Makars Mash Bar

Summary

“Pure comfort but elevated to new levels” – John Stamp has created a “perfect world of mash potato, gravy and delicious protein options” at his popular Old Town operation, where the mash comes in nine flavours (Scottish dairy butter to Stornoway black pudding), haggis is made in-house, and there’s a mushroom farm in the dank cellar. “I’d put it top of my cheap ’n’ cheerful list, because it sparks joy and is well priced”. A spin-off in London’s Covent Garden closed down after less than two years in 2023.