Food and drink in Fife

Distilleries and breweries

• Lindores Abbey Distillery, Newburgh: Beside the abbey ruins linked to the earliest written record of Scotch whisky, from 1494. Tours run daily. Website
• Kingsbarns Distillery, near St Andrews: A whisky distillery in restored farm buildings, with Darnley’s Gin next door. Tours, a café and a shop. Website
• Eden Mill, Guardbridge: Gin and whisky, in a new distillery and visitor centre opened in 2025, with a rooftop bar looking over the Eden Estuary. Website
• St Andrews Brewing Co, St Andrews: Craft beer bars in the town centre, with brewery tours at weekends. Website
• Futtle, St Monans: An organic brewery at Bowhouse. Website

Farm shops and markets

• Bowhouse, St Monans: A food hub with a butcher, café and market garden, and market weekends most months. Website
• Balgove Larder, St Andrews: Farm shop, butchery, café and a steak barn, with summer night markets. Website
• Cairnie Fruit Farm, near Cupar: Pick your own in season, a giant maze, play areas and a tearoom. Website
• Pillars of Hercules, Falkland: An organic farm shop and café, running since 1983. Website

Seafood and treats

• Anstruther Fish Bar, Anstruther: A former UK Fish and Chip Shop of the Year, on the harbour front. Website
• Crail harbour lobster hut, Crail: In summer, lobster and crab cooked to order and eaten by the harbour wall.
• Jannetta’s Gelateria, St Andrews: A family-run ice cream shop on South Street for more than a century. Website
• Fisher & Donaldson, Cupar and St Andrews: A Fife bakery since 1919, known locally for its fudge doughnuts. Website

A special meal

The Peat Inn, near Cupar: Fife’s Michelin-starred restaurant, held since 2010. Book well ahead. Website

Cooking at home

Every one of our holiday homes has a fully equipped kitchen, so pick up fish from the harbour, meat from a farm shop and vegetables from a market and make a night of it.

Opening times and prices change through the year, so check the official website before you set off.