Sara Mack
What a beautiful evening spent at the Waterside Bistro on 15 August 2023. The best meal I have ever tasted. Greeted with a warm welcome at the door and looked after from start til finish. Very friendly professional staff. Fresh bread and butter and bottled water all ready and waiting for us when we were seated. Mains were roast pork with black pudding, trio of fish, beef burger and chips. Desserts were chefs homemade chocolate mint cheesecake, and selection of ice cream. All portions were enormous!! One soft drink and 3 alcoholic drinks. £79 total.
Local produce lovingly prepared. We will be back. Just superb!
Ian Gibb
FANTASTIC place. Professional friendly helpful staff, excellent service, and GREAT food. We had potted crab n shrimp, pig cheek, and black pudding and olives. Then Burger with chips. I took a pic to show the burger, honestly, best burger I have ever had. Normally you get burger and think I could have gone burger King for half the price, but not with this one, it was sooooo tasty and juicy. Well worth the money
Beautiful surroundings and amazing place, what else could you ask for. You have definitely got three new regular customers
Phil Hope
A lovely venue, attentive staff and lovely food. The Guinea Fowl was cooked just right and the entire dish was very tasty. The chocolate delice was amazing. Thanks
Harry Scott
We happened upon the Waterside for lunch and so glad we did. Cucumber gazpacho (pic), pigs cheek and black pudding with applesauce and the pasta with peas and broad beans were all exceptional! I only wish we were going to be in the area for dinner!
Cameron Bertram
Bistro has both indoor and outdoor seating. Would say the standard of food and service is definitely above typical and has a nice buzzy vibe.
On a warm day you can sit outside right by the waterside where there are a good few benches and if none available there are more outdoor benches just around the corner.
Order starters as Prawn and Salmon which were both fantastic. The flavours in the Prawn dish were the best and the amount of Salmon was huge. See pictures.
Then main courses of Seabass and Chicken goujons. Seabass was the best and a great dish. Chicken was OK liked it but probably wouldn't order again... Whereas all the others would definitely order again.
Whilst sat seen some Fish and Chips come out and that plate looked HUGE.
The bistro also has some specials of the day.
Two starters two mains and two soft drinks approx £60.
Would recommend.
Greg Girard
Lovely bistro located at the side of the river. Menu was good and we enjoyed the battered fish supper. My son had the potted crab and really enjoyed it. The cider on tap was crisp and refreshing. Highly recommended
MarieLaure Alicia
Beautiful place to go for a delicious meal . The food was excellent and the service wonderful . They were very friendly and welcoming to us . Definitely worth the visit if you're in Haddington
Yvonne Smith
Took our adult kid's to celebrate 🍾 a birthday.
The Waterside is one of our favourite local eateries.
Love the use of local produce and a lovely menu that doesn't overwhelm with too much choice.
I had the pork loin....marvellous.
Great choice of wine and beers too.
Will always return. ❤
Maya Enov
Tasty food, cozy atmosphere, excellent service, and a very picturesque outdoor setting - highly recommended!
Νίκος Ταβλαδάκης
This place easily outranked all the other places we visited in Scotland... and we visited quite a few! Excellently positioned by the riverside, this place offers some really great food and drinks. The taste was simply majestic and the overall service was brilliant. We were lucky enough to secure a table, because the place was almost fully booked at the time of our visit. Possibly requires a reservation, but should you ever find yourselves in Haddington, make sure you pay a visit in this place!!!
Gail Hobot
Amazing food. Very friendly staff. Definitely recommend going.
Sandy Galloway
Great Service,Lovely People.
Lovely Food allways.
Beautiful Location.
Why wouldn't you ?
Ben White
Oh. My. God.
Stayed near Dunbar and found Haddington online when looking for a cafe to have breakfast one day. After looking around the area online I found some shops we wanted to visit (see cheese lady review!) And came across the waterside. Food looked amazing so our entire day ended up being planned around here, with walks, shops visits, cafe and walled gardens all being the before and after of here.
Was a lovely, hot day, I got there just after they opened for lunch and was very very lucky to get a table. Never thought to book. DO NOT make my mistake.
It was an incredibly hard choice for food. We had absolutely zero complaints. I don't like reviews like this but it left me speechless and so my review will be the same.
Thank you for the food, drinks and hospitality. Will be back anytime we end up in the area
Iain Gil
Edit - Came back again, staff were outstanding and the food was incredible.
Fancied trying a new place for lunch and saw good reviews here.
Sat outside with my dog.
Staff were excellent and very attentive.
Food was amazing, really impressed.
Definitely coming back here again.
Erika Lowe
We arrived on a Monday evening without a booking and were seated very quickly. It was a sunny day so we chose to sit outside by the river in what is a lovely setting.
The menu and specials offered a good choice. The food and service were excellent and it wasn't overpriced.
Definitely recommend and will be back again when we're in the area.
A B H
A wunderfull location that makes your day even it is rainy and windy outside. We felt a bit like coming home or visiting close friends... the staff here is doing an outstanding great job. Everything is well organised and we could recognize immediatley that the people working here do indeed love what they do..
Food was very well presented and tasted fantastic. This is the place to recommend for all who likes to be in a cosy warmhearted place with loveley people and fantastic food!
Will return for sure when back in Scotland!
Rcc
Stopped for a coffee and to take in the lovely views. Staff are both pleasant and professional. Will return for food on our next visit to Haddington.
Lillian Creen
Vegetarian risotto was too salty for my taste. Jerk cod was somewhat bland but the creamed corn was tasty. Large portions. Waiter was perfect. Overpriced. Lovely location but troublesome finding the bistro and the car park.
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