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Inside Cafe Boheme, brick arches, dark wood and bentwood chairs around candlelit tables.
Aberdeen

Café Boheme

An intimate, candlelit French restaurant on cobbled Windmill Brae in Aberdeen, cooking French classics with Scottish produce, listed in the Michelin Guide.

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Welcome

Windmill Brae is a short cobbled street tucked below Union Street, named for a windmill that stood here in the 1600s.

Cafe Boheme, on the brae, could pass for a little restaurant in Paris.

Inside, candles flicker on small tables under brick arches, bentwood chairs stand on the dark floors, and a curved wooden bar glows with glasses and bottles. The cooking is French, from the classics of the brasserie to modern plates, made with the best of Scottish produce: fish and seafood specials, beef, and a crème brûlée to finish. It is the Auld Alliance on a plate, and it has earned a place in the Michelin Guide.

The room is small and intimate, lovely for a special evening or a long, unhurried lunch, and it is wise to book. The restaurant opens from Tuesday to Saturday.

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Before you go

Open Tuesday evening, and Wednesday to Saturday from noon until 9.30pm, in Google's current record.

Closed Sunday and Monday.

Where
23 Windmill Brae, AB11 6HU.
Open
Tue to Sat.
Cooking
French, with Scottish produce.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
5pm–9.30pm
Wednesday
noon–9.30pm
Thursday
noon–9.30pm
Friday
noon–9.30pm
Saturday
noon–9.30pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On Windmill Brae, a cobbled street just below Union Street, near the railway and bus stations, AB11 6HU.

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