survey result

Summary

£45
   ££
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Run by Marcelline Levicky, this lovely “small bistro” in the New Town is a real longtime favourite owing to its “well-presented” Gallic dishes that don’t make too much of a dent in the wallet (its two-course lunches and dinners ringing in at £17/£27 per person respectively).

Summary

£42
    £
3
Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A lovely little place”“the sort of bistro you would like to have in your neighbourhood”, with “a very nice menu of French dishes and excellent service”. It’s also “very cheap at lunchtime and reasonable in the evening, especially for central Edinburgh”.

Summary

£42
    £
3
Good
2
Average
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A part of France” with “excellent food and presentation” – and some pretty astonishing prices: where else could you find a two-course lunch of moules marinières followed by haunch of venison in red wine for £14.90? It’s “handy for pre-theatre”, too.

Summary

£45
   ££
3
Good
2
Average
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “consistently entertaining” and “very French bistro (better than many in France nowadays!)” is a “reliable” source of reasonably priced classic dishes, with “friendly” (if “slightly chaotic) service”. The Antigua Street branch closed down a couple of years ago.

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Restaurant details

Highchair,Portions
No dress code
35

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch £17.90  
Dinner £27.90  
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £20.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
1 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EN
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
Tuesday6 pm‑10 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm
Thursday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm
Friday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm
Saturday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm
SundayCLOSED

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