The Waterside Bistro

Food was delicious and the staff were all very friendly and efficient. Well done guys.

We had put a note in the booking that we would be bringing our puppy. However the table we were given was on the busy path/isle to the toilets. staff let us move outside as puppy was getting overwhelmed with the traffic, thankfully a nice day

Welcome, seating and menu presentionincluding specials by waiting staff was excellent.

Unbelievable food and service. Best meal we have had in a long time. Would highly recommend 😋

I have been to The Waterside many times before for lunch. As always, found the food, service and staff all truly excellent. The menu is excellent value for money too. I would have no hesitation in recommending The Waterside to any of my friends and look forward to dining there again very soon.

Lovely relaxing lunch, well looked after by friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Amazing service and food! A very pleasant, relaxed evening. Throughly recommend the Waterside bistro!

Great service wonderful staff family business food excellent atmosphere lovely overall really lovely night will been back been there many times before and always very good.

Friendly welcome as usual. Prompt service. Good food. But it was impossibly noisy. The people at the next table were so loud that we were unable to hold a conversation. We left early.

Lovely friendly cosy restaurant/bar , great service and delicious food . Beautiful location and delightful traditional building. Thank you for a delightful afternoon

We had the most amazing meal in a beautiful restaurant. The manager and staff were excellent. Thoroughly recommend.

The restaurant bar area was pleasantly busy so had a nice atmosphere.

Friendly staff , great service , lovely setting , amazing food

As always, the Waterside delivers a wonderful experience. From the warm welcome from the superrb team, the beautiful cosy ambience and delicious food. Perfect!

Great Roast Beef and all the trimmings. Lovely bottle of red. Usual great service

Absolutely amazing food, atmosphere and staff. We will be back soon. Thanks you

Food and service was excellent. Varied menu to choose from and was good value.

Always a warm welcome by the owner who was also delighted that we’re local and supporting a local business. The Waterside has a cosy country pub atmosphere and the food is delicious. We had potted cod, crab and prawns to start followed by steak and spalebone of beef, finished off with Baileys cheesecake. Highly recommend.

theres still two months of winter to come then Spring

Excellent on a miserable wet day. Good food and good wine at a reasonable price. Staff were very attentive

Fabulous long lunch, from the moment we arrived until we left. Thank you.

Great. Very attentive staff, great surroundings and lovely food. Would definitely recommend 👌

Love this place. The staff, service snd food was brilliant

One of the best places to eat in East Lothian,lucky to have it as my local,lovely Team and the most amazing food.

Lovely staff very efficient and very welcoming and accommodating excellent

Lovely quiet lunch with only a few other diners , unusually . Fish & chips were great & a half fillet perfect quantity .

we ordered the salmon and seabass with salad and the breaded chicken with savoury rice and Thai red sauce which was very nice, followed by the Baileys profiteroles. Service excellent as always.

A wonderful, tasty roast beef lunch. James and Mark always make you feel so welcome. Cosy atmosphere, is a wee gem of a restaurant in Haddington!

Great location and food for a catch up with family.

We enjoyed the cod loin with veg and new potatoes and the turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Staff so friendly and obliging and the service of a high standard.

We had a fantastic family meal at the Waterside for Christmas Eve. The service is always so fantastic, friendly, and welcoming. The food was lovely and delicious and the menu had options for everyone. Such a great atmosphere and a wonderful way to spend Christmas Eve!

As usual, the food was exceptional and the staff are all just amazingly helpful. We love coming here. ❤️❤️ Consistency is the reason we return and that’s not easy to maintain but your bistro manages it so well. All the best for the festive season and we will see you in 2026. William & Mihai

Lovely location, nice festive atmosphere, good food and service. Will be back

The food was excellent in such a cosy inviting bistro. The most amazing staff welcoming, informative and extremely helpful. A very varied menu with good portion size and pricing. This is second time at the bistro and will certainly be visiting again in the near future.

Good quality food. Friendly staff . All round good in nice Surroundings

Great food, great atmosphere, excellent service, staff were brilliant 👍

Really nice place, lovely atmosphere, great service, food really high quality - takes quite a while from ordering to receive food but very worth it

Fantastic. Never disappoints; staff wonderful, food is plentiful and delicious. Highly recommend.

Good to see James again. Pate is as good as ever and an interesting choice of main.

We had a table for four for lunch. Impressed by the welcome ; table ready and service very good. Food was very good but we all felt the portion size was too much and could have been reduced. Will definitely go again

Food was great. The salmon starter was sensational..... two snippets of information though. A better description of the soup would have been helpful as it was VERY spicy but told to us as mildly spiced. 2 people tested it and commented it was "vindaloo hot" and we like hot food. One person asked for boiled potatoes, but they were new potatoes with skin on which wasnt what was asked for.

Fantastic staff and we felt so well taken care of plus great food.

Had a wonderful dinner with friends. Food, service and atmosphere are always consistently great at the Waterside. Its just a great place to spend an evening.

Lovely venue great staff and yummy food happy to go anytime

Delicious food and excellent service, lovely christmas feel to the restaurant

Never been here before but will be back. The menu is excellent. Venison casserole my husband had was delicious but as important, the vegetables were well cooked and varied. Godd selection of starters and half portion available. A great find. Busy with a friendly atmosphere. Would highly recommend.

Amazing evening! Fantastic food, wonderful service, the staff went out of their way to make us feel very welcome. Highly recommended!

First visit, for a birthday lunch. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Service and food excellent

Such a lovely venue. One of my favourite places on Haddington. Service is top notch. You are well looked after by the staff. It is a bit pricey though the quality is great.

As always such a good welcome and attention by James and his staff. It’s our annual event and will return next year for a wonderful day ! Tom Shearer MBE