The Skerries
- Telephone 0131 337 6169
- Opening times Mon–Sun 11am–11pm
- Bar open Mon–Sun 11am–11pm.
- Food served Mon–Sun 5.30pm–9pm.
- Average price £21 (evening meal)
- Website www.dunstanehotels.co.uk
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Skerries is the restaurant within the Dunstane House Hotel and its grand dining room, ornately decorated with cornicing, chandeliers and large mirrors, has the hushed atmosphere often found in such rooms. The menu is fairly traditional, without much experimentation on offer, but the dishes have a broad appeal. A starter of haggis bon-bons is full of peppery kick and crunch, and a plate of well-flavoured smoked salmon is pleasant. Despite calling itself a seafood restaurant, however, there is quite a narrow selection of fish on offer. Loch Duart salmon is competently cooked and paired with smokey Puy lentils, while the tempura battered haddock is light with a citrus zing and accompanied by very good chips. Desserts are a highlight: a rich chocolate tart is infused with lemon and given some textural interest by a crust of pistachios, and crème brûlée is lifted by the addition of pineapple and a disc of coconut shortbread.
- High point: Cheerful service
- Low point: Hotel atmosphere
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 7
- No. overnight rooms: 20
- Provides: Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Outdoor tables, Free wi-fi
- Music on stereo: easy listening
- Capacity: 32
- Largest group: 40
- Open since: 2001
- House wine: £16.95 per bottle
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Peter Eater – 6 Mar 2011, 9:58am
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Disappointing!
This was a last minute impulse booking based on the 'seafood' credentials.
It is hard for hotel based restaurants to elevate themselves beyond being a dining room for residents and attract a local following. The low number of diners and accompanying atmosphere on a Saturday evening tells you that Skerries hasn't managed it.
If an eatery labels itself as a seafood restaurant you might expect to find more than two mains from the seven on the standard menu that could have seen the sea and the two that were on offer Crusted Haddock and Salmon didn't do much to excite the senses. Burger, Steak, Chicken, Lamb and Pasta (not seafood) were not what I was expecting. There was a Scallop speical and the standard starters include Chowder, Mussels and Smoked Salmon but nothing that really would support a seafood speciality.
My wife and I both had the mussels and to be fair they were good quality and tasty but the main were disappointing especially considering the price of the scallops.
Skerries has to decide if it really is a seafood restaurant or not.
Average rating /5 from 1 review of The Skerries.
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