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    Peacock Alley

    4.1 (12 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Full Scottish Breakfast: back bacon, pork sausage, haggis, Stornoway black pudding, mushroom, baked beans, tomato, potato scone, eggs.
    Ting A.

    Best on-site hotel restaurant that I have ever dined in for breakfast. Matching the interior of Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian, the setting is classy with a relaxing ambience. A plate of freshly baked pastries and artisan bread awaits on the table. Upon seating, the servers ask if you'd like a glass of the fruit smoothie of the day as well as any specialty tea and coffee. I had a Flat White and Mocha during my visits along with the fruit juices, typically a blend of banana and berries. Next you choose a dish from the Continental Plate and one from the Cooked Item. If new to Scotland, I propose the Full Scottish Breakfast. It is extremely filling and lets you sample the local specialties such as haggis and black pudding. Because it is such a heavy plate, the Fresh Fruit Platter would be a good pairing to balance the greasiness. Our three-night stay let us try almost everything on the menu, all of which were delectable. Continental Plate: - Trio of Scottish Salmon: hot smoked salmon, cold smoked salmon and gravlax, capers, dill crème fraiche, lemon - Home Made Granola: Greek yogurt - Scottish Cheeses and Charcuterie Plate: selection of cooked and cured meats with Scottish cheeses - Fresh Fruit Platter: served with mango chia porridge Cooked Item: - Full Scottish Breakfast: Ayrshire back bacon, pork sausage, MacSween's haggis, Stornoway black pudding, mushroom, baked beans, tomato, potato scone and your choice of free range eggs - Eggs Benedict: with Scottish back bacon, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce - Crushed Avocado on Toast: crushed avocado and lime, toast with or without poached eggs - Brioche French Toast: Ayrshire streaky bacon and Canadian maple syrup Service was prompt. A 12.5% service charge is added to the bill. Breakfast was complimentary for us due to Hilton Diamond membership.

    Traditional sandwiches and lots (too many) of sweets
    Suzy G.

    I love afternoon tea, with the love affair starting at the Top - The Savoy and the Ritz in London. Therefore, it's been a hard slug to find comparable experiences in Edinburgh and usually after doing some research, checking menus and reviews - I don't even bother trying. One of my turn-offs is when the chefs try to get too creative with the savouries - I LIKE FINGER SANDWICHES. So, when I check a menu and it lists crostini, open-faced sandwiches, anything warm..... I don't even bother anymore. So when, a friend wanted to do 'tea' we scoured the menus and the Peacock Alley came tops for a traditional offering. We entered the Tea Room from the main reception and instantly felt like we were high-class. I love that this space was converted from an external courtyard and all the exterior stonework and fancy moldings are sill in tact. Although the space was gorgeous, a wee niggle was that the chairs were low and the table small, with a cross bar that meant we had to sit with our legs sideways. A bit awkward and uncomfortable for a marathon of tea drinking, sandwich nibbling and cake devouring. The tea selection was also impressive with a large choice of premium teas, which I was delighted to discover, were available at no extra charge! So of course, 'go big or go home! We both chose a fruity white tea blended by the Waldorf. As the table was so tiny, we were hoping it would come in one pot and save space, but no - we each got our own pot as the premium teas are loose in a pot with a brewing chamber. When our tiered stand was elegantly placed on the table we did a quick double-take.... No Scones?? The server smiled - the scones are served warm and brought out once we finish the sandwiches. So where most places serve a tier of sandwiches, a tier of scones and a tier of cakes, we had 2 tiers of cakes and scones on their way - score!! The sandwiches were tasty and satisfyingly traditional. Another wee niggle - not enough sandwiches. We, like many diners around us, couldn't finish all the sweets (can be boxed up and taken home). I would have preferred 2 or 3 more sandwiches and only one tier of cakes. This is one of the things I miss about my London experiences - the sandwiches were all you can eat - with the servers refilling the tray at your request. (maybe this is an option elsewhere in Edinburgh? - still looking!). Serving warm scones was a nice touch but they were a bit dry and oddly flavoured. We had 3 mini ones - plain, citrus peel and nut. I would have preferred one moist fruity scone as the plain was boring and I don't like citrus peel. Despite the little niggles - this is so far the best Afternoon Tea I have had in Edinburgh and wouldn't hesitate to come back (after I try the other 2 at the top of my to-do list).

    Afternoon Tea for Two
    Shae M.

    I did afternoon tea here this past weekend and it was splendid. My mom and I wanted to have a big, grand tea on our first trip to the UK together and figured the Waldorf Astoria would be the place to do it. While the tea was pricey (£27 pp) I feel I did get value for my money. The waitstaff at this hotel is incredibly friendly too! Since we were there on Valentine's Weekend, there was a harp player serenading us with beautiful music while we nibbled on everything. The assortment of baked goods and scones were DELICIOUS and the sandwiches were also lovely. For an extra £12 my mom got a fancy glass of champagne with her tea. Like I said, it is expensive, this is clearly a special occasion tea but I thought it was lovely and would return for a special occasion or maybe a birthday tea like I saw some other ladies doing!

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    Wait staff is awful. At hotel on Sunday night and here myself. Can hardly get any service.

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    The Outsider

    The Outsider

    4.1(278 reviews)
    0.6 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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    Flat iron steak

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    The Ivy On The Square Edinburgh - Toast

    The Ivy On The Square Edinburgh

    4.3(71 reviews)
    0.6 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)
    0.6 miOld Town
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    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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    The Cellar Door - Great restaurant

    Great restaurant

    The Cellar Door - Very nice and open

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    Very nice and open

    Peacock Alley - british - Updated August 2026

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