March 2024 by Mark Lingard
Stopped in for a pint after visiting Balmoral... Absolutely amazing village, hotel and pub. The staff were so friendly and recommended a good ale.. the building is fantastic, definitely on our to do again list...Enjoyed a great walk through the village too.
February 2024 by Patrick Smith
Great spot for a reasonably priced lunch. Wonderful decor and even better service. I had the Haggis, Neeps and Tatties and my wife had the fish and chips. Both were delicious. Dont be afraid of the Haggis; it's delicious!
February 2024 by Karo Rita
We had an amazing meal. Very happy with the quality of the food and the service was impeccable. What a great way to start our holidays.
February 2024 by James Wilson
Always a good meal.service first
January 2024 by Bruiser101
Went to this pub for Hogmanay. Having travelled many thousands of kilometres to get there, the experience, sadly, fell short of expectations. The pub, while warm and reasonably well appointed, seemed a little forced, almost formula if that is the right word. There was a clear demarcation (at least that was the vibe) between regular patrons and the rich guests at a function in another part of the pub. As an example, live music was scheduled in the main bar area but this was re-located when the band for the posh event failed to show up. It just felt like a bit of a ?screw you? to the ordinary punters but a good example. This, I fear, is a management problem, which leads me to the next point. Staff in the main bar were extremely good. Friendly and genial, with no pretensions. Ready to engage with customers, they lifted the experience. The food, also, was quite good and the haggis, tatters and neeps are definitely worth a try. Portions could be a little bigger. I did hear from some of the locals in the district that the Flying Stag had become too commercial and had ?priced itself out? of the local market at least. Maybe something for management to consider.
January 2024 by Ashley Burton
£7.50 for a pint of IPAAbsolutely criminal
January 2024 by Kate P
Wonderful atmosphere, beautifully decorated for Christmas. Pub staff were very friendly and helpful and the fish pie was sensational?best I?ve ever had! Compliments to the chef! But?we were there for Hogmanay, visiting from Australia, and expecting so much more. The lunch service was very busy and we were glad we had booked well in advance, although communications regarding our booking were sketchy. After lunch the atmosphere completely died off. We had been led to believe there would be a band?which never appeared. The staff seemed to be really pushed (despite how quiet it was) and had no real idea of what was going on. There was a BIG NYE function going on in the Fife Arms that seemed to take priority, and we were left feeling that if you weren?t part of that function it would have been better to just go home. Which in the end we did. Feeling rather disappointed. We did however return for the midnight fireworks and stood on the village bridge to watch them?and they were wonderful!
December 2023 by Companion28280715748
Went with family for an evening meal the service was excellent we ordered drinks and where given the menu the waiter gave us time to choose then took our order. We all had fish and chips, the portions were very generous and we all enjoyed them. Would definitely return when visiting Braemar again highly recommend.
December 2023 by Michael T
Drink and food excellent. Great atmosphere. We would definitely go again. Well worth a visit. Thanks.
December 2023 by 938lesleyw
We dined on Friday night, hadn't booked but the team found us a table very quickly. Live musicians were great and there was a real bustle about the pub. The waiting staff were fantastic with my dairy allergy, we had the haggis and they changed the dish so I could enjoy too. They even did a dairy free sticky toffee pudding! We'll definitely be back!
November 2023 by Z3353LHmc
We just popped in for drinks. It's a great bar - friendly staff, relaxing ambience and lovely decor, including the Christmas decs. We spent a very relaxing couple of hours there and will return for food next time.
November 2023 by HARCOURT RARE BREEDS
Food was lovely , the staff exceptional and as a storm developing outside the atmosphere perfect. As we are stopping at the fife arms we are looking forward to trying the other restaurants.
November 2023 by I1036RVjanew
Over the last 2 years the bar staff have gone to being 100 % helpful to blatantly rude. I rather believe if you don't come across as being very wealthy or in their eyes of importance they are not prepared to show you any respect, just not on or a very nice way to treat people. Best to avoid & go to the pub on the corner where you get a warm welcome there.
November 2023 by sparkey3
Went for lunch as our daughter had recommended it very highly. Well can I just say I have had better. Ordered two large fish and chips. One was large and the other was tiny. I mentioned to the uninterested waitress that I had ordered a large. She said yes that?s a large. The chef chooses the fish. I would have thought the fish should been the same size. Not even close. I asked if she would mention it to the chef. She said ?yep? and walked away. I?m assuming this is not the first time she had heard the complaint. Shocking. Won?t be back.
October 2023 by Alexander L
We also hade lunch on Tuesday the 12th October and found the three young men uninterested in their work. I had to go up to the bar and remind them that we had ordered wine which we would like to drink with our meal. The bar itself was untidy which I don't like as you wonder what else is like that?