Scotland’s dozing hospitality industry is set to reawaken on the 26th of April with restaurants, bars and cafes are set to serve the parched patrons who have waited since Christmas for a pint in a pub or a risotto in an actual real-life restaurant.
The COVID restrictions in Scotland surrounding hospitality are set to be much the same as they were before this second wave rocked up and spoilt everyone’s night out.
The restrictions initially look like this:
Hospitality can:
- Open indoors until 20:00 WITHOUT ALCOHOL
- Open outdoors until 22:00 with ALCOHOL PERMITTED
- Serve groups of up to 4 PEOPLE from 2 DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS
The rules should be familiar to us all now, but which Inverness Pub or local restaurant will you be heading come the 26th?
You will more than likely need to book your spot in your boozer or restaurant of choice, so we thought we would do some of the legwork and give you a wee starter for 10 into how, where and what you can book from the 26th in Inverness.
The Beaufort Hotel
Book your place in their sun trap of a beer garden for great quality local food and drink. Their cocktail trees must be seen to be believed!
To book a table call 01463 700008 or message them on Facebook.
Brambles Café
Breakfast, lunch or dinner – Brambles Café has the goods! They’ll be back making their fabulous mouth-watering meals come the 26th.
Give them a call on 01463 798265 to book ahead or message on their Facebook to speak to the team.
Café 1
Stylish Inverness dining returns on Tuesday 27th of April!
Book through OpenTable or give them a call on 01463 226200. For more details, please see the Café 1 website
Crown Court Town House Hotel & Bar
Hotel standard meals and a decking that is to die for when the sun makes an appearance!
Booking through resdiary or give them a call on 01463 832444.
Georges Thai & South Indian Restaurant
The best place to find the most unique dishes in Inverness reopens its doors to diners after a very busy period serving takeaway right through lockdown with the Inverness takeaway app – getzz.
Book your table online or call to book on 0146 322664.
La Tortilla Asesina
The best Spanish restaurant this side of the channel! On tap tapas and perfect paella are the order of the day in La Tortilla and they’ll be back slinging sangria (outside of course) come the 26th!
To book a table, call 01463 709809 or visit their website.
Little Italy
Inverness’s own taste of Italy returns all day on Monday the 26th. The cosy wee Italian on Stephen’s Brae
Lorimers Family Restaurant
The Inverness institution has been working all through lockdown with getzz, delivering their family favourite meals direct to Invernessian’s doors, but they can’t wait to get welcome people back to their great restaurant for braw breakfasts, lavish lunches, chippy teas, and everything in between!
Sam’s Indian Cuisine Inverness
Inverness Indian Takeaway at its best. Sam’s have been serving Inverness since the 80s and is a firm favourite for many visiting Inverness restaurants.
Book your table now for the 26th either online or call 01463 713111
Whichever of the restaurants in Inverness you choose to book there will of course be restrictions in place. As well as the ones mentioned above, you will of course be encouraged to observe social distancing rules and sanitise your hands regularly. The above changes will be the score right up until the 17th of May when the Scottish Government is due to relax more restrictions:
From the 17th of May:
- Hospitality can stay open until 22:30 indoors with alcohol permitted, with customers being given two-hour slots
- Serve alcohol outdoors until 22:00
We are on the road to returning to a state of identifiable ‘normality’, but all this is dependent on the virus being in retreat. Fingers crossed that we have seen the last of the lockdowns.