Darroch Learg Restaurant in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom | Restaurant

Welcome to The Darroch Learg Restaurant, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. The restaurant opens out into a conservatory which shares the same southerly aspect as most of the other rooms. The restaurant captures the evening sun on summer nights and darker nights, outside lighting gives a special charm to the dining experience.
"In the conservatory style restaurant, candlelit at night, the ambiance is 'relaxed', and the service, surpervised by Fiona Franks, is thought 'impeccable'" The Good Hotel Guide 2004.
The food is sophisticated and has been awarded three rosettes by the AA each year since 1997. Beef, lamb, venison and game are sourced locally and fish and shellfish is delivered from Aberdeen and the west coast.
In 1997, Darroch Learg Restaurant, Ballater, was the first in Scotland to receive the AA's new "Wine List of the Year". The list of over 200 bins is a good read and the fixed amount mark-up gives excellent value on the better wines.