Was at byron on north bridge a couple weeks ago. As burger chains go, its the best around. Had the 25p burger opening offer which was great. Only downside is they charge well over the odds at normal menu price.
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Was at byron on north bridge a couple weeks ago. As burger chains go, its the best around. Had the 25p burger opening offer which was great. Only downside is they charge well over the odds at normal menu price.
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Was at The Merchants in Saturday night, terrible. Not sure how it stays open, only 3 tables taken on Valentine's night. Started was clearly straight out a packet and service was awful.
Got fairly decent reviews, no idea how!
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Originally Posted by Wembley67
Merchant Street opposite Divinos?
A good burger should be cooked medium - medium well at most. By cooking their burgers well done they're little better than Burger King IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Not for me mate,the risk of burgers cooked medium is not one I like to take. A burger is just that,people kidding themselves on that they can have it cooked like a piece of steak is wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
That's the one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Noticed they get quite a few coach parties in there for lunch during the festival, normally asian tour groups.Often wondered how good it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wembley67
I'm hearing the Riparian rooms has gone to the wall.
I visited Oregano on Leith Walk pre game last night, quite possibly one of the best pizzas i've ever had!
I keep hearing that. Can you get a pizza delivered from there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Godsahibby
Yeah think I need to get myself in also.
Anyone been to Civerino's in Hunter Square?
I am not sure to be honest, I think they might have a take away place across the street and up a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by easty
Yes it's very good,up there with La Favorita restaurant for quality pizza.Quote:
Originally Posted by Godsahibby
Yes you can through Delieveroo I believe . Remember though a pizza travelled will be nowhere near as good as one straight out of the oven.Quote:
Originally Posted by easty
Had lunch in Scran & Scallie today,superb value from the lunch menu of 3 courses for £15.
Civerinos is excellent, especially the early week £10 deal for a pizza and peroni.Quote:
Originally Posted by patch1875
Origano is very good as well, pizzas are certainly not the traditonal neapolitan style though. Can get their pizzas delivered to the Joker & Thief, which is a pretty good combination!
I disagree I think their pizzas are neopolitan style and certainly not like the American styled rubbish that the big chains serve.Quote:
Originally Posted by adhibs
Not surprised, was decent but rarely busy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
That corner of Broughton Street/London Street is strange as both side of the street seem to be constantly changing businesses. Considering the success of The Other Place just down the road and the various Broughton Street institutions it's a bit of a mystery to me.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Yes was decent though I think the downstairs was a bit of a waste and never really hit the heights they hoped for. Have used the place plenty of times for lunch meetings and the staff were very good with a few of them poached together from a well known luxury hotel.
Their not the american styled rubbish but i wouldn't say there close to the neapolitan style really, far too crispy a base. There tidy anyway, I'lll more than likely happily eat from there again in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
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Originally Posted by adhibs
Neopolitan base should be crispy on bottom but slightly chewy on the top, I actually ask for mine to be a bit crispier but everyone has their own preferences I guess. Have to admit Oraegano is very good and up there with the best I have tasted, both here in Edinburgh and in the UK. You can't beat fresh dough and ingredients with no additives that's why I like La Favorita restaurant pizzas so much. I have heard people talk about The Jolly also serving great pizza but haven't tried it yet.
Yep although I did notice a change in the staff recently. The manager was poached from the well known hotel but he was punted when they started trying to control staff costs and that signalled the start of real problems imo.Quote:
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Boozy Cow give away entire profit of £263,000 to charity!
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/...ve-charities1/
Probably a bit easier to do when your Dads worth £2.2bn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frazerbob
Seriously though nice gesture that will help those charities a lot.
3 of my friends have had food poisoning from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by adhibs
Have they? Confirmed food poisoning from the doctor following a stool sample or any other confirmation.Quote:
Originally Posted by IrnBru22
I was at riverlife last night on Dalry Road. Caribbean/French restaurant with BYOB - looks a bit run down from the outside however highly recommend the place, the jerk chicken was brilliant!
Iris in Thistle Street, a bit pricey but food is excellent
http://www.irisedinburgh.co.uk/
I went to Butternut Squash down at Portobello last week. I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. It's nothing fancy, but the food was good and it was byob and the people working there were really nice.
Tried Burger on Shandwick Place on Wednesday night. Quite impressed with the blue cheese burger especially as I could eat it without the need for a knife and fork as a burger should be.
:agree: We go there a lot, really good value and excellent food.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Yeah. Have to agree. Not far from me and go there quite a bit. Lovely people who own it and great food.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibee_girl
Went to al dente for the first time last week. Dont know how its took me so long for my first visit but will definitely be back. Had ok bruschetta followed by a tidy carbonara. Top service as well.
Went to Civerinos last week and really enjoyed it - shared a spicy sausage pizza and a wild boar and pancetta carbonara which was lovely.
Has anyone been to bread meats bread yet? I'm going to try go tomorrow night after work but have heard the queues are long for a table!
Tried Tony Singhs new offering in the Apex at the grassmarket. Total rubbish, talk about someone not really giving a **** about what they put their name too. Poor service,raw chicken wings, bland fishballs, burnt haggis pakora, and the rest. The menu sounds so inviting too "fusion food" my erse.
That's a shame. Tony's a good guy hopefully he sorts it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Not a revue, more looking for a recommendation.
Planning a treat for a birthday, and have come up with 3 options.
Where would folks go, allowing for the fact that 2 are in Edinburgh and the third isn't, location is not important.
http://www.restaurantmartinwishart.co.uk/
http://thekitchin.com/
http://threechimneys.co.uk/
Cheers.
I can't compare the three to say which is best, but I have been to the Martin Wishart restaurant and it was absolutely excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Fleece
I'm a big Origano fan. I'm in there far too much. Went for a pizza at Eden Kitchen on Broughton Street on Saturday. Thought it was excellent. Garlic Mushrooms were amazing followed by a really good pizza. BYOB too.
For those my side of town,new indian restaurant coming soon at Blackhall on the site of the old Suburban Pantry.
Quite sad the Pantry closed down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I know the owner Martin he still has the food franchise in Tiles. A good guy and decent chef.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wembley67
I don't know him personally but I grew up with his wife, nice lassie. Always nice to see a local taking an interest in the area. I don't really think another Indian is going to do very well there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Blackwood's tonight at Nira Caledonia, anyone been? Don't normally go out for steak but this place has a josper grill and supposed to be one of the best steaks in Edinburgh so making an exception.
Was very good, excellent Rib Eye Steak cooked to perfection on josper grill, duck terrine with pickled mushrooms a great starter. Will definitely be returning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Went to this last year, it was awful then as well,Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Having read the review of his similar set up in the Glasgow casino it seems it's awful everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by alhibby
Rip Off Britain (BBC1) have just done a thing on the food hygiene notices you see in the windows of eating places. It wasn't good viewing.
So I looked up the Food Standards website for my regular haunts. Just been on the Beeb so obviously the site has crashed. So then I thought they might have an app. They don't but there's a few to choose from.
Well I'm scunnered. I set it at 5 miles from my house which is quite close to Easter Road stadium, under 10 minutes walk.
There are 2,600 eating places in that area.
More than 600 (six flipping hundred) are noted "Improvement Required".
There's a fair few have been mentioned here as being worthy of visits.
There's an amazing number of well known places you'd think don't have the notice in the window because they're too up market to consider demeaning themselves.
Some national, even international chains!
Some quite new places.
Most worrying. A high number of places I frequent!
Both Edinburgh fitba clubs passed, only half surprised at that ;-)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sotd.foodhygiene
Had a bar meal at Teuchter's in Leith on Saturday night, fairly good, and very popular bar. Wouldn't mind it as my local.
:agree: fantastic boozer. Ticks every aspect i look for in a pub: good beer and whisky selection, dog & child friendly, good food and a variety of different areas to sit including a good beer garden.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Fleece
Had a pizza at vin caffee earlier. Excellent pizza made using quality ingredients.
The thing you have to remember us that unlike the system in England were you are rated between 1-5 in Scotland there is no middle ground. Improvement required does not always mean poor hygiene,it can be for incomplete record keeping and other slight faults.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
Just been to Prezzo in Buckingham . One of my colleagues ordered some kind of chilli chicken pizza. I noticed that they had a low calorie option of the very same pizza so , being health conscious , I ordered that .
I was amazed when it was served and he had a full round pizza and I was was served half a pizza with 2 small tomatoes and a lettuce leaf :faf:
The kicker is that the half pizza was more expensive than the glorious looking full pizza.
Starvin :greengrin
Improvement Required could be something really small such as paper towels not being located near enough to the hand wash sink or the wrong type of sanitser or soap being used. They will then get a follow-up visit, usually within 6 weeks, by which time the improvements will have been made. Any serious improvement will have to be done within a shorter, agreed length of time. Don't panic!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
I've booked this for end of May, looking forward to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Had brunch in the Roseleaf in Leith today. Excellent as always.
Not everyones cup of tea I'd wager but the food is decent and reasonable.
Was at a winemakers dinner at DiVino this week,5 courses matched with wines,excellent value.The next one is in May with food and wines from Tuscany.
Going to Khublai Khans in leith tomorrow night, last time as its closing soon. Gutted!
It's closing? Was planning to go there next month with a group.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibee_girl
Yep, closing on may 15thQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Finally got round to going to Tuk Tuk in Leven Street.
It's basically Indian tapas and very nice. The food was good quality, staff very attentive and the big bonus was it's BYOB without a corkage charge.
Will definitely go back.
Just back from the Raj restaurant in blackhall and food was tremendous, will definitely be my local Indian now.
Used to like the Raj when it was in Leith,was pleased to see he has opened in my end of town,will try soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ajo
Went to Steak at Picardy Place last night. Thought my steak was a bit average compared to other steak restaurants ok but nothing special.
Was in The George St Bar & Grill yesterday for Sunday Roast & it was well worth the trip. Best roast dinner in a good while.
Chocolate fondant desert is a treat !!
In town for a family get-together so going to Kanpai Sushi in Grindlay Street on Saturday night. My two like Jap grub and we used to enjoy Izzies previously of Lothian Road.
I've no idea why I've been oblivious to this before now, however, went to The Terrace yesterday lunchtime at West Lothian college. It is for training the student chefs and waiting staff in a real environment.
The food and service was really good quality and the best bit is the three course meal, with coffee and a bottle of wine, for two was £19 total!!
Is it open to the general public all of the time?Quote:
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Went her on a Friday night a few months back now, the food was very good and great value.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Now rated No 1 in Livingston on Trip Advisor
Opening details below
Open for evening dinner on Thursday and Friday nights - Table bookings from 6.30pm- 7pm (Fully booked until the end of term - June 2016)
Lunch is available every week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - Table bookings at 12.15pm.
Summer term break: The terrace restaurant is CLOSED from Friday 10 June – Friday 9 September
http://www.west-lothian.ac.uk/about-...restaurant#_=_
Looking to try Filipino grub and only found one restaurant in Edinburgh, Rice Terraces however its now closed. Anyone know of any others?
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Originally Posted by YehButNoBut
Does the Jewell Esk valley on Milton Rd not have something similar.Quote:
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Originally Posted by offshorehibby
They do, EH15
My Grandparents go regularly and rave about it
Was in DineEdinburgh, Stuart Muir's place above the Traverse, the night before the Final.
I ate from the a la carte menu but they do a tremendously-priced pre-theatre deal, £14.50 for two/£17.50 for three courses.
Ambience was great, very well laid-out, service was low-key and efficient. They do a great Picpoul by the glass and there was a good range of wine, reasonably priced for central Edinburgh.
I had a red mullet starter and halibut to follow - both had been prepared perfectly and the accompaniments were packed with flavour.
Definitely going back and could see it becoming the default option when attending the Usher or Lyceum.
Hewat's on the Causewayside last night. Handyish for the Festival Theatre and a decent enough menu. I had scallops and boar, loads of flavour with both. Broad range of wines by the glass, service was prompt and friendly. They do their own homemade oatcakes with the cheeseboard and they were delicious. I hadn't eaten there for a couple of years. The last time the cheeseboard was so big that they packed up the remainder and some additional oatcakes in a plastic tub for us to take home!
At the Guru on Friday night for our six monthly get together, at least we were prepared this visit and knew about BYOB so no worries on the bevvy front. The food was excellent. I have been trying the tandori mixed grill in every curry house I go in now for about the last year. This was up there with the best I have had, some don't even serve it on a sizzling platter! The only thing missing was king prawns, apart from that no complaints and the "elephant ear" naans are great.
Ok...it's not in Edinburgh but managed to get a reservation at Osteria Francescana, words cannot describe just how excited the mrs is - only live once and all that :thumbsup:
When are you going? It looks tremendous.Quote:
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Heading over in September, just going to travel the area and eat until we pop - worse ways to go I imagine :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by easty
Although the fact his signature dish is burnt lasagne doesn't fill me with hope!
Episode 1 of Chef's table on Netflix is about Osteria Francescana, looks incredible.Quote:
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You lucky b.....Quote:
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I'm heading to Enoteca in Barcelona in September which I'm quite excited about but you've topped that and then some.
We used to frequent Hewat's quite a bit - great food and really quite relaxed. Don't go there anywhere near as much now as we used to as now stay at Maybury and nowhere near as handy!
Richard - chef & proprietor - always used to put in a guest appearance at the end of service and pour out glasses of port to anyone who wished one.
Just had a meal at Celler Door in Playa Flamenca, Alicante.
It's the number 1 (of 86) on trip advisor, and I thought it'd be good, but it far exceeded my expectations. Great value too. 77 euros, 3 courses each, 2 drinks each, amuse bouche to begin (black pudding bon bon with apple jelly, amazing), petit fours with coffee to end the night. Service was excellent also.
We've eaten at a number of good places here over the last week and a half, but nothing worth shouting about. This was on another level to the rest.
Massive ex-pat community over here, if you're ever over visiting make sure to go for a meal at Celler Door.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restau...n_Country.html
Been in New York for a week and so far meals have been very hit and miss and certainly not as good as I was expecting. Olive Garden has actually been the standout. Tonight I told the manager of restaurant in time square that the rib eye was by far the worst I had ever attempted to eat, after I listened to his various excuses I told him it was just a very poor quality rib eye steak. He didn't disagree removed it from bill and offered me a different meal which I declined.
Was there last month and experienced the same. Overpriced and very average. Ended up spending more and more time using a local diner which kept us well fed with decent but well priced food. Breakfasts in particular were fab.Quote:
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I'm away on Saturday. Either of you got any recommendations for the hits rather than the miss?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tory Hibby
Lunch at the boathouse in central parkQuote:
Originally Posted by calumhibee1
Lombardi's for pizza in little Italy
Brooklyn Diner under the bridge for breakfast
Oyster bar at Grand Central for fish and chips
Olive Garden
O'lumleys Irish bar in Time Square area
"The View"revolving restaurant and bar on top of the Marriot
Off to Orlando (staying on International Drive) and Miami (South Beach) next week for honeymoon. Anyone have any recommendations for either?
For cheap food we've generally always liked chilis. Huge menu and you can feed 4 people for about $60. There's definitely at least one of them on international drive. I've been to an Italian at the end of International drive in pointe Orlando called Maggianos which was superb but was expensive. As for Miami, weve always liked Mia Bella Roma on Ocean Drive. There's a restaurant on Lincoln Road aswell called Nexxt cafe which is superb value for money. We also like to eat on Espanola Way (there's loads of restaurants here) which is also in the south beach area. I'm heading over on Saturday for something like my 23rd time over in America.. Love the place!Quote:
Originally Posted by MountcastleHibs
Maggianos on Intl Drive. Independent (not a franchise) and imo best Italian in Orlando. I'm in Orlando just now and pleased to report a number of Hibs crests on show.Quote:
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Also here in Orlando, on I-Drive I like Millers Ale House (not fat from the upside down house, WonderWorks) decent drink offers and competitively priced food. Bahama Breeze is good, cracking cocktails, Joe's crab shack(eat at Joe's) for crab & Lobster, Brick tavern for a good selection of American craft beer & food.
I'm also wearing my Nike polo with Hibs crest, received a few well done from some sellic tops but the best was when I was in the NBC sports bar & grill at Universal on the 4th. They were showing the full replay of the Celtic Rangers semi-final. Kenny Miller scores in the opening minutes and I can only assume there was a rangers family as they have off a roar. On leaving I walked over and and asked how they got on in the final,,,,I think it would have been funnier if I could do an accent but the Edinburgh tones came through loud and clear. The wife wasn't amused but I was chuckling away!
Eataly for Italian food. It's like a market and has various mini restaurants in one building. Specialising in fish, meat, pasta, pizza. Amazing place, very close to the Flat Iron building.Quote:
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Also enjoyed the Spice Market which is Asian cuisine, it's near Chelsea Market/Meatpacking district (and maybe near the High Line?)
For a pretty simple old fashioned lunch there is a place called PJ Clarkes on 5th Avenue, it was featured in the first season of Mad Men. Basically it's maintained the same decor/layout since the 50s. Seems authentic rather than a gimmick and the food was great.
I would get as many recommendations in advance as you can, don't want to be wandering about trying to chance places. Enjoy!
One more NYC recommendation - 230 Fifth Avenue is a great rooftop bar if you want some drinks with a great view of midtown for free.
Thanks mate! Staying in the flat iron district so will definitely try eataly. Like the sound of PJ Clarkes aswell!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler Durden
Been to a few good places recently. Wildmanwood pizza do the best ive eaten in edinburgh. They could be a wee bit more generous with the mozzarella but the tomato sauce is realy good. Do good salads as well.
Meltmongers is pretty good as well. Been previously for the toasties which are excellent. Had the breakfast burrito today which was decent as well. Is a bit overpriced but thats probably to do with it being in bruntsfield.
Went to the boozy cow last night. Realy good burger and enjoyed the seasoning on the chips. Only downside was the choice of beers was pretty slim.
Choice of beers in Boozy cow is rubbish I agree,especially when it comes in a can.Quote:
Originally Posted by adhibs
Having nothing on tap was a bit bizarre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
My mate is the chef in Meltmongers, I'll pass on your thoughts.Quote:
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Has anyone tried the Educated Flea on Broughton Street yet? Menu looks quite interesting.
Might not be too much to them, but they make a good job. Ive binned the toastie machine and started doing them in the skillet to try and replicate what they serve.Quote:
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Where about in Broughton Street is it?Quote:
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