Anyone else used a restaurant delivery recently? I see Stac Polly do it as are L’escargot Bleu.
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Anyone else used a restaurant delivery recently? I see Stac Polly do it as are L’escargot Bleu.
Used Chinese Manor House & Eastern Pavilion a few times if they count. 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
I have ordered a delivery from First Coast on Dalry rd for Saturday. Drooling already!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
A few of the restaurants out our way have been doing this throughout lockdown. One of them, an 'American' restaurant that we scarcely went to pre-lockdown started offering burgers, hot dogs, loaded fries, mac and cheese etc as takeaway options soon after lockdown and we thought we'd try them one night. Their food's fabulous, and we're now likely to use them once lockdown is finished (Route 36 in Lanark).
We’re doing this tonight for the wedding anniversary. I’ve never eaten there but the menu looks great.Quote:
Originally Posted by offshorehibby
Happy Anniversary 🥂Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I see La Favorita are open for takeaway/delivery again. :aok:
Yes and Taste of Italy is doing the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Yes, I got Taste's email first and they don't deliver to me. I didn't realise the first email was only Taste and had already promised pizzas to my parents for the weekend before I realised - thankfully la fav do! :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
15 years a slave :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
it just turned up, 5 spiced beef with honey to start, pork belly black pudding main and sticky toffee pudding with caol ila butterscotch. I don’t even mind having to heat it, I need to crisp up the pork belly and the wife’s duck and then put it in the oven for 15 mins, so I can then pretend I’ve actually cooked it :greengrin
Sounds decent, would you recommend?Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I’ve got to say it was outstanding quality and ridiculously good value. They open their delivery slots on Monday afternoons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Cheers will have a look at that.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
The First Coast delivery we got was tremendous - spicy prawn & hake starter, indonesian beef curry with a sweetcorn pilaf and rhubarb & honey panna cotta.
This week's menu is a bit veggie/salady for me, but will be looking out for the next one.
https://www.first-coast.co.uk/first-coast-at-home/
We got takeaway tapas from Malvarose in Portobello last week. We eat there quite often as it's a 15 minute walk from us.
Really good. Their homemade bread is exceptional and the pollo al ajillo was a huge hit with my 2 year old.
The Torfin in Corstorphine have now opened a hatch for takeaway draught beer, cocktails and a chip shop style menu.
I'm curious as to where they are getting their beer from. As of a week or so back very few major breweries were kegging at any kind of volume. We're probably at the absolute maximum time that any existing stock would still be usable. There has been a slight increase in production for kegs in anticipation of pubs reopening but it hasn't really ramped up yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
That question has been asked, Innis & Gunn Lager and West Coast IPA is all they can get and all that is available just now. Said they are struggling to get Tennents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
That's interesting. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I got some beer from McLarens at Holy Corner last weekend. I knew that would be fresh because their group owns Cold Town Brewery and I know they are kegging.
I'm still buying cask beer (they also sell keg) from the Stockbridge Tap on a Sunday (they've started opening on a Wednesday too). They seem to be doing a decent trade. I get the impression they're supporting small, independent breweries, so perhaps not reliant on a return to mass production?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Having said that, I did hear last week from a pal who works for a major brewer that pubs are hopeful of a return to business on 4th July; I know we have our own timetable in Scotland, but if the stats keep moving in the right direction maybe we'll be there or thereabouts.
Torfin opening has today resulted in large gatherings buying their booze and using the external area of the Whiie Lady to consume it. It looks just like a normal Sunday session, social distancing non existent!
Appears to be a few pubs opened for takeaways and same is happening people drinking outside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Leith Walk was like that on Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Bar Brig, Brass Monkey and Bier Hoose all doing takeaway beer and the street was heaving.
Haven’t been to it, but read that the Tower Restaurant in Chambers st is closing. Lease is coming to it’s end, and it’s not going to be viable post pandemic
Won’t be last either unfortunately
Yeah sad to hear of a decent restaurant going, James Thompson has still got the Witchery and Prestonfield though and says they will continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
The Vitoria Group are planning to reopen all six of their restaurants in phases.
I was appalled to see that. They were grouped around the benches on St John's Road too and they left a flipping mess inevitably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Honestly, people are just......................people.:confused:
Benches, the graveyard, table outside Winstons, the biggest beer garden in Edinburgh 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Went once and wasn't really blown away and opted not to go back, depite it being very handy for pre-Festival Thatre meals. There were no shortage of places handy for the Festival Theatre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Stayed at Prestonfield House once and ate at Rhubarb there, and the whole experience was exceptional. I hope he manages to sustain it but it must be very difficult
Have used the new pizza place in Corstorphine (Slice), it was really good.
The new Ting Thai on Lothian Road also very good. Same as the other one really.
I haven’t used Slice as I saw some horrendous looking pizzas on the local FB page so decided not to bother.Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedy
I did try Papa Johns for the first time a couple of weeks ago, it was pretty decent.
Passed by Slice the other day, will give it a tryQuote:
Originally Posted by Speedy
Thanks
I think I seemy similar pics, toppings barely covering 50% of the pizza base etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Has anyone tried Pizza Plus at Chesser. Noticed their wee delivery car buzzing about the manor so they're either decent or cheap!
Would say pizza plus is average thought the base seemed a bit like a frozen pizza one.Quote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
I used to like the St Johns chippy that was there. Nice folk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Me too, actually preferred it the the Bar B Que despite it’s great reputation.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
A friend has just taken over and refitted a chippy on Marchmont Road, now called “#Fish” look forward to trying it.
Had a great takeaway from Eastern Pavillion on Saturday night, replicated what we normally have in the restaurant even down to several pints of Cobra. 😁
It's a good place. We like the Spice Lounge Kitchen but you don't get a big plateful. It's certainly an improvement on The Rainbow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
It doesn't seem to be functioning at all at the moment.
Spice Lounge are doing takeaway.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
50% off in June as its the anniversary of them opening
Spice Lounge are doing takeaway.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Might not be too long now, before we get out for a meal
Where is everyone’s 1st choice to visit
La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street. It is a regular haunt for meeting up with former colleagues and some of us were due to catch up there in April. Hearty southern French food and a decent wine list and great views if you pick the right side of the table :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Oh right! It always looks a bit run down when I go past on my "power walks". That's a good deal. They do a rare pint of Guinness in there in normal times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
New Chapter or Kanpai for me, cannae decide what kind of food I’m after.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
I fancy a Mexican, but absolutely adore Hard Rock Classic Chicken Wings, can’t beat them anywhereQuote:
Originally Posted by easty
I’ll be back to El Cartel first so it’ll be Mexican for me :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Can’t see me rushing back anywhere to be honest, La Piazza is our go to Italian so probably there but not for some time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
I'm in no great rush to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
I had a reservation at 6ByNico that was postponed and they offered a free cocktail as compensation (unnecessary given the circumstances) so depends if there's a requirement for that to be as part of their opening menu or not.
Vittoria's would usually be my go to restaurant but I've enjoyed a few la Favorita deliveries so at least I've been having something from their wider group.
Got a burger from ‘Dirty’ on Duke Street tonight. All the beef is wagyu.
Possibly the best burger I’ve ever had. Absolutely unreal.
Delivery too by any chance? 🙏Quote:
Originally Posted by mvteng
Yes mate they do delivery and you get the discount.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Got one there last night too. Was excellent. Overdid it with the sides though. My only complaint was that we ordered two of the Dirty Hot Mess burgers but I’m not convinced that was what we got as there was zero spice to either of them. An absolutely amazing burger though.Quote:
Originally Posted by calumhibee1
Nice one! 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I just got the dirty burger and normal fries and that was a lot. I don’t think I could have come close had I got loaded fries or a more deluxe burger. I already want another :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
Do dirty do click and collect as well?
I think so. They’ve certainly got a picture on Instagram of a queue outside.Quote:
Originally Posted by nellio
Dirty don't deliver to my postcode. I've never had such disappointment over something I'd never heard of before reading this thread. :greengrin
They’re on Uber and Just Eat apparently. Might still be give you any luck of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Just eat says the restaurant is currently closed but they do have my postcode noted down as somewhere they deliver to so I'll keep them in mind for down the line.Quote:
Originally Posted by calumhibee1
Thanks. :aok:
Think they only open at 5. They were showing as closed on Just Eat until then on Saturday. They were doing some weird pre-order thing until a couple of weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Drove past it earlier. Think I'll get one soon.
Dominic Jack has announced Castle Terrace will remain closed permanently, sad to see another restaurant a victim of this pandemic.
Fear it won't be the last.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
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Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee
The location isn't great either.
Restaurants struggle at this site.
Anyone been in any pubs today? I went to Cold Town House for lunch. Was very well organised and was great to be back in a bar. Couldn’t fault the way they organised it all. They’ve got their own contact tracing set up, menus are viewed by scanning QR codes. Drinks are placed beside your table on a stand sort of thing on a tray, you take them off the tray, they take the tray away, food all out of boxes. Really good.
Went to The Raeburn after on the way home and that wasn’t so good. They were first come first served - apart from the people they’d told earlier to come back at 5pm and they’d get in and so they’d wandered in ahead of the already giant queue. Was fine once you were in but they’ll have to give up on giving people times later in the day if they’re not taking bookings - although to be fair I think they realised that when people started coming back.
Are the pubs using single use plastic glasses?Quote:
Originally Posted by calumhibee1
Proper glasses in my local last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I visited 2 places yesterday with 4 colleagues....
Bar 50
Pitched up at around 4pm without a booking and got a table. Only my contact info taken but we all had our temperatures checked. We were given a picnic table that would ordinarily seat 6, so no 2m social distancing in effect. Drinks ordered from a laminated drinks list via staff and came in plastics. No visible sanitising of the tables or menus between customers. They presented the drinks on a tray and we took them from the tray. A few larger groups who clearly were, like us, from more than two households. Sanitising stations on the way in and out of the loos and posters saying a max of 2 at a time, not enforced. All in all, I felt they'd done the bare minimum to comply with current guidelines but they did have a decent feel to the place.
Mamma's Pizza
We then went along to the Grassmarket and got a table at Mama's. Again, a 6 seater picnic bench for 5 of us. No contact info taken, which was a concern. Again, sanitising stations on the way to the toilet. One staff member wore a visor, the rest had no face coverings. Again, bare minimum undertaken to comply with the current guidelines. Food was Ok and drinks came in glasses. Staff very nice and had a busy day by all accounts.
This was a bit of market research for us as I prepare my bar to re-open on the 15th. It gave me a bit on confidence that when we re-open we'll be doing things right. Clearly guidelines are not being followed thoroughly.
I've heard good reports from Cold Town House, Corn Exchange & CC's. Early days and everyone, operators, staff and punters are on a bit of a learning curve. Thankfully our government wasn't stupid enough to open outside & inside together and on a pay weekend Saturday!
It seems some businesses have invested to ensure they provide the safest environment possible whilst other do the absolute bare minimum to enable them to open, as expected of course as the last thing some businesses want to do is spend cash prior to reopening. It will be interesting to see if the EHO’s will visit and clamp down on the ones not quite doing it properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frazerbob
The non-taking of contact details is a frustrating one as it’s probably the least onerous in terms of cost to the establishment but could be very important in terms of stopping the spread of any clusters quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
EHO are already out and about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I've supplied a load of additional chemicals, among other things, to various sites in Edinburgh over the last couple of weeks and the last few days has seen a flood of requests for additional products, spare copies of safety data sheets and the like following visits from the EHO.
It's hard to place all the blame with the pubs as the information on the requirements was and is at best sketchy. The huge cost increases for things like gloves and dispensers is a big hit for businesses that are already struggling as well.
To be fair the EHO’s did issue some pretty specific guidelines to businesses regarding additional procedures and policy documentation to be added to food safety management systems. It will be probably be a mix of those who always performed poorly on EHO inspections and those who have fell short of implementing required new procedures. Safety data sheets for chemicals being used even if new chemicals have been introduced is a basic element that any decent business should be on top of anyway. Not something I will be involved with anyway unfortunately which is a pity as I had a great relationship with many EHO’s and always liked to speak with them. despite the fact that they weren’t always consistent with their requirements from one visit to another with a different EHO. Hopefully the majority of the businesses get it right and those who don’t are quickly identified but not easy given the limited numbers of EHO’s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Glass in both CTH and The Raeburn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
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Originally Posted by calumhibee1
Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinello59
I'm sure I read it was glass at The Corn Exchange.
I saw a video of the pint lager dispensers they have and the glasses looked plastic, but not too sure. I can’t really motivate myself to go to a beer garden yet, as much as I like a pint I’m just not that bothered and certainly won’t be booking in advance. Will wait until I can just turn up when the mood takes me 🍻Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...aving-22312413
Actually, for Motherwell, this is not a bad place.
Plastic at corn exchange.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Oh well, I'm sure we'll cope! ☺Quote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
Even if the beer were free, I can't drink it out of a plastic container.
Yuk !
https://tennentsdedicatedtoyou.com/aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by pollution
It’s free
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Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
You are very welcome to mine !
In truth, when the Heriot Brewery was operational the best pint of Tennents lager
was at the Roseburn Bar. What a drink it was !
Indeed it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
I think it just depends where/how you get it to be honest. I tend to find you get better pints of Tennents in Glasgow, with many places offering unpasteurised kegs direct from the brewery. Those are lovely, lovely pints. Though I wouldn't buy a pack of tinnies for the house...Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
How was it overall?Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
You get that in Malones (old Dianes pool hall) in Edinburgh.👍🏼Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
See the beer garden thread in The Holy Ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
Ok... today my wife and I booked fish & chips from The Fishmarket at Newhaven. We had seen this place on TV with Tom Kerridge and Fred Sireax recently and although it’s a chippy it looked great.
Ordered online at 10am to collect at 18.30.
Arrived at 18.15 to find hundreds of people outside waiting for their order.
Finally got food at 19.35!!!!
Standing outside on a sunny night is ok but imagine if was pissing down.
First and last visit. Really poor service and food that was not really any better than local chippy here in Dunfermline.
That’s really poor, if they are going to accept pre orders then they should ensure they can honour the time slots regardless of walk in business demand. Piss poor from them, regardless of how good it is or how good they think they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by HibbyDave
It seems to be normal practice there according to others in the queue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I can’t understand why they take pre orders and ignore the allotted time slot.
Nobody from the restaurant bothered to tell the queue what was going on and many people simply gave up and cancelled their order online.
Absolute **** service.
You’d have thought they’d have a line for pre booked, and turn up on the night. It’s not the cheapest place to go, but maybe on a nice night they got swampedQuote:
Originally Posted by HibbyDave
Doesn’t just apply here, but wonder how these businesses will cope in the winter. We have to hope the virus has gone, or we have a vaccine
Everyone at the doors was pre-booked. They simply kept taking orders online with no interest in providing food at the specified time slot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Utter shambles of an operation.
Poor management, easy enough to put a temp block on the online ordering if you’re getting swamped to allow the kitchen to catch up and honour the pre booked.Quote:
Originally Posted by HibbyDave
Really disappointed to hear of the bad experience at Fishmarket. Been for sit in and take away pre lockdown and always been fine. In particular my wife is Coeliac and they are one of the few who don’t have a surcharge on GF food.
But if they’ve not properly adapted to changed circumstances then they’ll pay a price later.
On the other hand a wee shout out for Bijou at Leith Links. You order online and select a pick up 10 minute slot. The food is prepared immediately before your time slot so it is 100% fresh to collect. The type of local business that deserves support.
Tried “Fish” on Marchmont Road yesterday for the first time, cracking newly opened chippy with plenty vegan/GF options and specials too. Baked Razor Clam and chips amongst the specials yesterday. Very busy with a queue of about 15 folk, I know the owner and he is really doing some special and different things for a chippy. The standard fish and chips were superb, his batter is great too.
My daughter goes there from Costorphine and I thought she was nuts! You're really lucky to such a good chippy in Dunfermline!Quote:
Originally Posted by HibbyDave
She complains that there's quite often a delay but yours was ridiculous.
Another wee shout for Bijou.
Booked Vittorias on the walk for Sunday.
Scran & Scallie tonight for me. Looking forward to that steak pie!
Winstons on Saturday for me, first proper pint since March.
SixByNico for me, but not until the end of August (and again in October). Looking forward to them and even managed to get reasonable weekend time slots for a change!
I wasn't too fussed for heading back out to pubs and restaurants but most of the feedback I've heard seems to be positive in the way places are dealing with everything so I'll maybe book something else for before those too.
Piggs Spanish tapas and wine bar on the High Street is excellent, went just before lockdown and had a couple of takeaway since, finally going back for a sit in next week. Well worth a visit
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