2 Best Restaurants in Aberdeen and the Northeast, Scotland

The Old Royal Station, built for Queen Victoria and restored after a disastrous fire in 2015, now houses Rothesay Rooms (formerly the Carriage). The upscale restaurant serves a carefully curated menu with an emphasis on locally sourced game, meat, seafood, and vegetables.

Huge windows overlook the harbor and beach at this quayside favorite in a former customhouse, long one of Aberdeen's most acclaimed restaurants. The French-inspired menu focuses on fish: try the crab bisque with samphire to start, then move on to a lavish seafood platter of scallops, mussels, langoustes, prawns, and cockles.