Recent Restaurant Visits Reviews

[Scouse Hibee]

Saddened to hear that the Pompadour restaurant within the Caley hotel is closing its doors for the final time this weekend after ninety five years. Fantastic memories of the place both as a customer and a member of the Caley team.

[hibee_girl]

Back to La Riva in Leith tonight. By far our favourite Italian restaurant at the minute.

[Mibbes Aye]

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Saddened to hear that the Pompadour restaurant within the Caley hotel is closing its doors for the final time this weekend after ninety five years. Fantastic memories of the place both as a customer and a member of the Caley team.

Had an absolutely exquisite meal there not that long ago. Do you know what is replacing it?

[Scouse Hibee]

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Had an absolutely exquisite meal there not that long ago. Do you know what is replacing it?

No, heard there are no plans to run it as a restaurant any longer, it’s a fantastic room,with it being listed there can’t really be much change to it so maybe hotel plan to use it as a venue for something other than a restaurant. I still have plenty of contacts in there and no one seems to know what the plans are yet.

[Mibbes Aye]

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No, heard there are no plans to run it as a restaurant any longer, it’s a fantastic room,with it being listed there can’t really be much change to it so maybe hotel plan to use it as a venue for something other than a restaurant. I still have plenty of contacts in there and no one seems to know what the plans are yet.

Thank you.

[matty_f]

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Exactly my thoughts. Food was fine, that’s about it. Got 30% off food in January but had it been full price we would have been about £70 a head. I’d have been gutted spending that on it.

At the weekend I went to L’entricote in Barcelona. It has restaurants in quite a few European cities and also NYC. Was lovely.

Mrs Matty and I went on Friday, we must have got it on a good day because the food was excellent. We had a £75 voucher, and with the 30% off deal it meant we had seven plates, drinks, coffee, and afters and spent less than thirty quid.

[calumhibee1]

Went to East Coast in Musselburgh on Saturday. Everything other than the chips were very very good. The chips were fine, just pretty average.

[KeithTheHibby]

Anyone been to Riverlife in Dalry? Been 3 times recently, excellent dishes.

[JeMeSouviens]

I was at Dine in the Traverse theatre last week and the Little Chartroom this. Dine pretty good, the market menu is very good value. LC was outstanding, best meal I've had in Edinburgh for ages, probably only beaten by Martin Wishart's.

[calumhibee1]

Anyone tried the Pizza Hut/KFC collaboration pizza? If you haven’t, then I’d strongly advise you don’t. Managed 3 slices and I think I’m about to **** myself.

[patch1875]

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Anyone tried the Pizza Hut/KFC collaboration pizza? If you haven’t, then I’d strongly advise you don’t. Managed 3 slices and I think I’m about to **** myself.

Can think of nothing worse! Both are awful

[danhibees1875]

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Anyone tried the Pizza Hut/KFC collaboration pizza? If you haven’t, then I’d strongly advise you don’t. Managed 3 slices and I think I’m about to **** myself.

I like both of those things but I'm not convinced they go together.

Other than the couple bits of chicken per slice the rest of it is just sweetcorn pizza with a gravy base...

[calumhibee1]

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I like both of those things but I'm not convinced they go together.

Other than the couple bits of chicken per slice the rest of it is just sweetcorn pizza with a gravy base...

The bits of chicken on the pizza is actually really nice. It’s the gravy base that was minging, and that’s coming from someone that loves KFC gravy!

[danhibees1875]

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The bits of chicken on the pizza is actually really nice. It’s the gravy base that was minging, and that’s coming from someone that loves KFC gravy!

I've never actually tried their gravy... I didn't even know they done gravy until this pizza! I'll give it a go next time, if it's good it might return their chips to their former glory.


As for restaurants, had a voucher to use for Marco Pierre White (in the Hilton on North bridge) - a very nice and perfectly cooked steak. It was quite a nice place overall I felt, would certainly go back.

[Jones28]

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The bits of chicken on the pizza is actually really nice. It’s the gravy base that was minging, and that’s coming from someone that loves KFC gravy!

Jesus Calum that sounds absolutely boggin

[calumhibee1]

Going to The Honours on Friday with the Mrs. Anybody been?

[SneakersO'Toole]

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Going to The Honours on Friday with the Mrs. Anybody been?

Twice. Its excellent. Don't think many food lovers would be disappointed.

[calumhibee1]

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Twice. Its excellent. Don't think many food lovers would be disappointed.

Thank you sir

[offshorehibby]

I tried the lunch menu a Cote Brasserie after seeming it mentioned on here, i'll defiantly be back to try the full menu.

[Ajo]

Anyone been to the Stockbridge restaurant? Decent voucher on itison for 3 courses and a glass of fizz for £19pp

[patch1875]

Fazenda

Wow this place is great! Think I will be having meat sweats for days.

Not cheap but the food is top notch and great friendly staff.

[calumhibee1]

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Anyone been to the Stockbridge restaurant? Decent voucher on itison for 3 courses and a glass of fizz for £19pp

I’d been looking at that as well. Would be good to hear people’s thoughts.

[Ajo]

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I’d been looking at that as well. Would be good to hear people’s thoughts.

I purchased the voucher so will let you know how it is 👍🏼

[calumhibee1]

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I purchased the voucher so will let you know how it is 👍🏼

Nice one, cheers

[Mibbes Aye]

Been back up in Edinburgh for the weekend. Returned to a very familiar favourite-La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street on Friday, prior to the match. They had a special tasting menu on, it was typical of the place - it is hearty Languedoc cuisine and not chasing stars or rosettes, just really good Southern French flavours. Special mention to the wine list, a range of Picpouls and hearty reds. We had one of the Picpouls that is fully grown grapes rather than the norm, where they are taken earlier. It was delicious, had the sharpness you would expect, but also a much fuller body.

On Saturday we went to Le Bistrot at the Institut Francais on George IV Bridge. We had a late afternoon/early evening booking as we were going on to something else after. We turned up and the place was mobbed and looked pretty chaotic, to the extent that I suggested to Ms Mibbes we could just slip out and find somewhere else.

My mistake. We waited a bit after being seated but after that the service was absolutely faultless. The food was similarly fine, but I would go back merely for the attention we had from the serving staff, they were great. Food was (obviously) French-orientated, generous in portion and rich in taste.

Definitely somewhere I would go back to, if nothing else because it is quite a building - as well as good staff delivering good food

[Hibby Bairn]

I guess not 😂😀. Looking forward to this thread buzzing again before too long.

[Scouse Hibee]

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I guess not 😂😀. Looking forward to this thread buzzing again before too long.

I haven’t even had a takeaway to review since this all started 😡

[Hibby Bairn]

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I haven’t even had a takeaway to review since this all started 😡

I think we stay in the same neck of the woods. Missing Eastern Pavilions a lot. I was a Friday evening fairly regular there.

[Scouse Hibee]

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I think we stay in the same neck of the woods. Missing Eastern Pavilions a lot. I was a Friday evening fairly regular there.

We do, yes I’m missing a decent night out with good food.

[danhibees1875]

Are the takeaways still generally open and is it unfair to use them? What are people's thoughts on them at the moment?

2 weekends ago, before the lockdown was properly enforced I got a takeaway from La favourita because I go to Vittoria's quite often and wanted to try to keep giving them my business when I wasn't able to get to their restaurants.

I see they've since stopped doing deliveries for the safety of their staff and I think that's probably the right decision. So therefore should I assume that the takeaways still delivering are doing so against the safety of their own staff and me ordering anything is just perpetuating that cycle?

Or will there be adequate safeguards in place and people ordering takeaway are helping businesses and therefore employers?