Places to eat

1 63 Tay Street

This restaurant is the talk of the town. Award-winning young chef Jeremy Wares serves nouvelle cuisine in a clean, minimalist setting. It tastes and looks as if every ingredient has been hand-picked.

Address: 63 Tay St, Perth
Phone: (01738) 441451
Price range: ££££

2 A Room in the Town

Friendly bistro in the heart of Edinburgh’s New town specializing in the best of modern Scottish cooking with a slight international influence. BYOB.

Address: 18 Howe St
Phone: (0131) 225 8204
Price range: ££

3 Airds Hotel

The Michelin star first stopped overhead in 1990, and this country hotel restaurant hasn’t looked back since. Seafood and game feature prominently but not exclusively, and Airds prides itself on the use of the freshest Highland foods, including Aberdeen Angus beef. They also do a wonderful poached-pear shortcake.

Address: Port Appin ,Appin
Phone: (01631) 730236
Price Range: £££££

4 An Tuireann

Swish, modern arts exhibition centre. Part of the draw is the delicious vegetarian meals and snacks served in the café.

Address: Struan Rd, Portree, Skye
Phone: (01478) 613306
Opening Times: 10:30am–4:30pm Tue–Sat
Price range: £

5 Andrew Fairlie

Dine among Ionic pillars in a high-ceilinged room with blue-black walls and drapes of cream silk. The cuisine here is equally original, though the influence is markedly French. Try, for example, oak-smoked lobsters in lime sauce.

Address: Gleneagles Hotel
Phone: (01764) 694267
Price Range: £££££

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