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    The Square

    3.8 (13 reviews)
    Closed 7:30 am - 3:00 pm

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    Good for kids
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Chocolatey mocha
    H V.

    I thought this place was great! Glad I didn't check the crap reviews prior to deciding where to have breakfast. I had the porridge with walnuts, honey and fresh berries. So yummy and filling for a day of walking around Edinburgh. Other in my party: Avocado toast - excellent and very flavorful. Yogurt with fresh berries - very tasty Eggs and toast - really great Almond croissant - the bomb! The mochas were a little too chocolatey for my taste, but otherwise, a lovely dining experience. Staff was very friendly and we had everything out very quick. Although the place was very small, we had no trouble walking in and grabbing a table. Try it out!

    I make better meals at home
    Jessica S.

    This was the first of two shockingly horrible dining experiences of the day. To say we were disappointed would be an understatement, but I guess that's our own fault. We wanted to grab a quick bite for breakfast before heading to Waverly to catch our train to Belhaven. Having just downed two highly caffeinated beverages in the space of 40 minutes, I didn't feel like roaming around town trying to find something, so when we passed by The Square, it seemed perfect. No. To start, the eat-in space is tiny, and none of the four people working there took the time to communicate with the customers. We entered the establishment at the same time as another couple, and we both kind of stood around for a second wondering what to do, until we all just decided to pick a table (there are only four, and they're squeezed super close together; I literally had to move the table we were trying to sit at in order to get in, to avoid disturbing the couple that was already seated). We glanced at the menus on the table, and my husband went to place our orders. I wanted the breakfast meal with the eggs, smoked Scottish salmon and toast. My husband got to the counter to order, only to find that they didn't have salmon, smoked, Scottish or not. Put on the spot, I settled with the bacon. My husband ordered the French Toast meal. They were out of the juice that I wanted (also listed on the menu) and didn't have another option that wasn't bottled, so we made do with tap water. It took forEVER for our food to come out. We sat there, waiting for something to happen while the owner wandered the front room, talking on the phone and inexplicably propping the front door open. It was a bitingly cold and windy morning, and there was nobody coming in to make a delivery, so why he decided to leave the door open still confuses me. The couple sitting closest to the door had to ask him to close it, and he looked amazed that they'd request such a thing. While we sat there waiting (and waiting, and waiting), we got a show of the owner's conversation. Apparently, he'd just taken over the restaurant, and some of the paperwork he'd inherited was in disarray. He sat down at one of the tables to have a long and loud conversation with a service provider, going into great detail about accounts, promises, money owed and expectations. It was super unprofessional. Once our food (FINALLY) made it out to our table, I almost laughed out loud. We'd dropped almost £12 on THAT?! It was something I could have made at home. No, it was a sad imitation of something I could have made at home. There was no presentation, creativity or flavor to anything that was slapped onto my plate. And my husband's meal? My goodness, it was an insult. The claimed he'd get brioche bread, but what he really got was plain old white sliced bread. It wasn't garnished with cinnamon or powdered sugar, and the two slices just lay on the plate looking pathetic. The truly frustrating part was that the food wasn't even hot. It was barely even warm. For as long as it took to be served, I was expecting it to be piping hot and steaming away. Really disappointing meal - the first in two weeks of travel - and even more disappointing that we got stuck with this whole experience for our anniversary breakfast. Pass.

    Scottish breakfast (minus black pudding)

    lovely service and food! great scottish breakfast! glad I stopped here after my bus ride!

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    The Devil's Advocate - Smoked fish plate

    The Devil's Advocate

    4.3(637 reviews)
    0.4 miOld Town, Royal Mile
    ££

    Walking in to The Devil's Advocate in Advocate Close, just above Market St, the large bar greets…read moreyou. We chose the Scottish Road trip whiskey flight. As someone who truly loved little about Scotch, it was a wonderful way to taste and compare smoky vs peaty whiskeys. Fun. Our table was upstairs and we sat next to an open door which allows for fresh cool air. It was a warm day in Edinburgh. Our server was wonderful, patient and really helpful. Our choices were truly delicious. We started with the fish board, olives, and mushroom skewer. We loved them all. I enjoyed the cod main dish, while my wife finished the starters. The side of asparagus was also excellent. The mouse dessert was delicious but very rich, it's enough for 4 people. The cost of dinner was also totally reasonable. I recommend this place highly.

    I don't really understand why the ratings are so high at this restaurant. We tried going here one…read moreevening and I messed up the reservation. I'm not used to seeing it in blocks and our end time was bolded but not the start time. We showed up at the end time. We were charged obviously because you have to give a card for a guarantee. I get that. I was fine with it since it was my fault. What I wasn't fine with was the rude (dare I say bitchy?) hostess who I spoke with upon arriving. She was awful to me and looked at me like I was garbage. Even after that, I decided to rebook and pay attention to the time. The restaurant had been recommended to us by a relative as the "best place they had eaten" while in Edinburgh and I wanted to try it. I booked for lunch and when we arrived the male host was lovely. We were sat early (because I always show up to a reservation early) and then we waited almost a half an hour for the one waitress there to come and help. It was fine. I can understand they are understaffed and busy. But then the food, it was also just fine. It was decent but not great. Like a lot of things in the UK, it's understated and seasoned. My husband had the pappardelle and my two children and I had the flat iron steak. His pasta had zero flavor. It was a cream based sauce. It needed more salt. As for the steak, it was fine. It was cooked well. Mine was medium rare and the kids both had medium. It was also not seasoned well. However the steak was served with a dipping sauce (a garlic sauce, a peppercorn or lemon mint). We tried all three since we had three steaks and those were all good and kept the steak from being bland. On the plate were chips (fries), which were not salted well but we had the dipping sauces. Also on the plate was plain arugula and a couple on the vine cherry tomatoes. Nothing spectacular. The waitress didn't come back once the entire time we were eating. Overall, it just wasn't worth it for the money we paid.

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    The Baked Potato Shop - Former Baked Potato Shop

    The Baked Potato Shop

    4.2(161 reviews)
    0.4 miOld Town, Royal Mile
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    Oh my goodness, that looks absolutely delicious! That's quite the meal, a perfect balance of carbs,…read moreprotein, and veggies, which is something I admire.

    One evening in Berkeley, California, out to dinner with some friends at a Korean restaurant, I…read moreshared that I was heading to Scotland in July of 2019 and asked if anybody had been and had any recommendations for places to go. Probing why I was going a little, they got out of me I am of the Gordon Clan of Aberdeenshire, a Scotland of Old clan. One of my friends exclaimed, "Gordon!" He paused, looked me directly in the eyes and said, "You know we're rivals right?!" He is Nate James Lindsey. A member of the Lindsey Clan, one of the Gordon Clan's rival clans in Scotland of Old. Once we addressed our rival ancestries, he recommended to me The Baked Potato Shop in Edinburgh, the city I was flying into/out of for my first trip not only to Scotland, but to Europe as well. Well, I might as well go I thought, how bad can a rival clan recommendation be. The night I arrived in Edinburgh, 5 July 2019, I entered The Baked Potato Shop and was greeted by a friendly worker. After looking over the menu, I went with a baked potato loaded with vegan chilli and vegan Macsween haggis. After placing my order, paying, and getting the baked potato I thought the only thing missing from my first ever evening in Scotland was bagpipe music. No sooner had I thought that than I heard the sounds of bagpipes wafting across the cobbled lane out front of the Shop. Across the cobbled lane I went, lured by the wail of the bagpipes. After listening for a bit and providing a tip I returned to the guest house I was staying the night at. The food was delicious and filled my travel-tired belly. The haggis was the first I had of any kind, vegan or non-vegan, and it was an immediate favorite. Offset from my departure time zone by 8 hours, I went to sleep soon after eating. I woke up early the next morning ready to go. Turns out the baked potato and toppings cured my jet lag in less than 24 hours, quite remarkable. What a way to end my first day in Scotland, a recommendation from a member of a rival Scotland of Old clan yields tasty food. I will however note that I am also of Irish descent, so I am still not sure what to make of the recommendation in light of the Irish Potato Famine... Ahhh, Scotland of Old lives on.

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