Woodlands - East Ayrshire

We dined at this restaurant twice and found the food to be delicious and reasonably priced, with friendly staff. They were very accommodating and overall it was a pleasant experience.

The Woodlands restaurant provides an amazing dining experience in a warm and beautiful environment. The service and hospitality were outstanding, and the food was absolutely delicious!

The 200-acre estate has some surprises in store, including a superb walled garden tended by knowledgeable gardeners who are happy to offer advice. There are also great spots for kids to interact and learn on the property.

Invited here to celebrate a birthday lunch and wasn't sure what to expect. Not sure how lunches are served midweek or even on a Saturday but we were served a plated starter and dessert with the main course served on two massive wooden platters along with all the vegetables and was placed in the middle of the table so we could all help ourselves. Totally loved this ! The food was absolutely delicious and there was plenty of it but what was so good about this quirky system is that some of the elderly members of the party who no longer have big appetites were able to take less food allowing the more greedy amongst us to eat more ! The benefit of this was that nothing got wasted brilliant ! Service was brilliant and we had a thoroughly nice afternoon there. Looking forward to another visit.

Visited on the 23rd with my parents and sister, we booked the table that morning. The service was fantastic, we didn't feel rushed and the staff were friendly. We arrived slightly early and were seated in a comfortable seating area where we enjoyed pre-dinner drinks. We all had different starters and in true family fashion we each tried what the other had ordered. For the mains I had a steak which was cooked medium rare to perfection- best steak I've had in a long time! For dessert I had chocolate brownie with banana ice cream, the brownie was not over poweringly tasting of chocolate and the ice cream was fantastic and went so well with the brownie. We then had coffee and in my case hot chocolate which came with tablet. The hot chocolate wasn't to strong and the coffees were enjoyed as for the tablet well that went down very well. The restraunt is comfortable and welcoming as well as being immaculately clean. Most definitely worth a visit despite not being the cheapest of places to eat I the area it is definitely worth the money, so much so that you forget that it is a training academy.