The Glasshouse - Falkirk

My friends and I ate here as part of a two night stay. The staff are fabulous and the food was lovely. The only draw back is that as the name tells you it is a glasshouse and in the recent weather it was like eating in an oven! I don’t know how the staff cope with it. Lovely decor and large dining room but We did feel a bit squashed as they fitted 7 of us in. Worth a visit.

The menu could be a little more imaginative but the cooking and quality if ingredients is really good. The room is cold and cold looking- better lighting and candles would help- some heaters too!

Checked prior to booking to ensure that they could cater for gluten free to which we were assured that this was no problem. My daughter had booked the afternoon tea as a birthday treat for me. The difference between the non glutten free and mine was imense. The 3 tier stand for mine contained: top tier 1 meringue, 2 tiny macarons and two minute meringues. Middle tear, sandwiches which were good. 3rd tear, half a slice of gluten free bread which was about an inch wide with cream and jam, it looked absolutely ridiculous! My daughter had a choice of sandwiches, cakes, sausauge rolls, scones which in comparison to mine was obvioulsy better prepared. My advice to Airth Castle and Spa is: be truthfull to your customers you are only willing to put in the absolute minimum for gluten free or coeliac's. The only change you had to make to ensure it was the same as others was to use a different flour for your scones etc and you can buy pastry already made if you cannot be bothered. Found better cakes in a supermarket but you still felt no shame in taking the exact same price as others. So stop pretending you are catering for gluten free or buck up your ideas and buy in some gluten free crisps, some gluten free flour and batch bake and freeze if you are advertising gluten free afternoon tea.

Stayed overnight with my daughter and the dinner was part of the deal. Good choices and very tasty indeed. Would recommend the dinner menu.

This is my second visit (and review) of this restaurant. The first time was an evening meal with my wife, this time was a Sunday lunchtime visit with friends. Between the four of us we had 2 roast beef traditional roasts and 2 turkey traditional roasts, 3 Lemon and rhubarb cheecakes and 1 black forest gateau. The staff were pleasant and attentive but not overbearing, although we did get the impression one on the waitresses was probably still learning (but everyone has to start somewhere). The food arrived in a timely manner, was well presented and cooked. The only disappointment was the 'chocolate soil ' which came with the cheesecake, that appeared to be a crumbed biscuit with a few flecks of brown. The cheesecake was ordered specifically because of the curiosity about the chocolate soil. Had it not been for that I 'd have given this review a 5-stars rating. We stayed at the table for over an hour after eating the meal just talking and there was no indication that we had outstayed our welcome as happens at some restaurants, although it wasn 't very busy and I appreciate that may not have been possible had they have been busy. All four of us would go back again.