Ramblers Coffee Shop - Scottish Borders

We drove 40 miles across country with the intent of enjoying brunch in Peebles. I can't comment on the food as we didn't have any. We were surprised to find the cafe nearly empty at 12.30 on a Saturday. We thought the menus were a bit tatty and as we waited for service I noticed dirty paper napkins under several tables. I also noticed a customer (waiting for service wiping her table. We waited and waited as the young waitress wandered past our table. A few more people arrived and eventually got served before us. After over 15 minutes of this we decided we'd be better off eating somewhere else, somewhere welcoming, somewhere clean. (We got this at Osso, at the other end of Peebles. When we got home we looked up ealier reviews onTripadvisor. I suggest you look too before darkening the door of Ramblers.

Asked for mug of coffee got a cup, asked for seeded bacon roll got a white roll, asked for a custard cream to share never received it! Bacon burnt, brown sauce tasted of aniseed? Service terrible.

Overworked waitress. “All day menu” unavailable ….all gone at 1pm. My choice from the main menu turned out to be the worst Mac and Cheese ever. Inedible. Swimming in grease. After a dispute at the till, the cost of the meal (which was left uneaten) was dropped and I only paid for my pot of tea. “Well you got your free WiFi…..” was the waitress’ parting shot. This used to be a good cafe, back in the day. There are many good local alternatives. Avoid this one.

Arrived here at 11.30 on Monday 11th September after travelling from Cumbria for a 3 day break in Peebles. We were both very hungry as we didn't have breakfast before leaving home some 3 hours earlier we decided to eat here, both had cooked breakfast which was delicious, hot filling with toast drinks very reasonable priced too. Only disappointment was that they didn't have any pancakes which I'd been looking forward to trying but we still both left satisfied with the food we had

Popped in for takeaway. Eventually served by flapping untrained staff member. Overpriced microwaved scone was a disappointment and the ‘butter’ I had to ask for was margarine or some other type of cheap spread scooped from a container into a paper pot which melted all over the bag. Will definitely give this a miss in future.