Loch Leven's Larder Reviews Summary

Location & Setting

Pros:

• "Being located directly on the heritage trail it can easily be reached on foot or bike."
• "Very popular farm shop/coffee/lunch venue close to Loch Leven - with great views."
• "Stunning views and lake."
• "Beautiful location with a view over Loch Leven this cafe/diner is one of the nicest we've been to."
• "Beautiful views across Loch Leven."
• "Wonderful setting with views across Loch Leven."
• "Such a beautiful location and the food is always a delight."

Cons:

• "The tables are jammed in and create a very claustrophobic atmosphere."
• "Tables are disgustingly dirty in the outside seating area."
• "There isn't enough bins for the amount of people."
• "The place is over crowed by placing far too many tables."
• "No area inside is dog friendly, so you have to sit outside where they have several areas including one which is covered."
• "There is a very small play area for wee ones with the usual climbing frame, slide etc and a very large grassed area for running about but it doesn't come close to the children's facilities which are pre requisite at family attractions these days."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Staff are lovely, very helpful and accommodating, best they can."
• "Staff were very helpful and it was a joyous atmosphere with lots of chatter and laughter from those around."
• "Very friendly service from everyone."
• "We're served promptly and by friendly staff."
• "Excellent service and very friendly staff."
• "Was greeted and seated with friendly polite waiting staff."
• "Top quality service by all the staff, special thanks to chef and lovely views out over Loch leven."

Cons:

• "The staff looked very glum, maybe a wee smile would have been nice, just felt atmosphere was bit off."
• "Didn't appreciate the manager telling staff to go after their shift in front of all the customers!"
• "The service is inconsistent - some servers are OK others seem untrained."
• "Very slow service in the takeaway area, despite having 4 staff on making coffees and sandwiches."
• "What was frustrating was that we had to ask three times to get water to the table."
• "There was quite a queue when we arrived and service was slow."
• "The service let's it down. It's unbelievably slow, every time, then when your drink/food eventually turns up, it's nowhere near as good as it should be."

Food & Menu

Pros:

• "The French toast with bacon was lovely!"
• "Great food. Nice high end shop with homeware, gifts and farm and local food."
• "Delicious light lunch with excellent soup, a cracking smoked salmon roll and delicious frangipan."
• "The food was FANTASTIC."
• "The food was very good, as was the service and buzzing atmosphere."
• "My burger and wedges from the restaurant were very tasty."
• "The food was delicious, the perfect grub we needed for our walk later in the day."