The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers
The Bothy
We assessed The Bothy in July 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess
The Bothy is an ambitious modern-Scottish gastropub off Church Square, cooking the local larder from Cullen skink to dry-aged steaks. Its wine list is short and largely commercial, but honestly priced and well spread by the glass, and it covers the kitchen's smoked-fish plates more capably than its length suggests. It will suit the easy-going table that wants a well-priced glass without ceremony, more than the drinker chasing depth or a dessert wine.
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