I like Croma for their pizza & drink meal deal £7.99…read more It is near my work so is often the choice for a works lunch outing. You can book a table and pre-order if there is a big group of you and you are on your lunch hour. They accommodate my veggie requests like using a different pizza cutter for my veggie pizza than the meat one. Tasty pizzas and the staff are nice too

I hear good things about their pizza, but so far we've only visited Croma for breakfast. I'm no…read morepoached egg connoisseur, but what I sampled was outstandingly good, and far better than the other poached egg dishes I've been served on my travels around Edinburgh. The place is located in the former foyer of the Odeon Cinema (the cinema remains, but with it's main reception now downstairs), so I'm not sure the decor will appeal to everyone, but I thought it was very smart, with a nice open kitchen. One of those really unlikely places that offered a very pleasant surprise, I'd make a breakfast visit to Croma a priority. So overall, we said: "we were really impressed with Croma. The value on offer is excellent, with the omelette coming in at £3 and the poached egg dishes at £4. We'll be back to try their pizzas, at some point, but next time you're looking for a good egg breakfast in this part of town, we'd recommend that you visit Croma."

I met a friend here for dinner, and it was warm and inviting on a rainy day. I wanted steak, and…read morehad seen this place in passing, and finally got around to having dinner here. I ordered steak fajitas, because it sounded amazing, though it was 15. So what, if it's good. The problem is that it was only ok. My friend's ribs were too fatty and he only ate some of them. His burger was small, and matched with tasteless pinkish tomatoes. He said he would never go back, and so while we enjoyed the ambiance, and the company, there is little point of spending what we spent for a meal that was less than grand. The staff were amazing, cute and sweet, and checked in on us a few times. If the food were only as good.

Had an excellent full Scottish breakfast here (£9.50). It was hearty and kept me full for a day of…read moresightseeing and walking for miles around Edinburgh. It had it all: delicious bacon and sausage, a surprisingly good black pudding (I didn't like it the last time I had it, but this was spiced very well), Heinz beans, fried tomatoes and mushrooms, and huge slices of toast. We were there fairly early on a weekday, around 9 AM, and it was pretty empty but got busier by 10 AM.

Excellent Chinese takeaway in Newington. I have been to Hot Kungfu with friends many times, and…read moreI've never been disappointed. The food is always prepared fresh and quite quickly. Prices are good and include rice, which I always thought was the norm but often is not the case in Edinburgh. Drink prices are also good value, so I can get an entire meal for £6-7. You can't really beat that. Food tastes good, staff are friendly, and there is an efficient delivery service too, if you're not able to collect. Highly recommended.

My pay day treat each month, everything we have tried is excellent…read more Plus points - The portions are huge, so careful on the amount you order. - Huge range of veggie treats for the missus - the seafood is super fresh - delivery is really quick - if you go in person the shop is clean and modern Things to try that we love: Spicy Hot Squid, Large Spicy Hot Crispy Tofu with Fresh Chilli & Onion, Large Spicy Hot Crispy Aubergine, Large Vegetable Singaporean Rice Noodle

Bellissimo! Don't let this tiny restaurant fool you, it can definitely pack in some big flavours!…read more Our friends recommended Piatto Verde to us one Friday night. Italian is not my first choice of restaurant but they told me how amazing this place is so we decided to give it a go. We were warmly greeted as they accommodated our party of five. This place is not showy at all and the ambiance is homely and relaxed. It is tiny though with about eight tables, this all adds to the authentic Italian charm. And after a few carafes of the house red you feel like you're at an old friends for dinner! The menu consists of Italian classics with a great selection of starters, pizzas and pastas. I went for the squid to start and a gluten-free pasta dish for my main. The squid was well cooked and the sauce delicious. My pasta was amazing! The simple sauce of mushrooms, pesto and cream was beautifully seasoned - proper comfort food. We greedily went for dessert, the profiteroles. UNBELIEVABLE! Huge and obviously homemade, instead of a chocolate sauce they were coated in a chocolate mousse. Delicious! Coming in at just over £20 for a 3-course meal and wine I will definitely be paying Piatto Verde another visit. Even if it is just for the profiteroles! Cheers, Amy

Did I just find my go-to Italian joint? Oh boy oh boy, I think that I did!!…read more I've walked past Piatto Verde at least a half a million times before. If you live in the area, it's easy to bypass the rows of kebab shops and small ambiguous food joints as "meh." One night in particular we walked past PV, peered inside, and said, "Nah. It's so small!" Lucky for me I didn't let that stop me in the end! With some friends in tow and a reservation booked in advance (you definitely want to do this on evenings, because did I mention how wee it is?), we marched in and were promptly seated. P.V. itself is cozy and shabby in the sort of mismatched, cozy, rather charming way only a place that doesn't take itself too seriously can accomplish. It has about four, maybe five tables, tops, but one of them could seat quite a few, so if you have a group you could perhaps squeeze 8 or so inside (there were also some chillens runnin' round, so there's that!). After being seated we perused the surprisingly extensive menu--any place that has more than one standard vegetarian main to try totally gets points in my book, and my other half and I were hard pressed to choose just which one we wanted to try. A fairly priced and solid carafe of house red wine was purchased, starters and mains were ordered, and the rest is history. Our server was around just enough to be thorough, just friendly enough to seem genuine, and also hollered in Italian to her buddies in the back several times, something that I think added to the authenticity of the place. ;) And the FOOD. If you're expecting something incredo-fancy, this is not your joint. But if you want the kind of creamy Italian goodness you can't quite ever manage to cook for yourself, this is your guy. I had a mushroom tortelloni main, and I promptly devoured it. My husband's calzone was enormous! Not only that, but our starters--olives for our friends, and for us mixed platters of mozzarella and tomatoes and the like--were simple and lovely. But I think what really sealed the deal for me was, as another Yelper has mentioned, the profiteroles. I made the mistake of ordering the perfectly adequate tiramisu, whereas my husband got the profiterole. After one bite I was hulking out with envy (he was nice enough to trade me one for some tiramisu, or I would have thrown myself on the ground and had a profiterole-less tantrum). DAMN were those things delicious. I've never actually had a profiterole before, but I reckon these would be tough boots to fill in the future. Summary: a lovely joint if you're looking for a casual, delicious evening (or lunch) meal at a surprisingly reasonable price! I'm absolutely going to return in the future. And you'll probably see me stuffing my gob with profiteroles.

We ordered take out butter chicken and chicken Tikka masala along with riata, paratha, naan &…read moregarlic naan. The Tikka masala was fine, but the butter chicken was not good or correct. I've eaten a lot of Indian food with traveling there twice and my sister living there over 20 years and can easily say this was the worst example I've had. The raita would be the second runner up on terrible. The yogurt was thinned down I'm sure to try and make it go further. That's just bad business. Also the paratha was overcooked and even burnt in places. Just super disappointed....

As part of our stay in Edinburgh, we had a couple of days' of take away from Mughal. Both were…read morecollection only and they were spot on with regards to timing on both occasions. Nice pacakages and good gesture of slipping in chutney and poppadoms with bulk orders. They have a wide variety in main course and some decent starters. However, they would need to improve a little bit on quality of food prepeared so as to bring in authentic Indian taste. I do understand that this is an Indian take away in UK and should cater to British taste buds but adding a pinch of salt or turmeric won't hurt much and adds to overall favour.

Came in trying to find some pizza to go. Although we were having a hard time understanding the…read moredifferent sizes, one guy who seemed like a manager (forgot to ask for his name) was extremely understanding and kept helping us until we figured out what we wanted to order. He was so so nice, and this was probably the best customer service both of us have received in a very long time. The restaurant also had a good feeling and atmosphere and I would definitely urge people to sit down and eat. Although there is a lack of really good restaurants in Edinburgh, this one is definitely the best.

Went inside to ask if they could accommodate me with my food allergy and the assistant manager…read moreacted like he couldn't care less and wanted me out of there as soon as possible. I had to explain to him THREE TIMES I just wanted to see if they could accommodate my food allergy as he kept misunderstanding why I was in the restaurant (closed for dine-in, open only for take away). How did he respond? He shoved the allergy menu in my face and told me to go sit in the corner and walked away. Absolutely appalling customer service and the assistant manager should be ashamed of his attitude. They'll never see a penny from me until they grow up.

As a tour group from the USA there were 10 of us. We recommend getting reservations at least a day…read moreahead as this place is small. The menu is terrific. At our table we had the burger, the linguine, the curry and the chicken supreme. Everyone said their meals were terrific. There's a nice selection of wine and drinks. I did order the ramen hoping for authenticity, but it wasn't. I can't recommend it. Everything else was really great. The staff worked with us to make sure we had good seating and split the tickets. Lovely staff and very accommodating. We definitely recommend this to everyone!!!!!

On vacation - has a great view and outside seating. Food was average overall but not terribly pricyread more

Best Puddin' rolls in Edinburgh!!…read more This little Hole in the wall sandwich shop does the Best puddin' rolls in Edinburgh!! The owner is a stud, and a marathon runner as well!

So narrow, it's really just a corridor, Club Sandwich boasts Edinburgh's widest selection of soups…read more(probably) with a daily choice of eight. The soup I tried, a potato and Double Gloucester, was absolutely excellent. Their rolls were very good, too, so I'd highly recommend a visit. Overall, we said: "it's another one in the win column for Dundas Street. Given that they have a branch of the New Town Deli, just round the corner, this little parade of shops now boasts three "exceptional" Soupquest soups, giving solid credence to the notion that this is may be emerging as a second Edinburgh "soup district". I know that the area near to the university, with Union of Genius, Elephant Juice and Peter's Yard had been, to my mind, Edinburgh's home of soup, but there is definitely a pretender to the crown. Vive les quartiers de soupe, I say."