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The counter at the Tartan Pig, brownies, cakes and croissants under glass.
Aberdeen

The Tartan Pig

A small, friendly coffee house on Hollybank Place in Aberdeen, for breakfasts, good coffee and a counter of homemade cakes and bakes.

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Welcome

On a quiet corner of Hollybank Place, a few streets south of Union Street, the Tartan Pig is a small granite-fronted coffee house that locals count among the best breakfast spots in the city.

It is clean, bright and friendly, and the menu is full of good things: breakfasts with names like the Little Pig and the Pig, with tattie scones and all the trimmings; continental breakfasts; wraps and light lunches; and dishes with a hint of South America. The glass counter is lined with homemade brownies, loaf cakes, croissants and pastries, and there is good coffee to go with them.

It is a morning place, open every day from half past nine until the middle of the afternoon, and a good start to a day in the city.

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Before you go

Open every day, from 9.30am until 2.30pm, or 3pm at the weekend.

Where
34 Hollybank Place, AB11 6XS.
Open
Daily, mornings.
For
Breakfast and bakes.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9.30am–2.30pm
Tuesday
9.30am–2.30pm
Wednesday
9.30am–2.30pm
Thursday
9.30am–2.30pm
Friday
9.30am–2.30pm
Saturday
9.30am–3pm
Sunday
9.30am–3pm

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Where it is

On Hollybank Place, a short walk south-west of Union Street, AB11 6XS.

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