East Lothian
Chez Roux

Chez Roux

Greywalls Hotel, EH31 2EG, East Lothian, United Kingdom

Cafés • French • 4-star • Lodging


"We chose this restaurant for our 50th wedding anniversary as we were married close by in Nth Berwick. The initial impression of the restaurant and setting was excellent. Our table was perfect and overlooked the golf course. We were given the menu and wine list and my wife requested a vegetarian option which was on a separate menu, but with limited choice. We chose our wine from the list but was informed that it was not available so we chose another recommended by the waiter. The wine was acceptable but not the one we wanted. The description of my starter, a seafood concoction, was detailed and very long unfortunately the dish itself was minuscule and consequently difficult to judge whether it was good or not . My wife 's starter was a cheese souffle and excellent. I chose duck breast for the main course and requested that it was just pink. I was assured it would be. The dish arrived with two very rare slabs of meat on something it looked and tasted awful. My wife ordered a cheese gnocchi with a poached hen 's yolk. Luckily we had the description otherwise we would have had no idea what it was. The dish was most unattractive and could not be described as a 'main ' course. She left most of it, the little there was, as it was just unappetizing. For pudding I chose a lemon tart which was very good and my wife had a selection of cheeses to make up for her awful main course. The cheeses were very acceptable. We did not stay for coffee or after dinner drinks as we just wanted to leave. Our overall impression therefore was of extreme disappointment. We were looking forward to an excellent dinner to celebrate our anniversary and the evening was ruined. We have eaten in the Roux restaurant in Bray and that was, as it should be, very good. Luckily the following evening we went to a 'pop up ' restaurant in a delicatessen in Nth Berwick and the complete meal for both of us was truly excellent. We would not return to Grey walls."

Ocean Side East

Ocean Side East

12 Links Rd, Port Seton, East Lothian, United Kingdom, EH32 0DU

Cafe • Coffee • Seafood • Breakfast


"I live a few minutes walk from this place and pass it often but had never been in before,although on passing by it always seems to do a decent trade.So after a blustery Sunday morning walk we decided to treat ourselves to the full breakfast. The decor is non existent save a few local prints for sale. The tables and chairs are cheaper than cheap wood, both our chairs and table were wobbly and the plastic table cloth was tacky to the touch. Basic menu printed then laminated, ordered two full breakfasts with coffee. Portion size was ok but even looking at it I could tell the food wasn 't going to be hot or good. The fried egg was burnt underside but then cold and congealing, the beans were cold, the hash brown was cold and was covered in little pieces of hard burnt debris, almost like it had been cooked in a dirty pan. Sausage was hot but of very poor quality. All came with one slice of thin white bread that looked like it had been wafted over the toasted rather than put in it. I am convinced the coffee was just nescafe instant. The plates had seen better days and mine was chipped but what really set my stomach heaving was the huge bottles of tomato and brown sauce that were put on the table. I would hate to even place a number on how many times these bottles had been used for refilling but the faded lettering would suggest pre 2000 's. They were absolutely filthy with heavily congealed lids and what looked like a solid mass at the bottom.Now I am aware that bottles are regularly refilled but to not even give the bottles a wipe and give the lids a proper wash is absolutely disgusting. I declined having sauce on my breakfast. There only seemed to be one man working and when he served us his hands didn 't look clean. I knew I was going to suffer for this experience and sure enough half way home I had to run and only made it to the bathroom in time. It is a shame that because this is a wee village this 'quality ' is all we can expect. Avoid like a dose of salmonella!"