Buchan Hotel

For our 58th wedding anniversary we visited the Buchan Hotel Restaurant at lunchtime. We were so disappointed. Before booking we checked to see if they catered for dairy free meals and was told yes. The menu was extensive with the choice of carvery as it was a Sunday and 5 out of 7 of our party opted for the carvery. However our dairy free daughter was extremely limited to what she could have. The boiled potatoes was swimming in butter, the turnip was mashed with butter, the cabbage was shredded and had butter added and the Yorkshire pudding was also a no-no as it contained milk. She ended up with two small slices of turkey a few roast potatoes but not other vegetable. But give the staff their due they came with boiled potatoes without butter. The rest of us who had the carvery was also disappointed as we had the roast beef which was so tough to cut most of us left it. Portions were also very small and for 2 soups, 5 carvery meals (one slice of roast beef, one slice of turkey), 2 steak pies, soft drinks and a few coffees we paid the princely sum of £177.00. Sadly the lunch was way below standard and not good value for money. On a positive note, the staff were very friendly and attentive and have to be congratulated. Sadly I would not recommend this restaurant and we certainly will not be returning.

Buchan Hotel Clean, quiet, well appointed room. Great service and an excellent breakfast. Very happy with my stay at the Buchan.

Clean room and friendly staff. Good breakfast.