good places to eat in edinburgh
Feb 14th, 2005, 08:06 AM
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good places to eat in edinburgh
Recommendations for places to eat in Edinburgh? I love atmosphere better than food! (But, I cannot enjoy the atmosphere if I am paying an arm and a leg for bad food!)
Feb 15th, 2005, 12:48 AM
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What sort of food do you like ?
If you want gourmet, there are two restaurants with one Michelin star. Martin Wishart's in Leith is fantastic, especially if you have the six course tasting menu (which will all be cooked by the man himself). It's very high class but friendly and unstuffy. The other starred restaurant is Number One in the Balmoral but I haven't eaten there for quite a while. The ambience is more formal & traditional.
For Italian, La Partenope on Dalry Road is wonderful. The chef-proprietor & his food are Neapolitan & it's the best Italian food (especially seafood) I've had outside southern Italy. I was there just last night for a lovely Valentine's dinner & can especially recommend the seafood ravioli ! Unusually for an Italian restaurant, in the UK at any rate, even the desserts are home made & very good. They also have a very interesting list of southern Italian wines largely based on little known grape varieties. The ambience is very relaxed.
La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street is a small French restaurant specialising in cooking of the Languedoc where the chef-proprietor is from, as are all the wines. The food & the chef are both lovely and the ambience is correct but relaxed. If you sit near the window there is a view of Calton Hill & its monuments.
Black Bo's on Blackfriars Street does very interesting & innovative vegetarian cusine and is very casual.
Centotre on George Street is a busy, buzzy Italian caffe-bar offering everything from a drink to the full works.
If you want 'modern Scottish', Stac Polly on Grindlay Street is good.
When we have vistors we usually take them for Sunday lunch in Leith (the old docks area). There are lots of nice waterfront places, notably the Shore, where you can eat in the restaurant (non-smoking) or in the pub; Fisher's (the berst for fish) & the Waterfront.
Don't have fish & chips in Edinburgh !
If you want recommendations for any other specific types of cuisine, please ask.
If you want gourmet, there are two restaurants with one Michelin star. Martin Wishart's in Leith is fantastic, especially if you have the six course tasting menu (which will all be cooked by the man himself). It's very high class but friendly and unstuffy. The other starred restaurant is Number One in the Balmoral but I haven't eaten there for quite a while. The ambience is more formal & traditional.
For Italian, La Partenope on Dalry Road is wonderful. The chef-proprietor & his food are Neapolitan & it's the best Italian food (especially seafood) I've had outside southern Italy. I was there just last night for a lovely Valentine's dinner & can especially recommend the seafood ravioli ! Unusually for an Italian restaurant, in the UK at any rate, even the desserts are home made & very good. They also have a very interesting list of southern Italian wines largely based on little known grape varieties. The ambience is very relaxed.
La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street is a small French restaurant specialising in cooking of the Languedoc where the chef-proprietor is from, as are all the wines. The food & the chef are both lovely and the ambience is correct but relaxed. If you sit near the window there is a view of Calton Hill & its monuments.
Black Bo's on Blackfriars Street does very interesting & innovative vegetarian cusine and is very casual.
Centotre on George Street is a busy, buzzy Italian caffe-bar offering everything from a drink to the full works.
If you want 'modern Scottish', Stac Polly on Grindlay Street is good.
When we have vistors we usually take them for Sunday lunch in Leith (the old docks area). There are lots of nice waterfront places, notably the Shore, where you can eat in the restaurant (non-smoking) or in the pub; Fisher's (the berst for fish) & the Waterfront.
Don't have fish & chips in Edinburgh !
If you want recommendations for any other specific types of cuisine, please ask.
Feb 15th, 2005, 05:43 AM
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Other fine places include:-
The Brasserie in the Apex at Haymarket, the Marque Central in Grindlay Street, the Royal Bengal, just behind the Castle. The Hub at the top of the Mile. The Kalpna on the Bridges. The Siam Erewan in the New Town, Cafe Vittoria in Leith Walk
What do you mean, caroline, "Don't have fish & chips in Edinburgh". The Alba Dora is a fantastic chippie!
The Brasserie in the Apex at Haymarket, the Marque Central in Grindlay Street, the Royal Bengal, just behind the Castle. The Hub at the top of the Mile. The Kalpna on the Bridges. The Siam Erewan in the New Town, Cafe Vittoria in Leith Walk
What do you mean, caroline, "Don't have fish & chips in Edinburgh". The Alba Dora is a fantastic chippie!
Feb 15th, 2005, 07:57 AM
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Hi Sheila. I must admit I've never had fish & chips from the Alba Dora, even though I used to work just round the corner from it ! I'll have to make a point of doing so. Everywhere else I've had them in Edinburgh, the chips have been horrible & soft as opposed to crisp - I assumed that was just the way native Edinburghers liked them ? Along with the soft floppy pizza you get most places (Vittoria's being an honourable exception !).
