The best restaurants serving British food in Edinburgh and Lothian

Zhan's Delicious Room is a real gem that more than lives up to its name! We were staying in a hotel nearby and didn't fancy spending an arm and a leg of a hotel buffet breakfast and stumbled upon Zhan's. We had a fantastic breakfast at a very reasonable price and went back every morning we were in Leith. A great choice of breakfast / brunch food served by the lovely owner in a relaxed and quirky setting. What could be better?

top gluten-free muffins, the butter icing is to die for, banoffi and also lavender were amazing, will definately be back. Sandwiches had fresh gf bread and were very tasty.[buffet-you did sat]

Minus a point for disposable cup for people sitting in. Nice coffee though, much better than Scott's. Lots of room. Sorry can't judge the food, didn't have any.

Fab scones, soup, quiche, lasagne, bacon rolls not forgetting the Lemon Drizzle cake plus plus. Real community cafe with lots of fab people.

Not a big place, but lovely choice of genuine homemade soups and bakes. Toasties made to order, also paninis. We'll worth a visit.

We had the fish cake, salmon special and a vegetarian burger and we were all floored by how good the food is. The best burger I’ve had and a very healthy size. The service was incredible and ask the staff were very attentive offering refills, drinks and a quick check up. Emelise was an amazing host and very personable, happy to chat and share stories. The two ladies serving and running were just as lovely and attentive. Barely any wait for the food, all in all a wonderful dining experience

Another disappointing cafe, with disinterested staff. Coffees were very ordinary (barely warm, no spoon provided either), milkshake small and loudly plonked on table by waitress. Won’t be back.

We visited here on the last day of our holiday. We were greeted at the door with a warm smile and made to feel very welcome. The cafe was buzzing, great atmosphere and it was spotlessly clean. Shown to a table, menus handed out, sorted. Great choice. One large breakfast, roll n square slice and a roll n bacon and tattie scone. Two lattes. Wasn't long to wait, coffee arrived then our breakfasts (the cook might remember us, breakfast was served before she'd put the tomatoes on the plate, such an efficient service 😀). Everything was cooked to perfection, just the way we like it. 2 empty plates and 2 full tummies. As I said there is a lovely atmosphere here. Everyone was greeted with a smile and a friendly voice. The lady doing the waitress was quick and efficient. We are back on holiday in June 2022 and we won't just be having breakfast on our last day. I need to try their macaroni cheese. The scones are huge and I'm sure they be delicious and then there's the tray bakes... you don't diet when on holiday lol. X

The Hollies is a community cafe in the heart of Musselburgh. It offers very good food at a reasonable price. Apart from what is available on the menu there is always soup, a dish of the day and a sweet. The staff are very friendly and helpful and its the kind of place you can go to on your own without feeling out of place.

No problem with finding a table on a busy Saturday evening could of been a bigger table for 4 people, little cramped once the food arrived, sharing platter well presented and tasty, main course choices good ,friendly and helpful waitress.

Lovely cafe at the rear of the gift shop. Super friendly staff and the best scones in East Lothian. The gift shop is also well worth a visit.

The woman did not even explain what is it that came with the meal, which was also not explained in any signage. A small coffee and snack we wanted turned out to be 38 pounds and the woman was VERY rude about us being confused and blamed it all on us for “telling her we wanted the salad”. Horrible, rude service. Would not recommend for a snack. Plus, burnt quiche.

We had an amazing evening with an absolutely delicious tasting menu. Utterly perfect.

Can’t really knock the burgers as what we had each was really good. Only downside is the prices, just don’t think you get value for money per burger considering non come with fries.