Ayr's Arthur Street kitchen has closed due to a member of staff testing positive for coronavirus.

The popular venue announced in a Facebook post that it will remain closed until Monday, July 5 "for the welfare of the staff and their families".

The rest of the staff have taken PCR tests which were returned as negative, but they require to self isolate until July 5 as a result of being a close contact of the positive case.

Anyone with any bookings at the restaurant or beer garden are being asked to reschedule or cancel if possible.

The news comes as Scotland records its highest daily total of positive coronavirus cases, despite a drop in cases in South Ayrshire.

😢 CUSTOMER NOTICE 😢 Due to a SINGLE member of our team testing positive for COVID19, and spoken to NHS tracing team...

Posted by Arthur Street Kitchen on Monday, 28 June 2021