3 Star Restaurant and Takeaway Reviews
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Banter
85-87 Fountainbridge, EH3 9PU, Edinburgh
from Irene (13%) on May 13th, 2008 (3 days ago)
Very good food - if you are prepared to wait for it. Just experienced a 40 minute wait for a 'quick' lunch. The waiter didn't take our feedback well, claiming they were very busy! There were 4 other customers in when we arrived!
Still a good lunch and a well placed pub. But can't afford a 40 minute wait at lunch time, so probably won't be back.
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Frankenstein
26 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EN, Edinburgh
from RossDouglas (25%) on May 3rd, 2008 (1 week ago)
Having eaten at Frankensteins on many occasions I have yet to be dissapointed. With a reasonably priced menu and bar prices around the average price for a city centre bar Frankensteins may be a bit on the touristy side for some.
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56 North
2-8 West Crosscauseway, EH8 1JP, Edinburgh
from rachybaby (66%) on May 1st, 2008 (2 weeks ago)
This is my local so I was interested as to what the refurb and change of hands would be like. It didn’t disappoint – the décor is stylish and the food menu is varied and appealing. The drinks menu has a unique touch and specialises in lots of different types of gins; being a gin drinker I appreciated this and was keen to give some of them a try.
I have only eaten once here and tried the all day breakfast for £7. It was slightly disappointing – it took quite a long time to arrive and, when it did, it was slightly cold. Personally, I thought it had far too many beans and not enough of the yummier things such as sausages, eggs, bacon etc.
On the contrary, friends have been very impressed with their lunch and dinner menus so I will definitely go back and give them a try.
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The Voodoo Rooms
19a West Register Street, EH2 2AA, Edinburgh
from rachybaby (66%) on April 30th, 2008 (2 weeks ago)
I went here for dinner last Friday night and it was OK. I had linguini as a main which was fine but nothing special - it was a decent size and hit the spot.
My dining partners had the haddock and chips which they assured me was nice. Mains were approximately £8-£12.
Service was not so great - the girl waitress we had was pretty rude. She seemed confused by the fact we wanted "house wine" and kept acting us to specify - how annoying.. if we wanted to specify we wouldn't have said house wine!
Overall, it was fine, but I wouldn't rush back. Better for some drinks instead.
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56 North
2-8 West Crosscauseway, EH8 1JP, Edinburgh
from steven (37%) on April 25th, 2008 (3 weeks ago)
I noticed this bar had changed hands last week so went in for a drink with a friend last night. Admittedly we didn't have anything to eat, so can't comment there. The menu looked appealing, if perhaps slightly pricey for bar food in this part of town.
It has hardly changed from the Human Be-in. New decor, but the layout's identical - it still doesn't have much atmosphere and we left after one drink and went to Assembly. The most obvious and least welcome change is a huge TV on the wall on the left as you enter. Last night it was playing the Rangers game at high volume. Really classy.
I might go back some time and try the food, but I'm not in a hurry to. I'll update my review then.
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A Room in Leith
1c Dock Place, EH6 6LU, Edinburgh
from andy (100%) on April 18th, 2008 (4 weeks ago)
The "A Room In" restaurants have a good reputation for providing decent, unpretentious food at a reasonable price and for having a BYOB policy. Having enjoyed a number of meals at A Room in the Town and heard good things about A Room in the West End, I think this reputation is deserved.
However, based on my experience at their new restaurant in the Waterfront's old home down in Leith, their reputation may be at risk! We had a decent meal, but not much more than that and with most of the mains firmly in the £15-£20 category, it wasn't the most reasonable. Paying only a couple of quid for corkage for our own bottle of wine was the only thing that kept a two course meal for two people under £60.
The food was nice - my salmon starter was lovely - but my rabbit main was bland.
The staff were excellent. Very relaxed and friendly. We arrived early for our meal to have a drink first, and the barman at Teuchters Landing (which you need to go through to get to the restaurant) took our bottle off us to chill, which was a nice touch.
If I lived down in Leith, I might well have gone to A Room in Leith again, but I won't bother going out of my way again when I know there are lots of other places in the centre of town that will give me just as good a meal, or better, for the same money or less.
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Songkran Two
8 Gloucester Street, EH3 6EG, Edinburgh
from mdavidson (85%) on April 7th, 2008 (1 month ago)
After a few drinks on Saturday evening in Stockbridge, 4 of us turned up at Songkran Two with no advance booking. We were told that there would be a table in 1/2 hour so to come back then. We offered to give our names to book the table but were told by the head waitress that she would remember our faces. So we nipped across to the Baillie Bar to fill the 30 minutes.
When we returned to the restaurant we were asked, by the head waitress again, if we had a reservation. We explained that we had been in just half an hour earlier and after 5 seconds of a blank expression from the waitress the penny dropped and she did, thankfully, recognise us.
The room had quite a nice ambience and despite being full it was not too noisy. The menu had a good range of interesting looking dishes. For started I had a pancake thing which contained prawns, vegetables, pork and some nuts. While it was tasty, it did feel a bit like the previous night's leftovers wrapped in a pancake. For main I had a chicken curry dish which was nice and spicey, sort of zingy, but without being too hot.
Service was average - it seemed like the staff and kitchen were a bit stretched as my table of 4 did not all receive their dishes at the same time, there was a gap of a couple of minutes for both courses. They also just put down the dishes without explaining what they were and we had to work out for ourselves who had ordered what.
The meal was a very reasonably priced at £20 per head for 2 courses, wine and tea/coffee. One thing disappointed me a little - when other diners were given their bills they were accompanied by mints - ours wasn't.
So, overall the food was very good but it was let down a little by the service.
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Peking Inn
3 Tarvit St, EH3 9LB, Edinburgh
from andy (100%) on April 3rd, 2008 (1 month ago)
This restaurant is also 5 minutes' walk from where I live, so having read profetta77's review about their delivery service, I went to collect the food myself.
I phoned to order and left my flat pretty much immediately to collect it and it was ready when I got there. Ding!
I had shredded chicken in chilli sauce and boiled rice. Only £4.60 and loads of food. It was fine. Not much sauce - it was a bit hard work finishing it as there was so much and it was a bit dry. Pretty tasty though.
As it's cheap and convenient for me, I might well use them again, but will try a dish with more sauce.
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Voujon
107 Newington Road, EH9 1QW, Edinburgh
from irishphat (71%) on April 3rd, 2008 (1 month ago)
Yet another business I was sure I had reviewed but clearly haven't. Here I go again then!
3 of us went here a week or so ago and had a reasonable meal. The tables in the back where we were seated were cramped and a little bit exposed to kitchen and toilet traffic. I don't want to be a huge moan but it was a bit cafeteria-like for me to feel like it was a treat to be there (take from that what you will).
We had some tasty starters, big menu - plenty to choose from. We picked 3 mains a couple of tasty naans and a couple of portions of rice and we had plenty for all of us. Service wasn't bad - I'm not overly picky as my other reviews will testify but I certainly wouldn't say there was anything stand out about this joint. Slightly spoiled by a couple of hairs popping up in two of our mains (at the end of the meal unfortunately).
If I'm honest I'd go to Wild Elephant or Fenwicks in that area before I'd go back to Voujon. It's decent but nothing special. (I'd really been looking forward to going too so I wanted it to be good) and it was fine but I say again - nothing special.
I will say it was decent value though. Definitely not too expensive.
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Scran Barley
20 Leopold Place, EH7 5LB, Edinburgh
from Maggie McClure (20%) on April 2nd, 2008 (1 month ago)
Food really not bad, though the duck confit was chicken salad - the really nice waiter told us that the duck delivered that morning turned out to be chicken. The steak main course was excellent, but the lamb shank had a suspiciously brown sauce. The Arbroath smokie dish was well received, and the haggis and chicken was delicious. BUT the surroundings were really pretty grotty - 70s grunge, really, although the laughter from the adjoining bar, which is part of the hotel above, was appealing. House wine very acceptable, at £9.50. And the waiter was lovely. But in truth, with all the competition, we won't be going back.
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