There are few better ways to escape the drudgery of modern life than by packing your bags and heading to one of the country's top restaurants with rooms, knowing you don't have to worry about taxis home after or indulging a little too much.
Combining outstanding dining with luxurious accommodation, here are some of the best restaurants with rooms in Scotland.
(Colbost, Dunvegan, Colbost, Isle of Skye IV55 8ZT)
Arguably one of the country's best restaurants - even without the excellent rooms - the Three Chimneys can regularly be found on lists naming the top restaurants in the UK and is globally renowned.
With six luxurious bedrooms next door in another former croft building known as The House Over-By and the stunning Skye scenery all around, you'll want to stay longer than just the weekend.
(Collier Row, Peat Inn, Cupar KY15 5LH)
Regularly mentioned as one of the ideal places that chefs themselves would want to eat in, the Peat Inn is another restaurant that's made a name for itself as one of the best in the country.
Owned by award winning chef Geoffrey Smeddle, the restaurant serves up Michelin-starred excellence for guests to enjoy before they retire to one of the eight spacious rooms on offer.
(Auldearn, Nairn IV12 5TE)
Having retained their Michelin Star in October 2017, the Boath House were in the news not long after for their decision to actually turn their back on the award scheme to focus on putting the customer first and offering a dinner service that's both exemplary and accessible to anyone.
Now under new owners - the team behind London restaurant, Sessions Arts Club - this stylish and art filled home offers a real retreat from every day life.
Set within a grand Georgian Mansion, the house's opulent rooms are the perfect place to unwind on a weekend away in the Highlands.
(3 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5AB)
On the site of the former award-winning restaurant 21212 is Lyla. Headed up by chef Stuart Ralston, who took on the space after the sad death of Paul Kitching, the rooms upstairs are owned and run by Katie O'Brien, Paul's wife, who has been running them since 21212 opened.
The picturesque Georgian townhouse restaurant has four large modern bedrooms, each with their own lounge area, that will serve as the perfect staging point for any trip to the city.
(A703, Eddleston, Peebles EH45 8QP)
The menus here have garnered rave reviews, making the Horseshoe one of the most popular restaurants in the Borders.
With a focus on Scottish produce and featuring ingredients from their own kitchen garden, each dish is designed as a showcase of what the region has to offer.
With eight comfortable bedrooms in a former Victorian village schoolhouse nearby, you can collapse into a food coma after a short stroll from the restaurant, ready to wake up and enjoy one of the kitchen team's hugely popular breakfasts.
(Pitlochry PH16 5LG)
This multi-award-winning restaurant with rooms reopened in late 2021 after new owners, Matilda and Tom Tsappis revamped the property.
Inside Killiecrankie House there's a restaurant and five luxury bedrooms as well as a drawing room and cosy cocktail bar.
The team create menus that truly reflect Scotland, giving diners not only a taste of the country’s produce but one that represents what Scots really love to eat, drawing upon both contemporary and heritage dishes for inspiration.
And what's better than, after a good meal and drink, heading upstairs for a good night's sleep?
(28-32 Cathedral Square, Glasgow G4 0XA)
A new addition to the restaurant with rooms category in Scotland is the award-winning Celentano's in Glasgow.
The Michelin-bib awarded restaurant, co-owned by Dean and Anna Parker, will evolve into Celentano’s Restaurant with Rooms.
Located within Glasgow’s historic Cathedral Square area, it is set to become the first restaurant of its kind in the city.
The husband-and-wife team opened Celentano’s in 2021, housed within Cathedral House, a listed 1896 Scottish baronial style bed and breakfast, which Dean and Anna will take over from late September 2024 to make their own.
The eight individually designed ensuite bedrooms situated over two floors provide a combination of three super kings, three doubles, one twin, and a cosy loft double destined to become most wanted.
Breakfast trays of homemade Celentano’s treats prepared in-house by Dean and his team will be delivered to the rooms each morning.
Freshly baked sourdough bread with butter, seasonal compote and a sweet baked treat, alongside fruit and granola, guests can choose to have it in their room alongside in-room coffee and tea making facilities, which come as standard, or enjoy it in the breakfast room.
Dean and Anna take the reins from Laura and Shane McKenzie. Stalwarts of the Glasgow hospitality scene they have owned Cathedral House, a former half-way house for female prisoners many of whom were suffragettes and political activists of that era, for seven years as a popular B&B.
Open Wednesday to Sunday, The Bed, Breakfast and Dinner rate (starting at £285 per room) will include the Celentano’s five course Feasting Menu. A Bed and Breakfast only rate starts at £175 per room per night.
(Yarrow, Valley, Selkirk TD7 5LE)
The Gordon Arms is by no means a new kid on the block, but new owners - Bryn and Oxana Jones - have only been running the business for almost two years.
They moved from Oxfordshire, having given up their business - The Oxford Arms, a multi-award-winning dining pub in Kirtlington village.
Wanting to own their own property, the couple initially thought that The Gordon Arms was too far away, but on seeing it, fell in love and made an offer. Fast forward 18 months and the awards and accolades have been coming thick and fast.
They’ve made some changes to the rooms, including removing older clunky furniture, and are focusing on a seasonal menu of local produce which has gained them a mention in the Good Food Guide as well as an AA Rosette.
(Grandtully, Strathtay, Pitlochry PH9 0PL)
This hotel is a sister venue to nearby Ballintaggart Farm and Cook School, and has eight bedrooms above the busy bar and restaurant.
Enjoy a cocktail in The Tully Bar before tucking into a menu of seasonal Scottish fayre. There's a wood burning stove for chilly nights, but if the weather is good, you can eat outside in the spacious terrace.
(Old Dunvegan Road, Edinbane IV51 9PW)
Owner and chef patron Calum Montgomery and his family bought this 16th century derelict hunting lodge in 2017 and, following a complete renovation, opened the restaurant in August 2018 followed by four bedrooms in May 2019.
Within a year of opening, Edinbane Lodge was awarded Five AA Gold Stars for its accommodation.
Edinbane Lodge’s four, six and ten course tasting menu celebrates the Isle's natural larder together with an appreciation of culinary traditions and heritage by chef Calum.
A menu that evokes a true taste of Skye takes you on a memorable culinary adventure of the flavours, textures, and colours of the seasonal ingredients that grow in abundance.
Each of the bedrooms have stunning views of the Isle with original charm. In September 2022 Calum was awarded four AA Rosettes for his cooking, making Edinbane Lodge the only restaurant in the Highlands and Islands at the time to hold the accolade.
(Cairndow PA27 8BU)
One of the most celebrated restaurants in Scotland is Inver, which opened in 2015, on the shores of Loch Fyne. About an hour and a half drive from Glasgow, Inver is Scotland’s only Michelin Green Star restaurant, which is awarded to sustainable restaurants.
The Green Star was introduced to The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland in 2021, to highlight the restaurants at the forefront of the industry when it comes to their sustainable practices.
Guests can relax and enjoy the peaceful surroundings in the stylish, luxury bothy or shepherds hut accommodation.
(4 W Shore St, Ullapool IV26 2UR)
The Dipping Lugger is a charming restaurant with rooms overlooking the shores of Loch Broom in Ullapool on Scotland’s West Highland Coast, which opened in 2021.
The restaurant is housed in what was previously the parish manse, dating back to 1789. It was partly rebuilt by Thomas Telford in 1829 and has been lovingly and painstakingly restored into a luxury retreat and restaurant by owners Robert Hicks and Helen Chalmers with grant support from Highlands & Islands Enterprise.
Robert, whose background is in hospitality, has worked at the two Michelin starred Altnaharrie Inn, Gleneagles, Gidleigh Park and London’s Four Seasons.
The menus here showcase the fantastic produce the Highlands are famous for, including Ullapool’s incredible seafood.
The 18-cover restaurant also features ‘The Tasting Room’; an intimate two table dining room that doubles as a gin sampling room, where guests can enjoy a dram of Seven Crofts gin, from Robert and Helen’s award-winning Ullapool distillery, Highland Liquor Company.
Upstairs are three stylish and comfortable en suite bedrooms which, along with the downstairs space, are the creative vision of interior designer Eve Cullen-Cornes.
Cullen-Cornes specialises in creating memorable dining destinations having worked on The Padstow Townhouse by Paul Ainsworth and Tom Kerridge’s Hand and Flowers.
