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Fri 07 Oct 2011 by Caroline Bottger | Read more »

The Apartment »

Like the Bruntsfield area in which it resides, The Apartment bistro knows it’s got flair, it knows it’s got soul and it doesn’t need to shout about it. From the simple attractive paper menus to the large rustic mirrored wall reflectin...

Sat 22 Jan 2011 by Gillian Achurch | Read more »

Herbitopia »

This column has before seen the likes of a vegetarian restaurant, but this time I feel we lie witness to a more congruous claimant to that title. Henderson's exudes that earthily, organically comforting warmth one might expect of a herbivorous eating h...

Wed 15 Sep 2010 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Made In Italy »

It might be surprising to hear that with regard to restaurants, authenticity is not a trait I eagerly seek. Having resigned myself to the disappointing truth that any food with a foreign designation eaten in the anglophone West is generally to be regar...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

A Spoonful of everything, please »

Concerning restaurants the designation ‘honest’ is not only erroneous, but prosaically commonplace. An eatery cannot lie or deceive; a pub cannot masquerade as an organic delicatessen. Honesty is an altogether human trait, and yet the tende...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

L'Artichaut hearts restraint »

Universalism is vegetarian food's greatest obstacle. It seems incongruous for a restaurant when stripped of the butcher's offerings to have the versatility fundamental to good cooking. What would a painter be bereft of half his palette? The question is...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Star-studded Edinburgh picks up fifth Michelin award »

Edinburgh is now the best place to eat in the UK outside London according to the Red Michelin Guide, which has awarded a Michelin Star to the city’s eight-month-old 21212 restaurant in its latest edition. The coveted award—the fifth attrib...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Calum Leslie | Read more »

The Dog's Bollocks »

This is cool. This is beautiful. This is Edinburgh distilled into dinner. On entering The Dogs, the Victorian sense of 'dining with grandmother' is ineluctable: creaky stairs, hard-wood panels, squashy armchairs, picture frame and immediate service&mda...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Lose those blues at Maison Bleue »

Shoe-horned into the graceful slope of Victoria Street, Maison Bleue seems at first somewhat eclectic—almost foreboding—with its shocking blue exterior, but this bright façade belies a warm, cosy interior softened with candles and pl...

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Gold standard »

With contemporary Italian cuisine, as with modern culture, more is more. Santini, on Conference Square, offers an array of different areas to dine in; all modern, complementary and rather chic. From high bar-style benches to modest tables lining the g...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

Edinburgh attracts its fourth Michelin-starred chef »

Michelin-starred chef Paul Kitching is moving to the Scottish capital and plans to open a hotel-restaurant in the New Town this coming December.Mr Kitching, whose experimental cuisine has made him one of the UK’s most talked-about chefs, will be ...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 | Read more »