age visited for lunch. The food was delicious, the drinks nicely served. But , at times, we felt we were invisible. We had to ask for drinks, ask to place our order after waiting some considerable time. Our meals took an exceptionally long time to be served (I do realise the restaurant was busy) and then we had to wait again to catch someone's eye to order coffees. Food was lovely, as always, but 'busy day " service needs to be addressed.
Ian B
First class service restaurant and bar staff are very efficient great menu excellent food buzzing atmosphere well done.
Derek Stephen
Friendly welcome good service good food really enjoyed the steak pie sadly no room for pudding. Pleasant surroundings I'm sure to be back
hayley95x
Food was really average but portion sizes terrible. Over £7 for 4 haggis Bon bons starter and just under £7 for 3 very poor bits of battered chicken goujons starter. The amount of chips that came with the burger was very poor and the bun had clearly been frozen then toasted as it was falling apart which is poor when paying £17 for a burger. Macaroni cheese was decent, good portion and sweet potato fries were really good. Sadly we waited far too long to get our starter and then even longer for our main. A table of 10 that ordered their meals when we were having our main course, both of their courses came out extremely fast so we can’t understand why we waited so long! Sadly we won’t be back.
Iain Dunsmore
Nice food, reasonably priced, friendly and helpful service. Organised a taxi to take us back to holiday park. Recommended
Scott
Great food, with gluten free and vegan options. They don't skimp on portion sizes either.Vegetarian options: Good vegan options (nacho bowl)Dietary restrictions: Their gluten free haddock was amazing and they mentioned they cook it in a separate/dedicated fryer to make it actually gluten free and avoid cross contamination. Brilliant service.
Debbie Mackenzie
Very good selection of food. Slightly over priced but everywhere is now a days.
Stacey Allen
4 of us had a delightful meal last night, All courses were hot and very tasty. A very good menu selection but please book because it is so good it is very busy. Will definitely return.
Lovely meal, welcomed by Simon. Service faultless, even though it was really busy. Great value for money. Highly recommend.
George Allan
Great menu choice available and food cooked to perfection. Can't fault the service for both drinks & food. Thanks!
Brian Gibb
Lovely food and service. Defo worth a visit.
Angela Grieve
We ordered 2 roast beef dinners, I asked what it came with and the lady gave a great description of Yorkshire puddings, choice of potatoes etc. She then came back and said they had run out of beef but had lamb, lovely we said lamb was fine. When it came 3 slices of lamb ok, tasteless look warm gravy only on the lamb, 3 small white roasties, couple of table spoons of dry skirlie, couple of small bits of broccoli and a table spoon of carrots. When I asked about the Yorkshire pudding, that was only available with the roast beef. My dad says it was fine but it really wasn’t.Drinks were in small tall glasses with ice, I asked for more drinks in 1/2 pint glasses to be told they were 1/2 pint glasses, no they weren’t. So the next size was a pint so I said ok but I didn’t really want a pint of Diet Coke I just wanted a decent drink.Whole experience was really stressful, came out unsatisfied and still hungry. The place was incredibly busy and other people’s food look great. Roast beef dinners, gravy and lovely big Yorkshire puddings.Sorry won’t be back, will spend my hard earned cash else where
Dave Hipwell
I really wanted to like this pub but no, my wasn’t the best.We went there hoping for a welcoming bar with decent drinks just to wind down after a day’s travel.What we got was a barman that couldn’t be bothered with even a hello or what can I get you.A bar area with little atmosphere and lots of televisions showing football, well, it’s labelled as a sports bar. The other side of the pub is given over to food only.We always try to support local wherever we are but this place clearly doesn’t want it.
We were lucky enough to get a table on a Friday night for our tea. We regularly eat at The Ploughman as it’s local to us, I was all set for having my usual Scampi as it’s the best in town until the special caught our attention, pan fried skin on cod served on a bed of cabbage, coriander sautéd potatoes, topped with a poached egg and hollandaise sauce, it was absolutely amazing. The presentation was outstanding, it was cooked beautifully and portion size was good, all for £18, I only wish I’d taken a picture. Staff and service perfect as always, thank you for a great evening.
We are a guest in Scotland from the US and our visit has been nothing but wonderful on our whole trip with the lovely Scot people and their hospitality. Today we stopped at the Ploughman for lunch. The big bald guy at the desk yelled at us, do you have reservations? We said no we are sorry he said sit here! The lovely table he offered was in a window in the front with sun beating down on us. We listened as everyone else came in he never asked do you have a reservation he just sat them. They were all Scots. He knew we were hot but he never tried to do anything to help. The food was mediocre and we could not wait to leave there. We will enjoy the rest of our trip and hope this guy has a better day.
I have visited The Ploughman many, many times, never had any cause to complain. This week was different. Four ladies of a certain age visited for lunch. The food was delicious, the drinks nicely served. But , at times, we felt we were invisible. We had to ask for drinks, ask to place our order after waiting some considerable time. Our meals took an exceptionally long time to be served (I do realise the restaurant was busy) and then we had to wait again to catch someone's eye to order coffees. Food was lovely, as always, but 'busy day " service needs to be addressed.
First class service restaurant and bar staff are very efficient great menu excellent food buzzing atmosphere well done.
Friendly welcome good service good food really enjoyed the steak pie sadly no room for pudding. Pleasant surroundings I'm sure to be back
Food was really average but portion sizes terrible. Over £7 for 4 haggis Bon bons starter and just under £7 for 3 very poor bits of battered chicken goujons starter. The amount of chips that came with the burger was very poor and the bun had clearly been frozen then toasted as it was falling apart which is poor when paying £17 for a burger. Macaroni cheese was decent, good portion and sweet potato fries were really good. Sadly we waited far too long to get our starter and then even longer for our main. A table of 10 that ordered their meals when we were having our main course, both of their courses came out extremely fast so we can’t understand why we waited so long! Sadly we won’t be back.
Nice food, reasonably priced, friendly and helpful service. Organised a taxi to take us back to holiday park. Recommended
Great food, with gluten free and vegan options. They don't skimp on portion sizes either.Vegetarian options: Good vegan options (nacho bowl)Dietary restrictions: Their gluten free haddock was amazing and they mentioned they cook it in a separate/dedicated fryer to make it actually gluten free and avoid cross contamination. Brilliant service.
Very good selection of food. Slightly over priced but everywhere is now a days.
4 of us had a delightful meal last night, All courses were hot and very tasty. A very good menu selection but please book because it is so good it is very busy. Will definitely return.
Restaurantji Recommends
Lovely meal, welcomed by Simon. Service faultless, even though it was really busy. Great value for money. Highly recommend.
Great menu choice available and food cooked to perfection. Can't fault the service for both drinks & food. Thanks!
Lovely food and service. Defo worth a visit.
We ordered 2 roast beef dinners, I asked what it came with and the lady gave a great description of Yorkshire puddings, choice of potatoes etc. She then came back and said they had run out of beef but had lamb, lovely we said lamb was fine. When it came 3 slices of lamb ok, tasteless look warm gravy only on the lamb, 3 small white roasties, couple of table spoons of dry skirlie, couple of small bits of broccoli and a table spoon of carrots. When I asked about the Yorkshire pudding, that was only available with the roast beef. My dad says it was fine but it really wasn’t.Drinks were in small tall glasses with ice, I asked for more drinks in 1/2 pint glasses to be told they were 1/2 pint glasses, no they weren’t. So the next size was a pint so I said ok but I didn’t really want a pint of Diet Coke I just wanted a decent drink.Whole experience was really stressful, came out unsatisfied and still hungry. The place was incredibly busy and other people’s food look great. Roast beef dinners, gravy and lovely big Yorkshire puddings.Sorry won’t be back, will spend my hard earned cash else where
I really wanted to like this pub but no, my wasn’t the best.We went there hoping for a welcoming bar with decent drinks just to wind down after a day’s travel.What we got was a barman that couldn’t be bothered with even a hello or what can I get you.A bar area with little atmosphere and lots of televisions showing football, well, it’s labelled as a sports bar. The other side of the pub is given over to food only.We always try to support local wherever we are but this place clearly doesn’t want it.