Wonderful food, clever, interesting and classic. This really is worth a visit - or more than one visit as the menu is diverse and specials nights are great value.

  Well, we came to Dumfries on a short break, and as the hotel couldn't do evening meals we went for this place as it had no poor reviews.
Good decision.... read more /> On line booking system was effective.
Place was buzzing when we got there ( 7.15 on a Friday night )
Lovely atmosphere, attentive staff. Fab menu and quality wine list.
All I can say is that we were blown away by the haggis scotch egg starter. Superb food. Wine excellent. Top marks.

  Excellent food and service from this surprising first floor restaurant in one of the 'back streets' of Dumfries.

  Just had the most delicious Sunday roast ever! Cooked to perfection, so flavoursome and great portion size. Lovely atmosphere and great staff, 10/10 from us and we’ll definitely be back... read more soon. Overall, Good price for home cooked, tasty food in a lovely place.

  Our Christmas night out was made by choosing The Back Street for our meal.
Food was beautiful! Cocktails were fab! And the staff were lovely, attentive and nothing was... read more too much bother for them.
Can’t wait to return, such a nice relaxed place for lovely food and drink.

  Brilliant food, an expertly put together wine list with some interesting selections, attentive staff but not overbearing and a relaxed atmosphere. Visited on a weeknight and was pleasantly surprised to... read more see quite a few tables dining. Will return to try more of that Orange Wine!

  I came to The Backstreet Restaurant recently with my partner. We noticed that the restaurant was well equipped with hand sanitiser and the tables were spaced out well which made... read more us feel very relaxed under the current circumstances.

We were welcomed into the restaurant by a polite young lady. We were shown to our table and filled in our track and trace form.

The menu had a wide selection with something available for everyone. I had the Buffalo mozzarella tomato salad which was delicious, the dish was also presented extremely well. My partner had the vodka cured trout which again was amazing. Very reasonably priced too!

We had a bottle of wine between us with our meal. The lady at the bar had a great knowledge on the wine and recommended an orange wine to us. The restaurant offers a wine of the month which we had the option to choose from a red, white or orange wine. As we had never tasted an orange wine before we decided to go for the Enblanco de AltoLandon. This wine was very easy to drink with some plum notes.

For mains we had the Beef Burger which my wife said was the best burger ever. I had the Lamb rump and I can honestly say I’ve never tasted a falafel or parsley sauce that’s tasted so good. A very talented chef!

We both had Banana Split for pudding which again was presented brilliantly. We watered this down with two pornstar martinis which are the best we’ve ever had.

The staff were all extremely friendly, we were served by the young male waiter. He was a delight and looked after us through the evening. The staff are a credit to this restaurant as every one of them were very polite and knowledgeable of the menus. The chef deserves a big mention as we watched different dishes coming out and everything looked so professional, we will definitely have to come back to try more.

Thank you Team Backstreet!

  I have visited the back street on numerous occasions and never been disappointed. The menu offers something for everyone and the food is always cooked to perfection. I recently visited... read more with some family for a birthday dinner, yet again everything was perfect, the food and service.

A little gem that Dumfries needed, highly recommended the cocktails too!

  I came along as part of a retirement night out. We were able to book the entire restaurant for ourselves which was fantastic. Great meal, great service, all reasonably priced.... read more There was even a dance floor set up for us to party!!
Highly recommended.

  We dined here twice last week and can heartily recommend it for food quality, service and ambience. The food was cooked with a level of care and expertise normally found... read more in more expensive restaurants, using high quality ingredients. The waitresses were friendly and attentive and the bill was more than reasonable. If you're looking for somewhere to dine in the area, you need look no further.

  The menu was limited, not like it was posted online. Food was fine, but unadventurous besides the starter. Nice atmosphere but shuts down fairly early.

  Been going to this restruant since it opened and not had a disappointing meal once! We went with friends for Xmas meal in evening! Everything lovely and fresh and cooked... read more to perfection! What more can you want! Plenty to choose from and certainly loads to eat! The staff are very friendly and very accommodating! For me the ambience is just right with enough space between tables! The cocktails were amazing too! Even the mocktails are delicious! Well done to all as at this time of year it gets very busy with parties from work etc making it that bit more challenging, but as always food was just great! Have a merry Xmas!

  The haggis scotch egg is absolutely fantastic, quite possibly the best starter I’ve ever had. My wife had scallops and absolutely loved them.

My steak was also one of... read more the best ever - nice and thick, heavily seasoned which I absolutely love and cooked to perfection.

Cocktails are great - I had a Negroni and the wine list is interesting and diverse.

All the staff we encountered were very pleasant and we enjoyed bantering with a couple of them.

  Visited The Back Street last night with 3 others - the day after they received the restaurant of the year award for Dumfries and Galloway!!!! Congratulations to the team on... read more gaining such a prestigious award. It has not been an easy journey over the last 2 years.

The food is amazing, ambience great, fabulous cocktails, spot-on service

Keep up the good work

  We went tonight , had an amazing starter, the haggis scotch egg,
unfortunately they then had a power cut and had to close , the staff were lovely and... read more sooo apologetic, even though it was beyond their control
Will definately book again when visiting dumfries