Best Historic Restaurants in Tollcross/Fountain Bridge

Found whilst walking on the Royal Mile, it was a great discovery. Very cosy ambience, large plates and a vast selection of delicious cocktails. We had a really nice time!

Up market restaurant in Edinburgh. Small portion tapas style plates, beautifully executed. We particularly enjoyed the smoked salmon, the BBQ broccoli, and the crab on crumpet. The venue and staff made for a lovely evening in Edinburgh.

The Cafe Royal is one of Edinburgh’s classic Cafe/Pub/Restaurant which has maintained its stunning Victorian exterior and interior with a beautiful oval bar in other centre of the Café Pub area and stained glass windows in the Oyster Bar restaurant . We had a graduation dinner in the Oyster bar and all our food was excellent and something for everyone , especially those who are fond of shellfish .The steaks were cooked to perfection and the vegetable Thai green curry delicious . The service and atmosphere were also superb . The only problem was the temperature : it was a cold evening and most of us had to keep our coats on for the duration of the meal . However , this will not deter me from going again as the Café Royal is iconic and my family have celebrated many occasions here for generations .

Great staff and atmosphere, service was fantastic. The only issue I had was with the gluten free breakfast, alternative swaps were made for gluten containing items but they were a little unusual. Gluten free versions of the items, sausages, black pudding, haggis are easy to obtain. Especially sausages why not just serve GF versions as standard, many options available for this and price point not really different. If you are not in need of gluten free it’s fabulous but do think they can do a bit better for coeliac sufferers.

Great food and service. Nice place. Only issue was not being able to taste a house wine (which they sold by the glass) before buying a bottle. Small issue. Didn’t detract from an excellent experience