Simple interior on first floor, but excellent food for reasonable prices.
Scotch egg or salmon with orange and pepper for starter and linguine with seafood can be recommended. Add a... read more glass of New Zealand Sauvignon white wine. Top diner!

  A great meal for our group of 6 to celebrate a 21st birthday. The menu is varied and fully catered for my gluten free diet. The starters were very generous... read more portions, as were the mains. Lovely atmosphere, excellent service, imaginative menu and good value. Plan a return visit when next in the area.

  2nd visit to this lovely wee restaurant.
Good choice on menu.
Chicken Kiev was perfectly cooked and tasted fantastic. Macaroni was delicious.
Good selection of gins.
Friendly polite service.... read more

  First time visiting here with our friends so we were looking forward to it.
Ordered our drinks when we arrived, then ordered our food, our starters arrived before our drinks,... read more food was really nice, ordered another drink which took a while to arrive & also was asked if we wanted to order another drink while waiting, missing a trick really as we would have bought more drinks if the service was quicker.
We did enjoy our night & the food was amazing, just need some organised bar staff.

  Had a trip to the backstreet restaurant for our 31st anniversary and had a superb meal off the new menu, every meal at the table was cooked to perfection. I... read more had brie to start with then the chicken supreme. It was fantastic. They have cocktails on the menu and again everyone was made to perfection. A very good experience and we will be definitely returning. A must visit for anyone in the Dumfries area

  Came here in December for a family meal. My daughter and husband had the Turkey which the described as being full of flavour with the best pigs in blankets they’ve... read more ever had. I had the salmon which was excellent. My husband had the trifle for pudding which looked absolutely delicious.

We also had an espresso and pornstar martini. The pornstar is my new favourite cocktail and my daughter said the espresso martini was amazing, so amazing she ordered two more.

This was another amazing meal had with family!

  Visited here with family for the first time and was blown away. Wonderful tasty menu, great service and nice vibe to the place. Will definitely be back, well done guys... read more you are definitely the best in town x

  I have been to the Backstreet several times at night and have enjoyed a good cross section of the menu so I decided to try Sunday lunch - of course... read more I went for the roast beef! I missed the starter and thought main and sweet and I was not disappointed - beef can be hit or miss but this was superb very tender and full of flavour (aparently slow cooked overnight!) and the cauliflower cheese side was ridiculous...I'm not too keen on cauliflower but this was delicious...oh and first class roast potatoes. Definately a Sunday option again...maybe next week!

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

  Excellent in all aspects.atmosphere.
Service. Food. The waitresses are all very welcoming and obviously happy at their work.
The food is of the highest quality with excellent presentation.
The chicken... read more Kyiv the best I have had.

  4 of us visited on a busy Saturday night.. food as always was delicious ..Scotch egg, chicken thighs and scallops for starters.. Steak , macaroni, burger and Seabass for mains..... read more all pipng hot, full of flavour and served with a smile . Highly recommend !!

  Golfing weekend and found this restaurant. Impeccable service, good atmosphere and great food.

Really enjoyed the evening.

  Fantastic Restaurant with Lovely Friendly staff! The food was absolutely gorgeous as ever, as eaten here lots of times! The menu is changed every now and then! There is something... read more for everyone! I even managed 3 courses as couldn’t resist the delicious mars bar baked Alaska! Cocktails are probably the best in the town I have tasted especially the Pina colada! We were served very quickly and nothing was too much bother! The restaurant itself has a nice atmosphere and very clean! We had a meal with friends wedding anniversary and would definitely recommend anyone to come eat here as you definitely wont be disappointed!

  Visited on a busy Saturday night with my family. The food was phenomenal, perfectly cooked and presented. Staff are very attentive and friendly. The restaurant were also very accommodating for... read more my children with fresh home made children’s menu. Fantastic cocktail menu too! My favourite restaurant in Dumfries!

  The new menu is amazing! There is such a good variety of dishes on the menu. I had the chicken supreme and the chicken was cooked to perfection and the... read more curry sauce was to die for. For dessert the raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake was the perfect way to end an excellently cooked meal. Staff were very friendly and welcoming.