East NeukRestaurants

Restaurants in East Neuk

  1. Heron Bistro

    Drop into Heron Bistro for a snack or meal. Dressed crab and homemade smoked mackerel pâté feature on the menu, and you dine among local works of art that inject some real colour into this pretty harbour town – good for a browse, and everything is for sale.

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  2. Dreel Tavern

    This charming old pub on the banks of the Dreel Burn has bucket-loads of character and serves reliably tasty bar meals, with excellent handwritten daily specials. Chow down in the outdoor beer garden in summer. There are also some top-quality cask ales here.

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  3. Cellar Restaurant

    Tucked away in an alley behind the museum, the Cellar is famous for its seafood and fine wines. Try the local crab, lobster or whatever delicacies they’ve brought in that day. Inside it’s elegant and upmarket. Advance bookings are essential.

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  4. Ship Inn

    Ship Inn, down by Elie harbour, is a pleasant and popular place for a bar lunch. Seafood and Asian dishes feature on the menu and, on a sunny day, you can tuck-in at an outside table overlooking the wide sweep of the bay.

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  5. Seafood Restaurant

    Comfortable, but classy, fishy stalwart on the harbour. The menu changes – bouillabaisse, Dover sole, scallops – but just swim with the tide. The menu details the provenance of these sustainable morsels.

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  6. Anstruther Fish Bar

    Renowned chippie selling classy takes on an old favourite, such as organic Shetland cod, or grilled rainbow trout – with chips, of course.

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  7. Harbour Howff Café

    Harbour Howff Café is a community-run cafe promoting healthy eating and serving excellent sandwiches and fresh cakes.

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  8. Wee Chippie

    The Anstruther Fish Bar is one of Britain's best chippies, but we – and plenty of locals – reckon this one is even better. The fish is of a very high quality, portions are larger and there's less of a queue too. Eat your catch by the water.

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