Baern
Bowhouse, St Monans
Baern’s café and bakery lunch menu sings of the East Neuk’s seasonal larder. Cakes flavoured with foraged meadowsweet, scones laden with local cheese, and soups and sandwiches made with finesse. With a butchery, brewery and market garden on the doorstep, everything is ultra-local.  

Drift
Quarrel Sands, near North Berwick 
A converted shipping container with huge windows, perched on a cliff edge overlooking Bass Rock, Drift serves brunch and lunch packed with East Lothian farm produce: try the homemade sausage roll with celeriac slaw. Worth visiting for the views alone, the food is delicious too.

The Shed At The Harbour
Crail, Fife
In July and August, this harbourside lobster shack extends weekend-only opening to weekdays (though only until the daily catch of lobster and crab is sold out). There’s nothing quite like a bit of claw cracking and shellfish savouring in the sun.

Thirty Knots
2 Newhalls Road, South Queensferry
This crowd-pleasing new opening is the starting point for many a weekend night out, but its huge, sunny terrace really draws the crowds. With all three bridges in your eyeline, it’s a dramatic spot to tuck into a huge plate of fish and chips. 

The Wee Restaurant
17 Main Street, North Queensferry
In the pretty village of North Queensferry, this place has been quietly doing its thing for almost two decades. They know their way around a steak, but seafood is the real joy here; their specials are always worth checking out.

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