Bothy Restaurant & Bar Reviews Summary

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Very good value for money."
• "Price are reasonable."
• "The food was so nice and extremely reasonable for a tourist trap."
• "This pie is £11.50, and it is worth every penny."
• "Good quality food; well priced."
• "Prices were very reasonable for the good portions."
• "Food was tasty and price was reasonable."

Cons:

• "Slightly overpriced."
• "Very tasteless and overpriced, the food was served after 4 minutes (Lasagne and Maccaroni Cheese) which is not a good sign and there was zero flavor."
• "Food was way too expensive compared to quality, at least on lunch menu."
• "I feel sorry for all the tourists/visitors that are getting ripped off with ridiculous prices for sub standard food."
• "And I know everyone is suffering from inflation rates, this was still overpriced, in my opinion."
• "Heavily overpriced. £6 for a kids main is ridiculous for two sausages, a handful of chips and beans."
• "Not worth the £18.50 it's priced at, not happy and only wish I could leave no stars and ate somewhere else."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "John the regular was a good man with much local information."
• "The servers could not have been anymore attentive to us."
• "Staff were so friendly and I would honestly recommend this to anyone wanting good atmosphere and fabulous food."
• "Great service from John the barman and the waitresses."
• "Staff were really friendly and made it a pleasure to be there."
• "Very welcoming Staff who were attentive throughout."
• "Staff was nice and service was prompt but not rushed."

Cons:

• "Staff obviously not in love with their jobs."
• "Waitress seemed stressed and was handling most of the work whilst two people at the bar hardly did anything."
• "Bar staff a bit better but also liked their own sense of humor more than guest did."
• "Terrible venison burger, you wouldn't know it was venison at all! A waitress who preferred to clean tables than serve us."
• "The main problem however was the attitude of the host when I returned from the upstairs toilet and had accidentally come back to my table the wrong way."
• "Sullen and inattentive wait-staff were the worst aspect of our dinner."
• "The service was unfriendly."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was a little bland but still quite nice."
• "His fish and chips was infinitely better."
• "The salmon was perfect, the fish and chips was great, the steak pie was fantastic and we enjoyed the haggis’s."
• "The food was excellent."
• "The pie was good."
• "The Beef pie was beautifully tender."
• "The chicken with haggis was lovely."

Cons:

• "Leek and potato soup was like old dish water with oil floating on top."
• "My daughter had a chicken burger, it was awful, a cheap dry roll and a basic deep fried tasteless chicken burger."
• "The food was mediocre, but not bad enough to return to the kitchen."
• "Way below average food."
• "Steak pie had no steak and was so salty it was almost inedible."
• "Salmon cheese cake with shrimp... a pile of goo."
• "The food was trash and the veggies not even cooked."