Edinburgh Restaurant Guide
Rhubarb - The Restaurant at Prestonfield
Set in lush parkland, yet only five minutes by taxi from the Royal Mile, Prestonfield is home to Edinburgh's latest destination restaurant - Rhubarb. Recently lavishly restyled by James Thomson and his Witchery team following an extensive restoration, the charming seventeenth century Prestonfield is now regarded as Edinburgh's most indulgent retreat and is the only AA 5 Red Star Hotel in the city.
3 course fixed price menu (Lunch/Dinner) for £30
Afternoon Tea - £16.95 per person or £26.95 (including a glass of Perrier Jouet Champagne)
- Address: Prestonfield House, Priestfield Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5UT (Map)
- Cuisine(s): British, Scottish, Seafood
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £45.00
Tower Restaurant and Terrace
Edinburgh's first and finest rooftop restaurant has become a must for celebrities, visitors to the city and its fearsomely loyal locals all of whom love the chic and luxurious interior, exceptional food and deft service that are the Tower's trademarks.
3 course fixed price menu (Lunch/Dinner) for £30
- Address: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Modern British, Scottish, Seafood
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £35.00, Dinner: £44.00
Witchery by the Castle
Witchery has held legendary status in Edinburgh for what seems like forever. But in fact it was only in 1979 that James Thomson, the man who has given Scotland's capital city a major lead in establishing itself as the culinary hot spot in a country where good value in such matters had become unfashionable, set up the now internationally celebrated Witchery.
2 course fixed price menu (Light Lunch) for £13.95
2 course fixed price menu (Theatre Supper) for £13.95
3 course fixed price menu (Lunch/Dinner) for £30
- Address: Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2NF (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Modern British, Scottish
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £45.00
Maison Bleue
There's one thing about Maison Bleue, absolutely no chance of missing it. Quite how they managed it I know not, but blue it is, very prettily done up with plenty of flowers on the outside in season, right in the heart of Edinburgh's atmospheric Old Town.
- Address: 36-38 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2JW (Map)
- Cuisine(s): French, Mediterranean
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £30.00
Bistro at Hotel du Vin - Edinburgh
We hear a great deal about recycling these days - du Vin recycles attractive but un-loved buildings to restore real gems in the best tradition of British understated style. Complement that with all that is best in the French bistro ethos, bars that reach out to please, and you have a setting that provides an inspirational background for people to meet, do business, get married, provide a base for golf or fishing, somewhere you can call your own for a private celebration, a spa or - most engagingly - a wine school that breaks the mould.
- Address: 11 Bristo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 1EZ (Map)
- Cuisine(s): European
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £34.00
Brasserie and Bar at Malmaison - Edinburgh
The Malmaison group of hotels has established throughout Britain a collection of centres of excellence where nothing but the best will do. As a concept alone this is exciting, but the reality is brilliant, so that at last there is a hotel group where uniformity of standards is of the same high calibre.
- Address: 1 Tower Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7BZ (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Brasserie, French, Grill
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £34.00
Browns Bar & Brasserie - Edinburgh
The first Browns opened at Brighton in 1973 with one simple guiding belief, that classic food, well delivered in a stylish environment would be a recipe for success. The only thing that has changed since then is the number of Browns, now running at fourteen, of which six are in London, all prospering with the same theme.
- Address: 131-133 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JS (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Brasserie, British
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £29.00
Calistoga Central
Calistoga Central is Edinburgh's second restaurant specialising in Californian cuisine, a style that should not under any circumstances be confused with American. Instead Gordon Minnis, the owner, describes it perfectly as 'light, fresh and healthy'.
- Address: 70 Rose Street, Lane North, Edinburgh, EH2 3DX (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Californian, Fusion
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £32.00
Forth Floor - Harvey Nichols
The Forth Floor Restaurant, Brasserie and Bar offer guests a stylish, striking venue for lunch, dinner or drinks; floor to ceiling windows run the length of the restaurant and brasserie giving spectacular views over the Edinburgh skyline from the Castle to The Firth of Forth, making it an ideal venue for entertaining.
- Address: 30-34 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2AD (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Modern British, Scottish
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £38.00, Dinner: £55.00
Hadrian's
Bearing the Rocco Forte trademark, the Balmoral Hotel is designed in a truly deluxe style with several renowned Edinburgh landmarks right at its doorstep, or as they say 'their doorstep is a landmark'.
- Address: The Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EQ (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Brasserie, Modern European, Scottish
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £40.00