Volunteer Arms in East Lothian

A really nice pub with lovely staff. The haggis burger was fantastic! The selection of beer and spirits is very large by German standards. It's best to order a few northern pales, which are poured with muscle power. It's really worth seeing 🤩 Dogs are welcome here. There are still large tables on the second floor, but right next to the kitchen

Just dropped in for a drink and had a bite to eat whilst there was well. Would thoroughly recommend it. From the staff to the food and drink it was excellent. Many thanks. John Lori and Stan to the dash hound.

Best steak pie and ale we have enjoyed for ages.Freindly staff and good service

Place was empty, my 29 year old friend got refused for having no I.D from a girl who looked about 12.

What a wonderful pub. Proper atmosphere and great staff. So knowledgeable and friendly. The beer was great, food looked amazing and we plan to return tomorrow to eat. Lovely location too with views over the harbour.

We actually attended this establishment twice, the first time the Service was great very attentive, the food however was mediocre at best, hearing the chief cuss out member of staff was very off putting and could clearly be heard in restaurant, the second time a heavy set older woman was reprimanding a young member of staff to verge of tears infront of customers is completely unacceptable, would not recommend and won't be back.

Best haddock and leek risotto with pouched egg I had ever tried! Now I know where to eat every time I visit Dunbar! They are pet-friendly!!! I loved it ❤️

Unfortunately I can't rate the food because it was too late to eat. It didn't bother me. 4 Guinnesses are also a meal. 🤪 It was very cool to be able to sit outside and talk to two great people.

A good pint of Guinness & nice food served by friendly & humorous staff. A new pub for me on my travels & I expect to visit again later in the year to warm myself by their fire while supping a pint (or 3!). The inside bar is good & quite "old school" i.e. main bar with small snug, the well sheltered outside seating area is fab in good weather with nice views to the harbour & sea.

Lovely beer outside on the balcony. Nice atmosphere. Food was OK too.

In the heart of the town, quaint traditional pub serving good quality pub food along with daily specials. Good value for money and excellent service

The best pint of Best you will find. Lovely traditional pub there's not many of these gems left.

Friendly pub ,nice food comfortable atmosphere

Fantastic pub lovely friendly people I would recommend to everyone

Characteristic and well managed by attentive and helpful staff. Super soup of the day & textbook sticky toffee pudding!

Fabulous meal here staff very friendly and food was amazing would definitely recommend

We enjoyed our food in here and the staff made you very welcome great atmosphere and great pub.

Stopped here for drinks and dinner and was pleasantly surprised. On the day we were there, the kitchen was closed until five, but as soon as that time came around, our order was taken and when the food arrived it was very good and tasty. The menu has a variety of dishes and the prices were reasonable. We were able to sit outside on the patio and both the staff and the locals made us visitors feel welcome. About halfway between the harbour and High Street we are glad we chose here for dinner.

Cracking pub with very good cask beer 🍺

Great food, drinks, and local company. Got an opportunity to chat with the original Dunbar man! 👍

Lovely pub! Visited 26-7-24 with 3 people, quick service and great, kind lads helped us out! Food was super tasty and filling! Definitely recommend to tourists!

Lovely pub! Visited 26-7-24 with 3 people, quick service and great, kind lads helped us out! Food was super tasty and filling! Definitely recommend to tourists!

We have not eaten anything, we have only had some beers, friendly and professional waiter, good atmosphere and the food looked good

Limited menu , because it’s Monday?, told on entry, only one chef on so long waits for food, only one other couple in there, why bother, spend elsewhere I think.

Aye a canny pint of Belhaven Best served by a nice polite young lady in a nice olde world type of bar

Excellent, friendly service and quality food at reasonable prices. We sat outside in beautiful sunshine and there was a busy, friendly atmosphere.

Great pub! Had a fabulous evening with food, service is exceptional and other customers were very friendly!

Lovely pub great food and service

I really want to like this place. It is in a lovely spot near the harbour with an outdoor terrace. It has a ‘proper’ pub feel with a wee alcove, an open fire and sometimes live music. It serves pub food which is pretty good. BUT, the service is often SO actively unfriendly. Today as we asked if they had a table for food they were so acutely unwelcoming that people stopped talking at the bar to listen in. We had to sit outside where the smell of a large tables cigarette and cigar smoke was deeply unpleasant. If you can see past the often-unfriendliness you can have a nice time here but you have to be thick skinned!

An intimate and lovely pub. The food was so so but everyone was friendly. I enjoyed the unexpected life music jam session!

We visited on a sunny Saturday recently. We were told that our little girl couldn't have a glass of milk by one lady who was quickly corrected by another. After a walk around town we decided to return for an evening meal. My 9 year old was holding a small tub of ice cream when we entered to enquire about a table for food. This seemed to enrage the aforesaid barmaid who announced food cannot be brought into the premises. Fair enough but there's a manner you can deliver such info in. We quickly left and went elsewhere to a much friendlier welcome. Nice pub but some customer service training would go a long way here. We won't be back.

Excellent fish and chips, comfortable accommodations, with friendly, welcoming staff and a taste of yesteryear in decor all combine to provide a memorable visit - our visit, while short, was truly fabulous.

Great food, excellent beer, friendly staff and locals. Well worth a visit if you are in Dunbar.

A great old pub. Lovely to sit outside when the weather is good, perfect to hide inside when it's not. Foods superb, beers fantastic and they're dog friendly.

So I enjoyed a couple of nice beers, had a tab, and paid with my card upon ordering my final pint. All OK or so I thought! Then, once I’d exiting barmaid caught up with me and said ‘did you pay!’ YES, I replied - not happy with this, I then had to prove on my phone that I had paid, no apology either. Please ensure your card payments are monitored before embarrassing customers, thank you.

This is a lovely pub, sometimes playing folk music and with an open fire. It sits above the harbour. I’ve eaten here several times and the food is on an axis between ‘quite nice’ and ‘not very nice’. The atmosphere still just about makes it regardless. The staff are on an axis between ‘really friendly’ and ‘sharp and unwelcoming’. The friendly ones just about make it

Lovely proper pub down by the harbour. Always has a couple of well kept fairly local ales on.

Quaint small pub hotel..we arrived at different times.. all 20 of us .for a well deserved break... taking over the whole pub on a quiet Saturday...food and service was spot on..deffo recommend..

Great place for food and drink, staff friendly and very attentive, very busy when I was there with visitors and locals alike. Would definitely recommend this establishment and will hopefully return soon

Walked in to a mousehole of a pub, people sitting at the bar blocking - had to fight us way to order, everyone stared presumably cos we weren’t locals - walked straight out! I thought the Scots were friendly folks - obviously not after a few beers on a Saturday afternoon!!

Great place to grab a pint and food after our walk from East Linton

Always good chat...washed down by 2 real ale taps. Great pub food...fish pie..steak pie..plenty choices. Lovely patio if you fancy eating al fresco

Smoked Haddock with mash and veg. Very enjoyable on a verycold day

Lovely cozy little bar next to the harbour. Didn't have food but it smelled really good! Friendly service and dog friendly too.

This has been my local for nearly 20 years. Great food at a reasonable price and a good selection of guest ales which change regularly. Lots of banter and open mic night on a Wednesday. Lots of historic photos of Dunbar's harbour along with wooden panelling and a cosy atmosphere makes it very popular with visitors.

No stars as the food was the worst I have ever had in my life. No words to describe the solidified blob passed off as mash! It was served with a MUG of tinned peas poured all over the top. DISGUSTING!!! Hard nose manager is devoid of all manners Indignant that I complained, she said she 'has never had a complaint before'. ( then read all the reviews then). The starter made me feel sick and when I mentioned it, this woman replied that she likes it..( thick goo jelly poured over a salad) Worse, this woman (said she owned the place) served a customer who had a small dog sitting on top of the table. I mentioned this to her and she replied that she never noticed the dog on the table. Really? As you served the food? Dogs were jumping up at me as I was trying to eat. Meal was def the worst I have ever had and I felt sick. A mug of tinned peas poured on the meal? Hard nosed manager giving me lip when I complained. Awful and avoid.

Tasty food, friendly service. Good old fashioned pub with good old fashioned pub grub. Good atmosphere. What's not to like!?

Couple of visits now. An exceptional, wee, very traditional pub. V cozy wee bar and snug next door. Ootside sitting area. Have not tried the food. 35ml measures so what's not to like?

We were looking forward to a delicious dinner, but were very narrowly turned away, even though only two other guests were eating there.

A "proper" pub. Sell good beers (didn't have food). Thursday night is traditional Scottish music night. Very enjoyable indeed.

Had a vegan burger which was very basic with absolutely nothing on it but the patty...

I just dropped by to have a capucino Given directions to cliff top walk So helpful and friendly Good service

After parking my motorcycle near the castle I got chatting with a local who recommended the steak pie, and it was amazing. Service and food was very good, reasonably priced and I’d say better than what’s in the high street.

Had gammon and chips. Absolutely brilliant. The gammon was huge. I'm a big eater and couldn't get through it. Great place, nice people, good atmosphere highly recommend.

Good food, large portions nice cosy atmosphere and dog friendly

Great home cooked food at a fare price

Had lunch there, dog friendly, nice staff, food was good.

Did not eat there but nice staff good atmosphere worth a visit

Cooling down by the sea nice wee place food lovely

Lovely fish and chips, good service, very accommodating

Proper pub. Good cask ales. Friendly staff. Open fire. Does fund raising for the RNLI (lifeboats) hence the name. Looking forward to trying the food next time.

Dark and dingy pub, had tasteless steak pie with watery gravy, bland chips and the puff pastry lacked the puff. On leaving my clothes smelt of grease. Needless to say I will not be back.

Old-fashioned pub with excellent service, good food and good atmosphere. Very dog friendly too

Great place for food, excellent menu especially kids meals. Chose only because dog friendly which it certainly was. Will definately come again

Well worth a visit! Had a lovely meal here, the Belhaven hot smoked salmon with potato salad with mustard dressing was to die for! Followed by scampi and chips cooked to perfection. Belhaven Best and Ossian cask beer was very enjoyable too. Will definitely pop in again when we're down that way.

Popped in here after a cold walk on Easter Day 2023. VERY dog friendly. We only came in for a drink before heading for a pre booked meal. We could have eaten here as the food looked really good, home made pub grub. The bar area is surprisingly small when you see the size of the building, but it's really cosy and oldy worldy. My sort of pub, with a fine selection of ales, lagers etc. Staff and locals all really friendly. There's a nice front outdoor seating area with glass 'fence' to keep the breeze off - it was still too cold in the wind that day so we went inside. Thank you.

Great wee pub. Lovely guest ales. Cosy atmosphere. Never eaten but seen plenty others doing so, so it seems popular and the food always smells great

Good traditional pub with a turn up and play music night on Thursday starting around 8

We popped in a couple of times while visiting Dunbar, service good, atmosphere good. Staff good prices good. They do food but we didn't eat here. Outdoor area and upstairs restaurant.

Warm welcome on arrival. Lovely wee cozy bar food was good as was the beer and wine. Would I go back oh yes.

Cosy casual dog friendly open fire fantastic food brilliant staff. Loved it.

Good value food. Nice oldy pub vibe

Quite a surprise tbh after a day at the Beach.. lovely welcome, staff really nice and had a lovely home cooked Bar Lunch. Will be back.. Oh and Dog friendly too..

Lovely staff, great people and amazing food.

Second time I’ve been here and had hostile customer service. There are other places to go that don’t make me feel unwelcome.

Great atmosphere is a very authentic pub experience. Friendly staff serving food in the bar or upstairs in the restaurant. The Volly‘s is situated close to the beautiful old harbour and has a compact outside space weather permitting.

Unrivalled choice of beers in Dunbar in terms of variety & provenance.

Great local with good priced beer.

Quiet wee place, good was good for a quick bite.

We stopped in for lunch on a quiet day. Very welcoming, warm atmosphere, and great food.

lovely friendly pub and food was very good too

Brilliant place good food and great staff

Went in today on holiday for lunch after looking on Google fish pie home made very nice plus home made soup would definitely return dog friendly also made very welcome thank you. Keith 👍🏻

Very nice bar serving high quality beverages by friendly welcoming staff. Highly recommended.

Characterful and relaxed pub. Two changing real ale taps

Friendly service Great for dogs Wonderful steak pie

My favourite pub. Always visit when I come up to see family. Been coming here since 1974.

Great people and a choice of ale. They also were kind to my dog "Alice".

This is kind of the quintessential small Scottish pub. You walk in, it's immediately clear everyone inside is local, know each other, and have for years. But they're also really friendly and make you feel at home. We dropped in for dinner after a tour of Belhaven brewery, and couldn't be happier that we did. The food was amazing and the atmosphere was fantastic. If you're in Dunbar, go here even if it's just for a pint.

We visited on 27th september . I had the eyemouth smoked fish and my husband had the gammon . We really enjoyed the meal and the atmosphere aswell . We did go back the following evening and were hoping to try the steak pie but they had a function on so meals weren't being served . We hope to return next year

What a lovely afternoon at the aggectionately known Volly to hear traditional Scottish and Irish music outside in the sun with a shandy and my fave stepdaughter while others were crammed inside. But I snuck in to get a picture of the musician. Lovely pub with a long history in Dunbar. Always worth a wee stop in.

Great small pub, good beer and choice of whisky, live traditional music on Thursday night which we really enjoyed. Friendly too

Had a lovely meal here with plenty of gluten free options. Really friendly service and good value. I would recommend this pub' for a visit and meal, especially for those requiring gluten free options.

A lovely local pub, with great staff. Definitely going back to try out their meals menu.

Nice pub for a quiet drink. Other pubs are like sports bars which I tend to avoid. Nice selection of whisky.

Pleasant boozer with friendly staff and outside sitting area. Real ales in good condition alongside a variety of interesting gins and reasonable prices.

Great food. Beamy interior. Lovely

On holiday and popped in by for a drink. I asked if I could have a menu to be told “kitchen is closed” I asked if upstairs was open and was told this was separate so I asked if they were serving to be told “bookings only” I asked if I can book to be told “kitchen closed”. I went back outside to have my drink. 10minutes later the couple sitting next to me got a menu? Kitchen opens at 16.30 they told me. The barmaid came out and took their order. She did glance over and say do you want a menu?? I find it hard to understand why she didn’t tell me that the kitchen opens in 10minutes? The barmaid came back out and took our empty glasses looked at me and said “take your feet off the seat”. My foot was resting on a metal bar. I found her extremely rude and unfriendly. There are plenty people out there in need of a job, if she doesn’t like her job she should go do something else! We left with a rather bad taste in our mouths thanks to this person. Thanks to her you lost out on a meal for 3

friendly local pub worth a visit

Fine old pub with some nice beers, food is meant to be nice