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Coffee, a cappuccino and a square of tablet on a wooden table in the tearoom's courtyard, with blue fencing, pot plants and the sea beyond.
Fife

Crail Harbour Gallery and Tearoom

A tearoom and gallery in the cellars of a 17th-century cottage on Crail's Shoregate, with a courtyard looking over the Firth of Forth to the Isle of May.

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Welcome

The tearoom at Crail Harbour Gallery is on Shoregate, the medieval street that runs down to Crail's little harbour, in the cellars of a 17th-century fisherman's cottage.

Inside there are flagstone floors, old stone walls and beams, with paintings by the Fife artist DS Mackie on the walls and cards and gifts to browse.

Outside, a sheltered courtyard looks straight out over the Firth of Forth to the Isle of May. Every hot drink comes with a piece of homemade Scottish tablet. For lunch there are toasted paninis, hot smoked salmon or marinated herring with dill, and warm scones and homemade cakes to finish. It's open every day and they don't take bookings, so just turn up and find a seat in the sun. There's free street parking near the harbour.

Round the cornerReilly and Sons Lobster HutA family lobster hut at Crail harbour, cooking locally caught crab and lobster, open on summer weekend afternoons.1 min by roadSee itCooked lobster halves on a white plate atop a wooden picnic table
Before you go

Open every day, 10am to 5pm, indoors and in the courtyard, with a takeaway menu too.

No advance bookings. Dogs are welcome.

Where
Shoregate, on the way down to Crail harbour.
Hours
Every day, 10am to 5pm.
Booking
No advance bookings.
Dogs
Welcome.
Parking
Free on the street near the harbour.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–5pm
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–5pm
Friday
10am–5pm
Saturday
10am–5pm
Sunday
10am–5pm
Where it is

Shoregate, Crail, Fife KY10 3SU.

Close byAround Crail.
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  2. Woman in red dress stands beneath "The Beehive Crail" shop signThe Beehive, CrailA cafe and gift shop in a historic coach house on Crail's High Street, with speciality coffee, light lunches, home baking, local ice cream and art.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. CrailCrailThe most easterly village of the East Neuk of Fife, an ancient royal burgh with a tiny stone harbour, a Dutch-style tolbooth and fresh lobster in season.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. Wooden ladder rises through a stone dovecote's spiralling nesting boxes to daylight aboveThe Priory Doocot, CrailA white-harled beehive doocot of the 1500s on the shore at Crail, restored with its revolving ladder and tiers of nesting boxes inside.Under a mile1 min by road
  5. Crail Golfing SocietyCrail Golfing SocietyOld Tom Morris's Balcomie links on the rocky shore at Fife Ness, home to a golf club founded at Crail in 1786.2 miles5 min by road
  6. Aerial view of a walled garden with circular hedge maze and vegetable plotsCambo GardensA walled garden and woodland estate near Kingsbarns in Fife, in the same family for over 300 years, famous for its snowdrops and its borders.3 miles5 min by road
Directions
Cooked lobster halves on a white plate atop a wooden picnic tableRestaurantsReilly and Sons Lobster HutA step away
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Anstruther Fish Bar's blue frontage, marked winner of Takeaway of the YearRestaurantsAnstruther Fish Bar4.0 miles
Row of white and grey houses along a sandy shoreline under grey skiesAttractionsAnstruther4.0 miles
Shop window display of framed paintings, patterned ceramics and heart-shaped dish, harbour reflected in glassRestaurantsThe Dory, Pittenweem5.3 miles
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Stay nearby

Places to stay near the tearoom, and when each is next free.

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Free 2–4 NovFifies, FifeFifies
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