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CUISINES
Bar, Pub, Scottish
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
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CUISINES
Bar, Pub, Scottish
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Table Service
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4.0
206 reviews
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Very good
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sc0ttie2007
Perth and Kinross68 contributions
Sept 2022 • none
We opted for this Chinese restaurant as a change from the usual 'local' options. The restaurant was busy all evening with sit-in and takeaway customers. We enjoyed the food which was tasty and spicy although the presentation could have been better. Service was reasonably efficient. The decor looks like it hasn't been refreshed in about 30 years, which makes it a bit depressing. Overall though, worth a visit for the food, if not the ambience.
Written 29 September 2022
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Duffs1967
9 contributions
Aug 2021 • couples
Great Location and offers a bed to sleep in and a massive plate of Chinese scoff to get your laughing has around. The food was fresh and was very much enjoyed in the beer garden at the rear of the building. Friendly Staff and it kept the Mrs quiet. The external bathroom was a bit of a downside but you crack on with it. Would recommend!
Written 3 August 2021
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Ticky28
56 contributions
Jun 2022 • couples
Nice meal. Served hot & did not wait long. Chicken satay starters very tasty. Rest of meal tasty. The only negative was the tofu which is a shame. Place was busy but not crowded. Would go again.
Written 28 June 2022
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Graeme Sutherland
3 contributions
May 2021 • none
Had a Thai red curry here, which is a regular dish I eat when I am out and about. This place served me a fairly watery sauce totally loaded with salt. I like my food salty but this was almost inedible. Terrible. Anyway I guessed Thai food was not their specialty so .....
WE went back, this time had 2 x Sweet N sour Chickens fried rice. The rice was perfect, but the chicken was cooked to death, like rubber and some bits very stringy, dry and tough in both of our meals.. I hate leaving bad reviews but this is
actually the worst Chinese food I have ever had, not only one but twice.
Written 1 June 2021
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Paul G
10 contributions
Aug 2021 • couples
I’m so sorry but the price per item was double the price of even London. Clearly a tourist trap. We went in, saw the prices and immediately left and had battered haggis and chips around the corner and that was the price of one item for two people in the Richmond!
People, do yourself a favour and get your Chinese fix in Glasgow or Edinburgh if you’re touring Scotland. We were only here for a night and saw the food that was coming out of the pubs in the area and it looked great it. I fancied Chinese food that night so that’s what you do isn’t it!? So I’d advise you to try some Scottish food in the area instead and give this restaurant a serve unless you’re loaded.
That said, we never tried the food at this restaurant so I can’t comment on it. We were just so outraged at the prices we couldn’t justify staying there. Once again, sorry.
Written 9 August 2021
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Voyage824653
London4 contributions
Sept 2020 • couples
Make no mistake do not eat here. The food is dreadful. We had salmon salad which had a dry grey lump of something pertaining to be salmon. Sent back and the chef (?)had the cheek to argue that it was ok. Partner had scampi and chips which might have kept a child happy but tasted of the fat and was greasy.
They take your money with order which isn't a good sign.
Going hungry is a better option!
Written 4 September 2020
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elizamack
Haddenham91 contributions
Aug 2021 • family
Very bizarre experience for dinner at Richmond House. Kids really looking forward to a Chinese meal but it was not like anything we'd ever eaten before.
The "Thai" green curry was watered down coconut milk with six Bay leaves and vegetables in. Which I doubt has even been stir fried first. Not a hint of flavours I would have expected, like green chilli, coriander or lemongrass
Hong Kong style King prawns could barely be bitten into
Beef in black bean was OK, but not a familiar flavour
Three bowls of rice came out worryingly quickly given there was only one other table in
We sat outside and the marquee lights were turned on for us- an odd purple almost UV light that you'd normally only see in nightclub toilets. Since none of us were snorting anything, it made all our food look pinky orange which distorted flavour even more. But still, at least that now matched the pictures on the menu..
Have a fry up or or a burger, the chef looked infinitely more comfortable with that than Chinese.
ÂŁ70+ not well spent, it was too expensive for horrible food
Written 11 August 2021
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Hayley N
Oakham5 contributions
Sept 2021 • friends
Well where do I start! We booked at 3pm for a 7pm table. No other bookings in diary should have rang alarm bells! So we arrive, are taken to a table, we are sat in the corner of what can only be described as a room with tables! There was no background music, no pictures on the walls nothing! Wipe clean glittery table clothes that felt sticky. We were handed a menu card, my partner asked if there was a set meal which was met with a glazed over look! We ordered a bottle of wine between the three of us. Then ordered starters. When they came out we asked for them to be laid out across the centre of the table and for extra plates so we could share starters! This again was met with a glazed over look, but we got the requested plates. Shortly later the most bizarre moment I have ever come across in a “restaurant” happened! A gentleman dressed in full Lycra suit came through the centre of the restaurant along with his pushbike! He stopped had a conversation with another customer and then carried on his merry way. At this point we asked for our bill. To our amazement the staff were shocked we didn’t want to stay for mains! The whole experience set us back £40 for three starters and a bottle of Pinot! It is the quickest I have ever drank a bottle of wine! Most definitely do not recommend and won’t be back!
Written 8 September 2021
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mrjamin
Balmoral14 contributions
Sept 2020 • none
I know the world has new challenges in the COVID era, but serving poor quality food shouldn't be one of them. Disappointing meal with flavourless lamb, served with tinned veg, and lumpy mash. Now regret I didn't walk the extra 5 mins to the Boathouse Inn.
Written 5 September 2020
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chris
Barcelona3 contributions
Oct 2022 • couples
First of all the menu outside the restaurant is the take away menu, so add £$5 to every main meal. Service grim and the food wasn’t much better. The manager sat at the front rolling his miserable roll ups with a grin on his face.
AVOID
Written 29 October 2022
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harry
Carlisle2 contributions
Oct 2021 • business
The Chinese version of Faulty Towers. A interesting experience one in which I would not like to endure again. Bathrooms across open corridor, you can hear your next door patrons from breath to fart. Works going on until 23:00 a hammer drill. Food for the restaurant left on the front door step in the rain and had to be climbed over in order to leave. Toilet backflushed and filled with unknown faeces to rim. I would avoid this so called hotel.
Written 27 October 2021
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Jacqui D
Falkirk30 contributions
Oct 2022 • friends
We were on a girlie road trip and turned up in fort augustus for our last night. We chapped the door of the Richmond house hotel and they confirmed they had a room which suited our budget.
They showed us a beautiful twin room and their on-site parking. By the time we came round with the car they showed us another room in the form of the flat upstairs.
It was delightful and just what we needed with a bath. Place was absolutely spotless and Helen was a lovely host.
We booked a table in the restaurant and they provided the most amazing Chinese food. Thank you. We will be back for definite
(oh they don’t do breakfast but there are plenty of cafes in fort augustus that serve breakfast). This was not a downside from our point but just a mention here in case people are looking to have it included. X
Written 19 October 2022
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Erik J
10 contributions
Nov 2023 • friends
The food I ate was by far the worst food I paid for. Totally tasteless and downright substandard. "Inedible" is a word I shy away from using, but in this case I'm stumbling close. Avoid.
Written 17 January 2024
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AsiatravelABC
Liverpool41 contributions
Sept 2020 • couples
Normal pub grub, not particularly great but does the job after a days cycling in the rain! One way system implemented as expected during covid era but at this pub it just involved a line drawn in tape down the middle of the thin room with arrows so it isn't actually a one way system. Something we aren't as much worried about but others might be. There are other places to eat in fort Augustus which have better food. Good place to have a drink and watch the football though, with good atmosphere.
Written 22 September 2020
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Heather M
7 contributions
Aug 2021 • none
Great hotel location food. Staff so very friendly . Brilliant Chinese food. Stayed 3 nights . Owner and managervexceptionally helpful and always on hand . Thoroughly enjoyed our whole stay. Will definitely return
Written 13 August 2021
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