The best restaurants serving British food in Edinburgh and Lothian

My wife, my sister, my sister’s friend and I had a meal in here and it wasn’t such a great experience. My sister’s friend has lived in Linlithgow for some of her life, and it was her that suggested that we have lunch at this eatery. Initial impressions were very good, in that it looked welcoming, was in a good state of decoration, was clean and the staff were friendly. Now, my wife and I are up visiting from Leicester, so have an expectation on what we should be paying for a meal, so we were quite surprised by the high prices at this establishment, for what I would call relatively simple meals. Anyway, we ordered our drinks and food, and the drinks were soon brought to the table (also quite dear), and soon after the food was brought. Two of us ordered the lamb kofta flatbread at £10.50 each, and the other two ordered steak and caramelised onion ciabatta at £11.50 each (these meals would cost around £7-£8 in our area of the Midlands). The two that had the lamb koftas were quite happy with their meals, but the other two meals were awful, and unfortunately, I was one of the other two that had the steak. First of all, I would not say that the bread was a ciabatta – it was more like a soft long roll, but in any eventuality, it was dry and tasteless, and down south the ciabattas are normally toasted. This was not helped by the fact that the amount of onions was minimal – we each had a sliver of onions up the middle of the so-called ciabatta. The steak was a tad tough, but palatable. When the server came up to take the plates I complained to him about the meals, and he told us he would tell the chef. Whether he did or not is anyone’s guess, as he never came back to us. There was absolutely no gesture of goodwill for the poor quality of this truly expensive food, so we paid the bill and left. We would absolutely not eat here whenever we visit this town again, and I wouldn’t give it a recommendation.

Lovely place with deals on each night for guests..Food was great, service was lovely and wanted to mention Harshit and his customer service. If your staying at the hotel highly recommended and Thursday nights steak night is a must to try.

¡Qué desastre es la organización de este café! Fui allí a almorzar para reunirme con amigos que solían dirigir be&Bs, así que saben una o dos cosas sobre cocinar y servir comida. Todos acordamos que necesitaba una buena revisión. Al parecer, sólo había cuatro funcionarios que trabajaban para atender más de 100 coberturas. Uno trabajando en la cocina, uno limpiando mesas y dos sirviendo comida; de hecho, uno sirviendo comida y bebidas y otro tomando el pago. Tardaron más de media hora en servir y en las dos horas que estuvimos allí la cola no disminuyó. Algunas personas solo querían una bebida caliente y un pastel, pero tenían que esperar junto a las personas que querían una comida. Se necesitan al menos dos miembros más del personal, uno que sirva comida, otro que prepare bebidas y otro que sirva sopa, tal vez mientras que el número cuatro podría recibir el pago. Las mesas de limpieza de las niñas no tenían modales ni idea de que había que mover las cosas de la mesa para darle una limpieza a la mesa, no se usó aerosol y cuán limpio estaba el paño sigue siendo un misterio. Quien dirija este café debe mirar bien cómo se administra este lugar y emplear más personal. La comida era realmente sabrosa pero bastante cara y la elección de ensaladas necesitaba un ojo nuevo. La cafetería está en un lugar tan bueno con fácil aparcamiento y una encantadora zona de estar exterior que se estaba utilizando ayer en octubre. Si la gerencia necesita ayuda para reorganizarse, hay cuatro ex be&be damas que están llenas de sugerencias. Mientras tanto no volveremos y no estaremos sugiriendo encontrarnos con amigos aquí en el corto plazo.

Oh a real Scottish pub with a neighborhood atmosphere, enjoy good beers on tap and if you feel like it, try Scottish dishes!

Friendly welcome. The dining room is very pleasant. Smoked salmon, haggis, fish and chips—everything was very good. Thanks to Hanna who took the time to explain the menu to us. We'll be back.

Waiting time too long between starter and main course

We wandered in to the Grassmere area after our audio tour of the castle and thought this pub checked the requisite character box. Few tables were available even for drinks but our timing was lucky. One of if not the oldest pub in Edinburgh so best to reserve ahead if you want to eat.

The southern chicken stripes are AMAZING!!

Just had awesome meal. Great value for the money

Ci siamo fermati a cena con la famiglia in questo pub. Ottima birra, piatti tipici di ottima qualità. Il pollo fritto con aglio era fantastico ma anche la classica pie! L’hamburger solamente onesto, invece. Prezzo nella media.

Great service by James served us drinks and food will be back soon

Delicious food ... breakfasts wonderfully good. Coffee and cakes exceptional

This place never disappoints and today was no different .. top class food and top class service .. best place around for any family get togethers

Staff here were so nicehh! The food was amazing, chicken schnitzel was something different to try and the chef nailed it 👌 chunky chips were just cooked to perfection. Hubby loved his burger and his apple and blackberry crumble. Mango and passionfruit sundae was phenomenal 🫶 washed down with a delicious peach and raspberry mojto!

We live locally and have visited from time to time since this bistro opened. It’s been a while but what a disappointment today! Great location on the edge of town, next to the canal with countryside views. That, unfortunately, is where for me the positives end. Beautiful day today and so there was lots of outdoor seating. We sat outdoors. Outdoor seating is basic, to say the least. Lacking imagination and uncomfortable. What’s not made clear by staff is the indoor and outdoor service and, I assume, menus are different. We were asked to order online, using the QR code on the menu. The food was delivered to our table in sealed tubs in a brown paper carry out bag. Nothing was reusable. Wooden cutlery, plastic lids and plastic-lined cardboard boxes (hence, not practical to recycle). The food - sandwiches and fries - was very mediocre and not helped by being delivered in sealed containers or by the presentation. This felt like an office carry out, not a bistro experience in the countryside on a fine day. What were they thinking when they introduced this? It’s not cool and it’s not enjoyable. It’ll be a long time before we return. (I provided polite, discrete verbal feedback to staff about our experience).