Tim (14 December 2008)

My family, i.e. me, my wife, our twelve year old son, and fifteen year old daughter had a super evening at this restaurant last night. The members of staff were friendly and courteous and the food was really nice, and very well presented. For example, the orange chicken with almonds was exquisitely prepared on its serving dish. The surroundings were comfortable and had an 'authentic' feel, and we all had a relaxing time. We would thoroughly recommend this restaurant.

ruglan (8 November 2007)

Encouraged by some complimentary reviews I had read about the Kweilin, I was happy and organised enough to telephone in advance of our long weekend stay in Edinburgh, to book a Saturday evening table for two. I wish I hadn't.

The ambience and surroundings were tired and second rate but nevertheless, it is the food that is important, isn't it? However, even the simplest of dishes proved a great disappointment. Egg fried rice with little trace of egg and of an unpleasant consistency, lemon chicken with a 'synthetic' flavour and crispy chicken that was completely soggy instead of crisp, all meant that this was not an occasion or a meal that we want to repeat.

The disappointment was certainly not alleviated by a waitress knocking over a full glass of wine on the table. Accidents will happen I know, and as she and colleagues fussed around I assumed they were about to replace the table cloth, reset the table and so on. But no, within seconds and without a single expression of regret or comment the wine was mopped up with paper napkins and they were gone. It was then that I realised the table cover was plasticised. Maybe they knock a lot of wine over! We did not stay for a third course and will never return.

When paying, we were told the water we had was complementary because of the wine lost.