Best places in Galashiels

Discover the best places in Galashiels, curated using our unique algorithm blending 'Top Rated' and 'Most Reviewed' establishments. Uncover the city's gems and must-visit locales for an unforgettable experience. Please note that certain places categories are intentionally excluded to ensure a refined selection. Ratings are based from 56 places in the city.

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Abbotsford the home of Sir Walter Scott
Tourist attraction
Sir Walter Scott's 1800s baronial mansion, with his study & landscaped gardens.
4.60 (1.9K reviews)
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The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Museum
👍👍 Remarkable collection of tapestry panels, housed in an exceptional building. Each panel has its own informative description, charting the history of Scotland. Great selection of food and drink in cafe, friendly and knowledgeable staff.
4.80 (284 reviews)
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MacArts
Live music venue
👍👍 Fantastic venue and great staff. We’ve seen quite a few music gigs here this year, and love it. It's a fantastic place to see bands play. Keep up the fantastic work!
4.80 (238 reviews)
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The Salmon Inn
Inn
Warm rooms with chesterfield headboards in an inn offering a cosy pub, plus free breakfast & Wi-Fi.
4.50 (576 reviews)
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Kingsknowes Hotel
Hotel
Airy rooms in a Victorian mansion hotel with relaxed dining, a courtyard bar & a cocktail lounge.
4.50 (510 reviews)
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Zaika Tandoori
Indian restaurant
👍👍 Wonderful welcome from helpful staff. BYOB as no alcohol is served. Great value excellent menu and service. Food tasty, hot and generous.
$$ $$
4.70 (185 reviews)
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Annie's Cafe & Takeaway
Sandwich shop
👍👍 Annies Café and Annies Icecream is AMAZING!!! highly recommend visiting
$ $$$
4.60 (233 reviews)
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T 4 2
Coffee shop
$ $$$
4.70 (165 reviews)
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Cheeky Panda's Soft Play
Children's amusement center
👍👍 My son loves this place, we go quite regularly and everytime we are there the place is absolutely spotlessly clean and tidy. The staff make you feel very welcome and very friendly and they serve the best hot chocolate in there. It's a great place to take you're little ones to on a rainy day especial...
4.90 (94 reviews)
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Gala Tandoori Indian Restaurant
Indian restaurant
👍 Very good Indian restaurant, clean foods good and service is good. Try the coconut rice its really good and the lamb tikka masala is nice aswell. I visited with my wife and 2 kids , my 7yr old couldn't eat it all so we asked could we take it away in a tub. 5 mins passed and we found out that it was...
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4.50 (193 reviews)
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Bank Street Cafe & Waffle House
Coffee shop
👍 Very relaxed great friendly service. Food delish and reasonably priced
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4.60 (136 reviews)
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Why Not Galashiels
Cafe
👍👍 Amazing staff, very friendly. Went there through Galashiels Academy Survival cookery course and had a great time learning about the business and how it started. Seeing how the coffees were made was such a cool experience as well as tasting the amazing hot chocolate and the lattes. They even let us s...
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4.50 (169 reviews)
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Shish Restaurant
Indian restaurant
🫤 Food was good, but very expensive. Price would put me off returning.
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4.60 (127 reviews)
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1953 Bar and Resturant
Restaurant
👍👍 Guys.. Seriously you have to come try this restaurant out..You know when the photos on the website always look better than the actual dishes. Well this place the food looks even better when it's brought out to the table. Myself my partner and my 2 children (13-6) came in and it was incredible...the...
4.80 (88 reviews)
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Niki's Lounge Bar
Bar
👍👍 Great little pub, right on.my doorstep, reasonably priced and football on TV. What more could you ask for.
$ $$$
4.80 (86 reviews)
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Okome Galashiels
Japanese restaurant
👍👍 great atmosphere, incredible range of Japanese food and drinks. the sushi is fresh and well made, the white broth ramen was delicious. will most definitely be a repeat customer!
4.70 (95 reviews)
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The Kebab Shop Galashiels
Kebab shop
4.70 (91 reviews)
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Paolo's Italian
Restaurant
😠 Ordered their "1 meter pizza", took more than 2 hours to arrive, measured only 60cm, tasted good (albeit there was a LOT of crust) but took far too long and not what was promised.
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4.20 (292 reviews)
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Macari's Cafe
Cafe
👍👍 Fantastic family run cafe in the heart of Galashiels.Warm and clean with efficient,friendly and professional staff.Wide range of food and beverages on offer,hot or cold prepared to a first class standard at very competitive prices.I have no hesitation in recommending this brilliant cafe to others.Ke...
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4.40 (133 reviews)
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Dragon House
Chinese takeaway
😠 Very disappointed! First time order from here and it was disgusting. I phoned to advise them ( not to complain) just to let them know. Girl on phone just laughed. What do you want me to do? Was her response. Crispy Chilli chicken was not crispy it was chewy. Sauce was not tasty. Rice was dark brown...
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4.50 (91 reviews)
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