Premier Inn Aberdeen City Centre hotel

You wouldn't expect much from a hotel restaurant tucked away on West North Street, but this Premier Inn spot manages to surprise with its straightforward approach to British comfort food. The breakfast buffet is genuinely impressive - proper Scottish black pudding, crispy bacon that doesn't taste like cardboard, and scrambled eggs that haven't been sitting under heat lamps for hours. The evening menu sticks to crowd-pleasers like fish and chips, steak and ale pie, and decent burgers, all executed with more care than you'd find at most chain establishments. The space itself is unremarkable - standard hotel dining room with burgundy banquettes and neutral walls - but the service is consistently friendly and the portions generous enough to fuel you for a day exploring the Granite City.