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The dining room at The Bank in Huntly, a wall of lit shelves of whisky above tables laid with linen.
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The Bank Café & Restaurant

A café and restaurant in Huntly's former North of Scotland Bank, a granite building of 1842 by Archibald Simpson.

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Welcome

Huntly's grand old bank has found a happy new life as a café by day and a restaurant in the evening.

It opened as a restaurant in March 2022, after eight months of refurbishment. By day the menu is brunch, with buttermilk pancakes, French toast, eggs Benedict and a full breakfast with black pudding and haggis, as well as sandwiches, jacket potatoes and haddock and chips. In the evening there's braised short rib of beef, pan-fried hake and sticky toffee pudding with tablet ice cream. Sunday is all about the roast: choose a small, medium or large plate, then a meat and your trimmings from a long list that runs from skirlie to pigs in blankets. For afters there are three scoops of Rizza's ice cream, and the whisky list has some rare bottles to finish the evening with.

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Before you go

Book a table online or on 01466 543103.

Open
Brunch Monday to Saturday, 10am to 3pm. Dinner Wednesday to Saturday, 5pm to 10pm. The Sunday roast, noon to 7pm.
Carb Club
Wednesday, 5pm to 9pm: two courses for £10, with a pizza, a pasta or half of each.
Children
A children's menu.
Diets
Gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan dishes and options are marked on the menu.
Access
A step-free entrance, seating and toilet, Google's record says.
Parking
Pay and display in the Square (Monday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm), and free car parks on Nelson Street and East Park Street.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–3pm
Tuesday
10am–3pm
Wednesday
10am–3pm, 5pm–10pm
Thursday
10am–3pm, 5pm–10pm
Friday
10am–3pm, 5pm–10pm
Saturday
10am–3pm, 5pm–10pm
Sunday
noon–7pm

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Where it is

On the Square in Huntly, on the corner of Gordon Street, AB54 8BR.

Close byHuntly and round about.
  1. The red front of the Dean's building on Depot Road in Huntly under its name.Dean's of HuntlyThe home of Dean's shortbread, with a bright bistro and a shop beside the bakery.Under a mile 2 min by road
  2. Huntly CastleHuntly CastleThe ruined palace of the Gordons, Earls of Huntly, where the Bogie meets the Deveron, its south front remodelled in a French style about 1602, with some of the finest heraldic carving in Scotland.Under a mile 3 min by road
  3. Close-up of a bald eagle's white head and hooked yellow beakHuntly Falconry CentreA bird of prey centre in the hills west of Huntly, where owls, hawks, falcons and eagles fly in demonstrations from April to October.4 miles 8 min by road
  4. A Pictish stone at Rhynie, its incised symbols faint on the pink granite.Rhynie Pictish StonesThree carved Pictish stones by the old kirkyard at Rhynie, under Tap o' Noth.9 miles 13 min by road
  5. Tall copper pot stills in the stillhouse at the GlenDronach Distillery.The GlenDronach DistilleryA distillery of two hundred years in a quiet glen near Huntly, known for richly sherried malts.10 miles 13 min by road
  6. The Picardy Stone standing in its field near Insch, a rough whinstone slab.The Picardy StoneA Pictish symbol stone still standing where it was raised, over a grave, outside Insch.10 miles 20 min by road
  7. The broken tower of Dunnideer Castle, a great window through it, on the grassy top of the hill.Dunnideer CastleA broken castle wall of around 1260 on a hilltop ringed by a fort of fused stone.11 miles 22 min by road
Directions
Looking straight down on the Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre: the lodge, the white dry slope and the loop of the roller-ski track among autumn trees, the tubing lanes at the top.ActivityHuntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre0.5 miles
The great recumbent stone at Rothiemay, packing stones at its foot and three standing stones of the circle in the field behind.AttractionsRothiemay Stone Circle5.6 miles
The bank of grey rubble that was the fort's wall on the summit of Tap o' Noth, with heather slopes and patchwork farmland running to distant hills below.WalksTap o' Noth7.1 miles
Leith Hall, pale harled walls and turrets, above its gravel drive.AttractionsLeith Hall7.6 miles
The Auld Brig's single stone arch over the slow, clear River Isla in Keith, between grassy banks and trees in leaf.AttractionsThe Auld Brig, Keith9.2 miles
Strathisla's twin pagoda-roofed kilns and tall chimney behind a sunlit lawn, with purple heather in front and trees in leaf.AttractionsStrathisla Distillery9.3 miles
The timber-roofed dining room at Morgan McVeigh's, tables by tall windows.RestaurantsMorgan McVeigh's9.9 miles
A single-storey lodge with a slated roof sits behind a stone wall and clipped hedge, mature trees shading the curving drive.RothiemayGate LodgeSleeps 2 · 10 miles
A triangular timber cabin stands behind a wooden gate and post-and-rail fence, bare trees framing the entrance.RothiemayMidparkSleeps 2 · 10 miles

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A single-storey lodge with a slated roof sits behind a stone wall and clipped hedge, mature trees shading the curving drive.Gate Lodge
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Rothiemay
  • 6 miles from the Bank
Check datesA triangular timber cabin stands behind a wooden gate and post-and-rail fence, bare trees framing the entrance.Midpark
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Rothiemay
  • 6 miles from the Bank
Free 30 Oct – 1 NovA stone cottage with a slated roof and a blue front door, climbing roses in pink and white flanking the porch.Butlers Cottage
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Rothiemay
  • 6 miles from the Bank
Free 9–12 NovA grey stone cottage with dormer windows and a black front door, climbing roses either side, set behind a lawn.Bailies Cottage
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  • In Rothiemay
  • 6 miles from the Bank
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