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The Cheesy Toast Shack on the boardwalk at East Sands, its painted name on a pink wall beside the serving hatch and the menu of toasties above.
St Andrews

The Cheesy Toast Shack

A toastie shack on the boardwalk at East Sands in St Andrews, toasting grilled cheese sandwiches to order beside the beach since 2015.

Welcome

A toastie by the sea is one of the simple pleasures of a day in St Andrews, and The Cheesy Toast Shack is the place to get one.

It's a little hatch on the boardwalk at East Sands, below the sailing club, with the beach and the old harbour right beside you. Everything is toasted to order, and the mac and cheese toastie is the famous one, alongside Red Leicester with sweet chilli jam, buffalo chicken and a New Yorker with pastrami and gherkins. There are breakfast rolls in the morning, a vegan special, coffee, milkshakes and cakes, and it has been making toasties here since 2015. Take yours down onto the sand, and keep an eye on the gulls while you eat. It's open every day, with a queue that moves quickly on a sunny weekend, and dogs and children are very welcome.

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Before you go

No booking: order at the hatch and eat on the sand.

Where
Woodburn Place, on the boardwalk at East Sands, St Andrews, KY16 8LA.
Open
Every day: Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm.
Food
Toasties made to order, breakfast rolls in the morning, a vegan special, coffee, milkshakes and cakes.
Dogs and children
Both welcome.
Parking
A car park and street parking by the beach.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–4pm
Tuesday
9am–4pm
Wednesday
9am–4pm
Thursday
9am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9am–5pm
Sunday
9am–5pm

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Where it is

On the boardwalk at East Sands, below the St Andrews Sailing Club, at the south end of the town by the old harbour, KY16 8LA.

Close byEast Sands and the old town.
  1. Stone archway framing the ruined tower and walls of St Andrews CathedralSt Andrews CathedralThe ruins of what was once Scotland's largest church, begun in 1160 and dedicated in 1318, at the east end of St Andrews beside St Rule's Tower.Under a mile as the crow flies
  2. St Rule's Tower and cathedral ruins overlooking a walled graveyard in St AndrewsSt Rule’s TowerThe 33-metre tower of the church of St Rule, built about 1130 in the grounds of St Andrews Cathedral, perhaps a beacon for pilgrims.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. 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
  4. Battered fish and chips with tartare sauce and a lemon sliceCromarsA fish and chip shop at 1 Union Street in St Andrews, with angel-cut haddock, a covered terrace and a dog menu, open every day from 11.30am.Under a mile as the crow flies
  5. St AndrewsSt AndrewsA town on the Fife coast with Scotland's first university, the home of golf, and the ruins of a great cathedral and a bishops' castle.Under a mile as the crow flies
  6. 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
  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.2 miles as the crow flies
  8. The wide golden sand of Kingsbarns Beach at low tide under a blue sky with big white clouds, the dunes and woods curving away along the shore.Kingsbarns BeachTwo miles of golden sand backed by dunes at Kingsbarns, between St Andrews and Crail, known locally as Cambo Sands, with the Fife Coastal Path along it.6 miles as the crow flies
Directions
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