Petit Paris in Edinburgh, City of

Having walked past the little restaurant so many times I finally got round to booking for a pre theatre dinner. Very good choice. My husband started with the black pudding ( which he said was fabulous) followed by the ribeye steak as a main, followed by paris brest. I decided to choose from the pre theatre menu, which was very good value. I had garlic langoustines, which tasted so good, followed by the quiche of the day & coffee. We both had the house red wine. Very good service & an enjoyable meal. A restaurant to return to.

This is one of our favourite spots, I think we have been here 50 times in the past 20 years, with friends and family and sometimes just the two of us. We especially enjoy their fondue nights. Today we met a friend there for lunch. Food and service excellent as always.

Great food and service could do with some wine glasses though.

The service is slow and the place is very small The food is very ordinary, but the potatoes are delicious

After a long (very long) wait, we got our food. The pie was good! The waiter (French) was very pleasant with us for this first evening in the capital, where no other restaurant was serving.

Fabulous authentic French food, friendly service and particularly good value. Thanks again!

Delicious food, I especially loved the french onion soup with the bread. The restaurant was adorable and had a grandma’s house feel to it. Very attentive staff and overall a wonderful experience. Great place to go.

My daughter and I enjoyed a lovely lunch here last week. Although it was a busy Friday lunchtime, we got a nice table without pre-booking. It is a good menu with lots of choices and genuine French cuisine. The service was excellent - brisk, friendly and efficient.

Very good French cuisine in a traditional atmosphere, impeccable service and top tips for visiting Edinburgh! Thanks again!

I really enjoyed this reproduction of a Parisian "bouillon" in Edinburgh. The menu is sufficiently varied and absolutely French at correct prices for Scotland, the preparation is generally more than good and the service is courteous and prompt.

Excellent! We came here with my partner for dinner on a Saturday evening, booked in advance. Great service, the food was delicious and it was a real taste of France - we are both French expats living in the UK and we felt like we were back in France at a family meal. I highly recommend this place.

The beef and ale stew is hearty, rich, and pairs wonderfully with fresh bread.

Delightful and rustic I came here for a delicious light lunch. The food wasn't super fancy, but it was tasty, simple and not too expensive. Looking over at other tables some of the mains looked fantastic as well, on another hungier day I'd definitely like to try some of them. French onion soup, 7/10, certainly not the tastiest onion soup I've tried, the onions could have been a bit better caramelised, the texture somewhat thicker, but overall it was tasty, hearty, cheap and cheerful. Special mention to the bread, good crusty and chewy kind, great butter - not to mention free, which always makes me happy Chocolate tart, 8/10, lovely rich eggy tart with a beautiful deep chocolate flavour. They must use the same chocolate as L'escagot Bleu (Callebaut 70%, I asked) because it tasted just the same. A coarser recipe, for sure, but it was also less than half the price, so can't complain. The real egg custard on the side was delicious too. Overall this is a lovely little place and well worth the visit. If you come late afternoon like I did you might get away without booking, but it does get busy in the evening with bookings. Wait staff are lovely and welcoming. An all around good time.

Superb as always . Very reasonably priced authentic French food

Nothing memorable but the food is good. Touristically high prices but on average for an expensive city. Fast service

We had a great family dinner at this wonderful restaurant. Many thanks for the delicious food and hospitality.

Was starving while all other famous restaurants were either fully booked or long waiting time. Then we came into this hidden gem which turned out to be the best meal we have ever had in Edinburgh. Friendly staffs who gave you detailed explanation of each dish that u asked. We were v satisfied with all the dishes we had that night, particularly the salmon and beef stew. The soup of the day (tomato soup) was delicious too! Highly recommend yall to try this place. Not sure why someone said it is tourist trap, for me it is a decent restaurant that served quality dishes and most importantly u dont have to reserve and just walk in!😍

Very tasty Onion soup! Will be back for more when back in Edinburgh! Great service and tempting menu! Thanks 😊

Came here for a special one-off couples dinner and chose the Steak and Coq au Vin and honestly it was the best we’ve ever eaten. Clearly amazing chefs, great quality produce and lovely staff. Yes it is tight on space but that adds to the charm - and we were seated in the extra space downstairs where it was more roomy, but next time we’ll try upstairs just for the different ambience - either way, you can’t go wrong with Petit Paris - SUCH a gem 💎

With a very warm and friendly atmosphere, I was welcomed like an old friend who'd just popped by. The starters, French onion soup, immediately made me feel jealous of anyone whose maman might have made them this on a cold night. Not the incipit attempts find in British restaurants, but real, thick, warm, hearty French stuff. The mains, beef bourguignon, was again, delicious. Served in a red hot crock pot, the perfectly cooked pieces of beef, swimming in heartwarming gravy, melted on the tongue. Apparently there are restaurants to be found in France itself which do better. But none here. My dessert was crêpes with Grand Marnier. Warm, light and swimming with liqueur. To finish, rather than my traditional espresso, I went for a Calvados. The typical brandy nose was finished with an immediate transportation to the orchards of Normandy. Not too much of a kick, but a gentle hint of apples. You couldn't do much better on a cold Edinburgh night than warm your insides with a trip to France, in a warm, rustic, rural restaurant on the Grassmarket.

Nous sommes allés 2 fois dans ce restaurant durant notre séjour à Edimbourg. Je n'habite plus en France depuis longtemps et lorsque je tombe sur un resto français quelque part, j'aime bien retrouver ma cuisine d'origine. Je dois dire que je suis souvent déçue : les restos français sont presque toujours prétentieux, chers, et médiocres (des noms à rallonge pour des plats aux portions minuscules). Au "Petit Paris", cela a été exactement le contraire ! L'établissement est petit, minimaliste mais chaleureux sans rien de prétentieux. Le personnel est très gentil et aimable. Les prix sont élevés mais c'est ainsi partout en Écosse et dans tout le Royaume Uni. Quant à la cuisine, elle est vraiment excellente !!! Nous nous sommes tellement régalés la 1ere fois que nous y sommes retournés 2 jours plus tard! La 1ere fois, nous avons choisi la soupe de poisson, le 1/2 camembert rôti, le saumon, le lieu et le Paris-Brest. La 2eme: les escargots, le boeuf bourguignon et la tartiflette. Tout était excellent avec une mention particulière pour le saumon et le boeuf bourguignon. Il y avait bien longtemps que je n'avais pas mangé une aussi bonne cuisine française. Ravie de l'expérience !!! Nous y reviendrons sans aucun doute lors d'un prochain séjour à Edimbourg..

Amazing place in the heart of Edinburgh. The restaurant is two floors ground floor and another floor down the stairs. We ordered two menu of the day: one steak and one fish and both was amazing 10/10. The service was good, the place was fully booked. The staff were also friendly. The prices are also good compared to what we ate. I have attached food and bills pictures. Highly recommended and i will definitely come back again.

Had two meals here recently and both excellent with friendly staff even during the busy Christmas / Hogmanay period very friendly and helpful with the surety of the excellence of quality that the dishes on offer preserve

Here’s a revised version of your review: "I don’t recommend this place. I tried the onion soup, and it doesn’t compare to the authentic version you’d find in Paris. As one review accurately described it, this feels like 'a tourist trap.'" 1 star for the staff.

An excellent little place. Great food and service

The smell of the food when we entered made me even hungrier than I already was. We didn’t have a reservation but we were fortunate to get a table. The French onion soup was tasty, although not as deep a flavour as others I have tasted. The beef bourguignon and tartiflette were delicious. We really enjoyed our meal here.

Cozy authentic bistro. Simple but very tasty dishes. Definitely recommended!

Good food and nice authentic atmosphere

Amazing little slice of Paris in the heart of Edinburgh. We ate here multiple times on our trip and would certainly come back again. I highly recommend eating here.

I’m French and have been to quite a few restaurants in France, but "Le Petit Paris" is probably the best French restaurant I have ever tasted in my entire life and easily the best restaurant in Edinburgh. My girlfriend and I were so amazed at how good it was that we decided to dine there twice during our 3-day trip to Scotland. Believe it or not, the second time was even better! The mussels and the fish are absolutely incredible. I wish there was at least one restaurant like this in every main city in France. The staff is fantastic as well—it was a real pleasure meeting you, Ophélie!

The cocktails were expertly crafted and paired beautifully with the meals.

! Hallelujah, finally, I have managed to eat decently, in the United Kingdom, more specifically in Edinburgh! We ordered some mussels in a sauce with blue cheese, which were to die for, and we also ordered a Scottish blood sausage with a heart-stopping mustard. For the second we ordered a salmon that was very well done in a sauce made with white butter and chives that was delicious and the pepper entrecote, accompanied with some baked potatoes that were 10. To finish off the meal, a creme brule with vanilla that we have never eaten before, not even in Paris. Highly recommended if you go to the Grass Market If you liked the comment, follow me or hit like

Went here based on highest google review in the area but was sorely disappointed. French onion soup was good but then went down from there. We got the fish of the day and it was mediocre and flavorless. After we ate our fish I asked for the check. It came about 20mins later. Waitress looked as if she could care less about catering to our pace to go sightseeing. Boo on Petit Paris.

Small French restaurant, pleasant, the waiters are very friendly and smiling. The food is super good. I recommend

Not sure what the review that calls this restaurant a tourist trap means, as it’s great food, great prices and amazing staff. We actually came here as a backup as the original restaurant we wanted to eat at was full. We were so pleased at this little twist of fate - the steak was incredible and at £13.90 with a coffee, who can complain? Will be back next time we’re in Edinburgh!

(TL;DR not a horrible experience, but definitely a tourist trap) Very attentive staff, but the food was unfortunately quite unimpressive. I stopped here for a Saturday lunch right as it opened, so I was fortunately able to snag a spot (the place was completely full within ten minutes - a combination of walk-ins and reservations). I was looking to try the escargot and then also got the French onion soup at the server's suggestion. The food actually came out pretty quickly (there was complimentary bread and butter as well), which was a pleasant surprise. Thoughts on the french onion soup: - The extremely mild (mild as in plain, not delicate) flavor of the soup was easily overpowered by the roughly chopped parsley used for garnish; the initial soup otherwise simply tasted like boiled onions... not caramelized - The textures of the soggy baguette and clump of melted cheese also did not mesh well with the whole of the soup; this may have been better if the serving bowl wasn't as wide Escargot - I can't say much about the taste or quality of the snails because I've never had any before, but the garlic butter sauce was honestly quite flat; it tasted only of strong garlic, salt, and butter, and lacked any sort of additional depth or dimension. So much for the vibrant green color... - On the bright side, the presentation of the dish was quite cute! I'd suggest anyone visiting to try some other options on the menu, because I'm convinced there's got to be tastier stuff, surely...

The food tastes great and the waiters are so polite. I had a great night.

Had the loveliest experience for lunch before a Scotland game at Murrayfield. The stew was spectacular! Our total included drinks -a lot of drinks!! The lunch deal is actually £19.90

You don't even need to shut your eyes to think you are in a bistro in France! Absolutely perfect, classic French cuisine. Outstanding coq-au-vin

Me and some friends who have been trying to learn French came here for a French night! I explained to the waiter we were trying to learn French and if we could try there - they could not have been more helpful and supportive of us! The food and wine were absolutely delicious. I highly recommend the coq au vin, Camembert and chocolate tart. Our waitress, Ophélie, was so lovely and kind to us. Thank you for an amazing night! We will definitely be back again soon 🇫🇷

Simply outstanding food on our first night in Edinburgh. We loved it here!

Nice restaurant with French cuisine. Reservation recommended

Top address for good, inexpensive food. We were there for dinner and were completely satisfied. The waiters were very attentive and always available immediately. We were immediately offered the typical free tap water. Free bread with butter was served before the main course. The waiters kept checking to see if we wanted anything else and looked after us well. Even when our bread basket was empty, they immediately offered to bring us more. In addition to the normal menu, daily specials are offered at reasonable prices between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. You can order a main course including a coffee for 13.90GBP or even with a starter for 19.90GBP at a fixed price. I chose the Roast Chicken (offer without starter) and I have to say it was very good. The chicken breast was tender, the potatoes were crispy and the mushroom sauce was delicious. The normal a la menu meals were also plentiful and very tasty. The pumpkin soup (starter) tasted as good as home and the salmon was also great. If you decide on the daily special offer, there is a black board on the wall that you can look at, as clearly described on the menu. (see photo) Conclusion: Very good service and good price/performance ratio for delicious food.

Popped in with no reservation. Great food, quick and friendly service and very reasonably priced. Highly recommend

Small French restaurant found by chance while walking through the streets of Edinburgh. In addition to the à la carte menu, they offer (from 12pm - 3pm and from 5pm - 7pm) the possibility to choose at reasonable prices: 1 course + coffee or 2 courses + coffee, choosing from the dishes on the blackboards outside the restaurant. Absolutely try the traditional onion soup! More than reasonable prices: 2 courses + coffee for £19.90 and generous portions. Really friendly and welcoming staff. Advised!!! (October 2024)

Lassés des fish and chips, ce tout petit restaurant m'a attirée et à bon escient, les plats bien traditionnels étaient très bons , la patronne avec laquelle nous avons un peu discuté était top également (d'une rare gentillesse) et la décoration faite de plein de plaques de publicité rend l'endroit on ne peut plus sympathique

We regularly use Petit Paris for pre theatre suppers. Great food and wine. Friendly efficient service, great value for money

High quality food, very attentive and friendly service. Cozy place.

I've been coming here on and off for 20 years. It has consistently been one of my favourite restaurants in the world. I've never had a single bad or even average dish. I could eat any thing on the menu. The desserts are wonderful as is the general ambience. You feel like you could be in a bistro in France The staff are always friendly and the service is great. I can't say enough good things about here. Any time I'm in Edinburgh, I have to factor in a visit here even if it's a brief stay

Probably the most solid place near Edinburgh castle. Tasty, home cooked style French food. The staff was attentive, polite & kind. Great respite from all the tourists traps in the area.

Mediocre experience. Very limited wine by the glass which was surprising for a French restaurant. Food was decent but not great. Atmosphere so so, looked cosier from the outside than it was, felt a bit cramped and uncomfortable.

Wonderful, intimate, and cosy little restaurant. 🌸

Fabulous very authentic place, excellent service superb value for money.would seriously recommend a visit but suggest a booking for the evening service.

A Touch of Paris in Edinburgh… Lovely welcome, in this intimate French restaurant. Super choice of food, and all served with a smile! Crayfish in Garlic was fabulous, and the French onion soup was first class. Chicken main dishes all superb, beautifully cooked, and the Coq au vin was presented by our waitress at the table. Highly recommend, and reasonably priced.

This is the best value for money meal I've had in Edinburgh. You get great quality service and food, something that's a bit uncommon especially in touristy places. I got the soup of the day (sweet potato) and the Coley fish with creamy leek sauce. Both were great- the soup was divine. Absolutely wonderful staff too, very friendly French atmosphere. This place deserves all the praise.

Dans le quartier de Grassmarket, joli petit bistrot accueillant et servant des plats délicieux à des prix très raisonnables. Allez-y les yeux fermés. Nous avons mangé d'excellentes moules et un magnifique boudin noir. Ce fut un délice.

is there a better location than Petit Paris in the Grassmarket to fully appreciate the international appeal of our capital city? The location is so much the appeal of this restaurant and the food always lives up to our expectations. I thoroughly the Plat Du Jour of French onion soup followed by a fish dish and my wife was delighted with her Boudin Noir. Pricing is just right and the service is spot on.

Your flavor is a little flabby, but your price makes up for it

Well, firstly everybody in here was speaking french. We just ordered cheese and a selection of starters and 1 1/2 bottles of wine. All fantastic. The mussels in blue cheese sauce was something else!

Amazing staff and nice vibe. This place is relatively cheap but the food is also not that great. Wasn’t able to finish my food because it was not cooked with good ingredients also not good meat. Will not come back.

Very good service and food The prices are good too The entrecôte is a delight. Every time I go I order the same thing, but the rest of the dishes are very well presented, like salmon and others There is a two-course menu for 19 pounds, very good, but within the menu there is one for 13 or 15 pounds

Not recommended. Very soggy meat that is difficult to chew.

We ordered three steaks, one medium rare and two rare. When we had finished the starter we waited a long time for the second courses while they arrived at the rest of the tables, and when the meat of both of us arrived rare (suggestion from the waiter) the meat was completely soggy and dry, the knife hardly cut the meat and It was very difficult to chew. I had to leave the entire plate and I told the waiter but he looked strange and didn't say anything else. I wouldn't pay 10% of the price for that steak. If you can avoid it, don't go.

We were here last week for the first time and had a fabulous dinner. The service was excellent and would definitely return soon.

The service was great. The negative point is that it was very noisy and the gruyere (Emmental) as confirmed by the waiter, it tasted like expired cheese/blue cheese. Otherwise the food is good and correct.

We went to PP for breakfast. Service was very friendly and attentive. Extra requests were welcomed and delivered quickly. Food was very good, croissants fresh and buttery. Coffee in size and taste really Italian. Omelette well seasoned and not too small. Can only recommend the PP.

Arrived in the evening without a reservation. Boss very nice and flexible. Booked us a table from outside. Plat du Jour very good and top price-performance ratio. House wine also super good. Highly recommended.

Excellent restaurant close to the castle. One of the best beef I've ever eaten. Orders are fast. The attendants are extremely friendly. There is the option to order starter + main course + coffee for a super fair price. Other than that, they offered complimentary bread and water.

It was the first time to try classic French food. My parents and I both felt pretty good. We need to book in advance, but unfortunately we only have a location on the negative first floor. The air downstairs is a bit stuffy. But luckily, all the dishes in the blind selection are great, especially the roast chicken+mushroom sauce, I love it so much🥰

Pleasant atmosphere, good service and service with polite and attentive people. The restaurant is small, only a few months old inside, but quite cozy. Petit Paris was very pleasant the day we were there for lunch, tasty food, well seasoned and well prepared, great value for money. $$

The fish steak, steak, onion soup and tomato soup are all delicious; but the soups are a bit salty; the fish steak is very tender and the mashed potatoes are good; the steak is juicy and the roasted potatoes are also well handled. Because business was very good, the small table we sat in the basement was very close to the table next door, which made it a bit crowded.

Lovely little bistro and was so pleased we found it. Authentic french food and the menu of the day was great value. Fast service, loads of bread and the toulouse sausage / french onion soup were great. Very much enjoyed it

Ich und mein Sohn kamen an und wurden sofort von einer sehr sympathischen Dame begrüßt. Das Essen war so schmackhaft, dass wir nächsten Mittag gleich nochmal im Restaurant aßen.😋So wie letztes Mal, war das Essen sehr gut! Das Personal hat sogar ein extra Gericht für meinen Sohn gebracht! Einfach super! 👌

Great meal and service, beautiful locale

The food is delicious, the onion soup is amazing, the atmosphere is warm and lovely in a French bistro, the waiters are very attentive to whether each table needs to add water and bread even if it is full. The level of deliciousness and price are really rare in Edinburgh.

We thought our meal was very poor - service was okay and restaurant feel was okay but the meal is self was disappointing at best - flavourless and not up to standard!

Even at the busy festival season in Edinburgh in August this is a great dependable French restaurant worth the walk down to the Grassmarket. We generally like to eat inside so you may have to wait for a table inside, but plenty of tables outside. Good range of options on the menu and good specials. Waiting staff are friendly, helpful and attentive, and you can practice speaking French to most of the staff who are clearly fluent French speakers. Average Edinburgh prices for both lunch and dinner. Only downside is that the drinks and wine by the glass can be a little hit and miss in terms of quality. Our sparking wine kir royal was flat, not a bubble in sight! Nevertheless, well worth a visit for both the French food and French atmosphere.

Great little restaurant. The onion soup was superb as was their special fish & mash dish. Both excellent and a great cappuccino . Great find in a busy city

This place is the textbook definition of a tourist trap. They’re clearly not interested in repeat business, which became obvious when they tacked on a sneaky 10% "discretionary service charge" that I only discovered when the bill arrived. The waitress curtly pointed out that it was mentioned on the menu, buried in fine print at the bottom. This isn’t how you build a loyal customer base with quality service and outstanding food. Bottom line: steer clear and find a better spot off the beaten path. Having lived in Paris for two years, I can tell you this place barely scratches the surface of real French cuisine.

This is a fabulous find. Rustic French restaurant serving traditional dishes, simple and delicious. Lovely atmosphere, great value for money.

Le petit français propose des plats français revisités version british ou sous vide, bref on est très loin de la gastronomie, tout est dans la nappe à carreaux, la vaisselle, l'accueil sympa, la déco "french"... c'est copieux, ça nourrit point !

Everything is perfect. Cuisine, atmosphere and welcome

We are students in Edinburgh and have had many top notch food here in this beautiful peace and dynamic city. But this one just let us “speechless”. It is just like some rain drop into a muddy meadow. We order a roast chicken and steamed mussels. But the roast chicken was just like an old widow who didn’t shower for a month, and the steam mussels were not fresh at all. And more funny thing is that they use water bottles to give us a “ bottle” of wine!? My partner plays their menu, one of my dear witnesses took it away behind her back. I don’t think it’s polite for a “polite” Europe restaurant. But that’s the meaning and concrete details of European middle class flavour table manner. Normative. Though if the food is not delicious and carefully made then such delicate table manners is meaningless . What a shame

Notice to the French: it is not specified when you are served a coffee that it is an Americano and not a coffee even though it is sold as such. Damage … The kitchen is good

Top marks for a top place. A lovely environment in which to relax and eat with really attentive staff eager to make your evening memorable. Great prices, fabulous food, nice decor and the perfect atmospheric buzz meant our meal was much more than that and I can't recommend a visit here strongly enough. Definitely a valuable part of what makes Grassmarket vibrant and special.

We were very impressed that every service staff was smiley and provided excellent service despite them being very busy. Food was very good too!

French restaurant. The quantities are generous. We only took starters because we weren't really hungry and the quantity was perfect. The food is good and served quickly.

A very pleasant establishment with really tasty French cuisine. Onion soup, steak, mussels, all this was incredibly tasty. Quiche and salmon on toast, tasty, but lacking in taste. I will definitely come again)))

Excellent french restaurant, the onion was the best I ever had it so far in my life. Fresh daily fish was good as well. Fresh baget was very good. Very kind and attentive staff.

really nice place. and worth to go. even in the grassmarket kind of the tourist area. but still with valuable dish！

Lovely French restaurant at Grassmarket. Tried the pre-theatre deal - 1 starter & 1 main course & coffee and it was lovely. The tomato soup was appetizing and the fish was tender. Strongly recommend the creme brulee - it melted in my mouth! The staff were very friendly and atmosphere was cheerful. It made my day.

Very delicious! Quite unforgettable.

The best restaurant in the area. The food is exquisite and expensive, but it's worth it. And the service is fast and very good

Amazing, tres bee, really amazing!

We love this place. However, the snails 🐌 are not available outside of the winter menu, which is very disappointing. Mussels with blue cheese were amazing, and the sausages were a bit dry and super salty.

The weather happened to be perfect, and we sat outside under the trees. Our server, Alice, was new but did an outstanding job of taking care of us. The chef did an excellent job of adapting to my wife's diet requirements using a wine butter sauce on her sea bass filet. I had the toulouse sausage with a creamy mustard sauce, which was outstanding. Also, their French onion soup was different and the best I've had.

My favourite place I've eaten in Edinburgh. Stunning food and lovely staff. Can't recommend enough!

Very good food, I ordered the onion soup and the steak of the day that day was "white fish and porridge" all with excellent flavor.

Steak was very delicious. Especially between 17:00-19:00, it should definitely be visited in terms of price and performance. The employees were friendly. It is recommended.

Great food friendly service and staff