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My wife and I stayed for a week in April. We have holidayed in Crail for many years from Cumbria, used the Golf Hotel for meals and drinks in the past, which we found it to be brilliant, using the beer garden on many occasions after long coastal walks. But this was the first time staying there. We can only wish we had stayed before. The room was comfortable and had everything we needed. Water, coffee, tea and biscuits were topped up each morning. A quiet night’s sleep even it’s a public house and on Crail Main Street. We can honestly say the friendly staff made it for us. Always a smile and so helpful. Evening meals are cooked to perfect and a great choice, and snacks too, but the breakfasts were unbelievable. We don’t like to single anyone out, but Jackie, how you cater for everyone was beyond us. Your breakfast was a delight! Everything was cooked perfectly, no matter if you wanted, fried, poached, boiled. Pancakes were a delicious addition to breakfast. We needed nothing to eat all day!! There’s a quiet guest lounge and the bar is stocked with local beers and has a great atmosphere. We will be back…and we are, booked again for later in the year!! 5 star treatment…but my wife and I will give the Golf Hotel 6!!

Such a beautiful country pub with a lovely calm and friendly atmosphere. The food is amazing and we will definitely be back soon. Highly recommended especially the roast on a Sunday and this place is absolutely worth a visit. The staff were all so friendly and welcoming. Really felt at home.

We had a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon at this lovely pub, it was packed but the service was good, the beer was excellent and the entertainment ('Adam in the hat') was brilliant. So good that they provide live music to liven up a Sunday afternoon!

WOW, what an amazing lunch today, me my partner and mum could not of asked for anything better, the service from Lotty was amazing as always, so welcoming, friendly and always goes the extra mile to serve us. The food was outstanding it felt like Christmas in March, turkey toast, Christmas pudding, coffee and baileys. 5 Star across the board. We absolutely love it here every Sunday for lunch. We'll done to all of you. Keep up the great work Lotty your amazing at your job.

Not a bad little pub with mediocre food, it was okay, nothing to write home about. However, one thing I do not like is the 10% service charge that is automatically added to the bill. I only found this out a week later as silly me, looked at the receipt when I removed it from my walking jacket pocket. There should be signs up stating this, and staff should advise you of this charge prior to payment, this is sneaky and deceitful. I won't be rushing back, and quite happy to promote this underhand charge to the wide world. Perhaps the pub owners should pay a decent wage to their staff instead of expecting customers to top up their salary? Stinks..!

We have visited this place many, many times. The food is generally lovely. However, they really need to change their front of house staff. Rude and unwelcoming and referring to my sister as ‘the wheelchair’ This person is the same on every occasion and it’s beyond me why an owner would want guests to be met by such a cold person. The young man behind the bar, however, was lovely. I don’t think we will continue our business here.

Had a great meal here last night! Everything was freshly made and the chunky chips were delicious. Sat outside initially in the newly made area which was utilized from part of the car park and was lovely. The food was a bit slow in arriving but when it did we could tell why - each of our meals were prepared fresh and tasted amazing! Had a lovely chat with the new landlady Emma and her partner and her brother who couldn’t do enough for us. Will definitely be returning and can’t recommend it highly enough!

Solía ser un lugar tan agradable, pero parece estar lleno de cosas difíciles ahora, especialmente en un fin de semana, permanece abierto hasta tarde, así que eso es un beneficio

Communication booking on fb message excellent and quick. I think maybe we picked the wrong Saturday evening, as a lot of the menu wasn’t available. Also it’s unusual, as the waitress takes food orders and you order and pay at the bar separately for drinks. 🍷 Food was nice. Busy pub and the river views are nice if it’s daytime. Toilets….. could do with sorting. Light bulb 💡 out in one, lock broke in another. I think I’d return for a nice drink by the river.

Good quality delicious food and a warm welcome. Stopped in after a lovely Spring walk - received a friendly welcome and our dog was made welcome too. Chose the burger and a Steak Canadian sandwich - both delicious particularly the burger and the gravy served with the Steak Canadian. Even our dog was offered a sausage from the kitchen. Will definitely return

Visited this evening after a recommendation from my father who lives locally, we did not have a great food experience. Ordered the shrimp curry, chicken Cantonese style, chips and prawn crackers. The chips were the best part of the meal. The shrimp curry had no body to it, was watery and only had shrimp and onion very boring and bland. The chicken was not hot and tasted a few days old as did the prawn crackers. Unfortunately we are only in the area for today and we're very disappointed.

Amazing customer service and delicious well cooked food. Perfect food for a cosy night takeaway at home. Will definitely be coming back here again

Popped in for lunch after a stroll on the beach with the dogs. Really excellent food and the service was great. Staff really friendly and certainly happy to have well behaved dogs around!! This is the real deal in British beach side cafes!

The worst place to eat I’ve ever experienced, the service was appalling the food terrible, after a day out we decided not to cook but to eat out as the green man is local to us we went there to try it we ordered drinks and food, The food came after an hour no one came to ask if we needed any more drinks, two ordered green Thai chicken curry the other three different mains the Thai curry was only just warm the rice was plain boiled rice the chicken curry was watery and tasteless and a small portion (thankfully), the other three people had just warm food and didn’t enjoy it at all so we ordered dessert to try and get some taste, that was also very disappointing the apple crumble didn’t have much apple the crumble tasted hardly cooked plain taste and again hardly warm the ones that had custard said the custard was nearly cold and the crumble tasted hardly cooked not sweetened and the crumble was not browned on top just like a doughy taste. I would never go back there again or obviously recommend it.

Played 18 lovely day out well presented coarse with plenty of challenging holes