Gabbro Restaurant

Just a stone's throw away from Holyrood Park and the Commonwealth Swimming Pool, Gabbro can be found tucked away within the newly refurbished boutique Salisbury Hotel, on the garden level with direct access to the beautiful walled gardens and outside dining area.

When I think of gabbro I recall the rugged, dark, abrasive rock from which much of the Isle of Skye is formed. Nothing could be less true of this gem within a casket, and as a place in which to take refuge from the less admirable vagaries of life in busy, everyday Edinburgh, it could hardly be bettered.

Gabbro lunches or dinners tend to carry a sophisticated arena, using fresh Scottish ingredients to create dazzling dishes with a French flair and when the evening shifts and moods take place you'll find yourself engaged with an array of choices. Starters may vary from a cassolette of sauteed scallops and tiger prawns on ratatouille vegetables to a month watering beef carpaccio.

Main courses might include fillet of seabass with a saffron beurre blanc served with French beans and roast potatoes or warm polenta salad served roast red peppers stuffed with aubergine caviar on a bed of rocket. A choice of 'treats' includes a hot chocolate mi-cuit served with ice cream or rosemary crème brûlée!

For details of their ever changing menu, breakfast room arrangements, special offers, and accommodation facilities within this Georgian boutique townhouse hotel do click on their elegant Website .

This is a home from home just where you need it.