The Peat Inn
near St Andrews
Fife
Scotland

After dinner you can retire to a bedroom suite in the superbly comfortable Residence just 25 yards from the restaurant.

The Residence provides accommodation in eight bedrooms around a private garden and looking over surrounding farmland.

Each suite has a double or twin Bedroom, seven of them connected by a small flight of stairs to its own Sitting Room, and one on one level.

Left; Cassia Sitting Room and Bedroom.

Right; Floribunda Sitting Room.

Each Sitting Room has a writing desk, television, games, fresh fruit and mineral water.

Left; Camelia Sitting Room and Bedroom.

Right; Floribunda Bedroom.

Each bedroom has direct dial telephone, radio/alarm clock and hair dryer, and also has a luxurious bathroom en suite with Italian marble, bath and shower, wc and basin.

There are three Dining Rooms and a Sitting Room with sofas and a big stone open fire. The atmosphere is refined but friendly and relaxed. All is dedicated to the unhurried and unpretentious enjoyment of good food and wine.

The Peat Inn is blessed with easy access to three sources of Scottish produce: game, beef and lamb from the Highlands, Fife has some of the best agricutural land in Britain, and the sea. Geoffrey (photograph, below left) always uses fresh produce, and he and his team produce good Scottish food with echoes of the Scottish/French friendship which dates back to the 15th century, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance.

Tasting Menu:

Terrine of ham hough, rabbit and sweetbreads with toasted brioche
Château La Bertrande, Cadillac 2001

Seared scallops, pancetta and fresh pea velouté
Les Princes Abbés, Riesling, Domaines Schlumberger, Alsace 2004

Wild halibut, razor clams, calamari provençale and olive dressing
Campo Alla Casa, Enrico Santini, Bolgheri 2006

Slow braised daube of beef, roast shallots, bacon and red wine sauce
'Tiara', Simonsig, Stellenbosch 2001

Warm peppered Criffel with salad of spiced walnut and apple
Bourgogne 'Cuvée de Pressonier', Domaine Joseph Roty,
Gevrey Chambertin 2004

Iced rhubarb parfait with rhubarb sorbet
Botrytis Semillon, Lowe Family Wines, Mudgee 2006

Coffee and petits fours

£48.00 per person
£85.00 per person with wines
This tasting menu is designed for the enjoyment
of all the guests at your table

A la carte menu:

First Dishes

Warm salad of Golden Cross goat's cheese and spiced fruit pastilla
with blood orange and hazelnut dressing 9.00

Warm salad of Anstruther lobster with coriander
and lobster dressing 14.00

Terrine of ham hough, rabbit and sweetbreads
with toasted brioche 11.00

Poached langoustines and leeks with langoustine bisque 9.50

Warm salad of wood pigeon, spiced apple, pomegranates
and sherry vinegar 8.00

Seared scallops, black pudding and sauce Diable 13.00

Second Dishes

Daube of Beef, roast shallot, bacon, broad beans and
red wine sauce 21.00

Roast brace of quail, wilted greens, salsify, radishes
and honey soy dressing 18.00

Roast rump of Pelham farm field-reared veal, puy lentils, morels
and wild garlic sauce 19.00

Wild halibut, razor clams, calamari provençale and
olive dressing 19.00

Roast red mullet, herb crushed ratte potatoes, fresh peas and
chorizo velouté 18.00

Risotto of wild leeks with broad beans, beetroot, aged Parmesan
and red pepper oil 16.00

- and to follow

Hot passion fruit soufflé with dark chocolate sorbet 8.00

Warm apple and hazelnut financier with maple syrup ice cream 8.00

Iced rhubarb parfait with rhubarb sorbet 8.00

Pavé of Amedei chocolate with pear sorbet 8.00

Mango mousse with coconut ice cream and marinated lime 8.00

Our selection of farmhouse cheese 9.00

A delicious home-made Continental breakfast is served in the sitting-room of your suite.

£175: Double or Twin bedded Suite.
£135: Double or twin as a single.
The price includes continental breakfast
served in your suite.

Special Offers and Luxury Breaks are often available.
Hogmanay at The Peat Inn : 2, 3 and 5 night stays
from £310.00 – £660.00 per person
Full details on request from Reception

Major Credit Cards accepted

The Peat Inn opening times:

Lunch & Dinner: Tuesday to Saturday.
Lunch: 12.30 for 1.00pm.
Dinner: 7.00pm.
Last orders 9.30pm.
Lunch is from £16.00
Dinner is from £32.00