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"Hello Edinburgh, We have made the difficult decision today to close Aizle until further notice. Please understand this hasn’t been an easy decision; but under the current restrictions of no dinner service and no alcohol sales, it doesn’t make financial sense for us to remain open.
We would like to really thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for the huge amount of support our guests have given us during this whole pandemic- it’s amazing that we haven’t had to shut before this point. To everyone who has joined us this year, bought vouchers or had theAizle at home delivery, we want you to know it has really made a HUGE difference, so thank you. Rest assured we will be reopening when the restrictions are lifted and we can serve dinner with lots of lovely wine and cocktails! For now, will be continuing
July 2020: Aizle will reopen in a new location later this month. Having traded in St Leonard's Street since 2014, it will henceforth be housed in the Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel.
Harden's survey result
Summary
“Stunningly good food” – “consistently ambitious, intriguing and successful in its execution of superb ingredients” – is on the daily, no-choice, six-course menu at this dynamic Newington fixture, where everything is baked, fermented and otherwise created in-house. “All the food is good but the fish is really outstanding”. (The name rhymes with hazel, and is Scots for a glowing hot ember).
Summary
“Stunningly good food” – “consistently ambitious, intriguing and successful in its execution of superb ingredients” – is on the daily, no-choice, six-course menu at this dynamic Newington fixture, where everything is baked, fermented and otherwise created in-house. “All the food is good but the fish is really outstanding”. (The name rhymes with hazel, and is Scots for a glowing hot ember).
Summary
“Tasting menus can become a little tiresome” – not least when they’re semi-blind, with diners only told what seasonal ingredients might feature – but this refined, country-style venture “manages it with a magical touch”.
Summary
A three-year-old neo-bistro “with no fixed menu but a larder of seasonal ingredients that the chef plays with each night”; notwithstanding one bad trip reported, all other feedback on this five-course experience is of the ‘rave review’ variety.
Owner's description
Aizle opened in Edinburgh in April 2014, offering Edinburgh its first neo-bistro. Co-owned by husband and wife Stuart Ralston and Krystal Goff, the 36-seater restaurant serves a set-menu dinner based on a monthly list of seasonal ingredients selected by chef Stuart. The dining experience begins with a few snacks. Dishes like ajo blanco or puffed beef tendon with smoked bone marrow and oyster leaf. Visually beautiful dishes with sophisticated flavour combinations, like heritage carrot with ox tongue and whipped buttermilk, or locally-reared chicken with Cevennes onions and XO sauce, and matcha tea craquelin with apple and celery salad. Aizle's customer, the open-minded diner, is rewarded with dishes they could not have dreamt of, and certainly won't have ordered before. In essence, the concept is about offering diners an enjoyable evening of interesting food in a relaxed environment.
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £27.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £6.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £4.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
107-109 St. Leonard’s Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9QY
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Opening hours
5pm
Last orders: 9 pm
