3.5 Star Restaurant and Takeaway Reviews
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Fortune Cookie
24 Brougham St, EH3 9JH, Edinburgh
from jwjlewis (77%) on September 21st, 2007 (11 months ago)
You know you are in a good Chinese restaurant when the only customers are Chinese. I popped in for takeaway and walked past three Chinese guys eating crab. I don't think i've ever seen crab on the menu at a Chinese restaurant before. Impressive!
Anyway, we placed our order for some basic Chinese food and were told to go back in five minutes. How efficient?! You might think this is a bit too quick and that the food is just sitting out back waiting to be heated up, or that it is going to be awful. The second was certainly not true and I doubt the first was either. This place has no creature comforts, but it very friendly and fast. So if you want a decent Chinese meal, pronto, this place is fine. I intend to return to eat in so that I can review it properly as the guy who I went in with claims it is first rate.
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Amicus Apple
17 Frederick Street, EH2 2EY, Edinburgh
from rachybaby (82%) on September 20th, 2007 (11 months ago)
I ate here after I saw an offer on 5pm.com (sorry to swear!)
It is more of a bar than a restaurant but I was pleasantly surprised as the food was very good and the staff were efficient (as well as easy on the eye - in fact, everyone that drinks in the establishment are noticeably good looking).
The dining area is really small, with only 10 or so tables, but if you want to eat somewhere central with a queiter and more intimate atmosphere Amicus Apple is a good choice.
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Italian Connection
84 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4HG, Edinburgh
from jwjlewis (77%) on September 17th, 2007 (11 months ago)
Of the two current takeaway pizza places in Bruntsfield, this place is definitely the better one. The staff are friendly and the food is tasty. I order the Chasseur (green peppers, onion, chicken, egg) to share. With onions on one side and an extra egg so that we would get one each. Annoyingly the egg was scrambled and mixed into the topping, rather than being a "fried" egg on top as one would expect.
Never the less the pizza was tasty. Whilst there I spotted a tray of chilli sauce pots and asked for one. Despite there being a sign saying 20p, the very friendly lady serving me didn't charge for it. This was a nice added touch that, like the pizza itself, left a good taste in my mouth.
If you want a pizza in Bruntsfield and you want something a bit more Italian than American (Pizza Hut, Dominoes etc...) then this place is worth a go.
You can eat in as well.
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Rick Shaws
248 Causewayside, EH9 1UU, Edinburgh
from jwjlewis (77%) on September 16th, 2007 (11 months ago)
Review One:
The best feature of this place is the cardboard takeaway tubs the food comes in - they're just like in the movies. We ordered Indian food (although they also do Chinese, Thai and Italian) for two and the food took about 50mins to arrive. Not bad these days, all takeaways seems to take longer and longer. Hopefully this reflects the effort put into the cooking!
The food was very fresh and although it wasn't the best I've ever had, I think that was more down to my being experimental with my selection than the food/company itself. The peshwari naan was good and all in all the meal was enjoyable.
Now, the exciting thing about Rick Shaw's (as I was told by the guy who gave me the flyer on Bruntsfield Place a few weeks ago) is that they deliver the food in a rickshaw. So once the guy had run up the stairs and offloaded his produce, we dutifully scurried to the window in a very excited state. We looked outside for the rickshaw, but could we find it!? "it must be around the corner", so we waited and watched where the guy went - he climbed into a new Mini. I was totally gutted.
Is there no authenticity in the world anymore? "Well, no there isn't you muppet - a rickshaw in Edinburgh? How many Indian people in Edinburgh do you know who drive a rickshaw?"
So basically, don't get excited about the rickshaw, but if you do see it, jump up and down clapping your hands. Overall, the food is well cooked and I recommend you give this place a try.
Review Two:
I have now ordered from Rick Shaws for a second time and was most impressed. I ordered Chicken Tikka Masala, Peshwari Naan and rice. For years I have resisted the British national dish (after having eaten tonnes in my early teenage years) and the reasons for loving it back then came flooding back to me. It was very well cooked, the naan was tasty, you got just the right amount and the 40minute delivery time was as predicted.
I still definitely recommend that you give this place a try.
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Chiang Mai
15 Dalry Road, EH11 2BQ, Edinburgh
from nettles (95%) on September 12th, 2007 (11 months ago)
We really wanted thai food. Ok, not entirely true. We really wanted to eat and Chiang Mai was there. Having been to Thailand and having been to some amazing Thai restaurants outside of the country I was pretty skeptical when we entered the restaurant. However upon entering the smell of thai spices, coconut milk, and stir frying were apparent and helped to raise my hope for a decent meal.
Overall we were not disappointed. My husband wasnt that hungry, or so he said before he devoured the entire meal, so we only ordered Pad Thai and panang curry with chicken and rice. I feel that rice should never cost extra but for some reason this is de regeour in Edinburgh and it is sad. Everywhere is like £2 for just steamed rice! Its really a shame.
Anyways, I always think a great test for Thai restaurants is the quality of the Pad Thai and one of the curries. The pad thai was not too saucy and not too dry, a good consistency. The prawn were a bit muddy tasting and that was a shame. The sauce was ok, could have used a lot more tang, more tamarind in the sauce but at the same tiome didnt make some typical mistakes of other places substituting a peanut sauce for the pad thai sauce.
The Panang was ok, could have been a lot spicier and there could have been more of it. Nice and thick coconut milk and lots of kaffir lime leave strips.
I would go there again if I needed some decent thai food but all in all, nothing to write home about. I did really like the silverware though. Thai places that give you chopsticks are just not Thai.
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Mariachi Mexicana
7 Victoria Street, EH1 2HE, Edinburgh
from graham (10%) on September 8th, 2007 (11 months ago)
I would recommend this mexican restaurant. I've been twice and the first time was when we went to see Seth Lakeman next door in the liquid rooms. Big bonus was that Seth was in there too. Not sure what he had but I had Fajitas and be warned have no starter unless you have the appetite of a horse. They were very good and so was Seth. We must have liked it as we've been back for more.
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The Granary
32-34 Shore, EH6 6QN, Edinburgh
from nettles (95%) on September 3rd, 2007 (1 year ago)
This place is close to my work but the experience I had trying to get a drink the other night led me to believe that it's not near as convenient as its location. It took ages to get drinks. Not because the bar was crowded and not because of lack of staff - because none of the staff were capable of making a drink!
The first attempt fell to the wayside when the barman disappeared and never passed on the order to someone else. When I came to my senses that the guy had completely abandoned me I re-ordered my drink, a bramble berry number, from someone behind the bar who did not feel confident enough to make it (one of only a few cocktails on the menu) only to pass it on to someone else.
I finally did get my drink. It was ok, not worth the wait though.
I ordered food off their bar snacks menu. Whitebait. Nicely presented but served with a small dish of coarse salt which was too crunchy when stuck on the little fish and would have been much better served with finer sea salt.
I also had lunch there the other day. They have these open faced sandwiches, hard to eat but ok. I had the tuna which I thought would have been just seared on the outside and raw in the middle and was disappointed when it arrived cooked all the way through.
An ok place for a drink if you are going to order something easy to pour, wine or beer only! Bar snacks are good, but you might want to rethink lunch.
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The Filling Station
66 Rose Street, EH2 2NN, Edinburgh
from irishphat (80%) on August 31st, 2007 (1 year ago)
Excellent karaoke night here on thursdays. Regarding the food - it's not bad, the Guinness is grand (and I'm Irish). It's a diner/pub really but I wouldn't eat in here too late at night unless it was a beery evening.
Burgers are nice, They do a good fish and chips. Steady fare and I'll go again.
Nice and cheap too!
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Biddy Mulligans
94-96 Grassmarket, EH1 2JR, Edinburgh
from irishphat (80%) on August 31st, 2007 (1 year ago)
Ate here a couple of times before and during football games. Cheap and cheerful and friendly staff. Food is tasty, quick and great value. I recommend the haggis, burgers and steak pies.
bear in mind, it's good for what it is but obviously not the finest dining experience. If you want pub grub it will do a good job. don't expect much and you'll be pleased. I probably wouldn't bring a guest to edinburgh here but If it was a football night and I was watching irish games it would be one of the first places I'd think of.
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The Gallery Restaurant and Bar
Weston Link, National Galleries, EH2 2EL, Edinburgh
from Ann (18%) on August 28th, 2007 (1 year ago)
I visited this restaurant for lunch during the festival together with 3 friends who were staying in Edinburgh from London. We combined the visit with the Warhol exhibition at the gallery. Therefore we booked the lunch reservation before we went into the exhibition. This was an excellent move because the restaurant was extremely busy by the time we came out. The maitre'd was very attentive and showed us to our table straight away. This gave a very good view of the Princes Street Gardens.
There was an excellent choice of starters mainly vegetarian, and an excellent soup of the day, which 2 of our party enjoyed.
The main courses were varied. These consisted of confit of duck, chicken, salmon and a good selection of salads. The main courses were all priced roughly between £8 and £10.
Being lunchtime, we decided to forego the desserts and opted for coffee, which was reasonable, but not memorable.
Service was very attentive. We had an excellent young waiter and although it was extremely busy, we seemed to be served reasonably quickly.
From the point of view of situation and service, I would definitely recommend the Gallery Restaurant as an excellent lunchtime venue.
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