The Blue Bean Coffee House in Edinburgh, City of

Decidí probar el nuevo café Al Mare. No fue una buena experiencia. El café dice que es amigable para los perros y parece que los dueños tienen un perro y vagabundea por el café y el día que visitamos decidió aliviar sus intestinos en el medio del piso delante de nosotros, los clientes comiendo. El joven se disculpó, pero ciertamente no quieres ver esto donde se sirve comida. Lo pensaría dos veces antes de volver.

Después de un año cuando el negocio terminó y se abrió bajo el nombre de Al Mare, tuvimos que tratar de encontrar otros cafés en Portobello que ofrecieran el mismo estándar. Mientras que algunos están bien, son caros, pero me alegra decir que tenemos nuestro gran lugar para tomar un desayuno y volver a almorzar. Buena comida a excelentes precios.

Este café es muy hogareño y me gustó el arte para venta en la pared, en su mayoría de ser Sí Mismo portobello. El menú es bueno y la comida muy sabrosa. Las mesas son justos y se tardaron en ser servido, pero eso no le restó mucho de mi visita.

Fuimos por un café y un panini. Chico joven en la cocina tenía barba descuidado que después le vi rayando parado mi comer. El café era débil. Fuerte olor a tabaco de personal. En el lado positivo el baño estaba limpio y un collie precioso casco parecía contento de verme! De todos modos quería retener el pago, pero mi amigo es demasiado fácilmente de la vergüenza. Me volveré a votar con mis pies y mi cartera.

Tasty mini Scottish traditional breakfast (that I tried for the first time in my life) in a cool location by the sea in Portobello, Edinburgh. Good choice of food, decent service, dogs and family friendly.

Excellent choice for all tastes with options catering for all kinds, a great venue for meeting with friends.

Best full Scottish and vegetarIan breakfasts in Portobello. Very friendly staff and dog friendly. Thank you

Fuimos un domingo después de un largo paseo.La comida es simple, sándwiches, pasteles paninis, etc.El servicio era amable y eficiente y claramente fue un favorito de los lugareños.En resumen, un lugar que nos conducen ant visitará de nuevo

He visitado aquí con bastante regularidad siempre promover empresas locales. Sin embargo, el café es incoherente y el personal son a veces amable y otras veces distante. Me gusta el café bluebean pero necesitan prestar atención a clientes un poquito más.

Came here after a big night out for a breakfast to sort us out again and this did not disappoint. Woman serving us was lovely and the atmosphere was relaxing.

You would think after waiting half an hour for a cooked breakfast in a near empty cage, with no one else ordering hot food, that you'd get the best breakfast ever. You'd be wrong. What you get is a plate with half the food stone cold (eggs, mushrooms, beans) and the other half either burnt (bacon) or cooked ino rock hard oblivion (black pudding, haggis etc). The place could do with a good clean as well. One point for a nice cuppa, but the food and service is dreadful.

Was recommended this cafe by a friend & was hugely disappointed. We ordered the full breakfast with tea & toast. 50 minutes later two plates of what could only be described as ruined ingredients arrived together with two slices of stone cold hard toast. The bacon & sausages were dry to the point of no return & the black pudding & haggis slices looked like they had been left overnight on a grill. The 'chef' looked hungover & the waiter was not interested.

Just passing having not been in the Portobello area for some time. Popped in for a coffee and scone. Lovely wee place , friendly with home baking and a decent hot food menu. Would go again

The Blue Bean Coffee House to wymarzone miejsce dla wszystkich tych, którzy chcą tanio i dobrze zjeść. Za £7 za osobę, zjedliśmy obfite i bardzo smaczne traditional Scottish breakfast, składające się z dwóch tostow, sadzonego jajka, dwóch kiełbasek, black puddingu, kawałka tradycyjnego, szkockiego huggisa, grillowanego pomidora i pieczarek. Do tego w cenę wliczone jest coś do picia, kawa, herbata lub sok. Wszystko było bardzo smaczne, a obsługa bardzo miła. Polecam.

Small cafe, lovely owner, always have a delicious meal at a good price and they are very good with children as you can order almost anything they like, will return when I'm in portobello area.

Popped in for lunch with my Husband and we were served by a helpful, pleasant friendly guy. This wee place has a nice atmosphere and the walls are decorated with art work and photographs that are for sale. Food was freshly made, nicely presented, tasty and good value for money. Would visit again if we are in the area.

Great wee coffee shop, serves more than coffee, went in for a snack, very impressed with size of portions, had a toasted sandwich which came with side salad and coldslaw. Also had coffee and walnut cake with coffee yummy. Will certainly go back when over in Edinburgh. On the main street of Portobello and not far from the lovely beach.

I'm so glad we came across this little coffee house in Portobello. The very friendly women who served us wa so sincere and sweet. The Shepards pie that I had was truly the best meal that I had on our trip. My salad was soooo fresh and tasted so good!! We sat in the restaurant for quite sometime and just relaxed and ate a fantastic meal. I also have to mention, I bought a dessert bar, that they make themselves, I don't recall the exact name, but it had chocolate and caramel and it was Amaaaazing!

The first time we visited, we were greeted by a lovely lady who told we could sit anywhere we liked. She came over and explained to us that we could make anything for the child we had with us, so that was nice as sometime kids want something different to the kids menu. I ordered the roast chicken salad baguette, which arrived nice and hot with delicious salad on a tiger bread baguette. The wee man had some bread and butter and an apple which she didn't charge is for as she said they wouldn't sell fruit that was going off (there was nothing wrong with the apple) but that was nice of her to have good high standards. She then told us we could request music to play in the cafe which was a nice touch. My friend had a toasty and said it was delicious. Overall first visit was great and couldn't wait to have another lunch. Excellent service.

Going there with young clients and found them to be really accomodating in being flexible with their food. This was helpfull as the youngsters enjoyed their experience lots. Nice cakes and drink selection as well. The prices are reasonable mostly with a couple of things like the Nachos being really good value.

On the positive side I like the staff, the coffee, the atmosphere and the cake. On the negative side the food isn't good enough at all. We had eggs with soldiers for the little one (the egg was solid). I had poached eggs (again solid). My partner had carrot and coriander soup (so spicy that I had problems eating it and I love chilli - wouldn't have been a problem if it said it was spicy). A real shame :-(

So friendly and welcoming. Could not have asked for better service and food. Homemade malteser tiffin is delicious. I had the shepherd's pie which was so tasty and the potato on top was beautifully browned. The staff took a real interest in my niece and nephew and adapted the children's menu to what they wanted. Prices are also really good. I compared them to other cafes along the High Street and they were either the same or lower for everything. Will definitely go back and will certainly recommend The Blue Bean Coffee House to my friends.

This was our second attempt with this cafe. We were disappointed a few months ago with sticky tables and very slow service. Both times this cafe was half empty but the free tables had dirty dishes on them. Our most recent visit was brought on as all the other cafes were full. We thought we would give it another try but the minute we walked in, we noticed empty tables full of dirty dishes. We sat down at table at the front of the glass display counter it had dirty plates and cups on it.

Popped in this cafe for a quick scone and a Latte. The heavy metal music was roaring from the stereo.. Diana served us just before wiping the sweat off her face with her apron!! She was then shouting orders through to the kitchen in not a very friendly manner. Ooft can honestly say I would never be back!!

We used to come here often but had not in a while. Unsure what has changed but may as well be a different place. Table felt dirty, window area was gross. Service was very poor, girl had chipped nail varnish and seemed very uninterested. We ordered an orange juice, coke and two jacket potatoes. Glasses arrived dirty and nobody noticed us trying to get them changed. Music was loud and awful and yet we could still hear the chef saying all his potatoes were soft. Yet it took a further 15 minutes for the waitress to tell us. At this point we decided we wanted to leave. Had to pay for orange juice despite our complaints. Would never go back

My husband and I had just had some bad news so we decided to chill and grab a light bite. The waiter told us to take a seat.

We had the nachos thinking it would be a small bowl of them with beef chilli on top but when they came out WOAH huge portion!! had to use a doggy bag as i didnt want to waist it. highly recommend this place - nice staff with great personalities!! we will be back next time we are in portabello!

This is a good place to visit on a Sunday for lunch or brunch. They make a good cappuccino and although it can get busy, there's usually space for everyone.

I'm surprised by the average reviews. My family went for lunch and the food was fresh, tasted great and very reasonably priced. I especially liked the caramel shortcake which is a total bargain at £1.90. Would totally go back

Had lunch, nice but nothing to make you think 'need to return again soon' Young staff very pleasant.

Had lunch in this small cafe. Not very nice. Shepherds pie had vinegar flavour and large carrot batons. Odd and not in a nice way. Rhubarb crumble and custard ... Edible.

This place is quite small venue but the soups are the best in Edinburgh, big bowls of hearty home made soups and the nachos are such a big plate I have never finished them, normally go for the chicken and bacon anchos which come with cheese, salsa and sour cream,

We just popped in on our way to the shops, and ordered a couple of hot drinks and a slice of both chocolate and carrot cake. They were soooo good! Great value, good friendly service - a lovely little café.

We visit this place every year when visiting Edinburgh. Nothing better than a huge bowl of soup after a bracing walk on the beach at Portobello. The lentil and bacon soup was honestly the best soup I ever tasted. Any food we have had from here over the years has always been very good. As has the service. Don't miss this great little cafe if you are in Portobello!

We had a lovely lunch off a pretty varied menu and specials board.

Just back from having the tomato soup. Very bland, had to drown it with salt and pepper to stimulate the taste buds.

Having visited this cafe on saturday morning... was very disapointed with the time that we had to wait for the food . The young guy that served us was very friendly, having ordered the big breakfast, we got our coffee and toast more or less straight away, however coffee and toast were finished before the big breakfast finally arrived. Quaility of the food was ok, however my idea of a big breakfast is not one rasher of bacon, one small sized sausage, clearly trying to compensate by swamping the plate with baked beans !!!!!!! this sure was not value for money, which was a great shame as nice surrounding and good staff...get some more sausages and bacon on your plates and this cafe would be fine !!!.

This cafe manges to scrape to 'average' instead of 'poor' simply because it was an alternative to Reds where we usually go which looked like it was in the middle of a toddler food fight. My first visit to this nice looking cafe. I don't think I'll be back. Totally agree with the reviewer earlier who said 'i think it's the bosses kids who serve and if you're lucky you'll catch her in a bad mood with them( no holds barred)'. Blimey, she was scary. I felt it safer just to not eat my side salad than to point out that the boy who had put it together had wiped his nose with the back of his hand halfway through scattering the sweetcorn... The owner (I'm assuming) took time out from yelling loudly at her help (son and daughter?) to thump down two bowls of soup at a bemused looking couple next to us - she was wearing the grottiest pair of jogging bottoms and an apron which frankly looked like it had been in the pot with the soup - over the course of several weeks. Granted, it might be a quieter venue than Reds but the food was average, the service was depressing and we didn't need to hear shouting and bickering from the kitchen the entire meal. It gives an entertaining story to tell others but really, we won't be recommending this place to anyone.

We went there on a Sunday afternoon for a cup of tea and some cake. We ordered 2 americanos and two scones with butter. We got our scones after 20 mins of waiting, and in our surprise they did not bring us a knife. At first we thought that the waiter would return with a knife along with our coffees, but 10 mins later we gave up on the idea. Finally, they brought our coffees, but no knives --which we finally asked. When we decided to leave, we approached the waiter at the cashier and asked for the bill. The waiter gave us the total and then disappeared!

The cafe interior is nice. The young guy and girl serving were as miserable as they come. Menu seemed nice enough but I was in with a friend for afternoon tea and cake. If you like you banana and walnut cake dry as cardboard then you won't be disappointed. Having said that, it was cheap.

popped in here for a mid morning coffee. good choice to choose from and very nice,. Cakes looked good but didnt try.

Decent food, soups are good. i agree with the reviewer who said the service is bad but i actually find it quite a pull, i think it's the bosses kids who serve and if you're lucky you'll catch her in a bad mood with them( no holds barred)

The Blue Bean is a Portobello stalwart. It's been around for a long time and has changed hands several times in my time as a Portobello resident.

We love the Blue Bean and go there every time we visit Portobello. Diana's delicious soups and tasty meals are an absolute treat. There is a lovely selection of art for sale at modest prices and the staff are very friendly. Great value for money!

Went for breakfast today the food was good apart from they don't do veggi breakfast anymore they used too but the service was terrible slow and the guy seemed to be half a sleep