Harden's survey result
Summary
This elegantly converted church has retained many of its period features in its modern incarnation as a restaurant, with a lovely wood burner downstairs, and an upstairs dining room benefitting from a terrace overlooking the river Ness. The “delicious” modern European cooking includes very good value set menus (with the two-course lunch a bargain at £15.95 per person). Being a “cosy” venue, it makes a popular choice for family celebrations, birthdays and dates (there’s “good lighting for a romantic dinner and the tables aren’t too close together”).
Summary
A “very busy” split-level restaurant in “a very pleasant location” – a converted church on the banks of the river Ness – where the downstairs dining room curls around an open log fire, and the upstairs has an outdoor terrace looking towards the other side of the water, where the owners run a series of holiday apartments. This is a place that “buzzes at lunchtime” owing to the “very good-value” set menus during the week (“£15.95 for 2 courses is a snip”, as is the three-course Sunday lunch for £45) and while it’s a little too “crowded” for some tastes as a result, there was nothing but praise this year for the “proper cooking” of modern European bent.
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16 Fraser Street, Inverness, IV1 1DW
Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £18.95 |  |
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Traditional European menu
| Starter | Main | Veggies | Pudding |
|---|---|---|---|
| £6.80 | £22.40 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £22.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
| Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
16 Fraser Street, Inverness, IV1 1DW
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:15 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:15 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:15 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:15 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:15 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:15 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:15 pm |
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