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St Andrews, Fife
Good Hotel Guide Review
The third-generation owners of this turreted Edwardian mansion in countryside outside St Andrew's take evident pride in their legacy. A wide choice of accommodation includes two turret rooms, one with balcony; dogs and children are welcome. Guests are urged to explore the kitchen gardens, which supply produce for chef Scott Cameron's inventive dishes in the contemporary restaurant – for example, roasted guinea fowl, cannelloni of leg, leek, garlic, onion. At breakfast there are eggs from the hens and honey from the hives. Self-catering shepherds’ huts are new, and 2024 will see the opening of a farm shop to celebrate the centenary of the wonderful gardens.
Hotel details
Address
Strathkinness Low Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9TX
Scotland
Telephone
01334 472594
Bedrooms
23. Some in Gatehouse and Rufflets Lodge, 4 on ground floor, 1 suitable for disabled, 2 with balcony, plus 3 self-catering cottages and self-catering shepherds' huts.
Open
all year except Jan.
Facilities
bar, drawing room, library, restaurant, in-room TV (Freeview), wedding/function facilities, yoga studio, 10-acre grounds (formal gardens, kitchen garden and woodland), bicycle hire.
Background music
in bar, restaurant, lounge.
Children
all ages welcomed. Cot £10, extra bed £20.
Dogs
allowed in Gatehouse and Lodge rooms (£10 a night, towel, bowls, bed), bar, on terrace, not in restaurant or drawing room.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £215. À la carte £44/£55 (2/3 courses).
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