The best restaurants in North Berwick Coastal East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothian

My wife and I were in East Lothian for a family event. I found a hotel in Gullane on Tripadvisor. I asked my family for a restaurant recommendation. They did not reply in time. I looked on Tripadvisor and was intrigued by La Potiniere's intimate approach. I was also intrigued by its reviews and thought they were too good to be true, but thought if even if 50% of the reviews were genuine it must be pretty good. I booked and fortunately the night we were there La Potiniere was open and they had a table available for my wife and I. Well, the reviews were right and some! My wife and I have lived and worked around the world, and have been very fortunate to dine in some of the world's top restaurants for business and pleasure. We debated and concluded La Potiniere gets into our Top 10. The food was superb, but so was the intimate, personal, quiet, refined, professional environment and service. It was not pretentious, formal, stuffy nor up its own @r5e unlike many of the top restaurants. It was also excellent value for its quality. We also had the wine pairing to complete the experience. We only saw the Keith part of the Keith and Mary equation, as Mary was creating her magic in the kitchen, however, Keith had just a perfect approach to us as diners service-wise. He was passionate about his restaurant, its food etc and took the time to answer all our questions about how things were prepared, the ingredients used etc. We shall return! Thank you La Potiniere for a truly wonderful evening of food, wine and service.

Great food, good prices compared to restaurant at park dean Wemyss bay Good menu choice & kids menu. 5mins walk at rear of park

We very much enjoyed an amazing platter for two. A whole prepared lobster, champagne lobster pate, dressed crab, prawn cocktail, smoked salmon, hot smoked salmon, a box of super Greek salad,oatcakes, crusty bread. It was beautifully presented and delivered on a covered platter. Enough amazing food to last us a couple of days. Highly recommend all their products,produced by a small family business.

Delicious coffee and scones with amazing friendliness from the ladies serving. Can’t wait to return. Tables were filling up fast. Only on street parking is available but not a great issue.

45 years in catering don't think I've had a better sandwich (beef brisket). Good luck with your new venture.

Great soup, sandwiches, cakes, coffee & staff.

Fantastic Italian restaurant in the heart of North Berwick. Great food, fantastic friendly professional service and a very clean restaurant at reasonable prices. Highly recommended .

A great place, friendly and welcoming. It's a must if you're staying over in North Berwick.

Lovely restaurant serving good Italian food. The owner is very friendly, the service is fast and the food presentation is very good. Nice way to spend an evening and not too pricy!

Staff was quick and very kind, food was excellent and everything was lovely. I'll come back there with no hurrys next time. I promise!

Really disappointing experience. Underdone soggy pizza. Waiting staff were very young and the owner didn't move from behind the bar, he didn't really seem that interested in what was going on.

We turned up for our booking and they didn’t have a table available. “You must have booked the beer garden, we can set up a heater” they offered. It’s December 29th and we don’t book the beer garden No apology, We went to Zitti next door and had a lovely lunch.

Just had 2 carry out dishes, the first time we have tried Bella Italia. Absolutely fantastic. Fresh, tasty and excellent portion size. Can’t recommend highly enough. We will be back.

We were welcomed with a genuine smile and seated at table around the room as per our booking. The food was excellent and the service provided was great. The shearing started and my seafood pasta especially superb. Pasta was not overcooked and just perfect.

Fantastic wee cafe 2 breakfast rolls, bacon & potato scone loaded with bacon, sausage and black pudding was loaded also no scrimping . Coffee lovely. 2 scones to takeaway beautiful. Pop in.