The Cafe Falkirk Wheel — Restaurant in Scotland

Oh dear. The Visitor Centre is certainly an interesting place to visit. The wheel itself is an impressive structure and a marvel of engineering. Imagining how the huge steel components were transported by road (!) isn't easy. There is cycle hire (with both standard bikes and an E-bike hire scheme via an app), plus kayaking facilities, also Zorb balls and a trampoline bungee for children. Pleasant walks along the canal towpath are possible too. But the cafe in the Visitor Centre was woefully overpriced. I paid £4 for a small 330 ml bottle of cider. That's £12+ for a litre! Or £5.75 for a pint. That represents posh hotel prices in my opinion. I asked for a glass - no joy, only paper cups. Very disappointing. I didn't eat in the cafe, but the food was also seriously expensive. If I come back I'd try the kiosks outside next time - though I think one was only selling hot dogs and fries, and the other was offering wood-fired pizzas. But those looked quite appealing, and I expect they'd be much better value for money. So only use the cafe if you don't...

We took part in the chain of freedom event on Saturday 14th of October and went for some food. Having tried the trailer outside first and not really fancying the very limited choice of hot dogs or fries we headed for the cafe inside. We asked if they did cheeseburgers as there was none displayed on the menu. They checked and said yes they did. There was no indication of the price and only when we went to pay for 2 takeaway cheeseburgers, 1 fries and one can of soft drink did we find out the price, a staggering £30.45. I went off to the toilet and the meal had arrived, with thousand island dressing and mustard, both of which I dislike, no cheese and no ketchup. Horrible to say the least and inedible as far as I was concerned. Should we return to the wheel, we will take our own...

We went many years to this amazing place and this time we managed to watch the wheel in work! Such an amazing structure of strength and grace! Loading the boats into one lower side, then closing off that section with a partition, slowly rotating to get the boats up to the top, then opening the partition to let the boats out on the upper canal to go on their way to Glasgow! Brilliant! The park has expanded a lot. Loads for kids to do there - mini golf, playground, water fun. Little snack kiosk, but also a really nice café there for the more hungry, in a dome type of building where you can watch the wheel in action right next to you. Good place to go. Also saw dogs on leashes...