Thin White Duke

We popped in for some lunch, it's always busy so best to book ahead if you can. Nice venue, staff were great and reasonably priced. The 'Duke Burger' might just have been the best burger I've ever had!

Every bite we were looking at each other and going woah! We ordered the sausage and mash, fried haddock from the starter menu, then red curry beef with rice and Zinger burger. Sausage and mash, perfect combination of crispy sausage, smooth mash and tasty sauce. Crispy haddock is fresh, battered evenly and melts in my mouth. Red curry is delicious, beef is soft and rice is so flavourful with coconut and perfect amount of spice in the sauce. Zinger burger, chicken is so tasty and the fries taste like proper well chosen potato’s and made in-house because I’ve never tasted fries so “real”! After our first few bites I’ve decided to write this review. We were actually on a 4 hour road trip to Edinburgh and am very glad that we drove out of the main road for 12mins to get here. The reviews are accurate and it’s such a worthy stop point.

Beautiful interior, well thought out decor, friendly staff that looked after us without fault. Great atmosphere. The menu ticked most boxes with a nice selection to choose from. However the food was ok, average at best. The Thai red beef curry melted in your mouth with none fatty chunks of beef, but could have had more flavour. I'm sure it was microwaved as the sauce was watery from being frozen, the rice was bland with a hint of coconut. The steak was fantastic! The burgers were dissapointing as they were not squashed flat enough, so when cooked they shrank making them too small for the bun & too tall to get your mouth over. Avoid the extortionate spicy wedges, they were terrible & massively overpriced for what they were! Overall it was quite good, overpriced by about £4 a dish compared to a good pub meal which I've had better. Would I return again? Yes for the flat iron steak, atmosphere & friendly staff who were exceptional.