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The dining room at Ondine in Seaton House, St Andrews, with a long marble-topped bar on one side and tables by tall windows on the other.
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Ondine Oyster & Grill

A seafood restaurant and oyster bar in Seaton House on The Scores in St Andrews, looking over the West Sands.

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Welcome

Seafood lovers in Edinburgh knew Ondine for years, and now it has a lovely new home by the sea in St Andrews.

The restaurant is in Seaton House, a hotel on The Scores, with a long marble-topped bar down one side, tables by tall windows on the other, and a view out over the West Sands. The cooking celebrates fish and shellfish from Scotland's east coast with a few flavours from further afield, so the fish soup comes with saffron, orange and a harissa rouille, and the crab risotto with Spanish saffron and tarragon. Scottish beef, simply grilled, sits alongside the seafood too. Pull up a stool at the bar for oysters, with an oyster happy hour from 4pm to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Ondine is in the Michelin Guide. Dinner is served from Tuesday to Sunday, with lunch on Sundays from noon, and it's closed on Mondays, so book a table through Seaton House.

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Before you go

Tables or bar stools; book through Seaton House.

Where
Seaton House, 76 The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9BB.
Open
Dinner Tuesday to Sunday from 5pm, last orders 9.30pm; lunch on Sunday from noon. Closed Monday.
Oyster hour
Tuesday to Saturday, 4pm to 5pm.
Booking
Through Seaton House, by email or on 01334 796700.
Phone
01334 796700

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
4pm–9.30pm
Wednesday
4pm–9.30pm
Thursday
4pm–9.30pm
Friday
4pm–9.30pm
Saturday
4pm–9.30pm
Sunday
noon–9.30pm

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Where it is

In Seaton House, on The Scores above the West Sands in St Andrews, KY16 9BB.

Close byThe Scores and the West Sands.
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