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Closed repeatedly on the weekends. Seems like every week now

Was there Tuesday night for dinner,order fish chips,watied half an hour for the meal,there was more batter them fish and very over cooked , servers wasn't that great as well , definitely wouldn't go back .

Decent little pub on the banks of the Forth and Newhaven Harbour. The pub does simple pub grub for a decent price. If the weather is nice you can sit out and have a beer looking across the harbour. For parents with young kids, there is a large soft play area so you can get a little peace and quiet.

A table of four, we each had a large traditional Scottish breakfast. Service from Mandy was excellent (well done Mandy) and food was first rate, all served on nicely warmed plates. We appreciated the efficient speed of service also. Well worth the visit for a nice breakfast

Myself & my friend and 9month old baby were in for breakfast on Monday 9th of March. We were served by FLAVIO ... what can I say his service was amazing like in a 5 star restaurant. He was so polite and well mannered something you don’t get in many places nowadays. We will definitely be back.

Lovely meal and friendly staff the pool room was a bonus will certainly be back lovely fire keeping the bar area warm lovely menu with a wide variety to choose from

This place goes from bad to worse. Service is at snails pace - the staff clearly wish they were somewhere ( anywhere) else. No urgency, no smiles - just awful. If any of these staff worked in any stand alone coffee shop they would be dismissed. If this coffee shop wasn’t attached to a garden centre it would have closed by now. All that said all the faults are entirely down to the local management. There is clearly inadequate training and inadequate supervision leading to what looks like a totally cheesed off work force. Just awful.

I am here often, whenever I have been shopping in Livingston. Many people look down on Spoons, but it does what it says on the tin. It is cheap and d cheerful. Spoons can have poor service sometime, but this is one of the better ones. Service is usually fine, though sometimes app orders are prioritised over the bar, but once fixed, they catch up soon. The service in this Spoons is definitely one of the better ones, and the staff are always polite and friendly. Food is nothing special, but decent enough. The steaks are good value, compared to eateries round the area. The food special, but does the job. Yes, a lot of it is partially pre-prepared, but that is the case in most chain restaurants, and many others too. Here is where this one has let itself down though, and it is a recent event. It was closed for a few days for re flooring. And it reopened there had also been a reorganisation. Now there are too many tables and chairs. They are crammed together, so there is little to no personal space. The waiting staff down well to navigate through the maze of tables and narrow gaps. Sadly, it also means, if you are in a wheelchair or have limited mobility, it will now be a real struggle for you. Before it was not always straightforward, but was manageable, as there were still a few accessible tables. I am not sure this is the case now. If you have a pushchair, especially given their size now, it will also be a real struggle.

Awesome cafe! Great place to chill and the staff are so lovely. Jude made my coffee perfectly!

Very unhappy with dinner, dried out and none left. The seating were either ripped or had stains on them. And waited ages to be served, only to be told to get your own carvery.

Honestly disgusting, undercooked bacon and sausages. Rubbish selection, missing the waffles and 2 special items. Said to manager if I could get a new plate as other was dirty with the beans, “naw” then said about the missing items, IGNORED.

Bring Andrew back!! An ignorant staff member named “Dan” served me today. I asked for a latte and received a dire cup of coffee. There used to be a young man Andrew who would already have it made for me coming in. Brilliant coffees, however, times have changed and Dan is not the man!!

Great idea if family would like to eat various different types of food - good way to keep everyone happy There wad a long queue when we arrived but it moved quickly and there were six of us Pointed to a table in the distance the its basically a bit of a dash everyone going n different directions some piled high with food !! My husband and I decided on the Seafood Platter - Staff not really interested butt gave us buzzer and we waited. On arrival food was presented reasonably well - though Prawns poor quality and swimming in watery sauce. Smoked salmon probably was the best on the plate -sure they could do better as one very small langoustine just looked lost. Pate was ok and skinny fries were fine

Came in for lunch and had soup and a Croque Monsieur Had to add a lot of seasoning to soup and very Dissapointed in Croque Monsieur

Food arrived hot and tasted good, phoned in my order and they seemed busy so the lady answering the phone asked me to hold on (not a problem) I can see how some people would find this rude but didn’t bother me.. delivery was great timing for 9.45 on a Friday night (took about 25/30 mins)