The Blue Bean Coffee House is certainly one of the better places in Portobello to go for a quick…read morebite to eat and a warm cup of coffee. With it being on the High Street, this place does not have the luxury of the peace and quiet that other coffee houses have which are located nearer the beach. However, when inside, you become less aware of the busy traffic. The coffee house itself is quite small inside with a relaxing, laid back atmosphere. The coffee was not very expensive at all, and when I was looking around I found that this place offered a lot more than just your normal coffee. On top of a range of hot drinks, this place also offers small bites to eat including soup and small sandwiches. When I was in, the coffee House was not full, but was certainly getting busier when I left during the mid afternoon. A laid back atmosphere which is always nice when having a coffee.

This is a good place to get a well priced coffee, tea or hot chocolate, but I wouldn't come here…read morefor anything more than that as the prices can be a bit steep when it comes to food. For a cappuccino, it only costs £1.75, which is very reasonable and tastes nice and frothy. But when I looked at the food menu, I thought that I would wait and go somewhere cheaper for my lunch. The cheapest sandwich that they do is £4, and although it has a lot of fresh ingredients in it, i would much prefer if they would do some basic sandwiches and charge these more modestly. They do a range of other food such as baked potatoes, soups and all day breakfasts. The shop itself is pretty small, but there is a couple of tables outside, which could be put to good use on a nice Summers day.

Great little coffee house, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, fresh juices, pancakes and delicious…read morecakes and pastries all baked in-house. Really reasonable prices. Fresh, good, tasty food. Lovely staff - service with a smile and a wee chat. Great views over the Meadows. Family friendly. And dogs welcome too!

Serves the best homemade soup in Morningside does takeaway also. Great prices. Lovely people.read more

Back in the early 90s when baguettes were viewed as "fancy foreign muck" by Britain's office…read moreworkers, Upper Crust would have been a fairly interesting option. As it is, in 2010, it's just another horrendously overpriced train station convenience food outlet. Everything's edible, and freshly made with decent ingredients, but the bread to filling ratio of approximately 100 to 1 does leave somewhat to be desired. Don't be fooled by the "sandwiches from £1.95" ruse, it's just yawnsome egg and tomato.

Oh you gents are generous. Four stars Tel? Did they cut your pasty into little chunks and feed it…read moreto you? I know, I know, places in stations are always more expensive. But £2 for an egg sandwich feels like they're taking the p**s just a little bit. And the thing is, it's not like a service station, where you're marooned in the middle of a motorway, or an airport that you can't leave because there's nothing near by. It's a s**t little pastry shop in a train station in the MIDDLE of Edinburgh. There is a whole world of fantastic eateries, take aways, everything just seconds away. Save your money.

As soon as you exit Haymarket Station, you will find AMT Coffee stand right outside. Perfect if you…read moreare rushing for the train and need to grab a quick coffee on the way and also great if you've just come off the train and need to grab a coffee or refreshment. My usual purchase is a peach iced tea, which is £1.70 and is delicious and refreshing. For some reason, whenever I get off at Haymarket it always ends up being a sunny day do I need something cool and the iced tea is always perfect. In addition to iced teas, they also have normal teas, herbal teas, coffees (all Fairtrade) and a good selection of cakes too. For sunny days there's a small seating area where you can park yourself and watch the world go by, this is an excellent people watching spot as you can see people going to and fro at the train station.

Your running late for the train then you look up. nine minutes, sweet. Time for a coffee when you…read moreget past the barriers. Whoa. Stop. Rewind. While you can get liquid in the haymarket station from two of the three platforms taking 5 minutes to pop into the AMT stand is a far better option. While the coffee is strictly average fare the upbeat demeanour of the staff and the fact that they will remember a regulars orders places them strides ahead of any of their compeitors in Haymarket. No shelter mind you, but if your a local you've probably got an umbrella. Reasonable variety although some names may be unfamiliar. The prices are on par with most coffee stands and the five minutes deviation may be the best part of waiting for your train. Try the Chai even on a rainy day as chances are your already wet and five minutes wont make you any dryer.

So, first day of opening, I headed to Sugar Daddy's. It is a completely gluten free bakery and they…read morecan also cater for other free from which is going to give them brownie points from me. The bakery is based on Rodney St, other side from the Marshmallow Lady. They have some seats inside (about 6 perhaps) so you can sit in and grab cake and coffee. The seating area was full when I visited and I wanted cake to take away. They had some cookies (60p each), brownies (£2.20 - £2.50 each) and a couple of cupcakes including red velvet (£2.50). I grabbed a white chocolate blondie and a red velvet to go. I was surprised at so many brownies available (normal, peanut butter, salted caramel, etc) as many gf people have brownie fatigue as thats traditionally the only cake we'd be offered. Service was friendly and helpful. There is a loyalty card - collect the stamps and after six, get a freebie. So, the taste test. I tried a bit of the blondie as I was wandering to Stockbridge. Very sweet, and I'm a sugar junkie so I was glad I only had a couple of little bites as I think the full thing would be too much. I was saving myself for the red velvet cupcake. It was disappointing which I hate to say as I love that places like this are popping up and catering to gf. I could see the top of the cupcake was cracked so I thought this might mean it was overbaked and it was :-( In the interests of research, I ate it all but it was consistently a bit hard throughout. I did like the icing, really good and not fake sweet like Bibi's had ended up. So, 3 stars. I wasn't wowed but I'd return once the hype has died down to see if the cupcakes are better.

For my 100th review it had to be something special so what better way than to review a 100% gluten…read morefree bakery. This was our 2nd attempt to visit as when we visited the 1st time it was closed. The inside of the bakery was very retro which i loved and the display case had 10 different cakes to chose from!! There are little lables attached to each cake as some are also vegan and nut free. I chose the ginger cake and my bf had the mint choc brownie. Both were huge slabs of cake for £2.50. They really dont scrimp on portion sizes. My ginger cake was amazing if slightly on the sweet side. I sampled the bf's brownie and it was really nice. I brought home some cupcakes and also a pizza scone to try. There are 6 bar stools to use if you want to sit in but unfortunately they dont have any soft drinks which is what stopped this from being a given a 5 star review. Will definitely be back when visiting Edinburgh!

This place comes from the excellent restaurant team a few doors away at Lefteld. I had just eaten…read morethere and they encouraged me to keep eating and try the Persian Live Cake and a cup of coffee. Super glad I did. Now unfortunately with dinner coming up I couldn't partake in the brunch selections but I will for sure next time. Excellent long black to accompany the great cake. The t team are super friendly . Now why don't I have a cool place like this back home? A great combo finish after the great seafood lunch from their siblings prior.

Spent a lovely morning grabbing a smoothie here. It was a banana and mango smoothie, very rich and…read moreflavourful. My friend and I were moving from one Airbnb to another and this was in between. Service was fast and very friendly! It's such a nice place to sit and relax, they have lots of food and drink options and they have tables outside in the sun.

Forgot to update this on my second visit. Much less crowded, coffee was fantastic as usual, and the…read moreeggs benedict was also really great. Redemption!