Loch Leven's Larder — Restaurant in Great Britain

This is a diamond find - if you’re anywhere near central scotland Glasgow Edinburgh or even aberdeen it’s worth the trip - you could spend all day here - breakfast followed by a walk around the loch - maybe afternoon tea in one of the bookable outside round pods - then a browse around the shop followed by early dinner - there’s a restaurant a cafe a 2.5k loop newly installed around the surrounding fields - parkrun is now a regular event here - venture camp also operates from here

2018 saw a new Greenhouse Café, artisan bakery, food hall, tasting room all opening, as well as the wonderful and renowned Hunters of Kinross joining and collaborating on Christmas foods - but also an ongoing fixed concession with some amazing meals ready to put in the oven when you get home - as well as some of the finest cuts of meat in the highlands ... try them you won’t be disappointed

They were recognised in the industry as the Best Place for Women to Work by Business Women Scotland and Independent Retailer of the Year by Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Star Awards.

They ran their 2nd Broccoli Festival, and opened a 2.5K loop around the fields and brought Parkrun to Loch Leven.

So what’s in store for 2019?

Entrepreneur extraordinaire “Emma Niven“ says “We’re focusing on well-being in all it’s various forms. We’re delighted to be working with VentureFitness who will be running outdoor fitness bootcamps, Heart & Soul who are offering therapies and free meditation sessions and Nia, a mindful dance fitness class starting in February.

In our cafés and Food Hall, we’ll be increasing our range of tasty, healthy food and catering increasingly for vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diets. 2018 saw lots of press coverage on broccoli’s superfood status (we’re not surprised!) and we’ll be bringing in the harvest again with our 3rd Broccoli Festival in August. 2019 sees my biggest personal challenge yet - running the London Marathon, fundraising for Dementia Revolution.

So a perfect mix of dance, meditation, parkrun, venturefit, fresh food and vegetables—come and join us for a healthy, happy 2019.” and I echo that ... come and spend the day - if you haven’t got a day just come and see the place - I guarantee you’ll return and bring friends to show them the place too ...

Loads of vegan vegetarian and gluten free options - with a focus on healthy eating and fitness to start the year Rise and shine with a beautiful breakfast There’s a lot to be said for starting the day as you mean to go on. Even if you’re not into making New Year’s Resolutions, this month, why not focus your attention on the most important meal of the day?

Vegetarian & Gluten-free breakfasts Most people know about our Farmer’s Breakfast, but not everyone knows that we do vegetarian and gluten-free breakfasts as standard.

vegetarian breakfast: vegetarian haggis & sausage, tomato, baked beans, potato scone, flat cap mushroom, Kilduncan egg, tea or coffee & fresh orange juice 7.95

gluten-free breakfast: sausage, prime back bacon, tomato, baked beans, Kilduncan egg, flat cap mushroom, gluten-free toast, tea or coffee & fresh orange...

Popped in just for a coffee and cake hence why it's just 3 stars, must say that the coffee was in very small cups and pricey, had bigger cups cheaper but just as nice, there was quite a queue when we arrived and service was slow for having at one point 4 staff behind the till one lad was working his socks off. Decided to go to the toilet one toilet was out of use the other way full off empty toilet rolls, the bin was overflowing and towels all over the floor no excuses for that as plenty of staff around, I even took photos as that was unacceptable and I had to clean the toilet seat, which wasn't my job but didn't seem to be the staffs either, we had a look round but agreed with some reviews that not much is local ware and then on the way out a member of staff was cleaning a door and said to a lady in front of us something that she didn't hear she then repeated without looking to use the other door she was quite sullen and I thought to myself why don't you just move you have no idea if the lady could manage the door, or if she even heard as not all disability is visible was it necessary to clean a glass door when people were obviously coming out. I think some staff need some support...

While not a ‘local’ I’ve been here quite a few times over the years, coming up from Edinburgh to visit friends who live close by.

It’s always been a safe bet for some good food and decent atmosphere. However it now seems as though things have taken a bit of a tumble.

No area inside is dog friendly, so you have to sit outside where they have several areas including one which is covered. Where you sit depends on which ‘outlet’ you buy food from, it’s not just a choice of being inside or outside.

Food options for the outside venues, as of July 1, are incredibly limited and consist of either pre packed salads or sandwiches which you purchase from the coffee shop, or soup/salad ordered and paid for via a QR code. Don’t expect a meal, think paper plates/cups and wooden cutlery that you throw away once done. Quality was average and prices were high. Staff were fairly indifferent and suggested the changes had been made so they could cope with summer demand.

I’ve no desire to go back and neither do my friends who are local. I doubt the loss of a few customers is of much concern as it now has just a feeling of being ‘over engineered’ in the...