Restaurants in Fife
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Doll’s House
With its high-backed chairs, bright colours and creaky wooden floor, the Doll’s House blends a Victorian child’s bedroom with modern stylings. The result is a surprising warmth and no pretensions. The menu makes the most of local fish and other Scottish produce, and the two-course lunch for £6.95 is unbeatable value. The early-evening two-course deal for £12.95 isn’t bad either.
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Byre Theatre Bistro
A happy, buzzy spot with comfy couches, works of art on the wall and a well-developed menu that encompasses some delicious fusion cooking. Lunchtime sandwiches come with interesting fillings, such as hummus and red pepper. Dinner gets more sophisticated, featuring dishes such as seared tuna steak on sultana-and-nutmeg couscous with smoked-tomato dressing.
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Seafood Restaurant
The Seafood Restaurant occupies a stylish glass-walled room, built out over the sea, with plush navy carpet, crisp white linen, an open kitchen and panoramic views of St Andrews Bay. It offers top seafood and an excellent wine list, and has won a clutch of awards. Look out for its special winter deal – three-course lunch for £15, or dinner for £20.
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Zest
Serving toasties, paninis and filled rolls along with a good coffee selection, this slick place is popular with students. French doors opening onto the street make it a great spot for people-watching on a breezy summer day. The juices and smoothies here are great, and priced very fairly.
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Grill House
This cheerful, sometimes boisterous restaurant offers something for every taste and bank balance, with a big selection ranging from Mexican, pizza and pasta to char-grilled salmon and quality steaks. The upbeat atmosphere and service are pluses, as is the £5 lunchtime deal.
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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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Zizzi
Beloved of local students, this Italian eatery has atmosphere without the tack. Rather than Mona Lisas, moribund love songs and phallic pepper grinders, it’s got contemporary decor, an open kitchen, a chatty buzz and fast service. The food won’t wow but it will satisfy.
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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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Fresh
Dunfermline is a culinary desert, but the good folk at Fresh, just up from the abbey, do decent sandwiches and coffee, as well as tasty daily specials based on deli produce. There’s also wine, internet access, a gallery and book exchange.
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Andrew Keracher
St Andrews has a great range of eating options. Places compete heavily on price for the student custom, so there are good deals to be had everywhere. A great option for self-catering or picnic fare is the fine fishmonger Andrew Keracher.
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Peat Inn
The Peat Inn is one of the best restaurants in Scotland, housed in a rustic country inn about 6 miles west of St Andrews. Its award-winning French-influenced menu is culinary heaven. To get there, head west on the A915 then turn right on the B940.
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Tailend
Delicious fresh fish sourced from Arbroath just up the coast put this new St Andrews arrival a class above most chippies. The array of exquisite smoked delicacies at the counter will have you planning a picnic or fighting for a table out the back.
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Aberdour Hotel
With real ales and good vegetarian choices on the menu, the family-run Aberdour Hotel is not only a good place to stay, but also the best place to eat in town. Mains are £7 and there is an emphasis on hearty home-cooked food.
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Ziggy’s
This small, darkened restaurant has an offbeat recording-studio theme. There’s an open kitchen and a menu that does a bit of everything, including pizza, burgers, a range of steaks, and Mexican, seafood and veggie dishes. Good kids menu.
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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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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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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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Balaka
Long-established Bangladeshi restaurant with both standard choices and more inspiring discoveries − all delicious and seasoned with herbs the owners grow themselves. The £6.95 lunch deal is a bargain.
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Biscuit Café
Above a pottery workshop near the Culross Palace, Biscuit Café has a tranquil little garden and sells coffee, tempting organic cakes and scones, and tasty light meals.
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Vine Leaf
Classy, comfortable, and well-established, the friendly Vine Leaf offers a changing menu of sumptuous Scottish seafood, game and vegetarian dishes. It’s down a close off South St.
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B Jannetta
B Jannetta is a St Andrews institution, offering 52 varieties of ice-cream from the weird (Irn-Bru sorbet) to the decadent (strawberries-and-champagne).
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Cherries
Best place for a roll or a baguette in town. The creative combinations give a fresh injection to lunchtimes and there are good options for vegetarians.
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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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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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Tapas
Now who doesn’t like tapas? This place dishes out some terrific little tidbits and it makes a cosy spot for dinner.
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