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

Friendly staff, very nice music! I asked for recommendations and got a very nice and sweet whiskey that’s not on the menu!

Excellente cuisine et spécialités ecossaisses!!, et très bonne ambiance. Typique pub écossais !!! A essayer absolument

A very nice pub with not that much choices but good dishes. The kids loved the Mac'n'Cheese while I was a bit disappointed by the pea&mint soup that was not that tasty. The service was very nice and friendly.

Good food, good drinks, good service. Cozy little pub in the heart of Edinburgh.

Only been a few times but have never been disappointed. Most recent visit was for a Sunday roast (which was as good as the last time we had it). Staff were fantastic as always and made sure we were well fed and watered. Will definitely be back 😍

My Wife and I have visited this lovely pub many many times on our visits to Edinburgh. But we were really disappointed on our last visit - the atmosphere has been totally spoilt by huge TV screens showing silent BBC news! Why break up the lovely architecture with something so unnecessary. The service is still perfect…you will never meet such friendly staff. But the food menu has also been simplified a little by easy to sell burgers at the detriment of the previously more choice of bar snacks. We won’t be going back …what a shame atmosphere and uniqueness has been sacrificed for blandness.

Really nice food and very friendly staff

The staff were very helpful. Food was a bit of a miss although only had the nachos which were cold chips and a few toppings. Atmosphere was good and a great place to watch a match.

Fantastic place with fantastic service!

I hope the staff have woken from their slumber by the time tourist season hits the Royal Mile. It wasn't even that busy with customers. Maybe 5 covers. We were acknowledged quickly with menus. 👍 We pointed out to them that something had been spilt on one if the chairs at our table. Nothing was done about it or even acknowledged. 👎 Then part of our order had been forgotten about. I had to chase this up. 👎Then the table next to us sat the entire time we had eaten, and drank... and used the restrooms before leaving and they still hadn't even had a menu put in front of them. 🤦‍♂️They also had to chase them up. The food itself was nice.👍 (Albeit you're paying tourist royal Mile Edinburgh prices). So a bit of a shame really. Could definitely do better.

****please read if you are considering booking this hotel**** I stayed here about a week ago when visiting the absolutely beautiful city of Edinburgh. Although I was amazed at the awe of this city after visiting for the first time, it was an incredible buzzkill staying at this hotel. I am typically a person who goes out of my way to give only positive feedback and give people a lot of grace (especially these days), the lack of professionalism and straight up anger I received from Jack was easily one of the most confrontational and to simply put it, mean individuals I have ever spoken with. My cousin needed shampoo to which he said he didn’t have any and proceeded to type on the computer screen, completely dismissing such a basic request. We are incredibly kind human beings and were completely confused as to why he was so rude off the bat, even using rude to explain his disposition is an understatement. He proceeded to be extremely aggressive and refused to give me a managers contact information and I am actually even questioning if Jack is his real name. In a world where everyone is recorded, I really wish I had recorded this interaction for it was so terrible and unnecessary that I have to speak up for I hope no one gets treated the way we did, in or even outside the hotel. I will say however that Adam was absolutely kind and was the complete opposite energy we received from Jack. The hotel itself wasn’t managed the best, was a bit tired, but was sufficient enough for our stay for a couple of nights and wasn’t worth complaining over. However, Jack should never be working in a service industry let alone speaking to people the way he did to us even outside of the hotel doors. His aggressiveness was beyond mean, exceeded rude, but made both my cousin and myself extremely uncomfortable speaking to us in almost a threatening manner.

Friendly staff, good coffee and the scone is a must try

The Bothy is both charming and comfortable, especially for a restaurant paired with a quaint hotel (The Murrayfield). Kyla and the restaurant staff were exceptionally accommodating and welcoming in every way. We genuinely felt like family, not customers. Well done!

live music, great atmosphere and friendly staff.

The Malt Shovel is located on one of the nicest streets in the city. It's been 21 years since we were here. It was nice then and now it was great again. Very pleasant reunion with this pub. A lot of tasty beers (I did not have whisky this time), good pub food (Balmoral burger with haggis was delicious) and the service was friendly and good.