We’ve been visiting this pub for several years, and it seems to get better every time we go. It’s situated just underneath the Forth Rail Bridge, and is a great place to stop off after a pleasant walk along the shore, or with visitors we want to wow with some classic Victorian (over)engineering. The food is good pub grub, with battered fish that hangs over the edge of your plate, and steak and ale pies decorated with crispy puff pastry lids. The atmosphere is friendly and family-oriented, and the service is good, if occasionally a bit slow. Not somewhere to go for a hard drinking session, but a lovely place for Sunday lunch.
We ventured over to Queensferry earlier this year and have gone back 3 times since and are staying at the Hawes Inn on New Year’s Eve, as we have found it a purely stunning place to visit. The meals and the rooms are so cosy at the Hawes Inn with a lovely continental breakie to boot.. The last time when we stayed over after our meal we walked down onto the slipway under the bridge and was absolutely spellbound by the beauty of the rail bridge.. my husband is an avid fan.. (and so am I now ..)