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The Kitchin
Scottish and British Restaurant
from 5 reviews (
Price: ££££
Licensed: Yes
BYOB: No
Pre-Theatre: No
Takeaway: No
Opening Hours:
Tue-Thu: 1230-1430
Tue-Thu: 1930-2200
Fri-Sat: 1230-1430
Fri-Sat: 1830-2230
Tags: thekitchin restaurant licensed scottish british kitchin tomkitchin kitchen thekitchen tomkitchen
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from Rawlie (59%) on October 19th, 2007 (1 year ago)
The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, EH6 6LX, Edinburgh
Great place with excellent nosh. Very seasonal, fresh and well presented. The bellowing waiter was a bit offputting but to be honest you don't really care when you're about to stuff your face with top quality grub.
Nice, relaxed atmosphere too.
Altogether a brilliant addition to the Edinburgh eating scene. Fab food without stuffy/poncey-ness!
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from Thomas W L Kay (17%) on April 1st, 2008 (9 months ago)
The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, EH6 6LX, Edinburgh
Quality in season ingredients. Innovative and rewarding use of products. Attractive, eye catching presentation. Efficient, coutreous but friendly staff. Realistic pricing. Unhurried service. There is not much more you can ask of a restaurant.
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from jhousele (15%) on July 7th, 2008 (6 months ago)
The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, EH6 6LX, Edinburgh
Somewhat disappointing. Although the food was quite good, the service was pretentious. This restaurant cannot decide whether it wants to be formal, chic or relaxed, and the resulting mix really doesn't work. Cheese trolley was however excellent.
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from martin (14%) on October 15th, 2007 (1 year ago)
The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, EH6 6LX, Edinburgh
Quite rightly ranked as the one of the most adept and innovative new restaurants in Edinburgh, breathing life into a high end market that can at times be staid and a bit sober. The buzz will only increase now that he has his first Michelin star.
The restaurant has a pleasant and bright ante-room with a bar. You are then led into the dining room itself which is predominatly grey with little natural light but not in a way that becomes oppressive at lunch time. The atmosphere is relaxed and you don't feel obliged to whisper to your fellow diners. There is a viewing panel into the kitchen itself where you can watch a self-assured team moving purposefully, free from the usual drama you're lead to believe occurs at the height of service in most restaurants.
The food itself is superb; scottish ingredients with french influences, never fussy nor elaborate for the sake of it. The asparugus starter was simple but delicious and the lamb was perfectly cooked.
All courses were announced by a bellowing frenchman which is pointless but comedy and adds to the "event" feel of dining at such a restaurant. Service itself is, as expected, almost mechanical. At one stage I went to pour some wine for my girlfriend only to spot the sommelier on the other side of the room clock what I was trying to do. He had a look of absolute panic on his face and sprinted across the room before wrestling the bottle from my hand and topping up her glass. Of course it is expensive but the 3 course set lunch for 20 quid is excellent value.
I have since seen Tom Kitchin butcher a pig's head and I long to go back to try his crispy pig's ear salad. The restaurant is a gastronomic delight and no where in Edinburgh can touch it at the moment.
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from elizabeth (10%) on October 29th, 2007 (1 year ago)
The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, EH6 6LX, Edinburgh
I was disappointed when we went here in September. I'm pregnant, so my first disappointment was that there was little on the menu that I could choose from. I decided to have a salad from the starter selection as my main. However the accommodating waiter spoke to the chef rather than see me miss a course. I was offered grouse (I think £35) as my main, which apparently was "like butter". When it came I just couldn't ask for a sharper knife for my "butter"! I didn’t get the opportunity anyway, as the “accommodating waiter” surprisingly didn’t return to our table to see how his suggestion had been received. Perhaps he felt his sale had been made.
I was further disappointed that the 5 different vegetables (at least) on my plate, were all swimming in a very salty sauce – unpleasant, complicated and disappointing.
My husband loved his starter but it was so large he didn't have the appetite for his main, which was also overloaded with the salty sauce. We both wondered why there was a need to over power the food with so much salt. With a bill approaching £150 for 2 courses including wine, we couldn’t recommend The Kitchin.
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