EdinburghRestaurants

International restaurants in Edinburgh

  1. A

    Maison Bleue

    Eating here is a comfortably laid-back affair – the candlelit ground-floor dining room has basketwork chairs, chunky wooden tables and modern art on bare stone walls; upstairs is brighter and more cafe-like. The menu lists bouchées (French for ‘mouthfuls’) – starter-size helpings of which you can have as many or as few as you wish – and the food is an eclectic mix of European, North African and Far Eastern influences.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Dome Grill Room

    Housed in a magnificent former banking hall, with a lofty glass-domed ceiling, pillared arches and a mosaic-tiled floor, the Dome Grill Room boasts one of Edinburgh’s most impressive dining rooms. The menu here holds few surprises – from smoked salmon to chargrilled chicken or roast lamb – but it’s really the setting that sells the place; it’s hard to keep your eyes on your plate with all the stupendous finery that surrounds you.

    reviewed

  3. C

    First Coast

    Our favourite neighbourhood bistro, First Coast has a striking main dining area with pale-grey wood panelling, stripped stone walls and Victorian cornices, and a short and simple menu offering hearty comfort food such as Thai marinated chicken salad, or glazed ham hough with mustard mash. At lunch, and from 5pm to 6.30pm, you can have an excellent two-course meal for £11.

    reviewed