Dumfries House Bistro

Went to the cafe hoping for a full English Breakfast. Choices were bacon roll or sandwich, sausage in roll or sandwich and scrambled egg. I had the bacon in toast in brown bread and my wife had scrambled egg with brown bread Staff were very pleasant. After a short wait a young lady brought our breakfast. Tea was hot and plentiful! Unfortunately, my bacon came with white toast (first mistake) my wife's scrambled eggs came with white toast (second mistake). My bacon was like hard plastic and had obviously not been cooked fresh. Two bites were enough! My wife had the same problem. Arrived with white toast not brown and scrambled eggs that had obviously been cooked some time ago. I love Dumfries...

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Lovely building; very comfy feel. However, coming into the cafe you are faced with a vague open space in front of the counter with no guidance for what to do where. Fine if you have visited before, but as newbies we ended up wandering about like confused hens while the plentiful staff completely ignored us. Menu limited; food very good; service vague mostly the staff treated us as getting in the way of their far more important tasks. I stood at the counter for nearly five minutes while SIX staff busied about, studiously avoiding eye contact. Also, they won't clear dishes from the table until you've left, so trays pile up on unoccupied tables.

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The setting of Dumfries House is stunning and definitely worth a visit. Unfortunately, the cafe did not live up to our expectations. Despite its prestigious location, it appeared to be poorly maintained and poorly managed. The cheese sandwiches we ordered were bland, served on plain white bread with a small portion of crisps and stale carrot cake. The cafe needs to improve its quality or consider bringing in someone else who can do a better job.

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Such a beautiful place to come to with family. However the lunch was awful. I ordered the jacket potato and it tasted awful. The kids menu was a sandwich with a slice of cheese in it and about 10 crisps on the plate. Online it says they serve wine and beer but we were told not when we got there. Will not ever come back to lunch here Réservez une table maintenant

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We finished our visit to Dumfries House here. Very popular with lots of visitors. Seated outside in the sunshine, we ordered a latte and a mocha, with a cherry and white chocolate scone. Yum! Staff were friendly, prices reasonable and good selection of foods light snacks, cakes and drinks.

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Pleasant surroundings decent conversion of a former stables to a semi posh cafe that runs along with the walks and tours for Dumfries House. Not verey inspiring menu but all reasonably done Minor air of trading on snob vaue of the Estate Big Hoose aiming for National Trust [ish] feel

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Used to be a nice cafe with snacks, soups, cakes, and sandwiches, unfortunately, looks like in an attempt to increase the profits they employ now could care less teenage staff, and started to leave the quality of the food behind what used to be.

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There are ample seating options and a variety of lunchtime sandwiches to choose from, all of which are generously filled. The pot of tea is of high quality. However, be prepared for higher prices as this restaurant is not considered affordable. Réservez une table maintenant

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The quiche tasted like an egg custard and was frankly terrible. The other dishes were decent. The cafe is not living up to the Dumfries House experience.

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The food was nice .Staff friendly .The only thing there is no shade outside at all the day was so warm .

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