Pit Stop Cafe in West Lothian

You should go because it has good food and I am suft

My wife, my sister, my sister’s friend and I had a meal in here and it wasn’t such a great experience. My sister’s friend has lived in Linlithgow for some of her life, and it was her that suggested that we have lunch at this eatery. Initial impressions were very good, in that it looked welcoming, was in a good state of decoration, was clean and the staff were friendly. Now, my wife and I are up visiting from Leicester, so have an expectation on what we should be paying for a meal, so we were quite surprised by the high prices at this establishment, for what I would call relatively simple meals. Anyway, we ordered our drinks and food, and the drinks were soon brought to the table (also quite dear), and soon after the food was brought. Two of us ordered the lamb kofta flatbread at £10.50 each, and the other two ordered steak and caramelised onion ciabatta at £11.50 each (these meals would cost around £7-£8 in our area of the Midlands). The two that had the lamb koftas were quite happy with their meals, but the other two meals were awful, and unfortunately, I was one of the other two that had the steak. First of all, I would not say that the bread was a ciabatta – it was more like a soft long roll, but in any eventuality, it was dry and tasteless, and down south the ciabattas are normally toasted. This was not helped by the fact that the amount of onions was minimal – we each had a sliver of onions up the middle of the so-called ciabatta. The steak was a tad tough, but palatable. When the server came up to take the plates I complained to him about the meals, and he told us he would tell the chef. Whether he did or not is anyone’s guess, as he never came back to us. There was absolutely no gesture of goodwill for the poor quality of this truly expensive food, so we paid the bill and left. We would absolutely not eat here whenever we visit this town again, and I wouldn’t give it a recommendation.

Good food and excellent customer service.

Amazing experience here! The workers are so kind and friendly, located a 5 minute walk from the train station and an amazing made-to-order continental breakfast! Cannot recommend this place enough!!

I had fish and chips which is described on the menu as being hand battered fresh haddock. What I received was clearly not hand battered or fresh. This establishment used to be renound for its fish and chips. But sadly their standards have slipped.