Pizza Royal

Pizza Royal sits on Downies Wynd, a tucked-away lane off the main shopping streets at the centre of Annan — the Solway town that grew up around the river-mouth crossing and the Annandale Academy that schooled Thomas Carlyle. The shop is one of the town's longer-running independent pizza takeaways and is described by at least one reviewer as the best independent pizza takeaway in Annan.

The menu is broad rather than purist — pizzas to order across a long list of toppings and base sizes, burgers, kebabs, wraps, garlic bread, chips, dips, side orders and a kids' meal section, alongside set deals that bundle a pizza with sides for households eating together. The shop runs as collection and delivery rather than dine-in, with the kitchen visible to anyone collecting at the counter.

Annan is small enough that the few independent pizza shops have a real local following rather than a passing-trade following, and Pizza Royal has held its corner of that market for years through the late-evening trade.