The Seafood Restaurant

Outstanding setting, service, and seafood.
Dylan was super helpful, and the young wine steward was very attentive.
Make sure to try the Alberiño, as the best of the white wines by the glass. Also, a big Macedonian red with the cheese board for dessert.

Amazing view, amazing food. Our table overlooked the sea, and all three courses were delicious and well presented. For the starters we had the soup and sashimi, both tasted amazing, followed by a lobster and steak. The size of the steak was very big and it was cooked perfectly, well done and not dry at all.
The sticky toffee treat (don’t recall the name now) is apparently quite popular in the highlands and so we decided to have it for dessert. It took a while to arrive but the wait was definitely worth it.
The staff was very pleasant and the atmosphere was slightly formal. I would recommend you call and book in advance seeing as the seating is limited.
Would definitely go again.

In a nutshell, the bloom is off this rose. Or more precisely, there’s far better restaurants in St. Andrews than here.
This was my second visit here; the last time several years ago with a group of friends. Tonight was to be a repeat visit with my wife — beautiful restaurant, great view, excellent food, and great service. Thankfully the restaurant can’t screw up the view.
We had the three course prix fix — a starter, main and dessert for each. My wife’s fois gras terrine was quite good, but overly salted. Since when do you salt fois gras? I had a half dozen oysters and they were very good, so overall a good start. For the mains, my wife ordered the cod dish and I ordered for a the seafood platter: «½ Lobster, scallops, langoustine, crevettes oysters, squid, mussels served with sauteed potatoes and samphire» (at a £12.50 supplement). My wife’s cod was properly cooked — flaky, cooked to perfection. The quinoa it was served on though, was complete mush. It takes around 8 minutes to cook quinoa; this must have been sitting pre-​cooked for several times that. I received only 1 langoustine and 2 shrimp which were not advertised as part of the dish. They are not the same! So clearly they were cutting corners. The cooked oysters were good; as well as the disproportionally huge bowl of mussels. (I certainly do not like a huge price supplement for mussels!) The kicker, though was the lobster being undercooked. The tail meat was good, but just past rare, so edible. The claw was not edible at all — it was just past raw. And there’s no way the cook didn’t know this as the claw had been pre-​cut for serving.
For dessert — which was inexcusably late arriving — I ordered a blueberry and lemon dish that was quite good; my wife’s cheesecake tasted like a commercial cheap corner-​cutting cheesecake made with gelatin.
And regretfully the service was on the same sub-​par with the meal. It wasn’t as if we were flint skates — two cocktails and a decent white burgundy, along with water of course. We had to the wave down a person for more water more than once!
In my opinion all of the above is an indication of poor management allowing all this to happen. The cook gave me a lame excuse for the lobster, not any form of apology; and he should never have even put the quinoa on the plate; and clearly cost corners are being cut at the customer’s expense and misrepresentation. A true shame to a once beautiful restaurant.

We had our best meal so far in the UK. Went with a group of six for a graduation celebration. Every course was incredibly presented and tasted amazing. Steak was cooked perfectly. Cod was like a buttery halibut. Crab appetizer was great, but ceviche was even better! The basil ice cream for dessert was a delightful taste surprise. Gorgeous location, right on the sand. Beautifully designed restaurant.
Service was mostly good. Many employees milling around and none of them seemed to look in our direction. Shout out to Danni and Chloe who redeemed the service staff! Danni is a sweetheart with a smile and a desire to make your experience perfect. Chloe was there for us and was knowledgeable and attentive. Thank you to both these women. The rest of the staff were a little preoccupied. Were they nervous planning for the graduation crush of families?
Location is right on the sand with glass walled views of the surf.

HORRIBLE! Oh, did I mention it was horrible. Don’t go under any circumstance, even if someone else is paying! I can’t say enough negative things about the place. OK let’s get specific. Had first reservation at opening of dinner, ask for table at window, «I am sorry it is reserved» no one shows! Ordered white wine, it was served hot, they did not care. Ordered food, it comes almost before you finish your order. When it arrives, by the third person to wait on us, it is too salty to eat. Can’t find anyone to talk to until main course is served. Fish was smelly and tasted awful. Lobster was rubbery. Mussels were awful. Scallops were edible but got two. Dessert was edible but nothing worth trying a second time, and I love dessert. When finally get to talk to someone to mention the food was too salty and food was horrible, hostess later arrives to be so gracious to give us free desserts. Let’s see 48 pounds a piece for horrible food and they think mediocre desserts make up for this. HOT WINE, SALTY APPS, FISHY FISH, RUBBERY LOBSTER, POOR SERVICE, AND THEY DON’t CARE, Don’t Go. Believe all the bad reviews on other sites and presume all good ones are either inside posts or from someone just impressed by sitting by the ocean. Don’t Go, under any circumstances. Maybe they will go out of business and someone who cares will reopen.

Lovely setting and great food topped off a nice weekend in St. Andrews. Heard about this place several times due it’s unique location sitting over the sea. The menu was restricted to only a few choices but all sounded great. Presentation was top class and food so fresh and delicious. I would def. go back if in the area again. Hard to believe we struggled to find many seafood restaurants in the area but with lack of serious competition it didn’t affect the quality. Lovely place.

Un bel emplacement à St Andrews, face à la mer du Nord, avec de grandes baies vitrées… Parfait ! La spécialité du resto tourne bien entendu autour du poisson et des crustacés, avec des recettes assez enlevées, originales, savoureuses, et… de délicieuses huîtres en entrée !Belle collection de sherries en apéritif, quelques vins un peu prohibitif… Allez y !

It’s the location of this glass filled box that ticks all the boxes. You could be floating on the edge of the sea and as the sun goes down the view is breathtaking… if you can get close to it.
We booked FIVE months in advance for a special meal here and asked for a table by the window. When we arrived we were told that all the tables by the window were taken (…by invisible people who didn’t materialise until two hours later?) And that ‘they booked a long time in advance.’ and five months isn’t?The wine waiter was friendly and funny, knowledgeable and delightful. but he was the only one who seemed human. The waitress who originally met us was rude, sulky and glared at us for the rest of the evening. The rest of the staff looked as if they thought they were slumming it and why on earth should they serve mere mortals. The food was good… but not outstanding.
‘Resting’ and ‘laurels ’ are the words that come to mind here. In this climate restaurants cannot afford to rest on anything except ’ aurant’. We wouldn’t go again. Don’t expect to pay these kind of prices for cold unfriendliness and arrogance. Pity-​hope the wine waiter gets a better job at a better restaurant-​in partnership with the food and the scenery he made the night for us.

Fabulous, top notch food, great service, great location overlooking the sands at St Andrews. Quite formal but child friendly (no high chairs) so we sat outside on the terrace tables quite succesfully.