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Eating Out in the Scottish Borders

Kelso is full of places to eat and drink! Here are our favourite places.

Eatery

The Cobbles Inn

Best for

Gastropub food, local Tempest beers and Friday live music

Open for

Lunch and dinner

Contact

Website
01573 223548

The Waggon Inn

Good value pub grub, family friendly

Lunch and dinner

Website
01573 224568

Bridge Street Brasserie (Hunter’s)

French bistro style food, good coffee, and wine

Morning coffee through to dinner

01573 224742

The Queen’s Head

Local pub atmosphere and decent pub grub

Lunch and dinner

Website
01573 228 899

Rutherford’s Micropub

Locally produced ales and craft gins

Drinks and snacks from early afternoon

Website
07803 208460

The Terrace Café, Floors Castle (2 miles outside Kelso)

Homemade lunch and cakes, gourmet “ready meals” to take away

Morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea

Website
01573 225714

Rendezvous Fish and Chips

Who doesn’t love a good chippy!

Takeaway, from mid-afternoon

01573 224467

The Tipsy Ghillie

A bit of everything, from brunch to cocktails

Brunch onwards

Website
01573 225354

Hunter’s Quality Butcher and Delicatessen

Delicious lunches and coffees

Lunch and coffees

Website
01573 223322

… and some more ideas for good measure!

Restaurants/Pubs

Ednam House Hotel – 01573 224168
Salt & Fire – 01573 348324
The Contented Vine – 01573 224777
Schloss Hotel Roxburghe – 01573 450331
The Cross Keys – 01573 223303

Cafés

The Cream Chimneys
Café U
Sook Sook Jai (Thai)
Off the Square
The Knowes Eatery

Further Afield

If you’re looking for a lunch, dinner or coffee stop further afield, here are some of the best spots:

Eatery

Main Street Trading, St Boswells 
(20 min drive)

Best for

Bookshop, café and deli all in one!

Open for

Morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea

Contact

Denholm Meet, Denholm
(25 min drive)

Antiques and interiors and fresh Italian food

Morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea

The Caddyman, Jedburgh
(20 min drive)

Gastropub food by ex-Gleneagles chef

Lunch and dinner

Provender, Melrose
(30 min drive)

Stylish, family-run restaurant

Lunch and dinner

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