The Scottish Restaurant Awards, a prestigious annual event that recognises the best restaurants and culinary talent in Scotland, has announced its finalists for 2023.
Following the voting process where the public considered everything from food quality to service and ambiance, the finest restaurants and dining establishments in Scotland have been shortlisted in various categories.
The winners of each category will be announced at the elegant ceremony, which will take place in Glasgow.
The Scottish Restaurant Awards celebrate the best restaurants and culinary talent in Scotland. The awards aim to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of restaurants, chefs, and their teams in delivering exceptional dining experiences to customers.
The awards also provide an opportunity to showcase the diversity and quality of Scottish cuisine, which is known for its use of fresh, locally sourced ingredients and traditional cooking techniques. By recognising outstanding restaurants and dining establishments in Scotland, the awards help to raise the profile of the Scottish food and hospitality industry and contribute to its ongoing growth and success.
A Spokesperson for The Scottish Restaurant Awards 2023 said: “The Scottish Restaurant Awards are an amazing opportunity to celebrate and showcase the very best and diverse range in Scottish dining. With Mediterranean, Japanese, Nepalese and Mexican restaurants amongst others, Scotland is a real paradise for foodies.
“We are thrilled to announce our finalists for 2023 and look forward to revealing the winners at the awards ceremony. Congratulations to all the finalists and good luck!”
The finalists of The 2nd Scottish Restaurant Awards 2023 are:
Scottish Restaurant of the Year
Sun Dancer, Bar and Restaurant (Nairn)
Brea (Stirling)
Cafe St Honorė (Edinburgh)
Cail Bruich (Glasgow)
North Port Scottish Restaurant (Perth)
Glaschu Restaurant & Bar (Glasgow)
Amber Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Christie’s Scottish Tapas (Falkirk)
Barley Bree Restaurant With Rooms (Crieff)
Borough (Edinburgh)
Fish & Chips Restaurant of the Year
Mcleod’s Fish & Chips (Inverness)
Anselmo’s Fish & Chips (Dunoon)
The Oban Fish & Chip Shop (Oban)
Merchant Chippie (Glasgow)
The Wee Chippy (Anstruther )
Happy Haggis (Aviemore)
CATCH Fish & Chips – West End (Glasgow)
East Coast (Musselburgh)
Moscardini’s (Falkirk)
Tailend Dundee (Dundee)
Burger Restaurant of the Year
Bread Meats Bread (Edinburgh)
Burger7 Coatbridge (Coatbridge)
BurgurGrill Glasgow (Glasgow)
Bells Diner (Edinburgh)
Butta Burger George Street (Edinburgh)
Burger Island ( Burntisland )
Voseba Burger Barn (Falkirk)
Butta Burger Quartermile (Edinburgh)
Hogan’s Sandwich And Burger Bar ( Kilmarnock)
Smokeys Stirling (Stirling)
Noodles Restaurant of the Year
Tasty Noodle (Edinburgh)
Maki & Ramen (Edinburgh)
Ramen Dayo Finnieston (Glasgow)
The Cotton House Chinese & Thai Restaurant (Glasgow)
Vietnam House Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Wudon (Glasgow)
Sister Bao Express Portobello (Edinburgh)
Sumo (Falkirk)
Chopstix – Aberdeen Trinity Centre (Aberdeen)
Sushi Negi & Noodle bar (Falkirk)
Hotel Restaurant of the Year
The Colintraive Hotel (Colintraive)
Monachyle Mhor Hotel (Lochearnhead)
Crossbasket Castle (Stoneymeadow)
Knockinaam Lodge Hotel & Restaurant (Stranraer)
Coul House Hotel (Strathpeffer)
The Old Manse of Blair (Pitlochry )
Airds Hotel and Restaurant (Appin)
Boath House Restaurant & Rooms (Nairn)
Sherbrooke Castle Hotel Glasgow (Glasgow)
The Ship Inn (Leven )
European Restaurant of the Year
Aurora (Edinburgh)
Bydand (Thurso)
Aizle (Edinburgh)
Riva (Glasgow)
Hermanns (Stirling)
Terrace Restaurant (Livingston )
Scholars’ (Glasgow)
Fusion (Gourock)
Casa Mia Dumfries (Dumfries)
Roastit Bubbly Jocks (Glasgow)
Spanish Restaurant of the Year
Malaga Tapas (Glasgow)
La Barca Spanish Tapas & Wine Bar ( Helensburgh)
Tapas Ducal (Dunfermline)
Sol y Sombra Tapas Bar (Dundee)
The Spanish Butcher (Glasgow)
La Sal (Edinburgh)
Indaba (Edinburgh)
Capilla Tapas Restaurant (Thurso)
Gallery 48 (Dundee)
The Black Hoof (Edinburgh)
Mediterranean Restaurant of the Year
Mediterranèa (Stirling)
Kastriot’s Mediterranean Bar & Grill (Glasgow)
La Casa – Leith (Edinburgh)
La Casa Dalry (Edinburgh)
The Olive Garden (Oban)
Cridos Restaurant (Perth)
Deils Cauldron (Comrie)
Kezban Mediterranean Restaurant (Edinburgh)
The Bay Tree (Glasgow)
Meze Meze (Edinburgh)
Italian Restaurant of the Year
Gambero Rosso ltd (Falikrk)
Stefano’s Italian Restaurant (Glasgow)
Locanda de Gusti (Edinburgh)
Little Italy ( St Andrews)
Piccolo Mondo Glasgow (Glasgow)
La Locanda Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
Ciao (Stirling)
Via Roma (Inverurie)
Michaelangelo’s Glasgow Italian Restaurant (Glasgow)
KB’s Italian Restaurant (Crieff)
Turkish Restaurant of the Year
Anadolia (Glasgow)
Ada Turkish | Café & Restaurant (Elgin)
Antioch Restaurant (Dunfermline)
Agacan Turkish Restaurant (Dundee)
Verdo Turkish BBQ (Edinburgh)
Milas (Dundee)
Olive Tree Banchory (Banchory)
Nargile Restaurant (Aberdeen)
Shish Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
Rendezvous | Nargile (Aberdeen)
Lebanese Restaurant of the Year
Damasqino Restaurant & Cafe (Glasgow)
BABA (Edinburgh)
Sofia’s Lounge (Edinburgh)
Tahini (Dundee)
Sofia’s Lounge (Edinburgh)
Beirut Star (Glasgow)
Lotus Lebanese Restaurant (Glasgow)
Pasha Glasgow (Glasgow)
Royâ (Glasgow)
Beirut (Edinburgh)
Restaurant Team of the Year
Fern Cottage Restaurant (Pitlochry)
Indian Cottage (Stirling)
Cannonball Restaurant & Bar (Edinburgh)
Noto (Edinburgh)
Partick Duck Club (Glasgow)
Bothy Glasgow (Glasgow)
The Dipping Lugger (Ullapool)
Wee Paree (Glasgow)
Fletcher’s – Restaurant, Bar & Rooms (Stirling)
The Lighthouse Restaurant & Bar (Edinburgh)
Curry Restaurant of the Year
Goa (Dundee )
Chaskaa Indian Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Tabla Indian Restaurant (Perth)
The Cove (Edinburgh)
Dakhin (Glasgow)
Saffron – Innerleithen (Innerleithen)
The Radhuni (Loanhead)
Kismot (Edinburgh)
Lochnagar Indian Brasserie (Ballater)
Annaya’s Indian (Helensburgh)
Pizza Restaurant of the Year
Origano Cafe & Pizzeria (Edinburgh)
Cheese and Tomatin Aviemore (Aviemore)
Pomo Pizzeria (Edinburgh)
Cheese & Tomatin ( Inverness)
Amore Ristorante e Pizzeria (Glasgow)
Romans Pizzeria (Glasgow)
Tonino’s Pizzeria (Greenock)
Froth & Flame (Edinburgh)
Pizza Revolution (Dundee)
Matto Pizza (Edinburgh)
Indian Resaurant of the Year
The Wee Curry Shop (Glasgow)
Eastern Touch at Anstruther (Edinburgh)
Sid’s Spice (Brora)
Wild Ginger Restaurant (Aberdeen)
Golden Ambal North and South Indian Restaurant (Edinburgh)
The Jewel in the Crown Aberdeen Indian Restaurant (Aberdeen)
Mother India Restaurant (Glasgow)
Everest Inn (Perth)
Solti (Edinburgh)
Cloud 9 Indian Restaurant (Dunfermline)
Bangladeshi Restaurant of the Year
Gulshan Tandoori Indian & Bengali Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Bengal Cottage (Glasgow)
Light of Bengal Aberdeen (Aberdeen)
Pride of Bengal Indian Restaurant and Takeaway (Thurso)
Bangladesh Tandoori (Campbeltown)
Bengal Spice Mintlaw (Peterhead)
Pataka (Edinburgh)
SHER-E-BANGLA (Montrose)
The Royal Bengal (Nairn)
Sunny’s Restaurant (Dundee)
Chinese Restaurant of the Year
Asian Kitchen ( Inverurie)
Opium (Glasgow)
Cool Jade (Edinburgh)
Mandarin Garden (Peebles )
Chef Chi (Edinburgh)
Kwang Tung Chinese Restaurant (Paisley)
Amber Regent (Glasgow)
Bintang Emas (Helensburgh)
Mr Chan’s Chinese Restaurant (Kinross)
Diamond Restaurant & Takeaway (Crieff)
Japanese Restaurant of the Year
Kanpai Sushi (Edinburgh)
Chizuru Tei (Edinburgh)
Don Ya Sushi (Glasgow)
Koku Shi Perth – Japanese Fusion Restaurant (Perth)
Hanami (Glasgow)
Kenji Sushi (Edinburgh)
Oiishi Japanese Restaurant & Takeaway (Glasgow)
Japan Street Food (Paisley)
Ichiban (Glasgow)
Hope Izakaya (Edinburgh)
Nepalese Restaurant of the Year
Gurkha Cafe & Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Namaste Kathmandu Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Mint leaf Nepalese and indian restaura (Stirling)
Kathmandu Fusion Restaurant (Glasgow)
Mount Cafe Restaurant (Glasgow)
Gurkha Kitchen (Shetland)
Koshi – Nepalese Restaurant (Penicuik)
Apricot Indian & Nepalese Restaurant (Dunfermline)
Gurkha Bar & Restaurant (Musselburgh)
Kantipur Nepalese Aroma (Glasgow)
Thai Restaurant of the Year
Sabannga Thai Restaurant (Livingstone)
Erawan Thai Restaurant (Falkirk)
Thai Valley Restaurant (Selkirk)
Dusit (Edinburgh)
Nok’s Kitchen on Stockbridge (Edinburgh)
Siam Cottage (Aberdeen)
Tanon ( St Andrews)
Chiang Mai (Dundee)
The Thai Esan ( Crieff )
TING THAI CARAVAN West Nile Street (Glasgow)
Mexican Restaurant of the Year
Tortilla Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
El Cartel (Edinburgh)
Topolabamba (Glasgow)
Bibis (Glasgow)
The Two Chihuahua’s Gringo’s (Perth)
The Bonnybank Inn (Leven)
Bodega (Edinburgh)
Rancho Pancho (Dundee)
Mexican Texmex Bar & Grill (Falkirk)
Más (Dundee)
The Mexican (Perth)
Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year
Rice & Fries (Glasgow)
Restaurant at the Isle of Eriska (Oban)
Wedgwood The Restaurant (Edinburgh)
The Orangery at Victoria Square (Stirling)
TIMBERYARD (Edinburgh)
La Potiniere (Gullane)
111 by Modou (Glasgow)
Heron (Edinburgh)
63 Tay Street Restaurant (Perth)
The Grain Store (Edinburgh)
Vegetarian Restaurant of the Year
David Bann Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Soul Food Kitchen (Glasgow)
Hendersons (Edinburgh)
The Glasvegan (Glasgow)
Seeds For The Soul Ltd (Edinburgh)
The Hug and Pint (Glasgow)
Sylvan (Glasgow)
Cafe Aina Restaurant (Stirling)
Serenity Now (Glasgow)
Fig & Thistle (Inverness)
Buffet Restaurant of the Year
Chef’s World Buffet (Kilmarnock)
Hup Lee Buffet Restaurant (Motherwell)
Haveli Family Buffet Restaurant (Dumbarton)
COSMO All You Can Eat World Buffet Restaurant (Aberdeen)
Golden Grouse Global Banquet Buffet (Glasgow)
Booffi World Buffet (Clydebank)
China Red (Edinburgh)
Jay’s Grill Bar (Glasgow)
Taza (Dundee)
Jade Palace Restaurant (Hamilton)
Outstanding Restaurant of the Year
The Stockbridge Restaurant (Edinburgh)
The Little Chartroom (Edinburgh)
UNALOME by Graeme Cheevers (Glasgow)
Ardnamurchan Scottish Restaurant & Bar (Glasgow)
The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant (Crieff)
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie (Auchterarder)
Brea – Scottish Restaurant (Stirling)
The Table (Edinburgh)
Bilson Eleven (Glasgow)
The Whitehouse Restaurant (Oban)
Best World Cuisine
The Kitchin (Edinburgh)
The Gannet (Glasgow)
Purslane Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Inver Restaurant & Rooms (Cairndow)
Ondine Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Fhior (Edinburgh)
The Mustard Seed Restaurant ( Inverness)
The Dunes Restaurant & Bar at Trump International (Aberdeen)
Crabshakk (Glasgow)
Number One (Edinburgh)
Etive restaurant (Oban)
Street Food Restaurant of the Year
Street Food Stop (Glasgow)
Wolf Italian Street Food Glasgow (Glasgow)
Yeros Greek Street Food Glasgow (Glasgow)
Oink Victoria Street (Edinburgh)
Masti Indian Street Food Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Streats Kitchen (Falkirk)
Pakistani Street Food (Glasgow)
Street Tempura (Glasgow)
Ola Kala, the Best Grill & Deli (Edinburgh)
Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food (Edinburgh)
Seafood Restaurant of the Year
Kishorn Seafood Bar (Strathcarron)
Gamba (Glasgow)
Lochleven Seafood Café (Fort William)
Loch Fyne Oysters (Cairndow)
The Ship on The Shore (Edinburgh)
The Shores Plockton (Plockton)
River House (Inverness )
The Tolbooth Seafood Restaurant (Stonehaven)
Samphire ( Inveraray)
The Boathouse (Isle of Gigha)
Family Restaurant of the Year
MUMS Great Comfort Food (Edinburgh)
The Drake (Glasgow)
City Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Birkhill Inn (Dundee)
Paco’s Restaurant (Perth)
Edinbane Lodge (Edinburgh)
Gabe’s Diner Bistro (Stirling)
Riverhill Cafe, Bar & Restaurant (Helensburgh)
The Scran and Scallie (Edinburgh)
Puddingstone Place (Callander)
Romantic Restaurant of the Year
Thyme Bistro at Errichel House (Aberfeldy)
Victoria’s Restaurant (Pitlochry)
Achray House ( Crieff )
The Loft Restaurant (Pitlochry)
Dalmore Inn & Restaurant (Blairgowrie )
Deans Restaurant (Perth)
The Silver Darling (Aberdenn)
The Laroch Restaurant and Bar (Ballachulish)
Rowan Tree Country Hotel & Restauran (Aviemore)
Moonfish Cafe (Aberdenn)
Best of Glasgow
Chaophraya
The Italian Kitchen
Mini Grill Steakhouse
Las Iguanas
La Lanterna
Santa Lucia
Number 16 Restaurant
Ristorante Pieno
Ka Pao
Miller & Carter
Sushi Restaurant of the Year
Soul Sushi (Edinburgh)
Yamato (Edinburgh)
Sapporo Teppanyaki Glasgow (Glasgow)
UMI Japanese Cuisine (Edinburgh)
Sushi Ya Glasgow (Glasgow)
Sakae Japanese Restaurant (Edinburgh)
J.W.’s Sushi (Aberdeen)
Yippon (Glasgow)
Yorokobi by CJ (Aberdeen)
Ninja Sushi (Aberdeen)
Best of Edinburgh
L’Escargot Bleu Restaurant and Wine Bar
Gaucho
Maison Bleue
Howies Restaurant
Educated Flea
Angels with Bagpipes
Six by Nico
Fazenda Rodizio Bar & Grill
Kyloe
La Garrigue
Country Restaurant of the Year
Tide & Thyme (Tighnabruaich)
The Woodsman Restaurant Fishcross Scotland (Alloa)
Monteaths (Auchterarder )
Carfraemill (Lauder)
The Hoebridge (Melrose)
Ostlers Close Restaurant (Cupar)
Jon & Fernanda’s Restaurant (Auchterarder)
Woll Restaurant (Selkirk)
Scott’s Bistro (Callander)
The Cross (Kingussie)
Diner of the Year
Colquhoun’s Restaurant (Luss)
Gille Brighde Restaurant (Achnasheen)
Ox and Finch (Glasgow)
The Dormy (Auchterarder )
Dine Murrayfield (Edinburgh)
Slanj Restaurant (Arrochar)
Craobh – Kroov (Crieff)
Quick & Plenty Cafe (Edinburgh)
The Boathouse Kitchen & Bar (Killin)
Tonys Diner (Dundee)
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