Pubs
in Perthshire.

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Perthshire

Country inns and coaching houses.

Some of the best food in Perthshire is served in its old country inns. Look out for a coaching inn on a village green, an inn in a former corn mill in Pitlochry, and a country inn beneath an old church in a quiet village, each with real ales and hearty, seasonal cooking. They're perfect for a long lunch after a walk or a relaxed dinner. Book a table at the weekends, as locals love them too.

The Pitcairngreen Inn→

The Kirkstyle Inn→

The Old Mill Inn→

Pub of the day17 hours ago

The Old Mill Inn.

A family-run inn in a former corn mill off Atholl Road in Pitlochry, with a bistro and bar of local food, a courtyard, live music and rooms.

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From our guide14 hours ago

The Taybank.

Located, as you might have guessed, on the banks of the Tay, this much-loved Dunkeld pub is well known for its live trad music. Its Wednesday evening sessions are a particular highlight, but you’re welcome to grab a fiddle off the wall and start playing on any night of the week. If the weather’s fine, the riverside beer garden is a fine spot for a pint.

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Afterwards11 hours ago

PerthshireMaggie Wall Witch Monument0.8 miles

PerthshireTullibardine Chapel6.8 miles

PerthshireInnerpeffray Library7.6 miles

Round the corner from The Kirkstyle Inn.

The three good places closest to it: Maggie Wall Witch Monument, Tullibardine Chapel and Innerpeffray Library.

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From the magazine8 hours ago

Issue 10Spring / Summer 2025

Fraser Potter rebuilt The Taybank in Dunkeld, a pub once owned by Dougie MacLean, who wrote the folk tune 'Caledonia', while training to row the Atlantic.

Fraser did it during the pandemic, almost single-handedly, while training with four friends to row for charity. He turned the pub's car park into one of the biggest beer gardens in Scotland, with circus-style awnings sloping down to the River Tay. Upstairs he converted the five rooms himself, doing all the joinery. He kept the old-school bar with its stacks of instruments for live music sessions, and most of the herbs and veg for the first-floor restaurant are grown in the walled garden he restored. Beside the river there are now long-table supper clubs, an outdoor sauna he built, and outdoor film screenings in summer.

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Somewhere to eat5 hours ago

The Pitcairngreen Inn, Perthshire.

A late eighteenth-century coaching inn on the village green at Pitcairngreen, four miles west of Perth, with a snug, a bistro, real ales and a beer garden.