Dakota Bar and Grill in Edinburgh, City of

Normally have a very good meal here. Chicken liver parfait, Halibut and side of boiled potatoes. Biscuits and cheese to finish. All tasted fine and well presented. However later that night very bad gastric upset. Alright I should have reported it on checking out but at 0410 I had other things on my mind such as getting to Edinburgh Airport to catch a flight at 0720

This was our third visit this year, this time for our anniversary. Had a lovely late lunch, the staff are very friendly and welcoming. The food as always was delicious, we both had the fillet steaks with a couple of sides to share. The steaks were cooked perfectly (one rare and one medium rare) and just seem to melt away in your mouth. We will be back again!

Excellent although the bar server ( lady in suit) delivered our drinks without saying a word! I said Iv also ordered a water to be told "I know"! Other than that small attitude problem and meal not piping hot it was excellent and we have visited all Dakota's except eurocentral

Lovely setting. Excellent food and good range of drinks. All beautifully presented. Staff super friendly and helpful. Great location for a relaxed catch-up lunch.

The food delivered to the table for the evening meal had different ingredients to those stated in the menu. The wine that was ordered was good but 250 ml was provided when 375 ml was ordered. The invoice was for 375. Service was poor. Nothing arrived on the table for 30 minutes after sitting down and then three courses in 15 minutes. Not the experience that was anticipated. Breakfast was quite good with good service.

Fabulous experience. Nothing was too much trouble. Lovely, friendly, chatty staff. Great stop over when driving north or south

We had two meals in the grill during our stay in the hotel both experiences were positive. Starters were really good and well presented. Mains for 1st night were rigatoni, which were large portions and high quality, full of flavour. Our server was lovely and very attentive. 2nd night mains fillet steak cooked to perfection, and my wife had spiced Dahl which she said was delicious, truffle chips with Parmesan to die for. Staff really professional and friendly, we will come again.

£12 for a starter and some mains at £26 seem just a little steep for a hotel in South Queensferry. However, the quality of the food almost justified the prices. The squid starter was extremely fresh and tasty; the fish and chips plentiful and melt-in-the-mouth soft and the apple tart desert was just right. The wine menu is extensive and mostly reasonable (£44 for a bottle of NZ sauvignon blanc). The service was spot on, not too fussy and just at the right pace. The restaurant wasn't busy so I can't comment on what it would be like if it was. Overall, if you are staying at the hotel and want to not bother going out, then I would highly recommend it. I'm unsure whether we would specifically go to the hotel for just the food though as lovely as it was...!

Top notch service , especially from Breejet (apologies for spelling) and her husband. They made our time in the bar and grill amazing to see the least. Breejet went above and beyond for us and I'm still not believing this lovely lady is 50 years old. They are both an absolute asset to Dakota bar and grill. Big hugs to both. We will be back.😘

This is the second time here it’s amazing ambience the staff are so lovely and welcoming they go above and beyond Stuart was very professional and Ryan yet again kept us entertained and the alcohol flowing superb company to be around yet again can’t thank them enough really made our stay amazing

Würde nicht nochmal hier essen, der Fisch und die Kartoffel waren geschmacklos und total zerkocht , mein Mann sagte die Steaks waren ok , Dessert ebenfalls nicht besonders

Driving around for sightseeing and looking for a late lunch. At 3pm only bar menu was available but enough to indulge. Very charming decoration, great food, nice wines and excellent service. Very kind and knowledgeable staff. The sourdough bread with Venetian dip was quite remarkable and the battered fish and chips quite big and tasty. The place exceeded our expectation definitely… its a bar and grill of a pretty large hotel.

Food was beautiful, I have a teenager and 8 year old and food was suitable for both. Staff were friendly and accommodating

OK meal but no where on the drinks or food menu does it mention all price are exclusive of vat .A set menu price in any other restaurant is what you pay ,not set menu plus 20%. Will not be back.

Great Good, amazing staff. My partner and I had a brilliant time here. The food was delicious and the Server was polite and knowledgeable about the food and wine, I believe the chaps name was Kenneth. Would recommend.

The food is lovely however the service is extremely slow. Maybe short staffed but it took over 30 mins on for order to be taken. One evening I left as everyone was getting served around me but not me.

Have been staying at the hotel for the last 6 weeks on business. It’s always a worry what the hotel is going to be like when you have to stay there that long. Absolutely no worries whatsoever , the staff could not be more friendly or helpful. The restaurant is excellent, with a very varied selection on the a la carte menu and breakfast menu, all professionally run by Sabato ( Sam ) amongst others . Also a very extensive whisky list if that’s your flavour .

What an experience the Dakota Hotel & restaraunt is. Visited for a dinner one Saturday night with my partner and was greeted by the front of house staff with such a friendly demeanour. Superb staff and even better food. Highly recommend. Atmosphere is exquisite for a relaxing and charming evening. Retired to the bar area after dinner for a cocktail which was cosy and beautiful. Can’t recommend enough. Food is exquisite and drinks are great. Will definitely be back.

Excellent stay, ambience and food as always. Only concern is the trend towards the use of long lasting hard mattresses that prevent the best night’s sleep. The protruding mattress base is also a shin catcher - ouch!

Beautiful hotel. Very welcoming, friendly, spotlessly clean and fabulous food. The perfect place for a relaxing treat.

Efficient, professional, pleasant staff. Decor is rather brutalist, lightened by colourful but crude and gaudy murals. Ghastly muzak plays interminably. Excellent, imaginative nouvelle cuisine cooking.

I had requested a quiet table. We were given a table in the middle of the floor, close to the bar. My partner asked if we could have the table behind it and was told ‘no’ (although the 3 people who came later did not...

Have never been disappointed with our visits for food which is lovely. Surroundings great with a nice ambience. Only disappointment is the lack of choice of non alcoholic drinks. My husband was only offered one type of non alcoholic lager. There is numerous varieties of...

Our waiter was very knowledgeable and helpful. I like that he checked if we needed anything for our baby. I like the fact he advised on 15min wait for what was a sublime chocolate fondant. Drinks were slow out and delivery of drinks and dessert...

The food and service were excellent in the restaurant. Lovely to have such delicious seasonal choices.

Another fantastic meal at Dakota. The staff were friendly and welcoming as always. Service was great but not rushed in any way. The menu had some changes since our last visit and the new options were delicious.

The room and dining were great with the exception of needing electrical outlets near mirrors to make using the in-room hair dryer easier, and near the bed for using CPAP equipment.

The food was excellent, as was the service. However, when I booked, I asked for (and was told I could have) the "caged off" table for more privacy, but when we arrived we were assigned a large round one in the middle of the restaurant...

Dakota Bar & Grill in South Queensferry is a delight to visit . Great enthusiastic team delivering excellent attentive service. Food is exceptional at very fair prices. We had fillet steak and halibut - delicious . Also has a nice wine list again at reasonable...

Recently visited the Dakota Bar and Grill just outside Edinburgh near the river crossings. The Edinburgh Dakota has a kind of TARDIS quality where as soon as you enter the "black brick" architecture, the outside world is forgotten and you have entered a beautiful hotel...

My husband and I were picking up friends from Edinburgh airport and decided to have lunch at the Dakota bar and Grill, the staffer very attentive and the lunch was exceptional.Will definitely be back

Excellent stay, highly recommend. Staff were extremely polite and even received a drink on the house on arrival. Food and bar service were very fast and the food was amazing.

Welcome was lukewarm. Cocktail menu in hand we were asked to take a seat and someone would take our order. Fifteen minutes later there was no sign of any service so I had to order at the bar. Now, I’m a local and like the...

Dakota never disappoints. Had the meal deal menu, which had some great selections. All 3 courses were superb. First class cuisine, excellent value. Staff were attentive, friendly and helpful. Great ambience, with well lit table and lovely music. It was my 46th anniversary and I...

The food was really nice but the service could absolutely be improved on. When we were sat down we had literally only been given our menus for a minute before a different member of staff asked if we were ready to order. We asked for...

We dined as a 7 the night before our wedding that was held there, the food exceptional, the service faultless at an extremely reasonable price for food and drinks

We had three fish dishes: breaded fish & chips, halibut and sea bass. The only one we'd order again is the halibut. The breaded fish was saturated with fat to the point the coating was inedible. Despite asking for the potatoes accompanying the sea bass...

I recently booked for an overnight stay along with my wife, we've stayed here a few times and have always been very satisfied with the experience but on this occasion we were slightly disappointed. We had booked the restaurant and pre ordered the Chateaubriand as...

Lovely night away from the kids at the Dakota , good food & drink in lovely surroundings..one of our fave venues and Alexander our waiter was fab, looking after us from dinner to drinks to end of the night with professionalism and humour :-) A...

The location suited us as we had a charity event to attend early next day. The food was excellent. Staff we spoke to were chatty and pleasant

great hotel. clean and great food in the restaurant. service a little slow was the only criticism. would stay again no problem

Really nice check in experience, felt valued for choosing to book the Dakota. Really lovely restaurant attached and nice to sit in lobby area for evening drinks. Nice atmosphere. We had champagne and canapés brought to our room on arrival which was a lovely touch....

Over priced hotel,Unintersted staff,informed reception what time we landed but shuttle service was still 1 hour late on airport pickup. Arrived at the hotel 20.55 and was told that the restaurant stopped service at 21.30 and was full Total disgrace and will never use this...

Really poor service we were seated for 18-45pm asked for still table water to then be greeted with a small over priced bottle of still water next came the gratis goats cheese not made aware that the small bowl was actually roasting so burnt 2...

Having spent 2 hours at our table and only being served one course we left in disgust after registering our concerns with the manager.

The hotel is stylish but has very little natural light or air. It’s probably me. I’m missing the point. In fact I didn’t get the concept at all. The extractor in the bathroom didn’t work and the shower leaked. There was one hand towel to...

wonderful reception staff, really helpful and knowledgeable about the area. rooms so comfortable and the food served in the grill bar of very good quality.

Excellent hotel, breakfast fabulous. Ideal location for trips into the city. Rooms spotless and extremely comfortable. All the staff were delightful.

Excellent service and food was of great quality and well presented. Nice ambience, Will definitely return for another visit

5 out of 5 because the food was excellent and service also very good. I had Fish and Chips and my friend had the lamb, which he raved about. Might have the lamb next time! Tempura Prawn starter was outstanding. Had a Negroni in the...

Lovely clean modern rooms, friendly staff and amazing food. Transport into Edinburgh by regular train or bus service.

Cuisine internationale assez moyenne, menus éclectiques voir incohérents, malgré des bons ingrédients. Service amateuriste, peut-être parce nous sommes en période...

Absolutely stunning quality food and drink in a beautiful but relaxed dining space. Service was fantastic and our waitress, Brigitte, was so friendly and helpful. We'll definitely return.

Having been working in Edinburgh for 7 months, unfortunately this was the only time that I stayed at the Dakota. I wish I had stayed earlier as I would definitely have used more often. The staff were excellent, very professional and friendly. The food was...

The restaurant/bar area is also very nice with a good selection of food and drinks. The only major downfall is the gratuity situation. 10% discretionary tip is automatic added to the bill for both the restaurant and bar. The first night we arrived we decided...

Laura, Tom, Jamie and Evan provided efficient and attentive service and made sure we were taken care of very well. The food was amazing it arrived quick and was easily the best meal I have tasted and washed down with very well made cocktails. Would...

Ate dinner here whilst staying in the hotel. Great choice of food and good atmosphere with low lighting. Food quite expensive but great quality and generous portion sizes. Couldn’t make it to dessert! Breakfast the following morning was a little disappointing. Service was slow and...

As always, fantastic and helpful staff who make you feel genuinely welcome. The chateaubriand is highly recommended and wonderful, also, to have a selection of ice creams and sorbets outside of the usual. Many thanks! One minor grizzle, the a/c read 17c but the room...

We came here with friends for Sunday lunch. The food was excellent, including the vegetarian menu. Table service was attentive and friendly, but service from the kitchen should have been a bit quicker, particularly as the restaurant was not very busy. Overall, thoroughly recommended.

A lovely place to lunch. Lots of nice fish dishes, and the service is very good. Food is beautifully presented. Chips and pea purée were excellent. Fish was flaky and moist; batter was crisp rather than melt in the mouth. Maybe a little too salty,...

The best hotel in Edinburgh in my opinion. Great location to the motorways, fantastic rooms, service and food I've been staying at the Dakota for over 14 years now.

We shared the Chateaubriand which was absolutely delicious and cooked to perfection. The service was good, so all in all a very pleasant evening.

Just fantastic food and drinks. The service was super good. We absolutely love this place so it was perfect to take our guests from overseas. It did not disappoint!!

Wonderful staff, extremely helpful and happy to attend to every need and nothing was a problem. They made our 7 year old feel very special. Very clean comfortable room. Boys loved that their teddies were arranged in a fun way, they couldn't wait to get...

Food was lovely….good, fresh ingredients and a strong menu to choose from. Enjoyed what we ordered. The service let’s the place down…inattentive with a complete lack of consistency. Vibe from various servers being that they didn’t want to be there, appeared happier whilst messing around...

Lovely restaurant, wonderful staff,so courteous and professional, beautiful meal , couldn’t be happier. We will be back.

Apart from the fact that the chairs were too low for the tables and required a cushion to sit on to enable the guest to sit at a comfortable height, the experience was satisfactory. The service was good and the food reasonable. Breakfast service was...

Our meal was first class and the service was good, but the ridiculously low seating needs to be sorted.

Myself and my husband were gifted an overnight stay at the dakota in Edinburgh as a surprise from my parents as we are due baby number 3 and it will be a long time before we have the opportunity for another night away. We couldn't...

Can’t praise the Dakota Queensferry highly enough. Even though the hotel fully booked the staff were friendly and attentive and nothing was too much bother for them. The food in the restaurant was of an extremely high standard and the portions were spot on. If...

Very sorry to say that the restaurant was not up to its pre-covid standards. We were left waiting for missing dishes, with some never actually arriving without any mention of one dish not being available. Multiple discrepancies on the bill that needed correcting. When spending...

Very impressed with this hotel, nice theme throughout, clean and fresh, attentive staff and excellent restaurant. Loved the shaggy dog in reception, patted him on the head every time I passed. My only gripe would be the shower, took me a while to fathom how...

I love Dakota hotels and have never thought about meeting for lunch. The hotel doesn’t have the views of some of the south queensferry restaurants but what it does have is better service and outstanding food! Can’t recommend the restaurant highly enough, the staff are...

Stayed here for the previous 7 years during Highland Show with our company and the service this year has been shocking. Over one hour wait for mains and drinks order not much better. One bar staff on duty. No hand towels in bathroom and no...

Lovely hotel , Staff we’re very attentive. Room was clean and comfy and bottles of water were there which was a nice touch.,also a nice tea/coffee tray . All In all a great stay and hopefully we will be back soon .

It iis over 3 years since we visited the Dakota, Edinburgh. My son took me for an evening dinner to celebrate Father's Day. We both remarked how the atmosphere of the restaurant was still as good as ever and the staff very friendly and efficient....

Fantastic service and felt great to come out of blaxingly hot and bright sunshine into a cool dark and very classy atmosphere 😎

Stayed in the executive suite(18th June) as I was proposing to my girlfriend - which was really nice. Ate at the restaurant and it was excellent and the floor manager took really good care of us after he was informed of the occasion. There was...

Stayed overnight before a flight. Comfortable room and nice restaurant but with limited menu. We good with my gluten free status.

The ambiance was lovely. However the service after having our order taken was very slow between the starter and main course which was a pity because it rather spoiled the evening. The servers were very pleasant indeed - both food and beverage but there was...

Been several times before but was disappointed this time around. Poor menu choices, heavily weighted towards fish dishes. Opted for steak however menu price £35 did not include any accompaniments such as vegetables which I ordered at an additional cost. Won't be back for a...

We have been many times before and this visit didn’t disappoint. Great, staff, rooms, food and parking! We’ll definitely be back and would recommend to others.

Check out was a bit of a disaster .. 4am as airport bound so reception was quiet as no other guests checking out as this unsociable hour. Was told initially that loyalty point/cash value could not be used after advising this should be acceptable receptionist...

Excellent meal and service with a set two of three course menu which was good value. Hidden gem in South Queensferry.

Easy to book online, we got the lunch slot we wanted. The staff are fabulous, from being welcomed promptly on arrival by senior staff to waiting staff who were efficient, friendly and attentive. Menu has something for everyone and arrived quickly despite being freshly cooked....

Had a really nice over night stay at Dakota. Went to the bar and grill for dinner and food was amazing. Would definitely go back.

The restaurant was not busy at all but service was very slow esp for drinks…seemed to be more taken up serving the bar area…I waited at least 15mins on a glass of wine and when it came it was not chilled enough and for the...

Very nice hotel close to Edinburgh airport. Had an issue with TV not working and it was addressed very quickly and we were moved to a new (and upgraded) room. Great bar and restaurant as well.

Great food and service as always. The staff make you feel very welcome and service was fantastic. Great selection of food and wine.

A superb hotel with incredible decor. Perfect cleanliness and facilities second to none! Staff are very professional and I would gladly come again when up on business. I stay in over 150 hotels a year is this is way up there for customer satisfaction

It is great to have a special menu for vegan options and the choice of three is nice. Only comment I've been staying a night per month but the menu hasn't changed in the last six months I've been eating in the restaurant. The tables...

I live 15 minutes from the Dakota and so it provides a potentially excellent dinner venue with an option for overnights on special occasions. This visit was the latter as it was a birthday treat for my partner. The biggest issue at the Dakota is...

Myself and my partner visited dakota Edinburgh for the second time and as the same as the first the visit was brilliant the staff are very professional

Enjoyed a meal during a recent stay at the hotel. Staff are friendly and service is good. Food was really tasty, we enjoyed a steak and the braised beef, both well cooked and tasty. A particular highlight was the pistachio cream on the lemon posset...

I’ve been staying in Dakota Hotels for over 14 years now and it is the perfect home from home. The staff can’t do enough for and the food is fantastic. The rooms are really nice and the boutique style is timeless. I’m already looking forward...

We often eat at the Dakota because it's a convenient location for us. In the past we've generally had good food and service but our recent visit didn't provide either of those things. The food 3 of the people in the group had was very...

Hotel was lovely as always. Staff are very accommodating. We had dads 70th birthday meal and the food was delicious.

Atmosphere, staff and cleanliness was perfect. Drinks perfect. Food I am sorry to say was not the best. It was a Sunday night and my husband had the Roast beef Dinner. Yorkshire pudding was like builders expanding foam, it cracked up on the plate, the...

This was our 4th time staying at the Dakota Edinburgh and as usual, we really enjoyed it. Room was fantastic, dinner was delicious and we had a few lovely glasses of champagne too. Always enjoy staying here and we are already planning on staying again...

Hotel was brilliant and the staff were exceptional - it’s like a hideaway once you walk in the front door Only negative is breakfast was terrible and not up to the standard of the rest of the food