Scottish Steakhouse At Macdonald Spey Valley Resort

Nice looking restaurant and a lovely bubbly girl behind the bar who greeted us. First course showed fairly quick and was quite nice and then quite a long wait until the second, we had both ordered rib eye but when it turned up it looked very insipid and had not been seared at all and just didn't look appetising. Apparently the mushrooms had been dropped on the floor so we didn't get any replacements but got a side salad that had obviously been hanging around as it had turned quite mushy. The sweet which was apple crumble was at best ok but the custard was so thick you could of nailed it to the wall. I felt a bit sorry for front of house who were great but the kitchen needs to do better.

Our waiter was very nice. But I had asked for onion rings with my steak and was told you don’t do onion rings then the table next to us ordered them and they got them. Never heard of steak without onion rings. Also the menu was very small which was fine, it had a good selection but half of the items were missing. The food we did get was excellent. No atmosphere in the restaurant at all.

Very quiet in the actual restaurant when we ate which was just as well as there was only 1 member of staff on the bar and taking orders for food. He did a great job considering. Beef pie was tasty, child's pizza ok but the macaroni cheese tasted like boiled pasta in cream. Not cheesy at all. Shame as otherwise was all in all a good experience.

Very poor quality food. My two children couldn’t eat anything of the very limited offer on “curry only” night, sadly reminiscent of school dinners!

Took my in-laws for a meal here and it was great. The waiter was so attentive and had a great sense of humor even when it was getting busy. We have been before pre COVID and will certainly be back when next in Aviemore. Would highly recommend