The best restaurants in Edinburgh and Lothian

This is a super late review as my girlfriend and I were in Edinburgh September, 2023, but we just ordered Indian at home and remembered how amazing the food and atmosphere was at Pakora. The owner came over to chat with us (or wasn't busy at that time of day) and talked to us for 15 minutes or so about the restaurant, food, and India. Absolutely worth going to if you live in the area or are travel to Edinburgh from abroad. If it were possible, I'd order from here weekly!

Absolutely amazing coffee shop, charmingly small with amazing staff and incredible coffee!

Lovely food - very inspired menu, some different touches. I really like the decor. Staff were friendly and helpful

There was one very rude staff, probably the worst I’ve encountered in the entire UK so far. Cocktails were ok but the whole customer experience was ruined.

Great little find. Great selection of food, very tasty, good service. Highly recommended, will be back when back in Edinburgh

Popped in for a casual pint and found a really relaxing pub with knowledgeable staff and an interesting line up of craft beers, both on tap and in cans. Didn't try the food but I couldn't resist a cheeky peep at the table next to me when their food arrived and it looked great. There is a wonderfully secluded beer garden here for when the weather improves too. Sitting just off the Royal Mile, it's the perfect bar to escape to to get away from the throngs of tourists.

Great Experience, Great staff love how they give you a story for the drinks !!

Chicken Jai FTW. 2nd time and will continue to order it every time. I wanted to lick my plate. No overly full feeling, just pure deliciousness. Normally a butter chicken fan but chicken jai is better. Loved the new decor too. Fancy mint choco was the perfect finish.

Young lad behind the counter has the worst attitude absolutely atrocious service food was mediocre. For a wrap, go next door

I really wanted to like this place! It's located in a charming part of Leith and looks like a sweet place for a date night. It has a legit-looking pizza oven and a nice atmosphere with good lighting that is not too loud or crowded. This being said, I was intensely disappointed (devastated?) by the pizza. I can't imagine the other food would be better because it was elementally bad. By this, I mean the basic elements were tasteless: dough and sauce. You may write me off or judge (at your own peril) because I'm lactose intolerant, and my partner is vegan, so we get pizza without cheese. I'm from Philly, where we have the most delicious tomato pies that will rearrange your cheese-centric universe. Pizza is simple, and it's about dough and sauce. Cheese is the icing on the cake. You don't eat cake for the icing do you? DO YOU? The waitress was kind, but hilariously brought us more pizza when we said we didn't like the pizza, and that it was flavorless and sad. Ha. She brought more sadness! This time, a smaller version of the mushroom pizza, with butter on the mushrooms, which she hoped would fix the tasteless problem. *Butter is not THE or a key ingredient to good pizza! We took a few bites to be polite, but damn, to complete this ramble with a question to humanity, how on earth are there so many glowing reviews? Are these people dead in the tongue? Note, I was in a good mood headed in to the place and left in a good mood, but poorer (expensive!!) and full in a bad way during my bike ride to the pub. We won't be back to this spot, and the search continues after numerous failed attempts for a good pizza spot in Edinburgh. Will this be a fruitless endeavor? I think I can't last long here without good pizza. It's existential. I hope this brings about a flavor/soul search for Origano. I don't write this in spite at all, just hoping for better food and real love and effort in the food to come from hearing my experience. Perhaps my partner and I are outliers, but also, maybe people are just being polite. Time will tell.

Proper pub, spotlessly clean, friendly welcome from the landlord Kevin, interested and engaged with his customers, the McEwans 80 shilling is outstanding and the mince pies are great, if you're a visitor to Edinburgh or a local there's no place better to go than the diggers ( Athletic Arms)

Educated Flea now Bistro Coco - same horse, different jockey! Educated Flea has been taken over by the former Head Chef and is now known as 'Bistro Coco'. From the same premises with a similar style of cuisine, Bistro Coco continues to serve high quality food and is already building on its renewed 5* review rating via TripAdvisor. The King is Dead; Long Live The King!

Always a pleasure to eat here, never a bad experience. Food was very nice...pork belly starter was yummy

Service good friendly staff excellent service and atmosphere 👌

Solía gustarme mucho este lugar por sus comidas vegetarianas a un precio razonable, pero mi reciente visita fue decepcionante. Pedí el tazón satay después de que el personal me dijo que era una comida completa. Por 16 libras. 50 , eran solo unas pocas verduras, una pequeña cantidad de tofu, y una salsa de maní sosa. Sin sabor real, se sentía muy mal en relación calidad-precio.