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The restaurant As the name suggests this restaurant sticks to a triedand-tested formula of local fish and seafood, served imaginatively but unpretentiously. While carnivores are catered for, with mains such as pan-seared fillet of beef, the emphasis here is on the healthier, fishy options. The current starter menu includes carpaccio of swordfish, smoked salmon terrine and seafood chowder, with baked herbcrusted halibut, grilled cod and pan-seared turbot to follow. The kitchen sources much of its produce from Scotland . . . in fact the lobsters are so local that they are creeled within view of the restaurant's windows.
The view Although not quite as secluded as the pictures on the website suggest, the restaurant is set in prime St Andrews tourist territory, right next door to the British Golf Museum and overlooking the famous West Sands beach and the even more celebrated Old Course, the ancestral home of golf. What makes it really different though is that you're closer to the view than usual; this very contemporary-looking restaurant is set in a cool glass box, which juts out over the rocks and the crashing surf that sit immediately below it. If you want to be sure of a table beside the wrap-around windows, make sure that you book well in advance.
For three courses, not including wine, the cost is 55.50.
Rhiannon Batten The Seafood Restaurant, Bruce Embankment, St Andrews, Scotland; 0044 1334 479475, www. the seafoodrestaurant. com
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