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    Educated Flea

    4.7 (21 reviews)
    ModerateBritish
    Open 12:00 pm - 2:30 PM, 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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    Aubergine parcels with rice and feta cheese
    Robyn Z.

    The Educated Flea is one of three restaurants making up a local chain and after having been to the Three Birds for my birthday dinner a few weeks prior I was looking forward to trying out their newest place. We made a last minute booking on a Thursday as I'd had a pounding headache all day and having been to work to a training course to book club, I decided I couldn't face cooking. Thankfully they had a table free :) The restaurant is tiny, maybe 20 covers, so a booking is definitely needed. The menu has a good list of options with daily specials listed as well. On this night we skipped alcohol as my headache didn't require wine to feel worse. We spilt the pistachio and feta dip and some olives and then I had the aubergine parcels. The dip was with us shortly as was a bowl of enormous green olives. The dip was super tasty and just a tiny bit spicy with the olives being super brine-y and really moreish. Mains arrived in good time and my aubergine parcels were stuffed with smoked aubergine pate on top of herbed rice with tomato and feta. It was a really tasty and fresh dish without being super filling and just what I needed after a super busy day with a pounding headache. As my head had decided it had enough for that day we skipped pudding and headed on our way. The bill was quite reasonable at just over £30 for our two mains and shared starters so definitely a place for a refined dinner without a huge cost. Also if you're super hungry I'd recommend the birds and beast board full of meaty treats!

    Gluten free beer!
    Caz H.

    Had lunch here last week and had a great time. Service was great and being sister to Apiary and 3 Birds means they have a good gluten free selection which is always handy to know. The food was good, still a few things to fine tune, but nothing to complain about. It's a small space as Fiona said, but it's nicely furnished and feels quite spacious. Would happily come back for another meal. Nice to have some new options on Broughton Street to add to the old faithfuls!

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    Wonderful! The menu is interesting and memorable, the ambience is laid back and very cool, and the staff are warm and lovely!

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    Food was very well prepared but for god's sake get a better wine list and find a bartender who can make a martini.

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    10 years ago

    Came across this place by chance, so glad I did! Had dinner on this visit, and definitely be going back again to try their brunch.

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    I really liked this place! Fresh ingredients, fun menu, friendly service.

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    Review Highlights - Educated Flea

    Will try one of Kath's other restaurants this trip (Apiary) and I assume it will be as excellent.

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    The Outsider

    The Outsider

    4.1(278 reviews)
    0.7 miGrassmarket, Old Town
    ££

    Such a cute place. And the view of the castle from here was amazing…read more Super helpful staff! I am a member of a flight crew and as I was eating dinner I was asked to get catering for a flight literally the next morning. I asked the manager if he could make me some take away (to-go) steaks cooked rare to be cooked further on the plane. (I'm a private flight attendant and we cook and plate everything onboard). He went out of his way to make sure I recieved all the items cooked perfectly. Passengers left raving about the food!!! And these are passengers that definitely eat the best steaks. The manager even talked me through a playing game plan and I ran my thoughts of the dishes with him and wow, perfect outcome. I personally got the coley fish dish and started with some cheese. I am a big bleu cheese/stilton girl and it was all amazing. Everything was so good I used the bread from my cheese to mop up every ounce of juice left from coley plate. Great service, great views, and incredible food. All local and ever changing menu to fit what's in market. You'll see handwritten additions to each menu like the cheese and fish. The steaks were the 35 day dry hung flat iron steaks.

    Three of us stumbled upon The Outsider while out looking for a place for dinner. It was so good we…read morewent back with 2 more friends a few nights later. Nice pleasant room with good size tables and very helpful, friendly courteous wait persons. Very good steaks, and fish, and affogato for dessert. Go to read the creative food descriptions on the menu!

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    The Ivy On The Square Edinburgh - Toast

    The Ivy On The Square Edinburgh

    4.3(71 reviews)
    0.4 miNew Town

    Was looking for high tea while in Edinburgh and was very glad I picked The Ivy on the Square. It's…read morea bit past the National Gallery and in New Town (as opposed to Old Town). Ambiance was super cute and upstairs even cuter I think (we were seated downstairs) and service was excellent. - Afternoon tea - 5/5 and I've been to had 50 or more high teas in my life in places such as London, Hong Kong, NYC, San Francisco, Honolulu... What was great about this high teas was the unlimited tea and coffee and they had many dairy milk alternatives: soy, oat, almond which is very unusual and appreciated! I had: - iced vanilla turmeric lychee matcha - 5/5 so delicious! And so unusual! - The Ivy English breakfast tea - 4/5 solid tea offering - truffle chicken salad sandwich on small roll - 5/5 - egg salad on wheat bread - 5/5 - smoked salmon on cream cheese on top of pastry puff pastry - gave this to my husband who downed it in a second so must have been good! - two raisin scones - 5/5 delicious! With clotted cream and strawberry jam - lemon poppyseed muffin - 4/5, husband ate it, was a little too sweet for me but super cute with bee on top - raspberry crème brulee - 4/5, solid offering - chocolate mousse in a pot - 5/5 super adorable presentation of the dessert in a little flower pot with chocolate cookie crumble "dirt" and mint leaves as the "plant" I almost didn't want to eat it! For all of this the price was very reasonable and my husband who does not appreciate high teas could order his beer and some smoked salmon off the à la carte menu. I highly recommend The Ivy on The Square for high teas!

    A couple of our traveling companions tried the Ivy in Dublin. The Edinburgh location was close to…read moreour hotel. Service from hostess to chef was excellent. I have to say that at least every restaurant we ate in the first question from servers are there any allergies? Every restaurant was super accommodating with an unusual allergy. Food was excellent and the drinks were on point. Great experience and highly recommend The Ivy.

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    The Cellar Door

    The Cellar Door

    3.9(28 reviews)
    0.7 miOld Town
    £££

    Had 7 pm reservation. Showed up on time. Plenty of seats. They put us at the table by the door…read morewhere everyone would bump into us passing by us getting to their table. I said for the size of our group can we get the other tables towards the back. There were other tables available and all right behind us. The hostess said no absolutely not guests were to be assigned to their tables. There were people behind us but they were after us; plus they were of smaller size than ours, clearly our skin color is the main issue. They sat us down, and quite a few minutes pass, others trickle in and promptly everyone bumps into me. At which point I told the hostess this is not acceptable. They sat 2 people at a table for 4, in the back while this table of 4 is really too small for 4 people. One thing stood out to me, we were the only non whites. When the last group again bumped into me, I asked to be moved; she then said due to short of staff they cannot change the seating but seeing seriously everyone is bumping into me, she begrudgingly moved us to a corner table with no lights - and not surprisingly no service. I understand the importance of trying to make the white people feel comfortable about not being seen with non whites - the best way is tuck the non whites away - but this is 2022. I am from California and no, this is absolutely unacceptable. Like MLK junior or Rosa Parks, we protected, first by requesting to be moved away from the hallway, then by my two teens and I walking out of the restaurant and finding more tolerant non racist restaurant to eat, and we spent a lot of money on the other restaurant. You too can make a decision to either eat or not eat at this place. The choice is entirely up to you. And this will define who you are.

    Made a reservation via Fork. Evening started well drinks…read morewere excellent Order sparkling water never came to the table neither did a pitcher of tap water. We stared at empty water glasses all night. I order the carrot risotto d arrived so under cooked it had to be sent back It took more than 20 minutes to clear our table ams another 15 minutes to produces dessert menus All in all a very disappointing evening The bottom line-go somewhere else!

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    Very nice and open

    Educated Flea - british - Updated August 2026

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