Garden Kitchen at Boath House — Restaurant in Scotland

Relaxed restaurant bordering a lovely walled garden with tables inside and out.

The food is brilliant at times. A nouvelle cuisine portioned mackerel was delightfully fresh and tasty. Fillet steak with potato and carrots was a glorious piece of meat perfectly rare in a great sauce with rainbow carrots (nearly lost a star for the odd presentation of potato - I’ve heard of pomme purée but this was more a pot of cream with a hint of potato flavour - I needed to ask for a spoon to serve it). Dessert of chocolate, coffee and hazelnut would not be out of place in a 2/3 Michelin star joint. The menu worked well with our diverse group offering haute cuisine options alongside standards like margherita pizza and steak with fries (also the best piece of meat he ate in Scotland according to my son). Sides like cauliflower cheese also excellent.

Service was friendly but inexperienced at times. The senior waiter opened the bottle of wine before showing it - a much inferior vintage to the one listed on the label (although he didn’t seemed perturbed when I rejected it as he said he could sell it by the glass). Happily I traded up to what turned out to be an excellent bottle of 2015 Fronsac. When one of our party mistakenly asked if the purple carrots were burnt a more junior waitress insisted they were mushrooms!

But overall the excellent cooking and location...

An amazing lunch stop on the drive from Aberlour to Culloden Battlefield. First, the house estate and gardens are beautiful. Second the food was phenomenal. The focaccia was warm, slightly salty and pillowy soft with a lovely olive oil on the side. The leek and morbier cheese starter was creative beautiful and delicious, loved the leek capers. The scallop crudo was fresh and delicate and would have benefited from shaved radish rather than cubed but otherwise yummy. The rump steak and fries cooked to the right temperature. The halibut & bonne femme was sublime. The absolute deal of the day was the Sunday Roast with cauliflower au gratin, roasted vegetables to perfection, roasted potatoes and the gravy with a popover. The desserts where light especially delightful the chocolate mousse and roasted fig. We understand that the menu changes very often. The drinks and curated wine list was small but beautiful paired to the meal. This lunch was a true treat worthy of any immerging foodie scene, a joy in the Highlands. Awesome...

We had lunch here for our 10th Wedding Anniversary, the experience wasn't the same since changing owners (we've enjoyed eating in the Boath house in the past). We struggled to find the building, it was very rustic inside and cold and the menu was very small and hard to understand, portions were tiny and expensive and un inspired! Deserts menu didn't have much to pick from so, we had to skip it. The staff didn't say anything when we mentioned it was our 10th wedding anniversary (other places congratulate you or bring something special to the table) and we'd reserved a table, they just left us to find a table. Didn't recieve a warm welcome from staff. More for posh ladies who like to lunch. Sorry to say we won't be back, we'll miss eating at the Boath house, garden cafe isn't the same. Confused image is it a expensive fine dining or a cafe eating experience. Place had...