Cool Jade, Edinburgh

  Cool Jade 3 – 4  Downie Terrace, Corstorphine, Edinburgh EH12 7AU 0131 334 3823    www.cooljade.co.uk The Bill Banquet £32.50 per person Small Plates  £5.70 – £8.70 | House Favourites £11.80 – £23.30 Classics £11.30 – £30.00 | Sides £2.90 – £6.80  The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4/5 | Value 5/5 …

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1925 At Pompadour, Edinburgh

  1925 At Pompadour The Caledonian Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 2AB 07401 760638    www.restaurant1925.com The Bill Lunch  3 courses £39.50  Dinner Snacks £7.00 – £12.50 | Starters  £16.00 – £22.00 Mains £28.00 – £38.00 | Grill Menu (single course) £35.00 – £65.00  The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 3.5/5 Flavour 4/5 | Value…

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Sebb’s, Glasgow

  Sebb’s 68 Miller Street, Glasgow G1 1DT 0141 739 9381  www.sebbs.com The Bill  Olives and Dips £4.00 – £7.50 | Plates £7.50 – £22.00 Desserts £6.50  The Score Cooking 5/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4/5 | Value 4.5/5  TOTAL 18.5/25  Restaurant names always interest me, and I’m always pleased when in the central belt…

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Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food, Southside, Edinburgh

  Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food Southside 16 Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9TX 0131 563 9871   www.tuktukindianstreetfood.com The Bill  Roadside Plates £5.75 – £7.95 | Street Curries £7.65 – £12.00 Desserts £3.95 – £5.00   The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4/5 | Value 5/5  TOTAL 20.5/25  George Drummond, my ultimate hero from 18th…

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Ella, Taste of Greece, Edinburgh

  Ella, Taste of Greece 134 – 136 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5DT 0131 287 4168   www.ellagreekmeze.com The Bill  Tapas £2.95 – £5.85 | Meze and Wraps £5.55 – £15.95 Meat Plates £14.95 – £29.65 | Sharing Plates £39.95 – £107.00  The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 4/5 Flavour 4/5 | Value 5/5  TOTAL 19/25 …

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Glacis Beisl, Vienna, Austria

  Glacis Beisl  Breite Gasse 4, 1070 Vienna, Austria +43 152 65 660  www.glacisbeisl.at The Bill (Euros) Starters €7.20 – €18.90 | Mains  – €14.20 – €36.40  Desserts €5.40 – €10.40  The Score Cooking 3/10 | Service 2/5 Flavour 3/5 | Value 2.5/5  TOTAL 10.5/25  It’s not a good ambition to want to eat something…

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River House Restaurant & Bar, Stirling

  River House Bar & Restaurant The Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TW 01786 465577   www.riverhousestirling.co.uk The Bill  Starters £7.95 – £15.95 | Mains £12.95 – £38.95  Sharing Platters £79.95 – £89.95 | Desserts £6.95 – £10.95  The Score Cooking 4/10 | Service 2.5/5 Flavour 3/5 | Value 2.5/5  TOTAL 12/25  I suppose that if…

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Taverna Akrogiali, Corfu

  Taverna Akrogiali Agios Ioannis Peristeron  490 84, Corfu, Greece +30 2661 075256  (No website)   The Bill (Euros) Starters 4.50€ – 14.50€ | Mains 12.90€ – 23.90€  Desserts – Sorry, forgot to look  The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 4.5/5  TOTAL 20/25  Lord knows where the custom came from…

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Cata, Edinburgh

  Cata 30 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh EH3 6TP 0131 531 7051  www.cataedinburgh.co.uk The Bill  Aperitivos (Bread etc)  £2.40 – £4.95 | Tapas & Pintxos £4.95 – £13.00  Tablas (Platters) £16.25 – £39.15 | Postres (Desserts) £7.95 – £9.25  The Score Cooking 7/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 5/5  TOTAL 21.5/25  It’s…

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Margo, Glasgow

  Margo 68 Miller Street. Glasgow G1 1DT 0141 739 0882  www.margo.restaurant The Bill  A la carte Bread, Olives & Stuff £4.00 – £9.00 | Plates £9.50 – £18.00  Sharing Plates £42.50 – £50.00 | Desserts £6.00 – £7.00  The Score Cooking 8/10 | Service 4.5/5 Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 4.5/5  TOTAL 21.5/25  I don’t…

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Scott’s, London

  Scott’s Mayfair 20 Mount Street, London W1K 2HE 020 7495 7309  www.scotts-mayfair.com The Bill  A la carte Starters and Caviar £12.50 – £1200.00 | Shellfish £14.50 – £72.00 Shellfish Platters for 2 £120.00 – £192.00 | Mains £27.00 – £76.00 Desserts £4.50 – £16.00   The Score Cooking 7/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4.5/5 |…

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Number 16, Glasgow

  Number 16, 16 Byres Road, Glasgow G11 5JY 0141 339 2544    www.number16.co.uk The Bill  Set Lunch 2 courses £26.00 | 3 courses £32.00  Set Dinner 2 courses £29.00 | 3 courses £35.00 A la carte  Starters £7.00 – £12.00 | Mains £20.00 – £32.00  Desserts £9.50 – £10.00  The Score Cooking 6/10 |…

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Josephine Bistro, London

  Josephine Bistro, Marylebone 6 – 8 Blandford Street, London W1U 4AU Contact: enquiries@josephinebistro.com www.josephinebistro.com The Bill  Plat du Jour £16.50  Menu Duval  2 courses £24.50 | 3 courses £29.50  A la carte Starters £10.50 – £155.00 | Mains £16.00 – £48.00 Desserts £9.00 – £13.00 | Sharing Plates/Fruits de Mer Platters £64.00 – £192.00  The…

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Little Capo, Edinburgh

  Little Capo 18 Howe Street, Edinburgh EH3 6TG 0131 560 2909       www.littlecapo.com The Bill  A la carte  Olives, Almonds, Bread £2.50 – £4.50 | Starters £7.00 – £15.00  Mains £15.00 – £18.00 | Desserts £5.00 – £9.50  The Score Cooking 8.5/10 | Service 4.5/5 Flavour 5/5 | Value 5/5  TOTAL 23/25  Che…

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Margot, Edinburgh

  Margot 7 – 8 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 4HP 0131 281 4170     www.margotedinburgh.co.uk The Bill  A la carte  £7.80 – £14.00  The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 3/5 Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 4/5  TOTAL 17.5/25  Margo(t). You wait years for the girl, then two arrive at once. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. Margo,…

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Bell Bottom Indian Eatery Edinburgh

  Bell Bottom Indian Eatery 2 Polwarth Crescent, Edinburgh EH11 1HW 0131 467 2555    www.bellbottomeatery.co.uk The Bill  Lunch – Thali (Drink Included)  Veg £19.99 | Non Veg £22.99 A la carte  Starters £6.99 – £8.99 | Mains £8.99 – £19.99  The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 4.5/5  TOTAL 20.5/25 …

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sō-lō, Aughton, Merseyside

  sō-lō 17 Town Green Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk L59 6SE 01695 302170  www.restaurantsolo.co.uk   The Bill Lunch Menu (3 courses) £52.00 Sunday Lunch Menu (4 courses) £64.00  Tasting Menu (6 courses) £105.00  The Score Cooking 10/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 5/5 | Value 5/5 TOTAL 25/25  We like to think of this as more than…

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Tiger Rock, Liverpool

  Tiger Rock North John Street, Liverpool L2 9RU 0151 363 6650  www.tigerrockliverpool.uk     The Bill Small Plates £6.80 – £11.80 | Desserts £4.80 – £6.80  The Score Cooking 5.5/10 | Service 4/5 Flavour 4/5 | Value 4.5/5  TOTAL 18/25  It’s Grand National weekend in Liverpool, further extending the range of remarkable Scouse sights. There are more…

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Purslane Restaurant, Edinburgh

  Purslane Restaurant 33A St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AH 0131 226 3500  www.purslanerestaurant.co.uk   The Bill  Lunch  Two courses £29.95 | Three courses £34.95 Dinner – Tasting Menu Only 5 courses £75.00 | 7 courses £95.00  The Score Cooking 8/10 | Service 3.5/5 Flavour 5/5 | Value 5/5  TOTAL 21.5/25  Purslane. No, not one…

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The Best Meal: The Worst Meal

Six months or so ago I issued an invitation to all of you who have provided guest reviews over the years. The call was to contribute articles recalling your best ever, or worst ever, dining experience, or both. It would appear that many of you have, ahem, forgotten. But a single response was received. Since…

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Capri, Fuseta, Algarve, Portugal

  Capri Praça da República 4  8700-012 Fuseta, Algarve, Portugal +351  289 793 165  Instagram www.instagram.com/cafecaprifz     The Bill (in Euros)* Mains €7.50 – €19.00 Desserts €3.50 * Prawns, crab and langoustines are sold by weight  The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 4.5/5 Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 5/5  TOTAL 20.5/25  As a youth I…

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Craobh, Crieff

   Craobh 26 James Square, Crieff PH7 3EY 01764 650762    www.craobhrestaurant.com The Bill Brunch/Lunch Brunch Dishes £7.50 – £10.50 | Sandwiches £9.50 – £12.50 Mains £14.00 – £33.00 | Desserts £1.50 – £8.50  Dinner Small Plates £8.50 – £10.00 | Mains £15.00 – £33.00  Desserts £1.50 – £8.50  The Score Cooking 5.5/10 | Service…

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Dinner in St Petersburg – Guest Reviewer, Binkie Johnston

  Peterhof, St Petersburg 1914   We first encountered my ancestor Binkie Johnston four years ago when we published his account of the last meal served from the First Class kitchen of the Titanic. Many of you assumed he had perished: some were kind enough to send condolences. I did drop a hint that we…

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Rogue, St Andrews

   Rogue 209  South Street, St Andrews KY16 9EF 01334 470354  www.rogue-standrews.com The Bill* Starters £8.00 – £18.00 | Mains £22.00 – £44.00  Desserts £7.00 – £9.00 *Most seafood and premium cuts of beef are charged at market prices  The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 5/5 Flavour 4/5 | Value 4/5  TOTAL 19/25  Congratulate me,…

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