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McKirdy's is a steakhouse run by a butcher. Need I say more! The steak is second to none and combined with good prices and a relaxed but fun atmosphere it is a must go when hungry in Edinburgh! Trust me, I'm a farmer.
Morrison Street, Edinburgh - not far from Haymarket Station
This is a great little curry restaurant in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh. It's not fancy but the food is excellent. The naan breads in particular are something to behold!
171 Bruntsfield Place,
Edinburgh
The best Mexican food I have eaten outside the States. The interior is bright and used authentic Mexican colours and the food is fab. I especially loved the carnitas which took me back home to Santa Fe. Worth a visit.
64 Thistle Street Edinburgh, eh2 1en
www.texmex2.com
0131 260 9699
Cosy tea room/bistro/restaurant (mind your head!) at beautiful Cramond on the quayside of the River Almond and Forth. A great selection of home cooked local recipes, soups with home made bread, full meals or just a tea, coffee or chocolate and cake.
The stone built artisans cottage was once a cooperage for the long gone brewing pub next door. Lovely walks along the beaches and fields away from the Edinburgh crowds, but within walking distance of the city (four-five miles).
On the waterfront at Cramond, watch the boats swans and seabirds. Buses and a big car park up the hill. www.cramondbistro.co.uk/index.htm
Traditional recipes, excellent portions and a taste you will never get anywhere else in Edinburgh.
They are now based in Victoria Street and Altaf has got a wee bit up hisself as he has turned a £2k a week cafe into a mega money making machine, prices are now at their optimum and I go maybe four times a year when previously I could be there twice a week. Still the best though.
Victoria street
Edinburgh
Easily the best, and best value, place to get curry in Edinburgh. Just a handful of tables, no hurry service, everything cooked to order, and massive platefuls you'll struggle to finish.
Cheap, cheerful, and unbeatable. Very popular with locals and students, but with a very diverse customer profile (based on looking at who's in!). Worth coming to Edinburgh for. No, really!
www.kebab-mahal.co.uk, 7 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9B
Odd name for a restaurant, I know, but what a restaurant. Easily the best curry in Edinburgh! And I should know - I was born and bred in Bradford!
Consistently tasty, very friendly staff, great for a romantic meal for two, or for a small number of friends, not so good for large parties, which means it's nice and quiet. Lamb tikka is superb, great pilau rice and succulent sultana naans. Wonderful!
50 East Fountainbridge
(Just off Lothian Road)
Edinburgh
EH3 9BH
www.gandhis-restaurant-uk.com
Good food at any time, but especially the breakfast. Best Sunday breakfast I know in the UK.
Forget about breakfast in your hotel, cooking your own toast and lukewarm coffee. The Kings Wark do not just do a fantastic fry up, but a wide variety of other options as well (veggie, kippers etc).
Great staff, and the food is excellent, freshly cooked rather than sitting around under warming lights. Plus as much freshly made coffee as you can drink.
36 Shore, Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH6 6QU. Telephone:0131 554 9260
Bagel and coffee shop. I have just spent 10 days in Edinburgh for the first time, went to this cosy, crazy cafe on my second day and found myself heading back there every day for the rest of my hols!
Amazing choice of Bagels, good coffee and not too pricy. Just a brilliant place to hang out and relax (hope my drawing makes it on to the wall).
Nicolson Square
If Gerard Depardieu had a love child with Liz McColgan, this is the restaurant that child would manage.
As Parisian as the Seine, as Scottish as Cairngorm, this is a shining gem in a grottier bit of the city.
Great food, great service - well worth looking it out, but do book.
www.jacquesbistro.co.uk/ , 8 Gillespie Place, EH10 4HS, info@jacquesbistro.co.uk, +44 (0)131 229 6080
An award-winning chippy in the New Town. Enjoy a range of deep-fried treats, including haggis pudding or battered pizza with your chips, all covered in an Edinburgh-wide chip shop specialty, brown sauce (half HP, half vinegar, all fantastic).
While the food is good, the range of booze is amazing; especially if you fancy a jeroboam of champagne to wash down your chips.
Henderson Row, New Town
Lashings of the delicious curry of your choice for only £3.
Ideal for those travelling to the Athens of the North on budget.
Good veggie food too.
Just east of Nicholson Square/Nicholson Street
Lovely, lively, mad little cafe with an enormous noticeboard and great cakes and lunches.
Always mobbed and for good reason.
George IV Bridge, handy for the Grass Market and the Royal Mile.
From the antique grandeur of the Old Town to the cold classical beauty of the New Town, this is the most beautiful city in Europe.
I am a Canadian who visits every January. The weather is not unpleasant: last year there were days and days of glorious sunshine.
The best place to stay is in the Old Town. This is where all the real-life characters of the city hang out. Sit on a bench in Hunter Square or one close to St Giles and just observe the people. Walk down the High Street from the castle to Holyrood.
A great place to eat is Always Sunday close to the Fringe Office, spend Friday/Saturday night listening to the band at the small Scotsman Lounge on Cockburn.
See you there...
This is probably the best Indian Restaurant in Edinburgh, however, what it lacks is its location.
It's not on a main road or thoroughfare, but don't let that put you off. You'll find it tucked just behind the Royal Museum of Scotland and the Festival Theatre.
Friendly and inviting staff - and great food. No artificial flavouring here just fresh tasting food...oh and ice cold Kingfisher on tap as well!
11 South College St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
www.saffrani.co.uk
Some of the most authentic Nepali food I have ever tasted in my life.
Nice place too.
Bristo Place, Edinburgh
Mashed potatoes in all sorts of varieties. Comfort food at its best; very filling, and very cheap.
4a Forrest Road, Edinburgh
Tel : 0131 225 7069
www.monstermashcafe.co.uk/
A new trendy Edinburgh restaurant in the Bruntsfield area.
They do some great traditional Scottish food and have been awarded an AA rosette for food and service quality.
69 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh EH10 4HH
Tel : 0131 622 8163
www.thebruntsfield.co.uk/CardoonRestaurant.asp
Luca's is one of the best ice cream restaurants in Britain and has almost 100 years of history to prove it.
In cornets, you get a choice of vanilla, strawberry or chocolate - none of the fancy flavours as all their expertise goes into making these just wonderful (you can get tubs of different flavours). Soft and creamy, they're popular all year round. And in winter in Musselburgh, that's saying something.
32 - 38 High Street,
Musselburgh,
East Lothian.
Tel 0131 665 2237
Excellent fish restaurant in local area of Marchmont, just 15 minutes' walk from city centre through the lovely Meadows.
The local fish shop is next door so you know whatever's on the menu is as fresh as it's going to get. We had the salt and pepper squid to start with which I would happily eat again and again and the Thai chicken soup which was flavoured to perfection and contained an abundance of chicken. There are other fish, meat and vegetarian starters.
For mains we chose roast fillets of red snapper, sea bass with cockles, mussels and fennel and pernod sauce and also a grilled duck-breast with a jus of wine and blackcurrant sauce. Both outstanding with fantastic flavours and succulent flesh.
Make sure you leave room for pudding, especially the warm hazelnut and chocolate pudding and also a scrumptious sticky toffee pudding.
Staff are friendly and efficient and the cooking in the kitchen is some of the best you will experience in Edinburgh.
Starters are about £5 and mains about £13.
11 Roseneath Street, Marchmont
Edinburgh, tel: 0131-229 7953
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