A warm welcome awaits
Set in the heart of East Lothian’s enchanting coastal village of Gullane, The Bonnie Badger is a modern Scottish restaurant with rooms. Dine in the restaurant, gather in the garden, relax in the bar or games room, or stay in one of the individually designed bedrooms. The location is perfect for exploring the beautiful East Lothian coast.
Second time at Bonnie Badger and same issues so felt impelled to leave a review this time. On this occasion we booked a table in the pub/bar area for food and drinks. Entered through the hotel/restaurant entrance and both reception desks were unmanned so made our way directly to the bar area. Advised a member of staff we had a table booked and he went to grab a couple of menus. At this point a female member of staff who we later established was based at reception, passive aggressively suggested if we had waited to be seen the reception we’d be seated sooner and hoped this doesn’t spoil our meal. Not entirely sure what she was implying but it absolutely wasn’t welcomed and quite frankly left me annoyed for the rest of our visit. We ordered drinks (Guinness and a soft drink). Aware this is petty but the Guinness arrived in a tankard style beer glass and not a Guinness pint glass which is just wrong. Like serving a dram in a high ball glass. We ordered olives with our drinks which never arrived so had to ask for these to be removed from the bill. No apology received. Main meals were fantastic. Steak pie was amazing and visually stunning for a pie. No one came to check at any point if our meal was satisfactory and we had to flag staff down for more drinks. All in all the food is magic but the service just isn’t up to scratch.
Second time here to eat, seafood is always amazing, but also the pub/ bar food. Have vegetarian and vegan options. Today service/ kitchen was a bit slow but staff very friendly. Are dog friendly too which is great. In the summer, outdoor seating with BBQ was fantastic.
Second visit as a party of 4. The young lad looking after our table did a great job. We ordered bar snacks, mains and a meal off the children's menu. There was a bit of a wait for our drinks. Shortly after the bar snack plates were cleared the children's meal arrived but none of the other mains arrived. We weren't asked or advised the children's meal would come out as soon as it was ready so we didn't eat together. There was no rush for the children's meal as it was for a 10 year old. We had to ask for gravy for the children's sausage and mash. The sausages in both the children and adults sausage and mash were extremely salty. The vegetable side dishes were tasty. I will return to see what it's like in the summer.
Fantastic nights stay with breakfast and evening meal. From the moment we walked in the welcome was warm and sincere, nothing was too much of an effort. The hotel was super clean, smelt lovely and has excellent decor, we were in the sandy loan loft room, very comfortable bed and bathroom with excellent shower and underfloor bathroom heating. Evening meal was superb, even getting me sliced green apple for my cheese course, not many restaurants manage that task. Breakfast again was elevated to an occasion not just a meal from the freshly squeezed orange juice to the most delicious bacon roll and full Scottish. Nice touch on leaving with a gift of homemade flapjacks and water 👏👏👏👏
Had a lovely afternoon and great food with a Christmas voucher over a year old. Excellent food, lovely staff/atmosphere in the restaurant,then we played pool in the bar before enjoying the sun in the terrace garden. All reasonably priced for the quality of attention & produce.
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Opening Times
| Mon | 07:00 – 23:00 | |
| Tue | 07:00 – 23:00 | |
| Wed | 07:00 – 23:00 | |
| Thur | 07:00 – 00:00 | |
| Fri | 07:00 – 00:00 | |
| Sat | 07:00 – 00:00 | |
| Sun | 07:00 – 22:30 |
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