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Restaurant/Pub availablity

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Greetings fellow travelers. My trip in May is coming up quickly. I’ve read and heard conflicting information concerning whether or not reservations are needed for restaurants and pubs. I and my two travel companions will be staying in Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow and making day trips from each city, but always returning to the city at the end of the day. Is it necessary to have dinner reservations or can we just “wing” it? We are looking forward to experiencing the local food and not so much interested in high end restaurants.

Any advice is helpful. Thanks!

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It depends. The popular stuff will get booked up, things that are either less well known, not as good, or both, will not.

You have said no to high end places, but there are still pubs like The Palmerston or The Broughton where you can eat above average food, that is in the Michelin guide but in a casual setting, for very reasonable prices, much cheaper than some other places in the UK (ahem London). But you will need to book places like this.

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Inverness is much smaller than Edinburgh and Glasgow and popular/well regarded places that take reservations get booked up. One place that we like, which doesn’t take reservations is the Black Isle Brewery and Bar. It is very central and one street up from the riverside. They have large communal tables and serve good beer and excellent pizza.

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