Address: 18 Shore St, Anstruther, KY10 3EA, United Kingdom
Phone: +441333312200
Rating: 4.4
based on 229 reviews.
Accommodation
Pros:
"The staff in the hotel were lovely, the rooms were very clean and the bed was super comfortable."
"The room was large enough, very clean, and the towels were sumptuous, particularly the bath sheets, and the bathroom was large."
"The room was spacious and seemed newly decorated."
"Rooms spotless and brightly decorated."
"Spacious and well-appointed room, recently redecorated, in this 3-star hotel."
"Our room (C) was spotless with the furniture, carpets, bathroom etc. looking new."
"Absolutely stunning room.harbour room which was lovely and clean.had all you required and nice and warm."
Cons:
"We paid £100 for Room 1 - a ‘double’ room which turned out to be two singles clipped together."
"Rooms below average especially the beds.."
"The large double was super wide, more than an American king size, but mattress was very stiff."
"The rooms are 5 star, spotlessly clean and well appointed."
"Our room was in the back through an alley way and up some stairs. Booking at the last minute we got a huge room with bunk bed, double bed, seating area."
"There was no network coverage in the room, but the WiFi was free. However, it kicked us off every 10 minutes."
"Note to owner, only reason 4 🌟 was that when I had shower thought the door could have been bigger or a enclosed curtain as water seemed to splash all over floor."
Service
Pros:
"Lovely meal and great service, all the staff where extremely polite, accommodating and friendly despite the restaurant being busy."
"A special mention to Luca and Rachel who were exceptional."
"The service was great, the food delicious... and the mood was perfect for us."
"Staff are friendly and welcoming and service is prompt too."
"Staff were very attentive, helpful and professional."
"The staff are super friendly and service was great."
"Service is first class with helpful and friendly waiting staff."
Cons:
"Work is needed on the service (which is s.l.o.w.)."
"Staff were cold and awkward."
"Staff fully ruined our experience, very unhelpful and unwelcoming."
"Service below average..got attitude when i said there is no lemon caper sauce with my seabass which the menu clearly says it comes with.."
"The waitress was a bit slow on coming with the menu."
"Staff were attentive enough but we did wait longer than expected to have our initial drinks order taken on one of the evenings."
"Vile, cold food at the restaurant and disgusting customer service from Fiona (management)."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Tasty fish and chips with lashings of salt and vinegar."
"Cooked breakfast options were plenty, with nice fruit, yogurt, and cereal for the taking."
"The food was delicious - battered smoked haddock with chips and peas etc - Beautiful, fresh, well cooked food."
"Fantastic food, sea food sharing platter- OMG heaven on a plate, mussels in Garlic with artisan bread, exceedingly yummy."
"Best mushroom soup I've ever had, wife loved the Cullen skink and the seafood platter and seabass were excellent!"
"The food and service was excellent and the fish and chips were superb and very fresh."
"Superb fish and chips - went early evening and waited for just the time it took to cook two perfect fish suppers."
Cons:
"Food below average..menu description words ingredients that aren't on the plate when it arrives at the table.."
"So close to the harbour you would expect to get a really nice fresh piece of fish... Tasted like something out of a packet from the freezer section of the supermarket."
"Main course terrible... rest of meal unedible."
"Fish batter was soggy, couldn't eat the tortillas as they were rubbery."
"The fish in all three was so over cooked and dry it looked and tasted if it had been cooked yesterday."
"The fish were tiny whiting, definitely not haddock. They were overcooked and inedible."
"The main of the pan fried seabass had wet skin which had not been crisped and it was pretty greasy."
Value for Money
Pros:
"High Tea is very good value."
"Wow fabulous deal, very kind staff, great rooms, warm, clean, brilliant breakfast, great evening meal, book you will not regret it."
"Huge portions, great value."
"All delicious and very reasonable. Really enjoyed our visit."
"The prices also seemed lower."
"Good value for money and you can take what cakes you don't eat away with you."
"Very good value."
Cons:
"Would l go again not on your Nelly. No wonder the little cafe next door was packed out."
"Certainly NOT worth the £9.40 each!"
"Tiny portions for the peas, charging £1.25 per portion for literally a spoonful."
"The price was on the higher side of average, though its a busy seaside town so higher prices tend to be the norm."
"The costly breakfast was greasy and the bacon overdone."
"The Fajitas were good, but a little oily & too mild."
"Still had to pay for full meal."
Location
Pros:
"It is in a great location overlooking the harbour."
"The seating outside is great, plenty to watch and see."
"We sat outside in the sun with a great view overlooking the harbour."
"Fabulous place to sit outside and ppl watch with the harbour in the background."
"Views from the Waterfront are beautiful, right on main street."
"The location, right on the harbour, makes it ideal."
"Clean and cool restaurant that is directly across from harbour in Anstruther."
Cons:
"Parking on the back street, near the alleyway to the hotel was no problem."
"The restaurant was quite empty but they refused, stating the only table they were happy to put us on to was next to open bar/kitchen area and in the middle of the flow of people through the restaurant."
"Anstruther fish bar is closed so I don’t know if it’s because they are much busier and we qued ifor half hour it was not very nice."
"Anstruther is a delightful town with lots of lovely narrow back streets."
"With the layout of the town, the addition of outside seating is a bonus."
"One issue is that the restaurant is always a little cold (at least for my liking) so wear a jumper."
"The tables are a bit sketchy as they wobble on very uneven ground!"