Popular and affordable restaurants in Edinburgh
Nothing lifts the January blues better than getting away from it all for a couple of days. Edinburgh is particularly beautiful in winter; as wrapping up against the cold makes the imposing castle, cobbled Royal Mile streets and stunning architecture feel like something straight from a Hollywood film. However, there is one problem which tends to crop up in January; we have all spent a fortune at Christmas. Luckily, you don’t need a huge budget to eat well in Edinburgh, as this collection of affordable yet high quality eateries proves.
Sitting in a café, enjoying freshly-baked pastries and leisurely sipping coffee is one of the great pleasures in life. The Manna House Bakery on Edinburgh’s Easter Road is the ideal location for an afternoon spent in this way. Fresh breads, pastries and cakes are baked in-house and served alongside locally blended coffee and TeaPigs tea. Delicious food and drink for just a few pounds, what more could you ask for?
22-24 Easter Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5RG Telephone: 0131 652 2349
This quirky pub offers a range of over twenty craft beers and ales, an impressive wine and cocktail list and an ever-evolving food menu. A regularly-changing set menu is displayed on the blackboards inside the venue, while the standard menu includes the massive Red Squirrel Breakfast for £7.50, gourmet burgers for around £8 and a range of salads for roughly the same price. A three course lunch from the set menu is priced at £15 per person.
21 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DJ Telephone: 0131 229 9933
Recommendations by the Michelin Guide, The List and The Guardian City Guide are not easy to come by but Bia Bistrot has achieved all three and many more. The couple-run restaurant operates on the ethos of fresh-seasonal-local-sustainable-homemade and does it incredibly well without charging extortionate prices. A daily changing set menu is available from Tuesday to Saturday for a very reasonable £9.50 for two courses or £11 for three. Sample menu items include artisan bread & parsley pesto, seared scallop and caramelised onion tartlet and hake fillet with creamed Puy lentils and black truffle.
19 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5DP Telephone: 0131 452 8453
Quick, affordable and delicious Japanese food is the order of the day at Bonsai Bar Bistro. A bustling, friendly atmosphere is the first thing you will notice when you enter the restaurant, which offers daily specials and set lunches from just £4.90. The full menu includes a selection of teppenyaki, sashimi, teriyaki and soups, with an impressive range of vegetarian options. The octopus dumplings and deep-fried squid come highly recommended.
46 West Richmond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DZ Telephone: 0131 668 3847
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