The Bothy Restaurant and Bar

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1,685 reviews

#8 of 11 Restaurants in Fort Augustus$$ - $$$, Bar, British, Vegetarian friendly

+44 1320 366710+ Add website

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Hours

Sun

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Mon

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm5:00 pm - 12:00 am

Tue

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Wed

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Thu

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Fri

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sat

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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3.5

1,685 reviews

#8 of 11 Restaurants in Fort Augustus

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CUISINES

Bar, British, Pub, Scottish

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly

Meals

Lunch, Dinner, After-hours, Drinks

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Canalside, Fort Augustus PH32 4BA Scotland

+44 1320 366710

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CUISINES

Bar, British, Pub, Scottish

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly

Meals

Lunch, Dinner, After-hours, Drinks

FEATURES

Outdoor Seating, Seating, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service

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3.5

1,685 reviews

Excellent

414

Very good

507

Average

306

Poor

185

Terrible

273

Pauline M

Edinburgh50 contributions

Excellent Food!

Aug 2020 • couples

Visited for lunch. Instructed to sanitise hands which we were in the process of doing , shown to our table and the person explained the one way system and how to get to the toilet. Once you've been, you need to go back out of the building, walk around and back in the entrance and re-sanitise. Not a problem. Food was amazing. My husband had steak pie, meat was very tender, best we've tasted. Portions were large, not the cheapest but well worth the money. Atmosphere could be friendlier, though I understand people are apprehensive in these times. Would definitely return.

Written 29 August 2020

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London961 contributions

Nice steak pie

Aug 2021 • couples

we had steak pie with puff pastry chips and peas, with a glass of red wine and a pint of stella ( cost £34 plus a tip). the tables inside the restaurant where spaced out giving customers privacy .Staff we’re pleasant.The restaurant is placed next to the lido Ian canal and opposite the boat tour stop/ clansman centre in fort Augustus.We enjoyed our meal and would recommend.People next to us had fish and chips which also looked nice

Written 31 August 2021

Monika Nowak

5 contributions

Tasty food but cold

Oct 2020 • family

In general the restaurant it’s ok. Friendly staff, covid restriction really good, clean. But we came there after a boat trip cold and hungry, ordered a food and big disappointment COLD FOOD arrived. I ordered a soup of the day was tasty but slightly worm 🤦‍♀️ My daughter kids menu Steak Pie exactly that same slightly worm although she enjoyed 😊 I can definitely say I’m not going to visit this place again.

Written 23 October 2020

Jeremy P

1 contribution

Worst hospitality and food in the Highlands

Feb 2020 • solo

Rude owner who showed a clear preference to the locals and the restaurant waitress seemed very hostile. The food was cold and very basic. McDonalds would have been better quality. I ordered my food (a chicken burger) and it was bought out in less than a minute, indicating it was just sitting there waiting. Very disappointed. Felt very unwelcome. Wouldn’t go back there ever again.

Written 28 February 2020

Ashley_w1986

Chertsey19 contributions

Ok service but cheap tasting food

Sept 2020 • couples

Went for lunch today as there weren't many places open. The burger they served tasted like and probably was a frozen burger from Iceland. Had a look at other guests sandwiches and baguettes which also looked like they were being served on a budget. Wouldn't recommend

Written 8 September 2020

Lynn F

3 contributions

Rude staff

Oct 2020 • family

The staff of The Bothy were unbelievably rude. We appreciate that everyone is operating under very trying conditions and this must be extremely frustrating for all businesses. We also appreciate we asked for a table at 5pm and we had to leave the premises by 6pm. Instead of tutting and looking at your watch you could have just asked if we understood the rules. Instead you took our order and then your colleague came over and was even ruder. If you were unable to cook salmon or steak in under 20 minutes, why not tell us the menu would be restricted due to time constraints? (By the way, if your salmon does take 20 minutes it is well overdone!) Instead you thought it appropriate to loudly tell us that if we hadn’t finished eating by 6pm you would box our food and we would be asked to leave the premises. You also proceeded to call us after we left, in earshot of friends and family. You were also very rude to a customer on the phone within earshot of your customers. I hope your business survives this crisis, I really do, but the attitude of the staff you are employing is not encouraging customers to visit. The fish and chips we got from the other end of the street more than made up for the disappointment of being spoken to so rudely and were a fraction of the money we would have spent with you.

Written 24 October 2020

Funguy66

17 contributions

Poor service undercooked salmon

Feb 2020 • couples

Went for a lunch. Staff are unfriendly and uninterested in their guests. We ordered haggis and neeps. The haggis was a tasteless mush and the cubes(not mashed) of neeps were bland and at a guess I would say frozen. The salmon came out totally raw in the middle. We told the waitress who just looked at it and took it away with no apology. I would give this place a miss. My sister recommended the Loch Inn and wish I had followed her advice.

Written 5 February 2020

Amy Z

Elgin1 contribution

Rubbish service & terrible food

Nov 2019 • none

Service was really bad! When we go in, the (b word) waitress was started shouting to us, she said that we have to wait. We come from other country so we don’t quite understand what they saying, we walked a little step forward, then the waitress shouted to let us get back! What a (f word) service! when we sat down, I asked for they to suggest us some food, one of them said what do we want to eat, she said that we can just tell her what we want to eat, and said that we are having problems with speaking and listening. Okay then, we ignored that and said nothing. we just point out what we want to eat, THEN we wait for like half an hour and still nobody serve us food. we asked for some water but they keep forgetting. undercooked fish make me sick! when we go they said nothing and looks very angry when paying, like they are afraid we don’t pay and said we’d better go now! RUBBISH!

Written 20 October 2020

Alastair P

Glasgow16 contributions

Superb meal

Aug 2020 • couples

Visited when we couldn’t get into another local restaurant which had been recommended to us - so glad they couldn’t take us! This turned out to be the best decision of our break. Staff couldn’t have been more friendly, helpful and approachable and the welcome was very personal, despite the restaurant being very busy. The food was excellent with good helpings provided. The choice on the menu was not overly wide but included all the favourites which you would expect, which was ideal for our purposes. Great place for a visit if you are in the area.

Written 25 August 2020

J P

32 contributions

Don't bother!

Mar 2020 • couples

If you're after a friendly welcome and comfortable atmosphere don't bother with this place! Popped in for a drink during a weekend stay in Fort Augustus and wish we hadn't bothered. Rude lady behind the bar who greeted us with a grumpy face and immediately told us 'there's no food on if that's what you're after'. Didn't ask you love and a 'hello' mightve been nice first! Was extremely smiley and friendly with the men sat at the bar and the local people in there though. Had our drink left and didn't go back again during our visit. Go to The Lock Inn or Richmond House Hotel where bar staff actually make you feel welcome.

Written 2 March 2020

Sussextraveller15

2 contributions

Unhelpful service

Sept 2020 • none

Turned up without a reservation and they were full. Put our name down for the next available table and were told the wait could be up to an hour, all fair enough. Were then told we had to wait in a tent by the rear kitchen access in their car park. Asked if we could walk by the canal locks which were at the front of the restaurant (they had our phone number and could have called us) but were abruptly told that unless we were in their car park when the table was called they would move on straightaway to the next person. Went instead to the Lock pub next door where they were also full inside but were able to have a decent fish and chips on an outside table overlooking the locks within 15 minutes and with a much friendlier service!

Written 16 September 2020

julia f

Wray61 contributions

Poor quality food and HUGELY overpriced!

Oct 2021 • none

Stopped here for lunch. Friendly and accommodating waitresses showed us to out table in nice surroundings Fairly standard looking menu but plumped for chicken on haggis in a cream and whiskey sauce which sounded a bit more interesting than the norm. The cost £14. I should have known it was going to be a disaster when it arrived in front of me 6 minutes later!! Utterly bland, tasteless food. God knows what they did to the chicken to cook it. Just a tasteless white blob on some haggis with a thin tasteless, unseasoned sauce poured over. A few undercooked chips were accompanied by some chunks of raw carrots, swede and mange tout. Strangely, even though the vegetables were solid and Luke warm they seemed to be waterlogged.....bizarre. The waitress asked how our food was when she collected our plates. My plate spoke volumes as it was barely touched. I told her i wasn't happy and she said," What were you unhappy with as i need to tell the Chef"........THEY HAVE A CHEF!??!....He seriously needs to re-train. Nice looking place, friendly staff, dreadful food. Take note of the reviews on here!!

Written 6 November 2021

Alessandra C

1 contribution

"Mushroom" pie abomination

May 2021 • couples

On our one stay over in Fort Augustus my partner and I decided to go out for a quick dinner and we decided on the first decent looking pub we saw - the Bothy. The interior looked charming but the waitress was slightly confused with what to do with us. Once sat down, we ordered one steak pie and one mushroom pie. Not even five minutes later our pies arrived at the table (most certainly microwaved). The steak pie was okay, but the "fresh seasonale vegetables" were frozen peas and carrots. The mushroom pie was an ocean of white gloopy cream upon which was sat up a pastry. I dare say there were a total of three mushrooms drowning in the sauce. It was disgusting, I thought I could get sick. The pie also cost 13 pounds, and it wasn't even worth a third of that. I would suggest you visit for a pint but never recomend to stick around for dinner.

Written 30 May 2021

Beckygreen95

1 contribution

Terrible service but good food

Oct 2021 • couples

Our food was amazing, however the service was shocking. Men behind the bar were very friendly but we asked for a desert menu and waited for 10 minutes whilst our server stood watching the tv and talking to men drinking at the bar so we decided to just leave as it was just becoming frustrating. Food was excellent though

Written 26 October 2021

theflyingdoctor

Stockton-on-Tees787 contributions

Good pub food

May 2021 • couples

No booking here so we were shunted into an outdoor tented area pending a table getting free. Football available to watch so no great hurry as Euro 2020 was there to enjoy. When table was available we were able to continue watching the footy with good friendly service of pleasant food if not haute cuisine. Good quality beer as well. I had expected this to be the second string pub- no it was better than that and I would regard this as the best eatery next to the locks. Thanks for a great evening.

Written 14 July 2021

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