The Peat Inn
Lending its name to the hamlet that grew up around it, this former coaching inn turned restaurant-with-rooms held Scotland’s first Michelin Star in 1987. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
Lending its name to the hamlet that grew up around it, this former coaching inn turned restaurant-with-rooms held Scotland’s first Michelin Star in 1987. It has been owned since 2006 by Katherine and (chef) Geoffrey Smeddle, and regained that coveted star in 2010. Guide inspectors who arrived in the evening reported a friendly welcome. ‘The cheery lady at reception kindly moved her car to make space for us to park.’ They were shown to one of the suites in a separate building (all but one are split level). It was ‘pretty and light, with silver-sprigged wallpaper and botanical prints’. A mezzanine lounge had tea and coffee facilities, ‘sherry, apples, home-made brownies’, and a view of grazing sheep and alpacas. Drinks were served in a lounge with a log fire, while one of three dining rooms had ‘Mad Men-esque decor with orange and teal menus and cushions’. A tasting menu included ‘a beautiful smoked trout and caviar plate’, halibut gravadlax, pork cheek and more. ‘Each dish tasted and looked wonderful.’ Breakfast in the suite was ‘also fantastic’. ‘“Continental” doesn’t do it justice.’
Hotel details
Address
Peat Inn
Cupar
Fife
KY15 5LH
Scotland
Telephone
01334 840206
Bedrooms
8. All suites, on ground floor in annexe, 7 split-level, 1 suitable for disabled.
Open
all year except 1 week Christmas, 1 week Jan, open from 28 Dec for New Year, restaurant closed Sun/Mon.
Facilities
lounge in restaurant, in-room TV (terrestrial), ½-acre garden, restaurant wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
in restaurant.
Children
all ages welcomed, no under-7s at dinner, no under-14s unaccompanied in suite.
Dogs
not allowed.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B single £220–£245, double £240–£265. À la carte £65, tasting menu £78.
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