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The Road Hole Restaurant at the Old Course Hotel, St Andrews: tables, a long banquette and tall windows looking out over the course.
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Road Hole Restaurant

The restaurant on the fourth floor of the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews, looking over the 17th hole of the Old Course and the West Sands.

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Welcome

For a special dinner in St Andrews, it's hard to beat a table on the fourth floor of the Old Course Hotel.

The Road Hole Restaurant looks straight out over the famous 17th hole of the Old Course, often called the hardest hole in golf, with the West Sands and the sea stretching away beyond it. The menu follows the Scottish seasons, with West Coast scallop carpaccio, Peterhead cod, Borders lamb and butter-poached lobster, and a porterhouse to share if you're celebrating. Come dressed up for the occasion or straight from the course, as both are made welcome. Afternoon tea is served in the same room, with sandwiches, scones and patisserie and a choice of tea or Champagne, and it's a lovely way to see the view in daylight. Dinner is served every evening from 6pm to 9pm. The restaurant is reached by the hotel's main lifts, and there's an accessible toilet on the same floor.

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Before you go

Dinner every evening; book through the hotel.

Where
The fourth floor of the Old Course Hotel, Old Station Road, St Andrews, KY16 9SP.
Open
Dinner every day, 6pm to 9pm. Afternoon tea is also served here.
Booking
By phone or email to the hotel: 01334 474371, reservations@oldcoursehotel.co.uk.
Access
By the main lifts, with an accessible toilet on the same floor.
Phone
01334 474371

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
6pm–9pm
Tuesday
6pm–9pm
Wednesday
6pm–9pm
Thursday
6pm–9pm
Friday
6pm–9pm
Saturday
6pm–9pm
Sunday
6pm–9pm

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Where it is

On the fourth floor of the Old Course Hotel, beside the 17th hole of the Old Course, St Andrews, KY16 9SP.

Close byThe Old Course and the West Sands.
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  2. Illuminated display panels line a dark museum gallery with glowing floor exhibitsThe R&A World Golf MuseumThe museum of golf at St Andrews, beside the Old Course, telling over 400 years of the game through thousands of objects, with a putting green inside.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. The bar at Haar in St Andrews, with wooden stools at a stone-topped counter, blue armchairs and its awards on the wall.HaarDean Banks's restaurant with rooms on Golf Place in St Andrews, fifty metres from the Old Course, with a tasting menu of Scottish seafood and produce.Under a mile as the crow flies
  4. 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.Ondine Oyster & GrillA seafood restaurant and oyster bar in Seaton House on The Scores in St Andrews, looking over the West Sands.Under a mile as the crow flies
  5. Tables in the glass-walled dining room of the Seafood Ristorante, St Andrews, with the sea and the beach beyond the windows.The Seafood RistoranteA glass-walled seafood restaurant over the beach at St Andrews Bay, behind the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, cooking local fish with an Italian touch.Under a mile as the crow flies
  6. Autumn leaves drape over a grey gable reading "OVE ARDER" above a stone entranceBalgove LarderA farm shop, butchery, cafe and Steak Barn at Strathtyrum just outside St Andrews, selling food grown and reared on the farm.Under a mile as the crow flies
  7. St Andrews West SandsSt Andrews West SandsAlmost two miles of sand beside the golf links at St Andrews, where the opening of Chariots of Fire was filmed, backed by protected dunes.Under a mile as the crow flies
  8. St Andrews Castle, the ruined gatehouse range and tower on the green above the sea.St Andrews CastleThe ruined castle of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews beside the sea, with a bottle dungeon and the ornate Hamilton Façade.Under a mile as the crow flies
Directions
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