Not long after we first opened, we received a working visit from the Sunday Mail's then food & dining reviewer — journalist, pundit and TV celebrity Tam Cowan

Writing in his own inimitable style, Tam had high (if rather irreverent - "What's a restaurant like this doing in Paisley?!") praise for us. He and his party particularly enjoyed our homemade chicken paté "... quite delightful". They praised our menu "Sharon's seafood platter ... put a huge smile on her face", our portions "my chargrilled fillet was simply immense ..." and were especially fond of our range of homemade desserts "Liz had the Bailey's tiramisu (to die for), Sharon had the clootie dumpling (even better than my granny's) ..the homemade custard ... was just fab ... overall the desserts were superb"

Mention was made also of our ambience and atmosphere "Raeburn's is a friendly family-run place ... the service was exemplary ... top nosh keeps customers coming back"

Tam signed off his review with the best possible testimonial - "I'll definitely be back ..."                       (article ©2000 Sunday Mail - Scotland's best-selling Sunday)