The Royal Exchange Coffee House in Edinburgh, City of

Encontrar el lugar fue complicado. Si publican en su sitio web (está inmediatamente a la izquierda al salir de la calle Giles e inmediatamente a la derecha al ingresar a la calle Giles), habría ahorrado un poco de cuero para zapatos y un buen remojo. Me doy cuenta de que se encuentra en un edificio de la Lista A, pero es ridículo que no se les permita adjuntar algún tipo de señalización decente para informar a Joe Public de su existencia. Así que uno llegó allí de muy mal humor. Sin embargo, el ambiente del lugar era insuperable y el personal fue increíblemente atento y dispuesto a explicar todo lo que pedí. No estábamos bebiendo alcohol y se permitió una sustitución. Los pasteles y bollos eran todos pequeños, pero dieron una gran oportunidad para probar los diversos sabores y el servicio y la presentación fue de un nivel increíblemente alto. No tenía idea sobre el valor, ya que me unía a un amigo que había recibido un cupón de regalo, pero todo estaba cubierto por el cupón. Una buena experiencia que consideraría repetir.

Visité para tomar una copa y pasteles después de la gira de Mary Kings Close. Quería un chocolate caliente, no quedaba ninguno, así que tenía un café con leche y un panecillo que estaba un poco seco. Tuve que pedir azúcar para el café, los pasteles aparte de la magdalena estaban bien, al igual que las bebidas. Un entorno agradable, ubicado en el edificio Royal Exchange, sobre Mary Kings Close. El servicio fue muy lento, un poco al azar y el personal no es muy amable con el cliente. Pensaría dos veces antes de visitar de nuevo si en Edimburgo.

Un montón de tra! lala! ! Pero la comida y el servicio normal. Gran entorno, pero yo y mis invitados lo aprendimos por valor de dinero

Me llevé a mi hijo de 10 años en la cafetería para almorzar y le pedí a elegir lo que le gusta. Él no estaba seguro acerca de cualquiera de los sándwiches. Yo podía ver que algunos eran una combinación de jamón, queso y otras cosas. Ha elegido una torta, patatas fritas y una bebida y pedí el servidor si había alguna posibilidad de un sándwich de jamón sencillas. Ella me miraban blankly antes del segundo servidor (una joven mujer con pelo oscuro) dijo "no tengo ningún jamón izquierda". Así que pedí un sándwich de queso sencilla. Yo miraba de nuevo como si hubiera pedido algo ridículo y la segunda mujer en realidad rajo ruidosamente look", si no en el menú, no se "entonces se fue. En primer lugar, qué tipo de café no tienen algo de pan y queso que pueden golpear a un rápido sándwich de queso sencilla? En segundo lugar, ¿por qué el personal me sentí la necesidad de ser tan grosero y unacommadating unacceptablly es más allá de mí. El café sólo estaba medio lleno, así que no eran exactamente de prisa fuera de sus pies. Cada uno en el café para que este intercambio y mi hijo y yo estábamos realmente avergonzados. Le dije a poner su artículos y a comer a otro sitio. Te recomiendo que te evita este lugar a menos que por supuesto usted disfrutar berated públicamente por tener la cara de pedir un sándwich de queso. . . . . . . . . . . . en un café.

He comentado en este lugar bajo la "auténtica Mary King's Close" ya que es parte de esa atracción. La cafetería es genial, un lugar que visitar al menos dos veces a la semana mientras yo trabaje. Los precios son increíblemente bueno, la comida variada y muy bien presentada y, fundamentalmente, muy sabroso. Mi cosa favorita acerca de este lugar es el personal. Ellos son realmente excelentes. Amable, sonriente, acogedor, amable y muy bueno en lo que hacen. Un enorme y bien hecho para ellos, ya que este lugar puede estar muy concurrido, pero que aún parece mantener una sonrisa en sus caras. Y son buenos en lo que hacen. Confía en mí. Hay muchos tipos de hosco en la Royal Mile, no aquí. Si quieres un buen café y algunos alimentos, a buenos precios en un ambiente histórico con gente agradable a tu alrededor? Este es el lugar donde venir.

Had a coffee and scone before our tour around Mary Kings Close, the girls were lovely that served us and even brought over a portion of cake for free as it was my sisters birthday. We felt that the scones and coffee were good value for money especially for a capital city.

Visited here twice during our weekend stay and enjoyed both times. Tucked away this cafe offers sandwiches, paninis, soup and a variety of amazing cakes, traybakes and scones. We tried different things each time and were not disappointed. Hot drinks were delicious as well. All served by very friendly staff. Do pay a visit!!

L'accueil est excellent, le lieu très traditionnel. Nous avons pris le goûter au Royal Exchange pour échapper deux minutes à la foule, nous avons apprécié cette pause!

Wir waren hier lediglich zu einem Tee und einem Sandwich. Beides etwas teuer aber an den Tisch Serviert. Sehr freundlicher Herr. Etwas laut da viele einfach wegen dem Shop rein und raus laufen.

It was New Years day and we felt like a bacon butty but when we got to the counter to order, we were told they were only serving soup and panini's. I needed bacon!! As we were hungry and had already tried somewhere else, we stayed and ordered panini and tea. It was tasty and filled a hole. A bit of advice to this cafe, please don't have a board out the front, advertising something you haven't got! Even though it's on the Royal Mile, there are other places to go for a quick bite at the same tourist prices.

This is attached to the Real Mary King's experience. The baked potatoes were huge and had plenty of cheese. They had 2 soups available with/without sandwiches and fresh cakes/muffins. Usual beverages. Quick service.Clean cafe.

Menu, restricted to very small amount. Had cheese and tomato sandwich. Not good. Bread had black pieces all over it. Waiter said fron ovens/grill. More like picked up along the way. Very nice tomato soup. Not cheap but not expensive. Ok for quick cup of tea.

Stopped here before we took the Mark King Close tour. Ordered the high tea. My advice. Don't. At £25 I didn't expect a huge amount but I'd have thought cheese, ham and salmon sandwiches wouldn't be that hard to get right. Wrong. When you don't butter the bread nothing sticks, and nothing did, (seriously it was just plain bread and grated cheddar). And then we move onto the not so light scones. Not enough jam and cream for two people (enough for a thin scraping). If you like rustic you'd like the chunks of sponge cake atop this three tiered delight;). The only redeeming factor was the couple of macaroons and shortbread. Should of had the soup :(

Disappointing .....all we wanted was a cup of hot chocolate but they couldn't get it right........after 2 attempts we drank two cups of "cool" chocolate ......staff was pleasant but they all seemed to be new and under pressure...also met puzzled lady at checkout when we went to pay.

My boyfriend and I ate here after visiting The Real Mary King's Close, as the gift shop opens into this restaurant. We weren't planning on staying for lunch until I saw the most delicious-looking bacon and brie panini I'd ever seen, accompanied by kettle style crisps and salad. I ordered what I saw and I wasn't disappointed; it tasted as good as it looked. We also ordered their chocolate orange cake - a must have! The food was all reasonably priced and the room itself was quaint.

We visited here for breakfast one Saturday morning. We chose this cafe because of the good reviews on trip advisor and the close proximity to our accommodation. We were the first customers in and we all ordered full scottish breakfasts. The first breakfast came out 20 minutes later. The second breakfast came out 20 minutes after that..the 3rd breakfast came out 20 mins after that..the 4th one ditto..the 5th one never came as they'd missed it off the order even though it was bought and paid for. At the start of this experience we joked about the slow service but as were were't in a particular rush we initially weren't too concerned..by the 3rd breakfast we were getting a bit fed up. Each of us basically ate on our own. We asked why the service was so staggered and were told that the kitchen was so small they could only get one cook in and they could only cook one breakfast at a time. This in my opinion is very poor planning, I'd hate to see what they'd do if they were busy! How can you run a cafe with 40 seats and offer such a ridiculous way of serving food. If they'd said they were short staffed or some other disaster had occurred we'd have understood but their explanation was potty! One of our party asked to speak to the manager who apologised and we had a refund for the breakfast they missed. We went in at 9am and left at 10.30! Ww won't be going again, which is a shame because the cafe itself was very pleasant!

C'est un restaurant dans The Real Mary King's Close !! Salon de Thé sympa mais en voyant la carte, je me suis laissée tenter par le Tower of Haggis, nepps et tatties ( The spécialité !! à base d'abats mélangé à de l'avoine et accompagné de navet et pomme de terre). Très bonAttention, à ce qui n'aime pas beaucoup les plats épicés, cette version est un peu relevée.

Perfect place to eat, after a visit to The Real Mary King's Close. Well priced food and pleasant staff

we just went there to grab a quick cup of coffee before our walking tour! Nice place though, good coffee.

I had a lovely meal here, Haggis Neeps and Tatties done in a whiskey sauce. It was beautiful. There was a smal mishap with my friends meal but the staff were amazing at sorting it out. Would definetly go back again, even just for the afternoon tea. It looked delicious !

went here for breakfast had the full scottish with tea although expensive the food was quicly prepared and tasted lovely especially tattie scone

Ate here after Visiting the adjacent Mary Kings Close. Lovely pastries.Generous beverages. Excellent, friendly, prompt and efficient service.Beautiful architecture.

This coffee house was lovely. Clean and reasonably priced Scottish food, but this best thing was the beautiful food was served by really lovely staff. Highly recommend it.

family of 2 adults & 2 children ate here at lunchtime - food was good and reasonably priced, but the staff were outstanding. just beware of the cheddar cheese on the baked potato, it is Scottish and may not be what you are used to. Otherwise, overall we were all happy with our meals.

Good food with large servings and very tasty deserts. Kids liked the fresh chips. Thanks so much! Would come here again.

Excellent carrot soup with rustic bread and butter. We all enjoyed the ambiance of this Coffee House. the staff were friendly and informative.

Oh my good god, where to begin, a Sunday lunchtime in January was never going to be busy, we were the only ones there and now we know why.. Friends of ours were here last September and raved about it, I think they must have been somewhere else. The coffee in the Royal Exchange Coffee House, may have well have been cheap instant, insipid and watery, the tea my wife had was really nice, the hot chocolate my kids had was bitter and tasted like hand wash cream.(more on the hand washing later!) We ordered at the counter and paid in advance - never a fan of this in what is supposed to be an upmarket cafe, there are signs and menus everywhere mouthing off about the best of Scotland and tasting our best of something similar, an award clearly either paid for or stolen from another cafe not paying attention at the time, our soup came out, luke warm but tasty enough, the "home made breads" which was advertised as sourdough from a community bakery was clearly not, it was a thin slice of frozen bread, how do i know this is frozen.. mine still was in the middle, I asked the waitress where the sourdough was, oh we don't do that bread any more and haven't for a while, the sandwiches, again normal sliced bread, with some butchers smoked ham, obviously supermarket purchased as I have never seen a butcher offer a perfectly cut square of wafer thin ham, just a big let down, the tour itself was a rip off and we only ate in because of the weather outside and the kids wanted food, good to see the cafe continued the theme of really poor value for money.. Avoid and don't be suckered in by the fancy awards and shiny signs. Oh and dont use the toilets (if you are lucky enough to find a working one) as there is no hot water in them, and after a complaint about this to the waitress, this is an issue every weekend.. I certainly hope the staff toilets and kitchens have hot water!

Visited here for breakfast as it seemed to be connected to The Old Town Chambers apartments.This may be the worst breakfast we've ever had. The breakfast menu is simply a list of potential breakfast rolls. The main problem being that when we ordered 4 rolls, they only had 3 left. It was 10am and the place only opened at 9am (and there was nobody else in there).The smoked bacon was not smoked. The sausages were cheap and stodgy. The coffee, supposed to be from an artisan outfit in Edinburgh was like weak pond water. The rolls themselves were lacquered in what tasted like the cheapest of margarines. The staff were quite pleasant, this being the only saving grace. Avoid!

We entered the cafe for a sandwich and drinks before the guided tour of Mary King's Close. We were at the till point at 1.55p.m. - It took more than 10 minutes to place the order. There was considerable confusion with the staff using the till. At 2.20 a waitress bought us a bowl of soup we hadn't ordered, we asked about our order to be told it was on the way. Sadly our order did not arrive in time for us to consume it and take our booked tour. We went to the till and obtained a refund. The management of this cafe need to get there act together. Unfortunately this was a very disappointing end to a fantastic holiday in Edinburgh. We had found all the other restaurants & cafes we used provided excellent service & delicious food.

Came here for lunch after visiting the Real Mary King Close next door. Service here was excellent as was the food and coffee. Prices were reasonable too. Our best lunch in Edinburgh by far.

Well we had a lovely lunch at the cafe and could fault nothing with the food or the staff as they were extremely pleasant. One little word of warning though ....check your statements if you pay by card as the machine double charged us for our meals. There was some confusion when we were paying and so the staff there put our transaction through twice. On returning home I checked my account and the transaction had indeed been taken off twice so after quickly phoning them it was refunded without any hassle. I'd like to thank the staff for this as it could have worked out at an extremely costly lunch at £21.40 x 2 .....

Recommended to have good Scottish Breakfast. Was disappointed when I found out the Haggis they served me was vegetarian instead of the real thing. Otherwise everything else including service was good.

Excellent range of coffees and hot chocolates. Unusually in our experience in many coffee houses they were actually hot, tasty too. Reasonably priced with a discount if you have visited or waiting to visit the adjoining Mary Kings Close

Just needed to sit down after tour of Real Mary Kings Close. It didn't seem busy but staff were busy and said there would be a long wait for food. That didn't bother me so ordered. It arrived reasonably quickly considering and was lovely.

My friend and I popped into the cafe while waiting for the Real Mary King Close tour we had later in the afternoon. We each ordered a pot of tea, a tart and the little duo deserts - my friend had the chocolate one and I had the raspberry cheesecake. We loved our tea and loved the fact we could just sit quietly by the window chatting and enjoying our tea and deserts. Sam served us and she was so sweet and lovely to talk to, and she checked on us to see how we were going and we were happy to strike up a quick convo with her about our plans to go on to a different ghost tour that evening. My friend and I loved the cafe, the food, and the staff so I'll definitely be going there again sometime! I highly recommend it, whether or not you're doing the RMK tour, but definitely if you're just waiting for the tour or wanting to sit down and chat after! :)

A most splendid lunch, the meat and cheese platters were excellent,, the Cullen skink was tasty and the portions generous.

Very nice coffee house. Serves lots of different food and drink. Prices are average for edinburgh. Staff are very helpful and friendly and the place is clean. Was nice to have somewhere to have a quite drink.

We visited the royal exchange in mid august 2015. We were booked on a tour at 2pm and had an hour to spare. We ordered soup and coffee/tea. There were two of us. The tables were just over half full so it wasnt overly busy. The drinks got served quite quickly but we had to ask about the soup after 25 minutes. When it finally arrived it was lukewarm and not very nice. Overall very disappointing.