Mason's Arms - pub in Belhaven High Street, 100yds from 13 Duke Street; we've heard good reports recently about the food Central Cafe - great fish and chips in Dunbar's West Port, a mile from Belhaven, via Belhaven High St Shoestring Café by the station, 7am to 5pm, Sat 8am-3pm. Not Sun. Takeaway or sit-in. Great home-made cakes, light lunches, dinners The Barns Ness Hotel - Near the station. Sunny Verandah Bar. The main restaurant is panelled with salvage from the Mauretania. Imaginative menu. Occasional live music The Hillside Hotel - opposite the Parish Church (worth a visit) and the Medical Centre |
West Barns Inn - pub about a mile west of Belhaven, live music at weekends
In Dunbar High Street : Indian Tandoori - said to be very good. Evenings. Smiths, Bakers - comfort food in café behind shop; open only during shop hours. The building where John Muir spent his boyhood. The Food Hamper - for delicatessen snacks during shop hours Umberto's bistro, pizzeria type food, available all evening The King's Palace - Chinese, eat in or carry-out. |
The Rocks about 1 mile from Belhaven - up Back Road which becomes Dunbar's North Road, then first left Bayswell Hotel - a little nearer Dunbar than The Rocks The Garden Path Café - nearer still, in Lauderdale Park Dunbar Leisure Pool for a noisy snack with spectacular views The Creel - at the corner of Victoria Street and Lamer Street. Small, intimate. Excellent food freshly cooked, locally sourced. Lunch, dinner, or just a glass of wine. |
The Volunteer Arms in Victoria Street, named after the Lifeboat crews who have done such wonderful work for nearly two centuries. The food is good, and you can sit outside on a sunny day. |
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 This is the old lifeboat, photographed by my brother Stanley, on a stormy day in March 1988. Now we have a Trent class, see RNLI, usually moored in the deeper water at Torness. The inshore rib still lives here. |
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Eating Out near Belhaven
Just a few suggestions
Quite the best food is to be found in The Rocks and The Creel, while the Bayswell Hotel has the most superb views.