Wonderful food. The rainee sommelier was very helpful and knowledgeable.
Sam Dennis
Wonderful find on our way home from Aberdeen. Gorgeous Festive menu, great wine selection and warm & friendly ambience. Will be returning in the New Year without a doubt.A well worth and recommended visit.
Nanette Philip
Good choices on menu and food beautifully cooked and presented.Suggest website is updated as price of set lunch menu had doubled!
Holly Usher
Family were up to visit and we were celebrating a birthday. Could not fault anything. The service, food and wine recommendations were spot on. The venue itself is cosy and intimate. A really lovely evening and we will definitely be back.
Tasmina CW
Can't imagine the restaurant such like a feeling of honeymoon. Sky, pier, people,the air and never miss the tiny museum under the restaurant, the last is smell the salty air outside. Although a bit expensive, just give us a Break to relax.The food .... amazing taste good, yummy.
M3581ALmikej
Saturday night treat. Lovely restaurant, the food was fantastic and the staff, were excellent. We had Oysters, Bisque, the Monkfish special followed by creme brulee and a cheese board. A couple of cocktails rounded of a perfect evening. Can’t wait to go back.
jennymcm921
My partner and I had a food voucher to use, so decided to come for lunch. Lovely food, the langoustine bisk and the Rock turbot were just fabulous. My partner enjoyed the muscles and the lemon sole. Not sure about all these reviews complaining about portion sizes, we were stuffed after two courses and didn’t even have room for desert!! Yes it is a little pricey but the quality of the food is well worth the cost. Worth a visit!
Geoff Birkett
Excellent food, some really interesting sauces but everything was really good. Attentive service and a very nice pace to the meal. We got a nice table with views over the harbour.A little expensive but we'll worth it for the quality and experience.
Mike Churchill
Great food and service in a wonderful location. Let down only by lack of a proper coffee machine, but am sure he will sort that soon!
21aber
Wow from start to finish… Really welcoming atmosphere and the staff were very attentive. I couldn’t fault the food, highly recommend the pork belly main. 10/10, compliments to the chef.
The scrumptious food, with lots of attention to detail and flavours, plus the attentive, friendly staff made our school reunion a great success. I was also impressed by how well they managed to serve 25 of us at more or less at the same time, without any loss of quality. Highly recommendable for a special lunch or dinner out!
Andy L
This was our third reunion event at the Tolbooth and the first since it was taken over by new ownership/management. The food and service were absolutely superlative from start to finish. Many thanks to Gus and his excellent team. I have no doubt we will all be returning in smaller groups very soon.
IndianaSi
First time back here since it was taken over. Nice selection of wines on offer and a pretty simple dinner menu. Langostine Bisque and Rock Turbot were both delicious. Staff were very nice. I'm not sure I agree with the over priced comments in several other reviews. I mean I get it, you can buy a scallop a lot cheaper than on this menu, but all the dishes we had were beautifully prepared and tasted fantastic so in my opinion it was worth the money.
Lisa M
Went for a special occasion, had heard lots of good reports however we won't be back. The food was OK, nothing special to be honest. Lovely setting but how this warrants the extortionate prices is beyond me. My starter consisted of 1 scallop and some grated pickled Carrots and cost £16. Being local, i know how much scallops cost here and I felt this was absolutely ludicrous and a bit of a cheek! My partner had the langostine bisque which was tasty enough but was not hot. For main I had the lemon sole which came wth 2 potatoes, 2 bits of broccoli and 2 pieces of crayfish. It was OK, nothing special. Could have made it at home, that cost £25. My partners main was the pork belly which he said was OK but the portion size was laughable. All served by very young inexperienced servers who were clearly overwhelmed by a full and busy restaurant. A bit disappointed and I don't really understand what the hype is about.
Maureen C
My grandson & his wife took my husband & myself for dinner as an early birthday present. We hadn’t been since the new owners took over & was completely blown away by the food, everything cooked to perfection & very well presented. Great service also so would recommend without a doubt.
Wonderful food. The rainee sommelier was very helpful and knowledgeable.
Wonderful find on our way home from Aberdeen. Gorgeous Festive menu, great wine selection and warm & friendly ambience. Will be returning in the New Year without a doubt.A well worth and recommended visit.
Good choices on menu and food beautifully cooked and presented.Suggest website is updated as price of set lunch menu had doubled!
Family were up to visit and we were celebrating a birthday. Could not fault anything. The service, food and wine recommendations were spot on. The venue itself is cosy and intimate. A really lovely evening and we will definitely be back.
Can't imagine the restaurant such like a feeling of honeymoon. Sky, pier, people,the air and never miss the tiny museum under the restaurant, the last is smell the salty air outside. Although a bit expensive, just give us a Break to relax.The food .... amazing taste good, yummy.
Saturday night treat. Lovely restaurant, the food was fantastic and the staff, were excellent. We had Oysters, Bisque, the Monkfish special followed by creme brulee and a cheese board. A couple of cocktails rounded of a perfect evening. Can’t wait to go back.
My partner and I had a food voucher to use, so decided to come for lunch. Lovely food, the langoustine bisk and the Rock turbot were just fabulous. My partner enjoyed the muscles and the lemon sole. Not sure about all these reviews complaining about portion sizes, we were stuffed after two courses and didn’t even have room for desert!! Yes it is a little pricey but the quality of the food is well worth the cost. Worth a visit!
Excellent food, some really interesting sauces but everything was really good. Attentive service and a very nice pace to the meal. We got a nice table with views over the harbour.A little expensive but we'll worth it for the quality and experience.
Great food and service in a wonderful location. Let down only by lack of a proper coffee machine, but am sure he will sort that soon!
Wow from start to finish… Really welcoming atmosphere and the staff were very attentive. I couldn’t fault the food, highly recommend the pork belly main. 10/10, compliments to the chef.
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The scrumptious food, with lots of attention to detail and flavours, plus the attentive, friendly staff made our school reunion a great success. I was also impressed by how well they managed to serve 25 of us at more or less at the same time, without any loss of quality. Highly recommendable for a special lunch or dinner out!
This was our third reunion event at the Tolbooth and the first since it was taken over by new ownership/management. The food and service were absolutely superlative from start to finish. Many thanks to Gus and his excellent team. I have no doubt we will all be returning in smaller groups very soon.
First time back here since it was taken over. Nice selection of wines on offer and a pretty simple dinner menu. Langostine Bisque and Rock Turbot were both delicious. Staff were very nice. I'm not sure I agree with the over priced comments in several other reviews. I mean I get it, you can buy a scallop a lot cheaper than on this menu, but all the dishes we had were beautifully prepared and tasted fantastic so in my opinion it was worth the money.
Went for a special occasion, had heard lots of good reports however we won't be back. The food was OK, nothing special to be honest. Lovely setting but how this warrants the extortionate prices is beyond me. My starter consisted of 1 scallop and some grated pickled Carrots and cost £16. Being local, i know how much scallops cost here and I felt this was absolutely ludicrous and a bit of a cheek! My partner had the langostine bisque which was tasty enough but was not hot. For main I had the lemon sole which came wth 2 potatoes, 2 bits of broccoli and 2 pieces of crayfish. It was OK, nothing special. Could have made it at home, that cost £25. My partners main was the pork belly which he said was OK but the portion size was laughable. All served by very young inexperienced servers who were clearly overwhelmed by a full and busy restaurant. A bit disappointed and I don't really understand what the hype is about.
My grandson & his wife took my husband & myself for dinner as an early birthday present. We hadn’t been since the new owners took over & was completely blown away by the food, everything cooked to perfection & very well presented. Great service also so would recommend without a doubt.