Harden's survey result
Summary
“Fantastic fresh seafood and fish”, “beautifully and imaginatively cooked”, draw a lively crowd to Roy Brett’s “atmospheric and professional” Old Town venue, where guests are greeted by a spectacular array of oysters. “We return year after year – it’s simply the best fish restaurant we know”.
Summary
“Fantastic fresh seafood and fish”, “beautifully and imaginatively cooked”, draw a lively crowd to Roy Brett’s “atmospheric and professional” Old Town venue, where guests are greeted by a spectacular array of oysters. “We return year after year – it’s simply the best fish restaurant we know”.
Summary
Roy Brett’s “fun” haunt is set around a stylish oyster bar (£1 a pop during ‘oyster happy hour’ 5.30-6.30pm) in the Old Town. A “superb choice” of “spanking fresh fish and seafood is lovingly prepared” (“the roasted seafood platter was worth the flight alone: freshest produce carefully cooked, and a genuine thing of beauty”).
Summary
“Fresh and delicious fish and seafood” is served in a “classy” yet “friendly and informal” environment at this extremely popular “stylish modern venue”, in an office block, “with great views over busy city streets in the centre of Edinburgh”. Top Tip – “the extra bonus of ‘Oyster Happy Hour’ every day from 5:30-6:30: oysters for a pound at the best fish restaurant in town!”
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Ondine Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Continues to deliver on its promise. Excellent food - for a change I DIDN'T have the sole with shrimps, but the cod with shrimp butter, and my daughter had monkfish chop with bharta aubergine, which converted her to monkfish. Service was impeccable as usual. A great place. "
"Difficult to have anything other than the sole with caper butter, as it is always top-notch.... the starter of crab crumpets, which were light and full of flavour, didn't disappoint. Excellent service as usual "
"Small menu, limited choice at the cheap end of the wine list but the fish was cooked with precision and lovely to look at. Prices significantly higher than the sample menu on the website but a satisfying evening"
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £20.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £2.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
2 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1AD
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑5 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑5 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑5 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑5 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑5 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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