Three Birds in Edinburgh, City of

Wow, stop scrolling, and book here. The Three Birds is a must eat restaurant while you are in Scotland. Amazing food, with incredible provenance and fantastic, cheery Scottish hospitality.

Excellent food, from a lovely team, at reasonable prices. Three Birds has a well-earned reputation as an Edinburgh institution and it's still going strong. This week I had the specials (scallops, lamb) and absolutely delighted with them. Shout-out also for the overlangshaw farm PBJ ice-cream and very nice Primitivo wine.

Such a gem! Really cute restaurant with the perfect chilled vibes and wonderful staff that make you feel at ease. Would highly recommend booking as they're quite popular! Absolutely amazing food with brilliant choice on the menu and a great choice of alcohol as well.

What a fantastic find. Amazing on all levels. Loved it

The scallops were very tasty. The risotto was absolutely delicious. The pigs ears were not as good as previously, too much coating but still ok. A nice atmosphere and excellent service.

We booked a very late table for dinner. Staff were amazing and made us feel so comfortable and well looked after. Food was amazing. I had major food envy because the boys ordered the sharing beef.

We had a lovely meal at Three Birds for a family birthday gathering. Service was friendly & excellent. Food was fresh, appetising & delicious. Also very accommodating for kids. Would highly recommend!

Found Three Birds while searching for Gluten Free restaurants within Edinburgh. Almost the full menu is gluten free. We shared 1 starter and 3 sidebars. To be honest this was filling, but they were absolutely amazing: Tempura Prawns. Crispy Pig Ears. Pistachio and Feta dip. 3Bee Seedy Chicken Strips. Main courses were the Lamb, which was on the specials board and the Chicken Milanese from the menu. I would recommend booking ahead to make a reservation, as this is a smaller restaurant and was very busy, although this was a Saturday we visited. Honestly, move over Gordon Ramsay, the Three Birds just set a new level in culinary expertise. Highly recommended and will definitely be back.

There is something quite wonderful about this restaurant. Obviously the food is outstanding, it’s a given. But the main thing is it brings pure joy. The welcome, the service, the attention to all the little details. Right now I am feeling wholly resentful of the residents of Edinburgh, but in time I’ll be happy to know that I have found a restaurant that I know I’ll be returning to one day.

First class meal. So attentive to dietary restrictions and allergies. Everything is gluten free, and dairy vegan and vegetarian people will find tons to eat... but even that's not the reason to go here. You should try this because the food is imaginative and extremely well done. Eating there isn't just dinner, it is an experience. The service is unbelievable. Book, it is small, and have a thoroughly enjoyable evening. To start, get the harissa hummus and papadoms... and order a rose lemonade to go with it. You'll thank me later!

Our first trip to Edinburgh and we were recommended to go here as we were staying locally. We really enjoyed it, the service was friendly and fun. The food wasn't cheap, but it was plentiful and delicious, therefore value for money in our opinion. The ambience was perfect it felt so comfortable, cosy and romantic. I would highly recommend to go here, we loved it!

Fabulous food, but can be noisy. We had a super meal here on Friday. Really could not be faulted.

Absolutely delicious meal- the whole family was satisfied. Two of us shared the 600g cow plate. One kids meal mac and cheese, and one lamb plate. The wine was perfect as well. All of it was amazing- a meal we will talk about for a long time. We left very happy. Gluten free friendly!

For we two vegetarians, we have just enjoyed a chickpea pancake dish which has topped us up completely! Great choices to be had here for all. Staff are friendly and super efficient! Full marks!

Great service, fun atmosphere, and incredible food. Able to adapt most dishes for gluten and dairy allergies.

very good restaurant. lovely menu, groovy vibe. Perhaps a little more pricey than I would have hoped, but definitely worth a visit.

Awesome place. Felt a little rushed but understandable as Saturday and super popular place!

What an amazing find. The most friendly staff. Delicious food. Great wine. A super evening. Thank you!

Friday night dinner last week. Food was superb, particularly enjoyed the service and chat. Was a lovely informal atmosphere aswell. Can’t wait for our next visit!

Amazing food!! I had a Thai curry that was just exploding with flavor. Dessert was amazing. Clearly run by people who really care about the food. Super kind service. Fun out of the way place that’s great of you want to avoid crowds of tourists.

These guys are genious, love them so much. Tasty, fast, kind and warm welcoming.

Today was my first time at Three Birds but will most certainly not be my last. What a great find, a small friendly restaurant in the Viewforth area. The food was delicious and well presented. The menu had a reasonably selection of both food and wines. I would highly recommend.

Incredible local restaurant. Fresh delicious food, interesting and varied menu. Staff are friendly and efficient.

An exquisite dining experience! Dining with someone who had a gluten and nut allergy, the team were so conscientious & didn’t make it seem difficult! All menu items are gluten free! We’ll definitely be back again and would highly recommend for anyone looking for a lovely, homely meal. Forgot to take a photo of the main because it just smelt so good.

Great food and excellent service. Always enjoy a meal here.

Really good food and amazing service. One of the best experiences I had in Edinburgh!

This cheerfully compact space offers a creative menu with well executed food, served efficiently in a relaxed atmosphere, and it’s located just a few steps from the main road in Edinburgh's Bruntsfield neighborhood. My husband and I had a fantastic dinner and can enthusiastically recommend everything we had, starting with the amazing pistachio feta dip that we shared. I then had the grilled sardine served over caponata as my starter, and the seared scallops and crayfish tails in brown butter—listed as an appetizer on the Specials menu-- but I requested it as my entree. My scallops were hugely plump, perched atop a delicious sauce. The other starter on the Specials was an extraordinarily tasty curried cauliflower soup with shredded coconut and Kefir lime leaves. After this soup, my husband enjoyed the Chicken Milanese and the pistachio feta puree reappeared, this time as a warm dollop of accompanying sauce. The portions were just the right size that I was able to top off my meal with a scoop of rhubarb strawberry sorbet. I found out too late about the chef's innovative marmite ice cream concoction that seems to have had the Internet abuzz. My bad, that means I'll have to return on another visit, I suppose,

I have several dietary restrictions and Three Birds was able to work with all of them. I was delighted with delicious food with sauces (which usually get left behind because of my restrictions).

Awesome experience! So delicious food really good and not too filling so a desert can fit in. Such a good atmosphere as well. Everyone is so lovely and kind. Defenetly gonna eat here again

Never disappointed with the fab food or the wonderful atmosphere. Appreciating the effort and care go on backstage and in the service to make customers' evenings effortlessly delightful. Thank you.

i loved it here! super cute place, amazing food, it was perfect. the servers were so sweet, funny, and helpful. the whole menu is gluten free and lots of options for vegan/lactose intolerance. the desert menu was great, lots of options. wish i could come again :)

Would not recommend. We were told to ne quite ( dispite being sober) at 21:30 on a Friday night. Perhaps my face doesn't fit or staff training needed as ruined an alright but expensive evening.

Amazing little place. Beautiful food, some interesting new combinations of flavours I haven't had before. Good value for the quality and super friendly staff.

What a lovely spot. The green vegetable curry was incredible!!! The staff are so so nice. Can’t wait to return.

Our experience at the three birds restaurant, was nothing short of exceptional. From the moment we arrived until we left, we felt welcomed and pampered by the food and the service. We would highly recommend the restaurant 😀

Perfect restaurant which offers excellent food&service with reasonable price. Daily soup is great, mains came with good portion, the seasoning and flavor are brilliant. Highly recommended!

Hi I can’t call and couldn’t find you on WhatsApp but I need to cancel my reservation for two at 7:30 and the online cancellation wasn’t working. Hope you see this! Thank you!

Awesome food, wine & service! Loved my grilled mackerel, cucumber salad and chilli aioli with a side of fries and a really delicious Shiraz! My new favourite place - we will definitely be back!

My daughter and I have a very delicious three course meal here and enjoyed every mouthful. We chose the vegan options which were all absolutely beautifully presented. Lovely staff , lovely wine and setting.... what more could you ask for.

My favourite spot in Edinburgh. Food is always perfect and service is very friendly. The atmosphere is always very welcoming.

Lovely anniversary meal. Food was inventive and delicious. Wait staff accommodating and natural.

Very good food, fair prices. Really enjoyed it and it's honestly one of the best meals I've had in UK. The scallops were excellent and the beef stake was great, really tasty, very good quality and value for money. Definitely recommended!

Always loved The Three Birds had a great experiences in the past so booked lunch with some friends - who were visiting Edinburgh . The restaurant was not busy and some staff sitting next to us chatting and singing. Which was quite annoying as we were ignored. We ordered sea bass and chicken dishes but the flavours were fighting each other …. Perhaps an enthusiastic chef experimenting 😳 Each of us ate the fish and chicken and left everything else ….. was our waitress interested to know why ? No, she removed our plates and gave us desert menus but she never returned to take our desert order ! We paid and left and went to another place for desert. They do say a quiet restaurant - worst service given - this was certainly the case. Birthday occasion ruined !

Fantastic atmosphere and incredible food. Soup, mains, sides & deserts - everything was just brilliant.

Always a pleasant experience. Staff friendly and engaging. Food delicious. Recommend the "Big Cow" (they sell out so be warned) Will return

Update: Still awesome, still amazing, still a gem of Edinburgh Love 3 birds. It's certainly on the expensive side of things compared to the portions, but it's worth the visit; the good is simply delicious and also creative. It's great for special occasions. Staff are awesome, welcoming and friendly. Simply fab. It's a shame they stopped the half-price dinner tasters, they were a great way to have an affordable dinner -while helping out a bit.

Probably the best cafe in Edinburgh, the food was fantastic.

Incredible little restaurant with a varied menu. Just fantastic food in an informal setting. Highly recommended

The avocado toast with dukka and chilli oil is beyond superb, the best I have ever had, anywhere. Lovely staff, nice atmosphere. 5 star across the board

Teníamos mucha hambre y estaba todo cerrado o lleno. Llegamos de casualidad y realmente fue maravilloso. La comida deliciosa, el personal muy amable y el ambiente grato.

Excellent food and service. Well worth a visit.

I don't know how they produce such delicious food at incredibly reasonable prices but they do and we love it. They do a mean French and espresso martini too. Staff are delightful and create a lovely chilled out atmosphere even when they are rushed off their feet. One of our favourite places to eat for sure and we've never been disappointed.

We’ve been here before so knew what to expect. It’s not cheap but the food is outstanding and once again we came away feeling we’d had a great experience. An absolutely brilliant little restaurant.

We’ve eaten here over the years as live local and it really felt that the restaurant has upped its game. The food was presented well, beautifully flavoured with great portions for a local bistro. The wine, ambience just all worked - so impressed we’ve rebooked for a birthday celebration.

Came here for lunch today from Glasgow with my partner. It was absolutely a brilliant meal, we both said the food was unreal. Being gluten free it was great that I could eat nearly the whole menu! My partners favourite was the cornbread muffin and my stand out was the braised pork. The rocky road desert deserves its own shout out, that peanut butter and jelly ice-cream is something we both loved! Will definitely be back for another visit and recommend.

Another excellant meal at Three Birds. So good we returned for brunch two days later. We have eaten here several times over the last year, on our visits to Edinburgh, and have never been disappointed with any element of the experience. Good food, lovely staff and great atmosphere. Always a great choice of dishes beautifully presented. I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to visit Edinburgh without a visit to Three Birds.

Amazing food at a relaxed neighbourhood bistro. Pigeon breast was perfectly flavoured, Venison was miraculously succulent (perfect for cold November evenings) and ice-creams are a delicious and unusual. Lovely friendly service. A gem!

Fabulous food and great service. Took great care to cater for a table full of different dietary needs!

Good value for money, great service and lovely food. I just keep coming back. Great to see the updated menu - the prawns with noodles were divine!

Excellent food and friendly staff, nice atmosphere

This amazing restaurant is the best dining experience I've had in Edinburgh. As somebody who cannot eat gluten, I stumbled across this place with an almost entirely gluten-free menu after searching online. The food was beyond incredible, the atmosphere cosy and relaxed, and the staff were superb, with the perfect balance of service against knowing when to leave you be. Will be defo be coming here again.

Amazing restaurant— menu is 99% gluten free, food is 100% delicious!

Just a lovely wee place with folks doing great cooking and friendly service. Keep it going folks 👍

Good range of choices. Good food. Good wine and very good staff. Relaxed atmosphere and fun place

The food would be worth walking from Essex for.. I took the train. Very good!

Still one of my old favourites of Edinburgh. Not pretentious - just 1. Delicious crowd pleasing food; and 2. Excellent personable service. 3. Cozy ambiance and tasteful decor It’s rare that I choose to go the same restaurant more than once but this is one of the few. Even with my high expectations from previous experiences, it still didn’t disappoint. This time, we shared the feta dip for a starter which was packed full of flavour. I then had the lamb which was cooked perfectly pink. The side of a bag of chips was definitely not needed but we were not complaining. Rum baba desert was amazing - like a unique sticky toffee pudding but on steroids. Would recommend swapping the vanilla ice cream with their coconut ice cream to match. Keep up the tremendous work!

We could only get a table at 9 because we had left it too late to book on a Saturday night - but this was genuinely a meal worth waiting for. The place was buzzing, a big party was celebrating but there were several smaller tables where the spirit was just as festive. The wait staff were just delightful, quippy and interested, engaged and deeply invested in us having a fabulous evening. The gluten free offering was brilliant - reassuringly straight forward and confidently explained. I had the delicious venison which was an extraordinary combination of flavour, my companion had the risotto and it was so yummy, I wasn't allowed even a mouthful. I am only sorry we discovered the on our last night in the city. Would recommend.

Absolutely amazing! Delicious food and wonderful service. Thank you!

Fantastic food and lovely service. Definitely recommend!

Had amazing food and a great vibe, would go again

There aren’t enough superlatives to describe the wonderful quality of food, atmosphere and service 3 birds offers. Glass bottles of soft drink, finally somewhere offers this luxury! Even the tiny pieces of balsamic shallot in the olive oil that came with the sourdough bread were divine. I had the haggis bonbons served with watercress, pickle and the most sumptuous chive mayonnaise. To follow one of the best risottos I’ve ever had, plenty of dill and creamy Parmesan. For a busy Sunday our waitress was very attentive and helpful. We are I’ll definitely be back. New favourite.

Tiny place full of character. Pleasant staff and management. The menu promises a lot but the execution of the dishes leaves a bit to be desired. With a lot more cooking expertise, this could be a real gem. However, having that, the place attracts a lot of diners in search for something different from the run of the mill.

Absolutely delicious lunch with impeccable service and cosy atmosphere.

Very busy bistro type restaurant. Food quality good, prices on the high side

The sweetcorn and coconut chowder is like a warm hug in soup form, highly recommend!!

Tourist here. Staff were great fun and very informative about local food and drink. Had an eggs benny with haggis, which was fantastic, and a local spirit I forget the name of, but reminded me of aquavit as the closest comparison. Would recommend to anyone and will return next I'm in town

A very welcoming, friendly and cosy (yet not cramped) little restaurant with delicious food. Vegan options are so delicious even an ardent meat eater would want to try them.

Worst eggs Benedict (bacon) I have ever had , mainly terrible bacon over cooked chewy and mainly all fat and for £15 each and bread base hard stale bread beware and £15 each !!!

fantastic vegan options, best french fries I’ve ever tried, excellent drinks, such nice staff and welcoming vibe inside! 10/10 recommend

Ce restaurant nous a été conseillé et il est excellent. La cuisson des viandes est maîtrisée par un chef français et le slow braised beef est excellent, la cote de boeuf également. En dessert le Mai Thai mess est original, le reste tres classique. Bravo.

Great experience. Our waitress, Jessica, was extremely friendly and helpful - also great with suggestions and conversation. Food was delicious and the atmosphere was cozy and welcoming.

Had a fantastic meal with friends to celebrate my birthday food service atmosphere all excellent

Our favorite dinner in Edinburgh. Everything was just so delicious - from the pistachio feta dip to the green curry to the creative dessert. Would come back as soon as possible if we lived here.

Not been for a while but delighted that Restaurant is as good as ever. A wonderful local gem of a place.

I haven't been to this place, may be google picked up this place for review from the location. However I have heard good things and reviews about this place.

Great food, attentive staff, an overall great experience! Our favorite place in Edinburgh!

Visited twice recently with friends. For lunch and dinner. Excellent food and friendly and efficient service. Good choice and great quality. They cater for gluten free and other requirements without fuss. I would highly recommend.

Wonderful as always; must be one of the most consistent restaurants around for quality and service.

Visited the third time. A small but selected menue, often local product. Creative and tasty - sorry: no Scottish fare 😉 Friendly and unrushed service. A nice place to stay for a relaxed meal. Small but selected vine card, tastes of a good range. Really recommend it.

A very enjoyable lunch in a relaxed atmosphere but with excellent service and food. The range of choices on the menu would suit anyone. I noticed lots of vegan options too. I enjoyed a delicious asparagus starter and a chicken dish in a pea broth with chorizo. Fantastic flavours and everyone freshly prepared. Everything I would want from a lunch with a friend and it was very reasonably priced. Must go more often !

Great service. Unique and delicious food. We lacked for nothing! The food really makes this place stand out.

Delightful food and service! Couldn’t have asked for more, we were meeting up with some visiting American pals and we were all fed well and looked after. Big up to our lovely server in the Golden Girls T-shirt, rich in people skills a jolly good...

Delicious food, friendly staff and value for money 🤑 Have the Big Cow and nothing else.

Tres bon restaurant avec des supers options végétariennes 🌱

Fabulous meal. Really well looked after. Will be back

We were fortunate to get seating without reservation. Amazing food, great staff, & allergy friendly. From the appetizer, main dish, to dessert, the taste is spot on. The decor is chic and simple. Check it out, you won’t be disspointed.

One of the best meals out I’ve had in a long time. Excellent service and absolutely fantastic food!! I had a special and the beef was perfectly tender and well cooked. The wine was also excellent. Highly recommended

Good quality product, very nicely presented and, most importantly, tasty. The personnel is attentive and funny. Excellent!

Had an excellent birthday lunch here. Friendly and attentive service. Relaxed atmosphere. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails, bread and snacks to start. Delicious sea bass and stir fry for mains. Affogato and cheese to follow with coffee for those still in need. Fabulous!! (Apologies I mashed...

Absolutely wonderful from the moment we stepped in the door. We booked a table for 2 on Easter Sunday afternoon for the evening. The venue is simple and unassuming but wow what a treat we were in for! When we arrived we received a very...