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Dumfries and Galloway

Where to eat in Dumfries and Galloway.

Dumfries and Galloway is farming and fishing country, and it eats well. Have a drink in the inn that was Robert Burns's favourite in Dumfries, coffee in a turf-roofed coffee house on the clifftop at the Mull of Galloway, or seafood by the harbour at Portpatrick. There are country house hotels in the forests, cafés in the market towns, and jams and chutneys made in Gatehouse of Fleet. Book ahead in summer.

Place of the day19 hours ago

Streetlights Coffee House.

A family-run coffee house on King Street in Castle Douglas, with breakfasts, generous lunches, cakes and a warm welcome for dogs.

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Dumfries and GallowayThe Globe Inn, DumfriesRestaurant

Dumfries and GallowayHarbour House HotelRestaurant

Dumfries and GallowayThe Steamboat Inn, CarsethornRestaurant

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At 20:07, by their own hours. Ring ahead before the drive.

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Mabie House Hotel.

A 17th-century country house hotel in Mabie Forest, three and a half miles from Dumfries, beside the 7stanes mountain bike trails.

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From our guide16 hours ago

The Bookshop.

The Bookshop is not only Wigtown's largest second-hand bookshop, but Scotland's too. It occupies a sprawling Georgian building and is packed floor to ceiling with books about almost everything.

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Food and drink15 hours ago

Kings Coffee and Books.

A coffee shop and bookshop in the middle of Dumfries, with breakfasts, lunches, cakes and shelves of books to browse.

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From the JournalThe journal15 hours ago

Dumfries and GallowayThe Port Pantry, PortpatrickCafe

Dumfries and GallowayHarbour House HotelRestaurant

Dumfries and GallowayFig and OliveCafe

Dumfries and GallowayThe Globe Inn, DumfriesRestaurant

Dumfries and GallowayPortpatrickAttraction

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The Best Places to Eat in Dumfries and Galloway

From a spin on the traditional to a quirky coffee house for whiling away an afternoon, here are some of the best places to eat in the region.

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From the magazine14 hours ago

Issue 03Winter 2021

Kit Carruthers, the distiller behind Ninefold, makes rum from scratch in a converted stone cattle byre on his family's farm near Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway.

He ferments and double distils North African sugar cane molasses himself at Dormont Home Farm. As he puts it, 'It takes around two weeks to make my rum, and I bottle and label on site too'. He makes an unaged white rum and a spiced rum, and more lies ageing in barrels in a warehouse on the farm. The name comes from the brand's logo, a six-winged angel from the Carruthers family crest: 'ninefold' refers to the angel being at the ninth level in the celestial hierarchy. Tours are arranged in advance with the distillery.

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From our guide13 hours ago

Flourish.

This design collective supports over 35 makers and producers across the region, and its shop-cum-workshop in Dumfries town centre is a library of gorgeous and quirky artisanal interior accessories, artwork, cards and clothes.