KJ's Bothy Bakery — Restaurant in Scotland

Fine foods but some issues Aviemore's Mountain Cafe is without doubt the place in the village where visitors will get the most contemporary food. Expect to get interesting flavour combinations. We have had their incredible Winter Salad - great stuff! We have had their Fish Cakes, too. They were very tasty, too, although the salad which came with the cakes was lacking much dressing and therefore rather dry. Most of their cakes are really delicious (we tried several of them). For those with a sweet tooth I cannot recommend this place enough as the choice of cakes is plentyfull and unusuall in the best sense. Staff is very relaxed and friendly. So you might ask: Why only three of five stars then? Well, there is their coffee. It doesn't have the quality the food has. Their coffee might work in combination with milk (but even then it's nothing exceptional) but once you have it on its own (e. g. as an espresso) you realize that this is a roast I wouldn't travel for... Then there is their price policy: A piece of Carrot Cake for FOUR pounds? French Toast for 12 pounds?! (OK, it's ladden with fruit and yummy sauce but still: it's breakfast...) They might think: If our customers are willing to pay these prices, why not ask for them? I think: It's a question of fairness towards those folks who keep a place like this busy. Aviemore still is in rural Scotland and not in Mayfair. I consider these prices even more over the top considering that this isn't an organic place at all. Then there is the fact that people more than rarely will have to wait for ages for a table - expect an hour at week-ends. They don't take reservations so it's likely to be a highly frustrating business to get in there. (If you aim for a relaxed - and better coffee - the 15 minutes drive to Nethy Bridge might get you a quicker fix of coffein than hanging around outside the Mountain Cafe...) And finally it's the fact that their menue doesn't really consider the seasons: Plums on French Toast in January? Blueberries with pancakes in winter? Either these things have traveled around half of the world to get them on my plate or they are frozen. I don't...

Had been long looking forward to visiting during my next trip to Scotland, popped in today to see what was available for a further visit. walked in approximately 45 minutes before closing and waited by the please wait here to be seated sign, members of staff walked past no acknowledgement, waited and then decided to sit at one of the three of four tables empty. After a couple of minutes then got questioned as to there is a queue of people waiting for tables. i explained i waited and no one was at the desk amd there were empty tables, so i offered to leave. "No thats ok just so you know for next time. Couple minutes further pass and the person i'm with returns with drinks and a cookie, commenting on why they had given us takeaway cups. almost instantly same waitress comes over to me and comments that we have takeaway items. I tried to enjoy what we had just purchased but i felt uncomfortable and unwelcome so we left taking our purchases with us. I appreciate you were busy and were also short staffed but please don't treat customers like this. If you operate a queue system then train all staff who notice people stood waiting by the sign with "a welcome and if you wait there a second someone will be with you."We would all know where we were. If you are talking to me like this because some customers purposefully jump the queue then thats a system failure which is not my fault. There wasnt any evidence of a queue, nor one after i sat down and until i left. The cookie i had was really nice but sadly i won't be returning to try the other food that i had planned to later in the week. What really upaet me was the waitress coming back over with the takeaway items comment, there simply...

Very well deserving of the 2017 Scottish Food Awards winning title. The menu is superb for those with allergies or intolerances, clearly indicating gluten, wheat, dairy free, as well as vegan and vegetarian. There is plenty to choose from, including soup, sandwiches, hot meals, cakes and salads. There are alternative milks available - soya and oat, although there is a 50p supplement for some items. Be prepared to go early in the day, or to wait, as it's very popular. There's a buzzer system in place where you can take a device and go shopping elsewhere while waiting for the buzzer to go off. It has quite a good range so we went to the supermarket. Staff are very friendly and knowledgeable and went out of their way to help with food choices. We diverted into Aviemore to visit this cafe and it's well worth it. Their website has copies of menus so it's easy to see in advance what you could select, and there are additional specials available when you arrive. Dogs are not allowed in. Note that the car park can get full but the car park across the road is only 60p for up to 4 hours. The cafe is above a nice independent outdoor shop too, so there's...