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Serves meat, vegan options available. Fine-dining restaurant featuring wood-fired cooking. Has separate vegan and vegetarian menus, including a separate vegan wine list and vegan dessert menu. Be warned that on the premises is stag taxidermy, but there are seats that can be requested that are out of sight of this; the moose antlers are a replica. Open Mon-Sun 07:30-10:30, 18:00-21:30.

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2 Reviews

First Review by samharper

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Thejaysta

Points +187

Vegan
06 Jun 2026

Sensational vegan fine dining

Separate vegan menu with two starters, mains and deserts. Everything we ate was absolutely delicious. The chef REALLY knows what they are doing! They were happy to facilitate us having half each of the meals so we got to taste everything.

I believe the menu changes regularly but we had …
Beetroot and celeriac salad
Jerusalem artichoke soup
Wood fired celeriac with wild mushrooms and creamy mint sauce
Wood fired butternut squash with seeded crust.

The mains were just mind blowingly delicious.

Lovely setting, very attentive staff as you would expect in fine dining restaurant. You must go into the Fire Inn Hotel to find the restaurant.

Updated from previous review on 2026-06-06

Pros: Mains were awesome, Excellent service, Amazing ambiance

Cons: Hard to identify from outside building

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Avatar samharper

samharper

Points +373

Vegan
20 May 2021

Incredible wood-fired fine dining

Amazing location in the Fife Arms overlooking the Clunie river, with the entire room being a piece of artwork. They’ve recently adopted an entirely separate vegetarian and vegan menu, including a vegan wine list and vegan desserts. A great option for an upscale meal out in the area.

The restaurant does feature a taxidermy stag, and (replica) moose antlers - possible to ask for seating out of view

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