East Lothian<\/a> and the West Coast, game from the Highlands and Scottish beef.\n<\/p>\n\n The Best of the Best award is determined by customer reviews over a 12-month period.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n With more than 8 million listings, TripAdvisor said fewer than 1% of businesses achieve the \u201cBest of the Best\u201d milestone.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Witchery has averaged a 4.2 star rating on the travel website while racking up more than 11,700 reviews.\n<\/p>\n
\n One delighted customer said: \u201cAmazing place. Very atmospheric. Delicious food and great service. A short wait for our pre-booked table but it was worth it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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\n A second left a five star review saying: \u201cWent to The Witchery for our anniversary, and safe to say it\u2019s one of the best experiences we\u2019ve had.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe food, service, ambiance, everything were all top notch. HIGHLY recommend.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Meanwhile, a third said \u201cWe had the most amazing romantic lunch 2 course at the Witchery.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was magical with the atmosphere top notch. Make a reservation here well in advance its a wonderful experience. The food and service was fantastic!\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The restaurant’s ancient stone walls, candlelight and gothic interiors are frequently commended in customers’ reviews as one person commented \u201cit feels like a fairytale- lots of candles, velvet chairs, and old-style charm\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
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\n TripAdvisor said: \u201cThe Travellers\u2019 Choice Awards Best of the Best title celebrates the highest level of excellence in travel.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s awarded to those who receive a high volume of above-and-beyond reviews and opinions from the Tripadvisor community over a 12-month period.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOut of our eight million listings, fewer than one per cent achieve this milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The TripAdvisor Travellers\u2019 Choice Awards Best of the Best title celebrates the \u201chighest level of excellence\u201d and is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-491770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}