A Street Near You, La Casa Dalry, Edinburgh

  La Casa Dalry 103 – 105 Dalry Road, Edinburgh EH11 2AB 0131 337 2875 www.la-casa-restaurant.co.uk The Bill  Set Lunch  2 courses £9.95 | 3 courses £11.95 A la Carte Tapas/Mezze  £2.95 – £7.50 | Mains £10.95 – £19.95 Desserts £4.95 – £5.95 The Score Cooking 5.5/10 | Service 4.5/5 | Flavour 4/5  Value 5/5…

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Passorn, Edinburgh

  Passorn  23 – 23 A Brougham Place, Edinburgh EH3 9JU 0131 229 1537     www.passornthai.com The Bill  Set Lunch (Wed – Sat) 2 courses £12.95 Pre Theatre Supper (Mon – Thu 5.00 – 6.45) 2 courses £15.25 A la Carte Starters  £6.00 – £8.00 | Mains £10.75 – £18.25 The Score Cooking 8/10 |…

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Côte Brasserie, Edinburgh

  Côte Brasserie 51 Frederick Street, Edinburgh EH2 1LH 0131 202 6256  www.cote.co.uk   The Bill  Prix Fixe (Mon – Thu all day; Fri 12  – 7) 2 courses £14.95 | 3 courses £18.95 A la Carte Starters  £5.95 – £9.25 | Mains £11.95 – £23.50 Puddings £5.25 – £7.25 The Score Cooking 6.5/10 |…

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Blonde Restaurant, Edinburgh – As Told To Tom Johnston

  Blonde Restaurant 75 St Leonards Street, Edinburgh EH8 9QR 0131 668 2917   www.blonderestaurant.co.uk   The Bill  Set Lunch 2 courses £13.90 | 3 courses £16.90 Dinner A la Carte Starters  £4.95 – £6.95 | Mains £14.25 – £22.95 Puddings £5.95 – £6.75 The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 4/5 | Flavour 4/5  Value 5/5…

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The Orchard Bar & Restaurant, Edinburgh

  The Orchard Bar & Restaurant 1 – 2 Howard Place, Edinburgh EH3 5JZ 0131 550 0850  www.theorchardbar.co.uk   The Bill Starters £5.50 – £10.50 | Rustic Sandwiches £7.75 – £9.25 Mains £13.25 –  £31.00 | Desserts – ? The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 5/5 | Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 4.5/5 TOTAL 20/25 Fascinating…

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Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen, Edinburgh

  Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen 4 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2BD 0131 252 5200  www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com The Bill Starters  £7.50 – £14.50 | Mains £16.50 – £48.00 Desserts £5.00 – £7.00 The Score Cooking 7.5/10 | Service 5/5 | Flavour 4/5  Value – Beef 2/5, The rest 4/5: Average 3/5 TOTAL 19.5/25 It ain’t…

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Dusit Thai, Edinburgh

  Dusit Thai 49A Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DY 0131 220 6846    www.dusit.co.uk The Bill Dusit Banquet £29.50 pp A la carte Appetisers £5.50 – £10.50 | Mains £11.95 – £22.00 The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 4.5/5 | Flavour 4/5 | Value 4.5/5 TOTAL 19.5/25 You are in heaven in Thailand. A masked…

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The Palmerston, Edinburgh

  The Palmerston Restaurant & Bakery 1 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh EH12 5AF 0131 220 1794    www.thepalmerstonedinburgh.co.uk The Bill Set Lunch (Wednesday  to Friday) 2 courses £16.00 | 3 courses £19.00 A la carte Starters £6.50 – £10.00 | Mains £15.00 – £22.00 Desserts £5.00 – £6.00 The Score Cooking 8.5/10 | Service 5/5 |…

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Pepe Nero, Edinburgh

  Pepe Nero 1 – 3 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh EH4 1HU 0131 332 9977 www.pepenerostockbridge.co.uk The Bill Starters £2.95 – £8.95  | Mains £8.50 – £24.50 Pizza £8.95 – £11.50 | Desserts £1.65 – £6.95 The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 4.5/5 | Flavour 4/5 | Value 5/5 TOTAL 19.5/25 Shall we begin with the…

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Rico’s, Edinburgh

  Rico’s 58A North Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3LU 0131 332 6750 www.ricoristorante.co.uk The Bill Antipasti £9.00 – £16.00  | Primi Piatti £16.00 – £25.00 Secondi Piatti £18.00 – £32.00 | Dolci £6.50 – £8.50 The Score Cooking 7.5/10 | Service 4/5 | Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 4/5 TOTAL 20.5/25 Here’s a Q and A…

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The Raeburn, Edinburgh

  The Raeburn 112 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh EH4 1HG 0131 332 7000 www.theraeburn.com The Bill Starters £6.00 – £8.00  | Mains £11.50 – £28.80  Desserts £5.00 – £8.00 The Score Cooking 5/10 | Service 3/5 | Flavour 4/5 | Value 4/5 TOTAL 16/25 In life, sadly, there are winners and losers. The good news this…

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Rhubarb, Prestonfield House, Edinburgh

  Rhubarb Prestonfield House Priestfield Road, Edinburgh EH16 5UT 0131 225 7800 www.prestonfield.com     The Bill Lunch  2 courses £30.00| 3 courses £35.00 Dinner  3 courses £44.00 A la Carte Starters £10.00 – £18.00 | Mains  £18.50 – £49.00 Puddings £6.00 – £11.00 The Score Cooking 7/10 | Service 5/5 | Flavour 4/5 |…

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LeftField, Edinburgh

  LeftField  12 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 4HP 0131 229 1394 www.leftfieldedinburgh.co.uk The Bill Starters £7.50 – £13.50 | Mains £14.50 – £40.00 | Desserts £5.00 – £8.00 The Score Cooking 7/10 | Service 4.5/5 | Flavour 5/5 | Value 4.5/5 TOTAL 21.5/25 The idea of something coming out of left field is that it…

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La Piazza, Edinburgh

  La Piazza 97 – 99 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh EH2 4SD 0131 221 1150 www.lapiazzaedinburgh.com The Bill Lunch and Dinner Starters £3.25 – £9.95 | Mains £9.15 – £20.95 | Desserts £4.50 – £4.95 The Score Cooking 6/10 | Service 4/5 | Flavour 4/5 | Value 5/5 TOTAL 19/25 A caricature is a curious and…

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Dean Banks at The Pompadour, Edinburgh

  Dean Banks at The Pompadour Waldorf Astoria (Caledonian) Hotel Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 2AB 07770 451668  www.deanbanks.co.uk     The Bill Dinner Only (Wednesday to Sunday) 5 course Tasting Menu £85.00 The Score Cooking 9.5/10 | Service 4.5/5 | Flavour 5/5 | Value 5/5 TOTAL 24/25 Come with me softly, up a staircase and…

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Aurora modern eatery, Leith, Edinburgh

  Aurora modern eatery 187 Great Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5LQ www.aurora.co.uk   0131 554 5537 The Bill Lunch  2 courses £24.00| 3 courses £29.00 | Cheese supplement  £7.00 Dinner 5 course tasting menu £45.00 The Score Cooking 8.5/10 | Service 4.5/5 | Flavour 5/5 | Value 5/5 TOTAL 23/25 Having booked online, I was…

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Fishers in The City, Edinburgh

  Fishers in The City 58 Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1EN 0131 225 5109 www.fishersrestaurants.co.uk The Bill Lunch and Dinner Starters £4.25 – £15.00 | Mains £14.25 – £45.00 | Desserts £4.00 – £6.75 The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 5/5 | Flavour 4/5 | Value 5/5 TOTAL 20.5/25 No, familiarity does not breed contempt.…

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Golden Oldies – Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles Hotel

Restaurant Andrew Fairlie Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perth & Kinross  PH3 1NF 01764 694267          www.andrewfairlie.co.uk The Bill (2015 Prices) Dinner  3 courses £95.00   Dégustation Menu  (7 courses) £125.00 The Score Cooking 10/10 | Service 4/5 | Flavour 5/5 | Value 5/5 TOTAL 24/25 The good news for all of us, not least for the beleaguered restaurant…

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Wee Deliveries – The Wee Restaurant At Home

The Wee Restaurant, 17 Main Street. North Queensferry. KY11 1JG If you still remember how, pick up a pen, pencil or other implement and sign your name. Put it to one side and read on. Oi, moosh! I hear you cry. Not only do you not do takeaways, you’ve written almost eloquently about why you…

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Home by Nico – Guest Reviewer Miranda Heggie

HOME BY NICO  Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast Liverpool, Manchester, London Delivery UK Wide   www.sixbynico.co.uk Some of you may well be familiar with Six by Nico, although none of the energetic Mr Simeone’s restaurants has as yet been reviewed in Tom Eats! Starting in Glasgow he now has a total of six restaurants, as far apart as…

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Ondine Restaurant, Edinburgh – A Golden Oldie Review

Ondine Restaurant 2 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1AD 0131 226 1888  www.ondinerestaurant.co.uk   Now, unless you have just returned from the planet Zog, it will not have escaped your notice that restaurants remain closed. Sadly, given this week’s announcement which was as definitive as the predictions given by Punxtsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day, they…

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three birds, Edinburgh – Guest Reviewer Fiona Garwood

three birds 3 – 5 Viewforth, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh EH10 4JD 0131 229 3252  www.threebirds.co.uk The Bill (Takeaway) Starters £5.00 – £7.50 | Mains £10.00 | Afters £5.00 – £6.00   Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let’s do it, let’s fall in love Nearly a decade has elapsed since three…

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Cafe St Honoré At Home – Guest Reviewer Miranda Heggie

The Bill 4 courses for 2 with a bottle of wine £71.50 The Score Not applicable for takeaway food, but Miranda praised it to the skies and would have scored the food 10/10 (She clearly hasn’t read the scoring criteria recently – Ed) Finding a good restaurant that’s open on a Monday has always been…

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Dine Murrayfield, Edinburgh

  Dine Murrayfield 8 Murrayfield Place, Edinburgh EH12 6AA 0131 374 4800  www.murrayfield.scot The Bill Breakfast £2.50 – £9.00 Lunch & Dinner Starters  £5.00 – £8.50 | Mains £10.00 – £17.50 | Puddings  £7.00 – £8.00 The Score Cooking 6.5/10 | Service 4.5/5 | Flavour 4.5/5 | Value 5/5 Total 20.5/25 Regular readers of Tom’s…

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