The Dogs
British and Scottish Restaurant
Price: £££
Licensed: Yes
BYOB: No
Pre-Theatre: No
Takeaway: No
Opening Hours:
Unknown.
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7 user reviews:
from andy (100%) on May 10th, 2008 (1 month ago)
The Dogs, 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR, Edinburgh
I never give 5 star reviews (nowhere's "perfect"), but this relatively new restaurant on Hanover Street where Tijuana Yacht Club used to be came pretty close. Three of us ate there last night (Friday). We had a fantastic meal. Excellent value, no nonsense British food well cooked and served with a smile.
We started the meal with a bottle of English Chapel Down bubbly. At £40 it was a bit of a splurge, but worth every penny. The wine list continued to entice us and we enjoyed an excellent red Italian (Primitivo Bricco, I think) with the rest of the meal. It was one of about 30 red wines they had to choose from under £20.
I had wild mushroom rarebit to start. Very tasty, and a good size for a starter. For main I had one of their specials - a roll of lamb breast. Quite a fatty cut of meat but beautifully tender and the accompanying veg was perfect. And a huge amount of food for less than a tenner! One of my friends had boiled salt beef for his main which wasn't really to my taste but he raved about.
For dessert a couple of us had bread and butter pudding and the other had rhubarb and custard.
With the bubbly and one of their more expensive reds and 3 courses each, the bill still came in at under £40 a head. It would be possible to eat for half that price if you just go for 2 courses and a glass of wine - absolutely unbeatable value for this quality of food in this part of town.
I will be returning soon! Make sure to book - they still seem to be riding the wave of a bunch of good reviews they received upon opening.
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from rachybaby (74%) on July 1st, 2008 (1 week ago)
The Dogs, 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR, Edinburgh
I went here a few weeks ago with my parents for lunch. It was OK but I doubt I would go again.
I would just like to point out that most of the previous reviews listed here are in relation to their dinner menu. Their lunch menu, on the other hand, is a strange mix. I had haggis which was fine but my Dad had some form of herb soup - can't remember what exactly but it didn't taste very nice. Desert selection was poor - opted for jelly and ice cream and, quite frankly, have had ten times better at a kiddie's birthday party.
As I have heard more good reviews than bad I would possibly give "Dogs" the benefit of the doubt and return to sample their dinner menu. However, as a result of my most recent visit I certainly won't be rushing back anytime soon.
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from vegasmonkey (38%) on July 1st, 2008 (1 week ago)
The Dogs, 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR, Edinburgh
I had the pleasure of dining with the now legendary "andy" at The Dogs (see his review above for menu chat). I have rated this restaurant slightly higher than Andy, mainly for the quality of the eating experience. I found The Dogs to be more than just a no-nonsense fashionable eatery. Our waitress was polite but at the same time relaxed and familiar. The decor is homely, it was more like going around to a friend's for supper than eating out in a restaurant. Perhaps the hype will hurt this place, it would be truly wonderful to have discovered The Dogs hidden away in an unfashionable part of town. As it is, the restaurant has some big recommendations to live up to. I was not disappointed and definitely plan to go back.
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from brian (27%) on May 28th, 2008 (1 month ago)
The Dogs, 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR, Edinburgh
I've already been to The Dogs twice, and I hardly ever go back to a restaurant twice in a short space of time, so that says quite a lot about what I think about this place in itself. The food is good and the prices excellent. The most recent time I was there was a Monday night and they were still booked solid so there's always a good atmosphere.
The service on my last visit wasn't as good as the first time I was there. It was still good, but the waitress we had first time was nicer.
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from DrKolarBear (21%) on July 2nd, 2008 (6 days ago)
The Dogs, 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR, Edinburgh
The food here is tremendous and reminiscent of an Edinburgh gentrified version of Fergus Henderson's heroic St John in London. Lunchtime prices are obscenely low and the pork belly made me want to rear pigs and hang them myself.
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from leigh hunter (19%) on April 4th, 2008 (3 months ago)
The Dogs, 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR, Edinburgh
It is so nice to have good food, good music, and good staff cause it all equals a great experience. Get yourself to "The Dogs" it is a must.
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from Nick (19%) on May 18th, 2008 (1 month ago)
The Dogs, 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR, Edinburgh
A revelation in dining in Edinburgh it would seem - honest, totally unpretentious cooking from a chef with enough confidence to prepare a simple, but delicious no frills rice pudding for desert. It's almost disconcerting until you remember the prices. One of the major reasons I'll be back is the waitress was smoking hot. Seriously.
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