Best places to eat and drink in Scotland this week

A Highland hotel has a new BBQ area overlooking Loch Shiel, and there’s a spicy dish to try at the new Yang Guo Fu in Edinburgh — if you can handle it

Glenfinnan House hotel has opened a new barbecue area for summer
Glenfinnan House hotel has opened a new barbecue area for summer
The Times

Here are the restaurants and bars, cafés and food festivals on our radar at the moment. We’ll update the list regularly, so make sure you save this page. And please let us know your personal favourites in the comments section below. We’re always looking for new places to eat and drink.

Closed since November 2022, Glenfinnan House hotel has reopened after an extensive boutique makeover, adding a cracking new BBQ dining space down by Loch Shiel, offering views across the water to the Bonnie Prince Charlie monument. BBQs cost £12.50 (veggie) or £15.30 (beef), or dine in the hotel’s revamped main restaurant, which also has views across the loch (mains from £22). Even if you can’t stay for dinner, the afternoon tea here is worth