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    The Old Boatyard Restaurant

    3.7 (6 reviews)
    ModerateSeafood, Scottish, British

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    4 years ago

    By far our favorite place to eat in Arbroath! Friendly, helpful staff, lovely meal choices and great atmosphere! hHighly recommend!!

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    The Lobster Store - Freshly cooked lobster!

    The Lobster Store

    4.7(3 reviews)
    20.4 mi

    So the name of this place is a bit ambiguous: The crab shack, the lobster shack, the lobster store…read moreor, that little wooden hut on the harbour...This has to be one of the East Neuk's best kept secrets and is a real gem. Very very reasonable dressed crab and fresh lobster. On a sunny day (yup you are in the East Neuk, so these days are not too rare) between Easter and September, come down to the harbour for some al fresco dining. It is a little bit of New England in Scotland! Here is how you tackle the lobster shack. 1. Make sure it is open - opening hours are variable, but usually open weekends from Easter, and in the height of the summer, they are open during the week for lunch. 2. Bring glassware/plastic cups and corkscrew if you are wanting juice/wine 3. Get some cash - they don't take cards 4. Go to the hut and pick your lobster, they are live and will be freshly boiled for you. 5. Whilst lobster is boiling, go to the co-op across the road and buy some wine, bread, salad or anything else you want to have with the lobster/crab - the lobster/crab is just served as is, no lemon or anything. 6. Come back and grab yourself a bench, get your delish lobster/crab which will be served on a glass plate with real cutlery. 7. Enjoy - guaranteed you will! But please, please, don't tell anyone else - this is a really special place, we don't want it too busy now!!

    Wonderful, freshly cooked lobster, shared between five of us while seated on a bench in the sun,…read morelooking at the boats in Crail harbour. Pick your lobster, in a few minutes it comes back piping hot with lemon juice, salt and pepper, and a range of tools to extract the flesh. About as simple as food gets, and just delicious!

    Tailend Restaurant and Fish Bar - Halumi

    Tailend Restaurant and Fish Bar

    4.6(99 reviews)
    16.9 mi
    ££

    Walking into Tailend, the energy of patrons enjoying their meal is infectious. The decor is modern…read morebut comfortable. There is a nice variety of seafood on offer on the menu but the better choice is to select your fish from tonight's specials on the wall. That's what we did and we were very satisfied. The wine menu is limited. We chose a Pouilly Fuse that was unfortunately not drinkable. The staff were kind enough to take it back. I then chose the IPA that was much better. The appetizer recommended by our server was the mussels. These were best mussels I've ever enjoyed. It was served with a sauce made with garlic, butter, milk, and onion. It's good enough to be a soup! Our sides included brocholini and halumi. Both were excellent. The brocholini was flavorful and crunchy with a nice sauce-though know that the sauce has ham in it. The cheese, lightly fried is served with a spicy sauce that I really enjoyed, bit was too much for my wife. It was superb. We selected the monkfish and sea bass for our mains. Both were excellent, moist and flavorful fish-generous portions of each. This was an extremely satisfying and enjoyable meal. It was I've of our best in Scotland. We were frankly unable to eat more and we didn't have dessert.

    We stopped by for dinner, but the place was full, so we left. If you go for dinner, make sure to…read moremake a reservation. So I went back the next day by myself, I did rsvp for 1 for 3pm, which was't necessary. After looking at the menu, went with: - Haddock & Chips with mushy peas. One thing I do like about this place was that, they offer different fish options, but no cod, thus I went with haddock. They do better job with frying their fish. The fish and the batter did not fall apart. The mushy peas was not my cup of joe :) When you walk in, to your right is the kitchen, where you can order for take out, walk towards the left to go to the dining room. The service was mediocre, thus only three stars. The wait staff rarely stopped by to check on you or refill your water, you had to hunt them down to get more water.

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    Tailend Restaurant and Fish Bar - Back room of restaurant (end of the night)

    Back room of restaurant (end of the night)

    Tailend Restaurant and Fish Bar - Monkfish with pesto sauce

    Monkfish with pesto sauce

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    The Sands Restaurant

    The Sands Restaurant

    4.0(2 reviews)
    12.0 mi

    Glass pavilion, idk the current name, is amazing! Great tasty food, not too expensive, and…read morefantastic views. Lovely cakes and croissants and cookies I took home. And had a 9/10 fish n chips while I was there. Staff were the best. Defo bringing motor people here next time.

    I had heard great things about the Glass Pavilion, and now known as Sands Restaurant a change of…read morename by the same Management always makes me a bit suspicious. My Sister and I just wanted a light snack and a cool drink on believe it or not a very sunny day in Broughty Ferry. My Sister asked if she could have a Prawn sandwich apparently they could not make that as they only do hot sandwiches!!!!!! She opted then for a Prawn Cocktail it was very well presented with lots of Prawns and sauce in a terrine, with smoked salmon also, she asked the waiter if she could have some brown bread with this, no ordinary white loaf was all they had available. I had a fruit scone with butter and jam no problem there. I left my Sister there whilst I walked the Dog, she waited thirty minutes for a second drink Soda water and lime not anything very difficult. Whilst I was away two ladies asked to share the table no problem for us until I went into pay the bill and the Chap on the till was very shirty with me when I queried the bill as they had charged us for the Ladies order also. Well apparently they do not allow sharing of tables as they cannot cope with the bills. I think this should be stated in advance to save embarrassment at the till, I felt as if I was receiving a ticking off from the Teacher. I will think twice before returning to Sands, very poor service.

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    The Sands Restaurant
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    Moonfish Cafe - Chicken confit main in foreground.

    Moonfish Cafe

    4.7(15 reviews)
    44.8 mi
    £££

    I was visiting Aberdeen with my Mom and Sister and wanted to take them out for a treat at a…read moreMichelin star restaurant. The presentation and food were fabulous! We start with the baked scallop with cauliflower and basil (extra £5--worth it!) & the mozzarella arancini with tomato vodka sauce and parmesan. Both were so yummy! The scallop was baked into the shell, and I may have made noises while eating everything. The hake was a little bland, as white fish can be, but the eggplant, miso custard, and hazelnut really complemented it causing tasty explosion of flavor. I can't eat a lot of pasta, but I wanted to eat all of my sister's king oyster mushroom ricotta gnocchi with spinach and garlic confit. She took half of it to-go so we could save room for dessert. My mother enjoyed her fillet of beef with caramelised onion and beef shin--she'd never had that before and was very pleasantly surprised! We shared all the deserts--all very delightful, you can't go wrong! The atmosphere is quaint, with the cafe sitting next to a gothic church on a quiet street--even tho it's very close to the City Center. The cafe can fit about 10 tables of 2-4 people...if that. The service was some of the best I found in Scotland. They were attentive, asking how the meal was going and refilling drinks. I believe the US has some high standards of service, and the staff at Moonfish cafe were on top of things!

    Nice lunch experience!Service is also great. Although menu is short but every dishes I had were…read morewonderful. Definitely want to try here another time.

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    Moonfish Cafe - Nice lunch!

    Nice lunch!

    Moonfish Cafe - Menu

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    Moonfish Cafe - Starter: Chargrilled Broccoli with garlic and in back, Citrus cured salmon

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    Starter: Chargrilled Broccoli with garlic and in back, Citrus cured salmon

    Gloagburn Farm Shop - Mars bar cupcake.

    Gloagburn Farm Shop

    4.8(16 reviews)
    38.3 mi
    £

    I go every year to Scotland and make this one of my stops to visit and eat. I love these people…read moreand the food along with the groceries are fresh! The farm is self sustaining and clean.

    **WARNING** This is a lengthy review and you WILL be hungry after reading!…read more Just outside Perth and a short detour from the A9 lies Tibbermore (I know, cute right!), a typical 'blink and you'll miss it' kinda place, but really, just don't blink cos this place is awesome! It really does have it all - fresh fruit and vegetables all leafy and colourful, a gin lovers corner, wonderful cheese and meats deli, health foods section including a variety a GF flours, breads and oatcakes (try their own oatcakes, completely different from the brand that sounds like Talkers but sooo much tastier!), tray upon tray of freshly laid eggs...I could go on but you get the idea! And that's just the food section! They also have a glorious gift section where I could've easily spent a small fortune. Everything from kitchen gadgets to picnic baskets, kiddie gifts to Emma Bridgewater pottery and everything in between. I spotted a few local producers too which I loved as I always like to see locals businesses supporting each other. Then there's the café/restaurant which has a few outdoor tables but plenty inside if they're taken; the day I visited it was glorious but somehow we got lucky and got a table outside (my shoulders can prove that #scottishtan!...). The menu has lots of tasty options incorporating as much of their own produce as possible - I opted for the Homemade Chicken Liver pate while my parents both had the Smoked Ayrshire Ham & Gloagburn Curried Banana Chutney sandwich (Dad went hunting for the ham to buy later he was that impressed!). Once decided, we had to go inside and order at the counter; I'm not sure if this was due to us sitting outside or standard practise as when we asked for a second round of coffees (and some more oatcakes for me as I'd ran out!), a waitress came over with one of those electronic hand-held thingys to take that order so I wondered why she couldn't have done that initially, anyway, not really a star-affecting issue. Pricewise, we were just shy of £10/head for a sandwich and coffee (exc our 2nd coffee round), a tad steep but it's all fresh and local produce so I don't mind paying that when you know you're getting good quality (and it really was!). Given it's out-the-way location it's a busy wee place but worth the trip as you could easily spend a couple of hours here eating and browsing. There's plenty parking available and even a small play area for kids. Farm Shops like this don't come around too often, which is a shame as they really are wee gems of places!

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    Gloagburn Farm Shop - Yummy

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    Gloagburn Farm Shop - Amazing view from the windows of the cafe

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    Amazing view from the windows of the cafe

    The Old Boatyard Restaurant - seafood - Updated July 2026

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