from mdavidson (90%) on November 12th, 2007 (9 months ago)

Nargile, 73 Hanover Street, EH2 1EE, Edinburgh

I dined here as part of a group of 8 and we opted for a banquet style meal. When I arrived there were already a dozen or so plates of starters on the table. I'm not sure if I missed the explanation of each of the dishes or they just didn't bother, but I didn't have a clue what anything was - I suppose I could have asked but the staff didn't seem particularly interested in us despite the restaurant not being very busy. While I like to know what I'm eating, a number of my group were vegetarians so this info was quite important to them.

The same thing happened with the main courses with a range of dishes not so delicately place on our table and very little indication of what exaclty they were - the staff had to be asked which dishes were the vegetarian ones. This also struck me as strange as it would mean that should I want to return in a smaller group I would not know what to order.

On the whole the food was reasonable (whatever it was) and there was plenty of it. The bill came to £34 each including wine - reasonable though perhaps not fantastic value.

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from jwjlewis (76%) on July 16th, 2007 (1 year ago)

Nargile, 73 Hanover Street, EH2 1EE, Edinburgh

Great food, very friendly staff. When one of my party just wanted to peck at other people's food instead of ordering anything for herself, the waiter brought over a plate for her. Some restaurants would make you feel uncomfortable doing that, but not here. You feel like you are welcomed in with open arms.

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from btocher (26%) on August 26th, 2007 (1 year ago)

Nargile, 73 Hanover Street, EH2 1EE, Edinburgh

I love Nargile. The staff there are wonderful and really make you feel welcome. It's a fairly small restaurant with an intimate atmosphere.

The quality of the food is stunning, with a really good choice. You feel like you want to have everything, so it's quite difficult deciding! There is a good choice of Turkish wine available, too.

The owner obviously takes great pride in making sure everything is just right, which it is. Highly recommended.

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