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Ashvale Fish Restaurant
The Ashvale, an upmarket fish-and- chip shop, is well known outside the city, having won several awards. The Ashvale Whale - a one-pound cod fillet (around £8 ) in batter - is a speciality; finish it off and you get a second one free (as if you'd want one by then!).
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Beautiful Mountain
This cosy café is squeezed into a couple of tiny rooms (seating upstairs), but serves all-day breakfasts and tasty sandwiches (smoked salmon, Thai chicken, pastrami) on sourdough, bagels, ciabatta and lots of other breads, along with exquisite espresso and consummate cappuccino.
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Café 52
This little haven of laid-back industrial chic - a high, narrow space lined with bare stonework, rough plaster and exposed ventilation ducts - serves some of the finest and most inventive cuisine in the northeast, from starters such as refreshing lettuce and sorrel soup or silky carpaccio of tuna with passion fruit, to mains like its signature dish − a Thai seafood stockpot served with rustic chips.
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Carmine's
Cosy little Carmine's is famed for good, inexpensive Italian food, including the best pizza in town; the lunch deal is available Monday to Friday only. No licence, so BYOB, and best to book; the place seats only 16 people.
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Foyer
A light, airy space filled with blonde wood and bold colours, Foyer is an art gallery as well as a restaurant and is run by a charity that works against youth homelessness and unemployment. The seasonal menu is full of interesting vegetarian options such as jerusalem artichoke clafoutis with creamed green peas and leek stew, and salad of char-grilled halloumi cheese with mint, watermelon, red onion and pumpkin seed. A light lunch menu is available from to .
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Howie's
The Aberdeen branch of the well-known Edinburgh chain of restaurants is a chic bistro dishing up great value 'modern Scottish' cuisine accompanied by very reasonably priced house wine.
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Moonfish Café
A funky little eatery tucked away on a back street, the Moonfish menu combines light snacks based on Spanish tapas and Greek mezes (starters) with more filling Mediterranean dinner dishes, such as chicken breast wrapped in Parma ham with garlic and rosemary.
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Poldino's
Poldino's is a long-established Aberdeen eatery − an upmarket, Italian family restaurant that never fails to impress with the quality of its food and service.
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Rendezvous@Nargile
This stylish West End venue specialises in Turkish cuisine, serving tasty spreads of mezes , shakshuka (a blend of roast peppers, tomatoes, aubergines and chilli), djadjik (yoghurt with garlic and cucumber) and sigara boregi (cheese pastries), for example - followed by delicious, melt-in-the-mouth kebabs and marinated meats, and vegetarian dishes such as mantar guvec (casseroled button mushrooms in creamy sauce with a cheese and couscous crust).
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Sand Dollar Café
This place is a cut above your usual seaside café - on sunny days you can sit at the wooden tables outside and share a bottle of chilled white wine, and there's a tempting menu that includes pancakes with maple syrup, homemade burgers and chocolate brownie with Orkney ice cream.
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Silver Darling
The Silver Darling (an old Scottish nickname for herring) is housed in a former Customs office, with picture windows overlooking the sea at the entrance to Aberdeen harbour. Here you can enjoy fresh Scottish seafood prepared by a top French chef while you watch the porpoises playing in the harbour mouth. The lunch menu offers good-value gourmet delights, such as roast monkfish with chickpea and cumin purée; bookings are recommended.
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Victoria Restaurant
The Victoria, above the Jamieson & Carry jewellery shop, is a traditional, posh Scottish tearoom, with delicious fresh soups, salads and sandwiches. Breakfast served till .
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