Carlyle House Cafe in East Lothian

Nice atmosphere plenty of space good menu and service

Staff friendly and good choice of cakes. Unfortunately no full scottish breakfast on menu, coffee’s were not well presented and breakfast generally dry and overcooked poached eggs. Unlikely to recommend / return.

Sadly, can't comment on the food as it was a narrow choice (although I am on a special diet at the moment) so we only had coffee. My wife couldn't drink her Americano which was bitter and bland. This might have been due to them not having full-fat milk but my cappuccino was average at best and mostly foam. We walked over the road to Diggory's and their large cappuccino was cheaper, tastier and much better presented.

Very pleasant, food was good, coffee also, service was very friendly.

Lovely menu, very friendly staff and clean fresh surroundings, highly recommended

Exceptional! The staff, the atmosphere .. the food.. oh, the food! In particular, the cauliflower fritters. Oh, the fritters. Would have included a picture, but I ate it so quickly! i could help myself. My son was also with me, and their kids' platter is amazing, a good selection of sandwich options with fruit and cucumber slices and a cake and drink for under £6! He absolutely loved it. You will not be disappointed.

Wonderful little place. Gorgeous cakes, staff are friendly and the food was yummy. Pleasantly surprised at the number of vegetarian options. Lots of them. We both had Quiche which were light , tasty and fresh. Mum has a sulphite allergy and she had no reaction to the dressing! Service was fast as well. Will definitely be back.

This place was a real discovery today. It was busy but spacious enough not to feel crowded. We had lunch, a bowl of soup for my husband and a salad platter for me. Delicious and well presented freshly prepared food and friendly service. We'll certainly be back.

Went there with my 3 year old son. He had a roll from the bakery as this is the only thing he genuinely likes to eat. The owner of this cafe was very rude to us, he approached us and said that my son is not allowed to have his roll in the cafe. They have food there. I found this utterly rude considering that he is just a toddler and it is normal to offer small children some packed food when in restaurants or cafes. We are not coming back to this place again.

The best eatery in Haddington. Nothing more needs to be said!

This lovely cafe is a real favourite of mine. You always receive a warm welcome. The food is delicious, I love the bacon rolls, nice tea and coffee and cake to die for and they are dog friendly. Nice relaxing atmosphere too

Good service and table availability,friendly & helpful owner.

We were in for a cuppa & cake, great selection, hubby even had a gluten free choice. Lovely staff & great service.

A lovely calm happy establishment...great produce and coffee and lovely staff

Visited with friends for lunch. Good menu choices. Five of us in the company and we all enjoyed lunch finished off with tasty homemade cake. Staff friendly while maintaining professionalism at all times. Relaxed atmosphere with no rushing to vacate table. Will definitely back.

We have now been to this historic venue several times for lunch. The menu is unusual and full of very attractive main courses. The food is beautifully presented and good to eat with varied flavours. Then move on to select your puddingbfrom the display area. This is much better quality food than you would expect from a cafe.

Quick friendly service and staff good food

Delicious food with plenty of options and extremely friendly and helpful staff. Very highly recommended.

tucked away beside the library Carlyle House is a lovely historic building and serves up delicious lite bites, lunches and wonderful cakes & pastries as well as superb coffee's. Well worth a visit

Carlyle cafe was not our first choice but we were very pleasantly surprised with our find ! Staff were very friendly and greeted us in a very professional manner. We enjoyed our coffee and cakes and hope to be back in the future for some scones !

Lovely staff, delicious food/drink, warm, cosy & welcoming ambience plus dog-friendly.

We had great coffee, scone and carrot cake this morning. The lunch menu was tempting so we booked - homemade quiche and salmon platter, excellent! 😊

Lovely wee coffee shop, extremely helpful and friendly staff, free WiFi, lovely scones ( may be a bit small ) great taste decaf coffee. On street parking limited to 90mins. Clean unisex toilets. A1

10/10 for this wee cafe. Stopped here for coffee last Saturday…really friendly staff, rapid service, excellent coffee and very fresh scones. Can’t fault it.

We happened on this wonderful cafe whilst in Haddington at a meeting. We were really excited by the interesting menu and found it very hard to choose from so many wonderful sounding options. We all had something different and were not disappointed. It was all freshly prepared, looked great and tasted delicious. The staff were all helpful, attentive and smiley. It I ever happen to be back in Haddington I will definitely return. Thank you

We have now been here four times and consider it to be a great discovery. The menu of mains is diverse and unusual. The food is full of different flavours and beautifully presented. Dessert is a selection from the display of food all of which is delightful to taste. This is a really good lunch venue. It is a lot more than just a cafe for coffee!

Lovely breakfast. Made to order. Highly recommend poached eggs with avocado on toast. So tasty. Worth the money

Lovely food - loved the smoked haddock rarebit. Thank you.

Lovely staff, coffee and hot chocolate were tasty. French toast was very greasy and soggy but the lemon chicken and bruschetta was fantastic and beautifully presented so we will definitely be back.

Really nice upmarket cafe, worth a vist

A hidden gem! Fantastic food! Will definitely be back soon x

Excellent food, ambience and service.

Cute place with fresh food and nice choice of fresh baked cakes. Staff is very nice, smiling and prompt to help.

Lovely relaxed lunch, super menu, great gf choices, knowledgeable and friendly staff, all very clean and warm too

Lovely selection of food, bit short on sweet stuff but only because they are closed tomorrow.

Lovely spot with an all day brunch and a varied menu. Very generous with the avocado on the avocado smash!

I had a delicious smoked haddock risotto with plenty of green veg and Parmesan shavings, while my husband enjoyed his fish platter for lunch. The staff were very friendly, the location is great and we enjoyed exploring Haddington afterwards. Worth travelling out of Edinburgh for.

Very nice coffee and delicious home baking.

Food that gives you goosebumps it’s that good! My partner, me and our two kids had Sunday brunch here today for the first time and it most definitely won’t be the last. I had the Mexican Beans with potatoes, fried eggs and salad, my partner had the french toast and the kids had the kids platter which included chicken sandwich, apple, grapes cake and a drink. Every one of the meals was delicious, and I tried them all haha, not a single thing I can critique. The french toast wasn’t soggy, and the chicken in the kids sandwiches was real chicken. The food wasn’t the only amazing thing though. The staff were welcoming and super friendly and the prices really reasonable. I really can’t wait to go back. My new favourite eating place in East Lothian.

As usual great customer service and scones were delicious 😋

Gorgeous food very friendly staff cannot recommend enough. I plan to try everything on their imaginative menu. If you are a vegetarian there is loads here too.

Lovely cakes although a bit pricey

Lovely soup and coffee...and great service 🙂

Bright, airy and very clean. Lovely food served by friendly, helpful staff.

Excellent main course, good value for money

Very good. Friendly people. Great home baking. Good coffee.

Seco dtime been there good food. Good service.

Enjoyable meal. The lemon, coconut and fudge slice was delicious.

Nice place for a coffee and scone. Covid friendly. Pleasant staff. Definately recommend a visit.

Me ad my friend had a coffee and a lunch, lovely staff, nice and cute lil cafee, coffee was mice and for lunch I had nice Risotto 🥘. Prices are reasonable..

Only stopped for coffee but the meals I saw looked good. The staff were friendly. I would certainly visit again

Friendly cafe with knowledgeable, helpful staff serving a wide range of healthy and wholesome food as well as delicious treats. Excellent range of hot drinks.

We both a really lovely lunch,very welcoming, pleasant surroundings,definitely would go back.x

Found this cafe on a cold and wet windy day . Looking for somewhere to shelter . Lovely staff and of course delicious homemade food. We had the soup followed by a yummy cake.

I've visited a couple of times recently and everything has been lovely. Coffee is lovely, a table of cakes to tempt you and the savoury menu has a wide range of quite different, but delicious options. The seafood Knickerbocker glory is amazing. Brunches all day on Sunday were also fab.

My husband and I found this lovely cafe after wandering around the high street because we didn't want to eat lunch at a "chain" restaurant. We are so glad we found the Carlyle House because the food was exceptionally good. The staff were friendly and welcoming. The food was frankly 5 star. My only problem was what to order, because everything on the menu was so very tempting.

Really nice clean little cafe, with friendly staff. A yummy scone and nice flat white set me up for the day ahead.

I first stumbled across this cafe on a cold day in December when out with my family and I am so glad we did. Firstly the staff are very welcoming and accommodating. I had my little 1yr old niece with me and my dad is disabled so we needed to rearrange the tables a bit which was no problem at all. We were so impressed with the delicious homemade sweet potato and coconut soup accompanied by the best homemade soda bread I have tasted. More so, the perfectly cooked French toast and delightful scones and coffee went down a treat too. After dining here again last weekend for lunch this is definitely my favourite place to eat when visiting Haddington. The menu has been well thought out and has plenty to offer everyone. My fellow diners thoroughly enjoyed their quiche, crispy potatoes and lovely fresh salad. I had the smoked salmon with soda bread, salad, and pickled beetroot. It was so delicious and beautifully presented. We finished off with a selection of coffees and some of the homemade treats on offer. The festive scones, empire biscuit and carrot cake were scrumptious. Very talented and inspiring chefs. The service is top notch too, really attentive staff and always with a smile. It’s such a lovely, historic building to dine in and the inside is very clean, modern and bright. My boyfriend said the toilets are very clean too. 👍 Keep up the hard work everyone it’s a pleasure to dine here. Only wished I didn’t live in Edinburgh or I would be here more often!

Went for lunch very nice friendly staff,food was very nice will be back.Nice choice of lighter bites as well.

Quality Sunday brunch, refined and tasty versions of some everyday classics. Friendly service.

Just found this place nice quiet ambiance spotlessly clean ,nice attentive staff with a nice modern style menu 🙂

Still the best chutney around and the food is some of the best I've had. The different flavours of all the ingredients blend together to create a overall superb eating experience. So top marks again and for the staff who are top notch as well. Don't change what you do you have a winning formula.

Really nice lunch with bread cheese apple chutney game touren very tasty and quite a large portion and the staff were pleasant and very helpful. Could teach some of the other places in Haddington how it should be done

Excellent choice of food. The soup was delicious with fresh soda bread. Also fabulous choice of cakes and v good coffee. Delightful staff. Will be back!!

Lovely staff, much more choice than all the other cafes in the area. And more interesting choice also. All hand made. And the cafe and staff all very nicely presented. Excellent coffee as well

The food is lovely, when you eventually get it but their lack of customer service is awful. We were advised there would be a wait but we didn't realise how long, we received our tea long before the meal and were not asked during the meal if we required anything else. Not impressed.

We could only find a couple of basic cafes until we stumbled across this place. Was really great food, excellent quality and homemade bread. Friendly waitress. Give it a go.

Finally this lovely building is again open to the public and is a great place for coffee and food. The decor is a bit utilitarian but the service is polite and friendly and its a great place to meet up with friends or to go with children.

Have been here for lunch several times and really enjoy the freshly made meals. The cakes are a definite must! Staff are always very welcoming and obliging.

Great food. Loved the fresh salad and Thai fish cakes. Cakes are yummy too. Fresh modern decor and friendly staff too.

We visit Carlyle House Cafe on a regular basis and are never disappointed. Whether it's for lunch or coffee and cake, the quality is always there. The staff are always very friendly and happy to help and advise. I'm sure we will be back many more times.

Really good food. Pleasant service. Alittle lacking in atmosphere. Very quiet to begin with but they were turning people away by the time we left so that speaks for itself!

We had lunch here just before Easter and it really was a wonderful meal. When you look over a menu, there are usually a few items on there you could give a miss, but when I looked over The Carlyle's menu, every single course sounded so god, I realised for the first time, I could easily pick every item on the menu!

We found ourselves in Lodge Street en route to one of Lothian’s top Butchers, when we saw Carlyle House. Spare,clen, modern decor. Although they had a restricted menu due to the chef being at a family wedding,we were well-pleased with our lovely lentil,tomato and herb soup with fresh soda bread, cappuccinos and home-made cakes. Good service from friendly staff. Dog-friendly. We will return as it is good quality and fair value.

Just had a very nice lunch with my Mum. We both had the mezze board which was delicious! Service was also very good. A nice little addition to Haddington.

Called in on a Saturday lunchtime on our journey up to Aviemore, the staff made us and our little dog very welcome. The soup and bread and the meat and cheese platter were very good, will definitely call in here on our way back.

Such a welcoming place, coffee is amazing and the cakes and bakes are so fresh and delicious. The whole place has such a calm friendly atmosphere and the staff are very cheerful and professional. Very clean also as you would expect. Great choice from the large menu. I’ll definitely be back and will be telling friends to do the same. I hear upstairs will be doing supper club evenings in future, CANT WAIT FOR THAT! Best in Haddington!

Great menu, friendly service, small enough for quiet conversations - and dog-friendly.