Restaurant recommendations Edinburgh.

[Perec]

Avoiding pizza, Indian, Mexican.

Fish is good, as is modern British, Italian, tapas, Scottish.

Recommendations appreciated.

[S2red]

I like Giulianos opposite playhouse http://www.giulianos.co.uk/giulianos_shore/menus.h...

[sherman]

Only 2 fish restaurants I really know of in Edinburgh are the Mussel inn on rose street and the Loch Fyne restaurant down by the shore in Leith
http://www.mussel-inn.com/seafood-restaurant-edinb...
http://www.lochfyne-restaurants.com/restaurants/ed...

The only tapas bar I know of is one that a few PHers frequent is La Sal on the Southside
http://www.lasal.co.uk/

Italian food in Edinburgh is everywhere. every second restaurant in Edinburgh seems to be an Italian or do Italian food.

[SrMoreno]

21212 is excellent, if on the pricey side. The Scran & Scallie in Stockbridge does quite posh pub food and is very good.

[Patch1875]

Kyloe - bit pricey but great steaks

[ATG]

SrMoreno said:

21212 is excellent, if on the pricey side. The Scran & Scallie in Stockbridge does quite posh pub food and is very good.

21212 is going to split opinion ... a marmite restaurant ... marmite lollipop on a bed of mashed weetabix and a herring jus probably.

[SrMoreno]

ATG said:

21212 is going to split opinion ... a marmite restaurant ... marmite lollipop on a bed of mashed weetabix and a herring jus probably.

A fair point! I really enjoyed it, and it appealed to my sense of humour, but I can see that a lot of people wouldn't.

[awooga]

Get yourself down to the Shore in Leith. Fishers is very good, The Shore itself absolutely superb. Teuchtar's Quay round the back of the Shore is also pretty decent.

If you like your seafood or decent quality bistro food, then The Shore is definitely one of the best in the city. There's a whole load of other places down there too - Italians, decent curry house (Raj), pub food.

[DavesFlaps]

awooga said:

Get yourself down to the Shore in Leith. Fishers is very good,

There's also a Fishers in the City on Thistle St which isn't bad.

[cornet]

If you're there on a Sunday then brunch at Hectors is always good

http://www.hectorsstockbridge.co.uk/

Excellent Bloody Mary too

[Sleekitman]

Ondine on George IV Bridge is my personal favourite. A real fish restaurant.

[Cambell]

Many suggestions here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Jag.]

If you are a fan of Sushi, give Sushiya - Dalry Road a try.

Great Sushi place and always gets good reviews and is highly recommended.

[Grant76]

Ondine & Fishers (both) for me. Great food if fish is your thing although both offer good alternatives.

Martin Wisharts is superb if a bit pricey.

Not tried Scran & Scallie yet but have had good reports, certainly a few nice pubs close to hand for a few drinks first or after.

[m30dus]

Some of my favorites:

The Howgate near Leadburn (bistro)
Wok & Wine just off Queen Street (Chinese)
Himalayan in Brunstfield (Indian)

[m30dus]

Should have read the first post fully, obviously the Indian is out :-)

[CraigV6]

La Bruschetta (near Haymarket station).
Exeptional little Italian, but book ahead (weeks for a weekend night).

[Perec]

Okay, just got back from Edinburgh and thought I'd say thank you for the recommendations guys. As usual PHers could be relied upon to point me in the right direction.

We ate at:

Fishers Edinburgh - pricey but very good.
Scran and Scallie - excellent food in a pub setting.
Fishers in Leith - lunch this time, good again.
Last night was the Mussell Inn in Edinburgh and it was superb as well as cheap. Probably some of the best seafood I've ever had.
Also worth a mention is Caffe Centro, for excellent Italian coffee and cannolo.

[Grant76]

Glad you enjoyed.

Good chance we were in the same place at the same time, was in both Fishers over the weekend.

Firm favourites!