The best restaurants in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh and Lothian

First visit here a few weeks ago and it’s as lovely inside as the restaurant is from the outside. The staff were so friendly, the food was delicious and they do a real good Aperol spritz! I particularly loved how every table was spaced out so whilst the place was full and buzzing, you weren’t sat on top of each other. I’d definitely recommend and will definitely be back ✨

I usually don't write reviews, but I really liked this place. Went in for a Scottish breakfast and it was lovely. Staff was super friendly. Great atmosphere to sit with a hot chocolate after breakfast to read my book.

This food is Art!!!! Absolutely amazing sandwiches, wraps, toasties or salads Staff are so Friendly and helpful Food is epic Dog friendly 🐾

A great place if you want to mingle with locals! The staff are adorable! The breakfasts are plentiful and delicious! Between the filled omelette, the full Scottish breakfast and the full Turkish breakfast, we don't know what to choose! In addition, you will have the chance to chat with Mr George, an adorable regular here for 12 years!

Fantastic little shop with so many amazing sweets. Having read other reviews I don’t know if we caught the owner on a bad day as he was a little rude asking why we’d left it until 4.50 to visit and making us feel like we were too much trouble. His wife? On the other hand rectified how he made us feel she was kind and welcoming. If we’d know they were there we probably would have visited earlier in the day but we’d only just arrived in Edinburgh and walked by and saw the shop. Still a fab little place and definitely worth a visit !!

Tony is a lovely man, very friendly and full of beans. Always welcomes you with a smile and happy to help. He makes my day when I collect my breakfast

Nice views nice food 100/100‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

It is a very nice experience. There are different tour types. The silver tour takes about 1 hour. It is a great place visually. It talks about whiskey production and its history. The explanations and presentations in English are very nice. There are 20 language options but unfortunately there is no Turkish. I hope the Turkish language option is added. If you have come here, I recommend you to experience it.

We had a lovely evening - meal delicious, grandsons loved it as did their 80 year old papa! Service was perfect - delightful young waitress and the ‘meat servers’ were charming too!

Everything was great - food, service, atmosphere! If i am ever in Edinburgh again I will be sure to visit!!

Divya and the rest of the staff were attentive and personable and made it a memorable experience!

Situated LG in St James Quarter. Amazing atmosphere, great food! 5 stars. Returning in 2025 to update review. I am yet to have Tom Yum soup as amazing as this restaurant.

I wish there was a way to give six starts for atmosphere. The owner / manager is very friendly and loves to chat and when I visited (Saturday evening) there was a winston churchill impersonator walking around the tables and entertaining guests. It is unusual to find a family run restaurant in the middle of Edinburgh but here it is. Paneer pakora was excellent.

Well, I was bought their big blue book for Xmas so the next time in Edinburgh had to book a visit. Slightly late arriving as we got lost but arrived and were quickly shown up the stairs - quite daunting when you had been in your feet all day - to the dining room. It was packed but gave off a great vibe. Our Bulgarian waiter - sorry, but didn’t get his name - was excellently thorough in explaining the menu in detail . Drinks of Kingfiaher beer arrived, suitably chilled, ahead of starters of Amritsiri fish and house chaat. Both were outstanding. A shared min of Goan fish curry, pilau rice and. Plain naan bread swiftly followed. Again, hot and fresh and very tasty. Time taken to finish a second beer apiece and watch the room go by. All in all, a wonderfully tasty experience with quite brilliant staff. Cost was par at £85 for two. Now to cook at home some of the recipes in the book.

Had a terrific, rapidly delivered meal from Pataka tonight. Mixed starter, pakora, pathia, butter chicken and sides, he'll even the salad was much better than most places. All really tasty, came super quick, best delivery we've had in a decade from all the local Indian take aways!!!