Edinburgh Restaurant Guide

Duck's at Le Marche Noir

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Malcolm Duck is rightfully proud of his eponymous restaurant, now in its second decade of operation, as it produces classic and imaginative dishes cooked with expertise using the best Scottish produce with influences from around the world.

• Address: 14 Eyre Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5EP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, International, Scottish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £38.00

Forth Floor - Harvey Nichols

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The Forth Floor Restaurant, Brasserie and Bar offer guests a stylish, striking venue for lunch, dinner or drinks; floor to ceiling windows run the length of the restaurant to give spectacular views over the Edinburgh skyline from the Castle to The Firth of Forth, making it an ideal venue for entertaining.

• Address: St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2AD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Scottish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £38.00, Dinner: £48.00

Rhubarb - The Restaurant at Prestonfield

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Set in lush parkland, yet only 5 minutes by taxi from the Royal Mile, Prestonfield is now home to Edinburgh's latest destination restaurant - Rhubarb; recently lavishly restyled by James Thomson and his Witchery team following an extensive restoration, the charming seventeenth century Prestonfield is now regarded as Edinburgh's most indulgent retreat.

• Address: Prestonfield House, Priestfield Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5UT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Scottish, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £45.00

Tower Restaurant and Terrace

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Edinburgh's first and finest rooftop restaurant has become a must for celebrities, visitors to the city and its fearsomely loyal locals who love the chic and luxurious interior, exceptional food and deft service that are the Tower's trademarks.

• Address: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Scottish, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £35.00, Dinner: £44.00

Witchery by the Castle

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Witchery has held legendary status in Edinburgh for what seems like ever. But in fact it was only in 1979 that James Thomson, the man who has given Scotland's capital city a major lead in establishing itself as the culinary hot spot in a country where good value in such matters had become unfashionable, set up the now internationally celebrated Witchery.

• Address: Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2NF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Scottish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £45.00

Mezbaan South Indian Restaurant

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Scots have embraced Indian cuisine with the same enthusiasm that marked their acceptance of others over the past century, an endearing habit that is made the more so by their firm adherence to their own, which they have been amused, flattered even, to see absorbed by the newcomers.

20% off the a la carte menu.

• Address: 14-14A Brougham Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9JH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian, Restaurant
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Brasserie and Bar at Malmaison - Edinburgh

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The Malmaison group of hotels has established throughout Britain a collection of centres of excellence where nothing but the best will do. As a concept alone this is exciting, but the reality is brilliant, so that at last there is a hotel group where uniformity of standards is of the same high calibre.

• Address: 1 Tower Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7DB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Grill, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £34.00

Browns Bar & Brasserie - Edinburgh

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• Address: 131-133 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Calistoga

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Calistoga is Edinburgh's only restaurant specialising in Californian cuisine, a style that should not under any circumstances be confused with American.  Instead Gordon Minnis, the owner, describes it perfectly as "light, fresh and healthy".

• Address: 93 St Leonards Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9QY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Fusion, Californian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £28.00

First Coast

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Neighbourhood restaurants seem to be on the growth these days, very good news too. Even better news when they are categorised as bistros, implying an even greater ease of ambience. In Europe they know all about neighbourhood restaurants, perhaps this is one of the more tangible benefits of EU membership? In talking to chefs the world over one of the things I want to know is where do they eat on their night off? Their answers are often my next port of call.

• Address: 99 - 101 Dalry Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2AB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, Modern, Scottish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £25.00