The best restaurants serving British food in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh and Lothian

Bar staff where great, made you feel really welcome, with a nice cheerful smile, and the food was good. Will defo be back.

Yesterday we were visiting Edinburgh from Dublin, and we met a friend who was down from Stirling at your Restaurant in Lieth. I ordered the Steak and asked for medium, when they brought it, it was well done. The thing that struck me was when I told the waitress that it was well done, she was so apologetic, I don't know how many times she came over to apologise but not only her, the manager and other staff also came over to apologise. They brought me a new steak but it was also well done, I did not complain as I was so overwhelmed with all the apologies the first time. But the manager was watching me cut into the steak and said that is not Medium, I am taking that off your bill and not charging you. I also had a free drink and again so many apologies, they couldn't have done more for me. If ever I am in the area again I will go back and I will recommmend this restaurant to all my friends, I have never had such good service anywhere in the world and we travel a lot. Thank you so much!

I wanted to love this Indian street food spot, it had a cool vibe, smelled great, laid back and great soundtrack. But the food was tasteless. First, while they promote the Bombay sapphire gin, they simply won’t make their also advertised gin martini out of it, even for an up-charge. I rolled and took their version which was a citrusy lime affair, when everyone who matters knows gin martinis are meant to be served dirty and with olives. Maybe that’s the New York girl in me, but moving on, the Papadam had not an ounce of cumin, seed or powder, just puffed dough. Similarly, the Haka noodles were mush and honestly tasted like nothing except maybe vinegar. Maybe the mains are better, but I’d try your luck elsewhere. My 3 purchased items are all going back mostly untouched.

Clean toilets, friendly staff, free water, decent prices. Food quality however is a bit mediocre.

At first glance, we thought this would be just a basic breakfast buffet, however it is supplemented nicely with various menu items. Food was fine, and I might have given three stars, except that our server Nick made me the most incredible cappuccino with almond milk. He also had good suggestions for what to order. Truly exceptional service and I am bumping it up to four stars. Excellent almond milk cappuccino. Thank you Nick!

Great to find, we're doing to entire week in scotland visiting every spot. This good pub with large choices

Perfect pub for some local beers and quiet time

Lovely friendly and helpful staff, lovely atmosphere in the downstairs bar and food in the restaurant upstairs was easily a 10/10 . Will definitely be back on our next trip to Edinburgh.

My favourite pub when visiting Edinburgh. Despite being right by the most touristy of tourist spots, the selection of ales is consistently fantastic and the live folk music some evenings is unbeatable. The low ceilings and old-school lighting really accentuate the already self-evident fact that this place has a lot of history to it. Highly recommend!

The service was impeccable from the greeting to the server (thank you Oli), and the food was just spectacular. We each had the 2-course prix fix and a side. And a great IPA. Highly recommend.

Wasn't even served, no hello, nothing.

Good value in a pleasant atmosphere. The service is consistently excellent, food is great and would match any fine dining restaurant. Great value for money

Este es un lugar perfecto. Personal atento que se asegura de que tenga un tiempo perfecto. Gran selección de comida y bebida Jazzy lugar Buena música Precio razonable

Where do I start? I booked a table for 8pm on 15th December 2024 for my family and I. Upon arrival we were shown to our table and told someone would be with us shortly. The restaurant was relatively quiet at this point. After 15 minutes of staff ignoring us a young staff member who’s personal hygiene was questionable approached us and asked if we would like some thing to drink. We all ordered soft drinks. At this time we asked to be moved tables as we felt quite cramped in the area we were in. I didn’t think this would be an issue as the restaurant was quiet. I was told there were no other tables available. A short time later the staff member arrived and put down 5 bottles of coke and 7up. At this time we realised there was a slug on one of the bottles. The staff member apologised and removed the slug but left us with the bottles. He did not supply glasses so I assume he expected My wife to drink out of the bottle that the slug had just been attached to. I then informed another member of staff of this who told the original staff member to supply glasses. He did this but offered no apology and offered no ice for the drinks. The next issue - I approached the food service area and ordered my selection of food. I noted that there were hardly any selection of vegetables or potatoes. I also noted that the service area was filthy with food that had clearly spilled over and had been sat there for some time. I then had the unfortunate experience of approaching the gravy counter. Again this was filthy (photo attached). I then realised that we hadn’t even been supplied cutlery. Once sat down to begin my meal, after I had to approach the bar staff as there was not any waiting staff to be seen to collect cutlery I looked around me and noted that the walls were covered in stains and had clearly not been cleaned in a long time. (Photo attached). I then looked up to see that the ceiling was mouldy. (Another photo attached). We were then pretty much ignored again by staff and were not approached until we asked for the bill. We then had the pleasure of paying over £92 for this experience. This experience has quite possibly been the worst experience I have ever had at any restaurant I have ever been too. My wife holds a food hygiene certificate due to her line of work and noted that staff overalls were dirty, staff were behind the serving counter, not wearing protective equipment with their hair not covered. I think I would have preferred to have eaten at Fawlty Towers.

Gran comida y muy buen servicio! Liam y Joshua hicieron un trabajo increíble cuidando de nosotros. El filete se iba a morir y mi esposa disfrutó de su langosta.