This Stirling landmark is a part of the Adamo Hotel boutique collection in the heart of central Scotland and is well-designed to meet the modern traveller's needs. The Bank Restaurant's colour schemes are refined, with dark wood and a rich colour palette, which mirror the Adamo style.

The kitchen is deemed the best sort of exponent of Scottish ingredients and the food aims to please both classic and contemporary tastes. So begin your meal with, perhaps Scottish scallops and Stornaway black pudding or king prawn chorizo skewer. Seared sea bass could follow with butternut squash, basil, roasted cherry tomatoes and drizzled with red pepper coulis and rocket oil, all lending their distinctive flavours. At dessert time there's a banoffee pavlova, a traditional meringue base of all great pavlovas, topped with banana and a luscious toffee sauce.

With little designer touches in their bedrooms, suites and penthouses, Adamo Hotel is a welcome refuge for travellers and tourists alike.