The Ship Inn

Broughty Ferry:

Popular (too popular!) pub, and semi-seperate restaurant. We’d tried to get in on Saturday, and didn’t even get through the door.

We were a bit luckier on Sunday, there was space and a couple of seats. Sadly, those seats were next to a gobshite and her friend who seemed to think playing music on a mobile phone was appropriate, so we didn’t stay to eat. The pub itself is fine- good beer and wine, decent-looking pub food, decent staff, though, and a great location.

The Royal Arch

Broughty Ferry;

A pub of two parts, both very nice. The bar is traditional Scottish pub, and the lounge is something special; a full-on art-deco lounge, with stained glass, statuettes (free-standing and part of the bar stools), and period seating.

The lounge is dedicated to (great) food. There’s a couple of decent cask ales, plus some keg craft bollocks, and all the usuals. Staff great.

From outside, the lounge is very obviously an add-on to the original pub, on a corner site