The best restaurants in Edinburgh and Lothian

We visited here during our Edinburgh trip today (22.07.2024). We were looking for a nice cake to go with our coffee only to be horrified in seeing LOADS of flies crawling all over them! We alerted a member of staff whose response was “cover these up”. They decided to wrap cling film over them!!! After flies had crawled all over them!!! Disgusting, the amount of flies was vile, the cakes should have been binned, we then watched as they continued to serve these to poor customers who had not known. This is a serious breach of health and hygiene and I am absolutely disgusted. we will not be back.

One of the most rundown cafes I have seen . Very much in need of a deep clean and refurbished . Saw little evidence of any tables being wiped . The toasties were ok but after visiting the WC I shudder to think what the kitchen may be like . I would not recommend this place and would not return .

Even without drinks or appetizers or dessert the price per person is around 15 GBP... This one is more like a restaurant than fast food... But Staff is only for bringing the order to the table. Everything else is up to you... So you have to order through the internet, bring napkins, forks etc Bring all the sauces... The taste is nice though

A lovely wee cafe at the end of Linlithgow high street that doesn’t have many cafes. Handy for a wee catchup with family and friends. Clean and bright, seating is comfy. The home baking and sandwiches are excellent, scones are amazing. Tea and coffee are freshly made and hot. Staff are lovely and welcoming.

Awful.no vegan or vegetarian food.apparently ran out.no hot water.ran out of cups.tables dirty with most tables still having previous diners plates.staff dour faced and not interested.

Amazing food, quality and quantity. May not be the most vast of menus but lovely choice. Excellent margarita 🍹 and choice of drinks. Nice ambience and excellent service

They offer delivery but it takes 90 minutes. When you bring this up with them, they say Just Eat estimates 90 minutes. Most people don't order food 90 minutes ahead of time. If you complain, they tell you to pick it up yourself (I guess they assume everyone owns a car or is do not have additional needs that rely on delivery). Don't waste your time. The staff are rude, and the wait times are ridiculous.

Beautiful tasty food. Pasta el pomodoro was really good and the chicken wings were better than kfc. Masala dosa with the right amount of tasty filling. No leftovers. Will definitely come back.

We felt like fish and chips but when we got them both the fish and chips were lukewarm. This meant the chips were soggy and the fish batter was similar. So we were disappointed. Deep fried mars bar was ok.

This has got to be the dirtiest Costa I’ve ever been in. Two staff members on. Area at the back was full of tables covered in leftover trays. Crumbs everywhere. Had to move trays out of the way to get a seat. No one clearing up. Costa get your act together. I’m a regular customer but won’t be back to this branch. Get your act together.

Food was great. Service was slow. Would recommend to family and friend who would come to Edinburgh. Enjoyed my snails food.

I came to the pavilion cafe with friends for drinks. The bar had very good music, staff member (Kinga) was very approachable and smiley. Amazing views and atmosphere lovely place to sit and have a drink whilst seeing the sights of Edinburgh!

Tried to go here to take out a family member for a coffee. There is no disabled access. So therefore we could not go in to look at the shop items or go to the cafe. No help offered either. What a shame!

Popped in today for the first time and we got some sweets around £7 while waiting then we were £12 for 2 crepes with ice cream, we were advised 5 minutes but then 10 minutes as the machine wasn’t on but took around 15 minutes. The first arrived hot and looked amazing but after 3 bites I had a dark hair visible on my fork wrapped in the Nutella chocolate and crepe! Friendly assistant but with long hair it should really be tied in a bun or have a hair net on and not in a loose ponytail when around food. Pointed it out and I got an apology and offered a fresh one but didn’t want one as that just put me off and my partner too who didn’t even eat 1/2 of his as he was as shocked and disappointed as I was. I asked for a refund on the one I sent back and really should have been refunded for them both. Pick and mix ok, some sweets that tasted horrid and not great quality for the price paid. Left the shop disappointed.

Really disappointed. Ordered quite a few dishes and all were cold, dried out and sickly sweet. 80% went in the bin. Will not be ordering from here again