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Breaking news

July 2021: this restaurant is now home to Taisteal which has moved from Stockbridge.

Harden's says

A first solo venture for French-Swiss chef Jérôme Henry, previously head chef at Anton Mosimann’s Belgravia dining club; Scottish ingredients and produce are used to create classic French dishes at the New Town venue.

survey result

Summary

£74
  £££
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.

“No pretension here, just good food at the right price” – Jérôme Henry’s New Town venture (est 2017) attracts consistently enthusiastic reviews and “it’s not to denigrate the talent of the chef (quite the opposite) to say that it’s almost akin to a top-class brasserie – it takes wonderful ingredients and puts them on the plate with the minimum of interference”. Some diners feel that the “surroundings seem a bit pedestrian” in comparison to the high quality of the cuisine, whereas others feel that “it gets the balance of formality and informality just right”.

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Restaurant details

No dress code

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch £19.75 £25.00
Pretheatre £19.75 £25.00
  Cost Availability Courses
Menu1 55.00   5

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£13.50 £19.50 £4.50 £8.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £36.00
Filter Coffee £3.50
Extras  
Service 10.00%
Forth Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LE
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
Tuesday5 pm‑10 pm
Wednesday5 pm‑10 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑2 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
SundayCLOSED

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