Eating out in Dumfries and Galloway

Balcary Bay Hotel Restaurant
The hotel is located in a beautiful, secluded spot right on the water’s edge. They offer morning coffee, afternoon and evening meals. Contact: 01556 640 217 www.balcary-bay-hotel.co.uk

Designs Gallery and Café
In Castle Douglas this café is South Western Scotland’s leading gallery for the arts and crafts with a café serving great food cooked on the premises. There is also a walled garden. Contact: 01556 504552. www.designsgallery.co.uk

Cream o’ Galloway
On a farm outside Gatehouse of Fleet this tearoom offers wholesome, homemade meals featuring their home-produced organic beef. You can sample delicious ice-creams whilst looking out over the farm and surrounding land. Contact: 01557 814040 www.creamogalloway.co.uk

Cally Palace
The restaurant boasts an AA Rosette and serves local Galloway produce including wild Solway salmon. The conservatory or cocktail bar are a great place to relax. Snacks and refreshments are served throughout the day. Contact: 01557 814341 www.callypalace.co.uk

Benvenuto Pizzeria Trattoria
This friendly family run restaurant in Dumfries is very popular with families. It specializes in seafood, steaks, pizza and pasta. The log fired oven is a great central feature, and a happy hour operates nightly from 5pm - 6.30pm with greatly reduced prices on pizza and pasta. Contact: 01387 259890