Edinburgh Restaurant Guide
Bistro at Hotel du Vin - Edinburgh
We hear a great deal about recycling these days - du Vin recycles attractive but sometimes 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): Bistro, French, Modern European
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £35.00
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
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, British, Grill
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £34.00
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
Forth Floor Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie - 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: £33.00, Dinner: £45.00
Hadrian's Brasserie
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
The Dining Room at 28 Queen Street
There is an air of gentility about The Dining Room at 28 Queen Street, Edinburgh that somehow summarises the graciousness of Edinburgh. A menu that has its epicentre in Britain with outposts in Europe takes full advantage of the abundance of wholesome ingredients for which Scotland is renowned.
- Address: 28 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JX (Map)
- Cuisine(s): French, Scottish
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £32.00
Mussel Inn - Edinburgh
If there's one thing you can get the British hooked on, it's seafood, pun predictable. So up in Scotland, which can usually be relied upon to show us the way in quite a lot of things, they are surprisingly a bit behind the times on the fishy thing, which is extraordinary when you think they have so much of the stuff around them.
- Address: 61-65 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2HN (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Seafood
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £30.00
Olive Branch Bistro - Broughton
This delightful and informal bistro is located at the corner of Broughton Street and Broughton Place. With its large windows and relaxed atmosphere it is the ideal place to sit and watch Edinburgh go by.
- Address: 91 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3RX (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Bistro, Grill, Mediterranean
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £26.00
Restaurant at The Rutland
The wonderful city of Edinburgh has the capacity to retain its sense of history, antiquity even, yet at the same time to respond to the times. The result is a vibrant city which manages to have it all without losing dignity and certainly not its credibility.
- Address: 1-3 Rutland Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2AE (Map)
- Cuisine(s): British, Modern British, Scottish
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £35.00