Reviews
Review: Festive dining at Gleneagles Townhouse
WHETHER you like it or not, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. You can try to resist, or you can go with the old adage that ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’. And to be honest, stepping through the halo of foliage and mini-plantation of Christmas trees – complete with golden deer…
Read MoreReview: Tarragon Restaurant, Aberdeen
The Rosemount area is an underrated gem just a five-minute walk from the heart of Aberdeen, so it was with pleasure that Grant Dickie headed to one of its staple eateries, Tarragon by Graham Mitchell. Opened in 2022, Tarragon serves local, fresh produce from farm and sea to your plate in a fine dining set…
Read MoreChristmas Gift Guide: For him
DO you have a man in your life who is impossible to buy for at Christmas? If so, then this is your lucky day. Scottish Field has tried and tested some of the best gifts for men so that you don’t have to, so whether it’s a dad, brother, significant other, son or even your…
Read MoreReview: Bamboleo, Bearsden
Ellie Forbes heads to Nico Simone’s news Spanish steakhouse, Bamboleo in Bearsden, which is raising money for Beatson Cancer Charity. One of Scotland’s most successful chefs, it’s hard to keep up with Nico Simone’s quest for culinary domination. But Nico’s ambitions go further than food. His latest venture, a Spanish steakhouse and wine bar…
Read MoreReview: The Court restaurant opens in the new look Caledonian Edinburgh Hotel
The Caledonian Edinburgh, or The Caley as it’s known to you and I, has been undergoing something of a transformation. And as part of a metamorphosis that sees it join the Curio Collection by Hilton, the space formerly known as Peacock Alley has just emerged as The Court. The Court is a vast dining space…
Read MoreReview: Hawksmoor’s Big Matt burger arrives in Edinburgh
‘This IS a tasty burger!’ It may not sound quite so cool, and it definitely isn’t as intimidating in my gentle Scottish brogue as it was when uttered by the inimitable Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction 30 years ago (how can that be?!?), but it is none-the-less true. The Big Matt burger has arrived…
Read MoreChristmas Gift Guide: Advent, Decorations, Pampering and House-Warming Gifts
CHRISTMAS? Is that you? If you want to get ahead of the game, why not peruse our list of top advent, house-warming, pampering and decoration gifts? In the first of our Christmas Gift Guides, we focus on everything from advent calendars to tasty tipples, heavenly candles to luxurious fragrances and everything you need to make…
Read MoreReview: Sotto, Edinburgh
Nothing epitomises the upturn in Stockbridge’s fortunes like the arrival of stylish Italian enoteca-trattoria Sotto, says Richard Bath It’s all change in Stockbridge, within living memory a down-at-heel working-class suburb of Edinburgh but now one of the most up-and-coming and desirable places to live not just in the capital but in the whole of the…
Read MoreReview: Margo, Glasgow
Richard Bath road tests the new restaurant from the team behind Ka Pao and Ox & Finch, and comes away deeply impressed. When I heard that Scoop Restaurants, the team behind the outstanding Ka Pao and one of my most reliable go-to restaurants in Glasgow, Ox & Finch, were launching a new city centre…
Read MoreReview: The Loveable Rogue, Strathbungo
Ellie Forbes heads to Glasgow’s coolest neighbourhood to try out its newest resident, The Loveable Rogue. Strathbungo was recently named one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world by Time Out. So it seems only fitting that one of Glasgow’s coolest gastropub, The Loveable Rogue, has just opened its third location in the city’s…
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