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Restaurants in Aberdeen

• Bistro Verde

  A noisy, bustling and fun venue with a pale 'verde' frontage and maritime blue walls, this lively place specialises in seafood from near and far, with culinary ideas drawn from the global melting pot.

  59 The Green, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Seafood

• Café 52

  Steve Bothwell opened this splendid little eatery in 1995 and it's now a focus of the action around The Green - Aberdeen's rejuvenated social hub.

  52 The Green, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Eclectic

• Café Bohème

  Dominque Mancellon is a charming patron who invites customers to sample a taste of France in this buzzy bistro down a lane in Aberdeen city centre.

  23 Windmill Brae, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: French

• Cinnamon Restaurant

  A cool addition to Aberdeen's ethnic restaurant scene, Cinnamon specialises in new-wave interpretations of familiar and distinctive regional specialities from all parts of the Indian Sub-continent.

  476 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Indian

• Copthorne Hotel

  Situated within easy walking distance of the city's main shopping area, the granite façade of this historic building conceals a fully equipped corporate hotel with modern amenities and impeccable service.

  122 Huntly Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

• Foyer Restaurant + Gallery

  Take one de-commissioned, granite-walled church, inject some life, vigour and forward- thinking and you have The Foyer. Set up in 1999 as part of an initiative for disadvantaged young people, it's definitely not Jamie Oliver in tartan, nor is it some holier-than-thou lentils-and-sandals joint.

  Trinity Church, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Eclectic

• Howies Restaurant

  The Aberdeen branch of the Edinburgh-based Howies mini-chain is right in the heart of town, just off the famous Union Street.

  50 Chapel Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: European

• La Lombarda Restaurant

  Founded in 1922, La Lombarda is Aberdeen's oldest surviving restaurant and the city's longest-running Italian. For many years it was owned by an Italian family, but a recent change of ownership has resulted in a few changes.

  2 - 8 King Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Italian

• Marcliffe Hotel & Spa

  Opened by one-time Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, the family-run Marcliffe has established a gilt-edged international reputation and picked up a clutch of prestigious accolades over the years.

  North Deeside Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

• Maryculter House Hotel

  Built on the site where Knights Templar once trained around 1225 AD, this historic hotel stands in landscaped grounds on the banks of the Dee.

  South Deeside Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

• Norwood Hall

  Built in 1887 on the site of the fifteenth-century Pitfodels Castle, this fine Victorian mansion just outside the city now combines oak staircases, stained glass windows and leather-clad walls with up-to-the minute business and conference facilities.

  Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern British

• Olive Tree

  Occupying the site of an old Toll House in Aberdeen's West End, the Olive Tree is a capacious eating house, well known as a venue for parties, events, celebrations and corporate bashes.

  32-34 Queens Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Mediterranean

• Rendezvous at Nargile

  Yusuf and Karen Iridag set up the Rendezvous at Nargile in 1993 and have been pleasing Aberdonians with their authentic food ever since.

  106-108 Forest Avenue, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Turkish

• Royal Thai

  Aberdeen's longest-serving Thai restaurant is still holding its own in the city, thanks to its stunning décor and wide-ranging menu of authentic dishes.

  29 Crown Terrace, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Thai

• Simpson's Hotel Bar & Brasserie

  A classic granite façade marks out the Simpson family's stylish hotel situated in the heart of Aberdeen's West End. The intimate foyer with its Italian terracotta floor and striking furnishings gives a taste of things to come.

  59 Queens Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Mediterranean

• The Mariner Hotel, Atlantis Restaurant

  A nautical theme run through this well-established family-run hotel in Aberdeen's West End. The ground-floor rooms are suitably decked out, and the refurbished Atlantis Restaurant now boasts a beautiful conservatory festooned with maritime antiques and memorabilia, a divers' helmet, binnacles ad other artefacts.

  349 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Seafood

• The Silver Darling

  There's little doubt about the main foodie enterprise in this former Customs House overlooking Aberdeen harbour. The Silver Darling is not only the most highly rated restaurant in the city, but offers some of the finest seafood cookery in Scotland.

  Pocra Quay, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Seafood

Restaurants in Alford

• Kildrummy Castle Hotel

  Kildrummy Castle Hotel a stately Victorian mansion was built as a private residence around 1900 and is reckoned to be one of Scotland's finest country houses.

  Kildrummy, Alford, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Scottish

• Kildrummy Inn

  Standing alongside the A97 Donside road, this historic inn was built as part of the adjoining Kildrummy Estate, deep in the heart of rural Aberdeenshire.

  Kildrummy, Alford, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: European

Restaurants in Ballater

• Balgonie Country House Hotel

  Built in the early 1900s in four acres of grounds on the edge of the village, Balgonie House is an enduring kind of place, thanks largely to the efforts of long-serving owners John and Priscilla Finnie.

  Braemar Place, Ballater, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

• Darroch Learg

  The Gaelic name translates rather romantically as 'the oak wood on the sunny hillside'. This country residence was built in 1888 in fashionable Royal Deeside and it boasts great views over Ballater and Craigendarroch (the rocky 'hill of oaks').

  Braemar Road, Ballater, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

• Hilton Craigendarroch, Oaks Restaurant

  A year-round mountain getaway, the Hilton Craigendarroch is a family resort at the heart of spectacular Royal Deeside. Formal meals are served in the luxurious surroundings of Oaks Restaurant and Study Bar, which offers contemporary cuisine amid smart wood furnishings.

  Braemar Road, Ballater, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

• The Glen Lui Hotel

  There are wonderful views across the golf course to majestic Lochagar from this family-run hotel surrounded by two acres of wooded grounds in the heart of Ballater.

  Invercauld Road, Ballater, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: International

• The Green Inn

  Despite its name, the Green Inn is actually a restaurant-with-rooms, rather than a country hostelry - although it does overlook the local village green.

  9 Victoria Road, Ballater, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

Restaurants in Balmedie

• The Cock & Bull

  This low nineteenth-century hostelry started life as a shepherds' watering hole and pit-stop, but these days it has higher ambitions.

  Ellon Road, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish

Restaurants in Banchory

• Raemoir House Hotel

  A sense of grand old-fashioned style pervades this romantic, early-Victorian mansion set in a vast 3,500-acre estate, with expanses of lawn used for open-air concerts and a restored sixteenth-century 'ha house' (hall house) converted into an annexe.

  Raemoir, Banchory, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: French

Restaurants in Dinnet

• Loch Kinord Hotel

  Enticingly situated in the heart of Royal Deeside at the gateway to the Highlands, this hotel was originally built in the late 1800s for the nieces of Doctor Profeit (Queen Victoria's doctor), and became an upmarket retreat for wealthy fishermen, stalkers and travellers.

  Ballater Road, Dinnet, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: International

Restaurants in Netherley

• Lairhillock Inn

  Marvellous views from the conservatory are just one of the attractions at this isolated 200-year-old coaching inn on the back road from Stonehaven to Aberdeen.

  , Netherley, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Scottish

Restaurants in Oldmeldrum

• Meldrum House Hotel

  Redesigned as a baronial, Jacobean-style mansion in 1836, Meldrum House is now part of a sprawling hotel and country club complex surrounded by a 350-acre estate including a golf course.

  , Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: European

Restaurants in Stonehaven

• Carron Restaurant

  Hailed as one of the finest examples of Art Deco in the north of Scotland, the Carron first opened its doors in 1937 and was the social hub of Stonehaven during its glory years.

  20 Cameron Street, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: European

• Tolbooth Restaurant

  Stonehaven's oldest building – once a prison and excise house – is the setting for Robert Cleaver's first-floor seafood restaurant.

  Old Pier Road, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern British

Restaurants in Udny Green

• Eat on the Green

  As its name implies, Craig Wilson's welcoming modern restaurant stands right by the local village green, some 20 minutes' drive from the centre of Aberdeen.

  , Udny Green, Aberdeenshire - Cuisine: Modern Scottish