When the hoardings at the corner of the Royal Mile and Bridges went up, I had never heard of Byron. When, a couple of months later, C. and I decided to meet after work for a quick dinner – some days, neither of us can be bothered to cook –…
The Atelier is an elegant, under-stated restaurant on Morrison Street, Edinburgh. The large glass windows that face the street hide an oasis of calm. Chairs are comfortable and the colour scheme sticks to welcoming and warm browns, reds and oranges which suits the slate wall in the main dining space. Service is friendly,…
There’s something very exciting happening on the Dalkeith Road in Edinburgh. Those in the know are frequent visitors to Edinburgh Food Studio. This is food at its most interesting. We first came across Ben Reade when he gave a talk about the Nordic Food Lab. Then last year, he and David Crabtree…
It’s Monday night and a piper in full regalia is making a sweet racket. I smile as I pass him to enter the restaurant he is guarding. It’s Burns night and I’m going to The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen for Burns supper. Waiting to warm me from the cold…
What makes a great date night restaurant? With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, many of us may be thinking of celebrating. Although I would go along with many others who now choose to eat on a night other than the 14th. Sitting in Dine with Stuart Muir – the new…
A trip to a fancy restaurant is always a treat but the fantastic weather on Skye the day we visited Three Chimneys made the visit near perfect. Crisp blue skies, still green lochs, sunlight bouncing off the bright white cottage. Better still, as soon as we pulled up, the smell…
VDeep is very much a place you feel at home, you could almost kick off your shoes under the table. It’s a place for good craft beer some of which is used in the dishes on the menu. Set up by comedian and presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli, it’s somewhere you’ll…
Ever since the I read about it at the Christmas menu taster evening in October I’ve had my eye on Café Rouge’s snail ragout: mushrooms and snails in a creamy sauce, scented with truffle oil, tucked in under a blanket of flaky pastry. So when C and I went to…
I recently was fortunate enough to be invited to an opening event at The Kilted Lobster, a new restaurant specialising in seasonal Scottish produce in Stockbridge. Not only was the food delicious and interesting, but the owners have a strong sense of social responsibility and have demonstrated this through their…
Henderson’s have been an Edinburgh favourite for over 50 years and played a key part in making vegetarian food accepted in Edinburgh. Their new, third restaurant has now opened in Holyrood. The restaurant has a fresh feel, with simple decoration and neutral colours (in line with the recent redecoration of…
