The Knowes Hotel & Restaurant

Came here for lunch with my wife,kids and great aunt. Food was really nice and tasty. We were all really happy with our meals. Been up this area many times to visit family and didn't even know this place was here. Lovely sea view from the restaurant. Service was great. Would definitely recommend and go again next time up visiting family.

My wife and I stayed for a week whilst visiting family. We had a delightful time. The food is wonderful. The menu has a generous mix of high quality meals to suit all tastes. If you're lucky enough to bag one of the tables with the sea view, you'll spend as much time gazing out as you will eating! Everyone does! Book in advance though as the restaurant is full every night of the week. The staff are amazing. They are all very friendly and went out of their way to help my wife who had some health issues during our stay. Our room was on the top floor, providing an impressive view of the harbour and surrounding area. At the end of our stay, we talked to Wayne, the owner, who told us that the hotel will soon be expanded with additional bedrooms and capacity, proving how popular and well regarded this lovely hotel is.

Had a really good meal here tonight I had the lasagna and my partner had the roast beef ,food was delicious the servings were a good size and the service was excellent. The views from the restaurant were fantastic . Will definitely be back again

The pair of us enjoyed a fantastic three-course Saturday night meal. The Cullen Skink risotto starter was probably my highlight but it was all fantastic. We had to share a dessert as were pretty full but the crème brûlée was worth loosening my belt!

Lovely view from very pleasant restaurant. Extensive menu with lots for all tastes. My choice of haddock Kiev was delicious and the dauphinois with smoked haddock in it was truly heaven. The wine selection was excellent and the service very good. Would recommend and definitely return

Stopped in for a meal after a day away from home. Really attentive service and excellent food worth every penny. My only feedback would be that all the staff need to stop saying “sorry” every time they approach the table. You are providing a service, and giving me delicious food! There is nothing to apologise for!

We dine here regularly. Never disappointed with food, service and price. Always come away feeling you have had a treat. My favourite has to be the crispy langos. Staff are absolutely amazing, warm and friendly welcome. Lunch was superb for the 4 of us today, my husbands venison was delicious 😋 as was all our meals. Thank you

Went tonight with a friend, was looking forward to a nice meal as I’ve been before. Bad from start to finish. Starters were just shocking, I ordered the chicken liver and smoked chicken terrine 🤣 obviously Don’t know what a terrine is, chucked on the plate with two minute slivers of cold limp toast, no decoration, put it back and got the same plate with half a tiny breakfast bun 🧐 was so hungry I ate it, my friend had the Cullen skink, what a joke, a bowl of tatties swimming in what looked like dish water, that was sent back, waitress came back and actually said “chef said he knew it wasn’t good but there is fresh now, would you like a new bowl” WTAF…….if he knew it was crap then he shouldn’t have sent it out. My friend took a replacement of prawn cocktail, tasteless….cheap frozen prawns (and the restaurant is in Macduff!! she ate it because she was hungry, we both told the waitress what we thought when she came back. Mains, I had chicken cordon bleu with linguine, chicken was dry as hell, linguine was cold and difficult to eat as it had been cut up! Chips were tasteless and cold, only good thing on the plate was the small pot of cauliflower cheese, my friend had the monkfish scampi, which was decent chunks but everything was just bland and tasteless! Each time the waitresses came (and we had 3 different ones) we told them what was wrong with the food and it was just edible. Final straw was being handed dessert menus, one of which was smeared with ketchup and the salt mill was too, shouted the waitress over and on telling her, they were snatched from my hands and I was given such a filthy look. Got up without even touching the second drinks we ordered, went to pay and was asked if everything was okay, we said no and was told we were given every opportunity to tell the waitresses but said nothing, WHAT A JOKE, I Couldn’t make it up. BAD FOOD, BAD SERVICE……Needless to say we won’t be returning.

I stayed here for 8 weeks for work commitments Excellent hotel very friendly and efficient staff lovely rooms really nice food especially the lemon sole and haddock Kiev breakfast fantastic as well overall a great place and would go back anytime