Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Leith
SEAFOOD
Fishers Bistro££
(
0131-554 5666;
www.fishersbistros.co.uk
; 1 The Shore; mains £10-23;
noon-10.30pm Mon-Sat, 12.30-10pm Sun)
This cosy little restaurant, tucked beneath a
17th-century signal tower, is one of the city's best seafood places. The menu ranges
widely in price, from cheaper dishes such as classic fishcakes with lemon and chive may-
onnaise, to more expensive delights such as North Berwick lobster thermidor.
Plumed Horse£££
(
0131-554 5556;
www.plumedhorse.co.uk
;
50-54 Henderson St; 3-course dinner £49;
lunch & dinner Tue-Sat)
Smartly suited and booted staff welcome you to this quiet
corner of understated elegance, where the muted decor of pale blues and greens, cream
leather chairs and crisp white linen places the focus firmly on the exquisitely prepared and
presented food. Eight-course tasting menu £65, plus £45 for matching wines.
MODERN SCOTTISH
Chop Chop£
(
0131-553 1818;
www.chop-chop.co.uk
; 76 Commercial St; mains £8-10; dinner
daily, lunch Sat & Sun)
Chop Chop is a Chinese restaurant with a difference, in that it
serves dishes popular in China rather than Britain - as its slogan says, 'Can a billion
people be wrong?'. No sweet-and-sour pork here, but a range of delicious dumplings
filled with pork and coriander, beef and chilli, or lamb and leek, and unusual vegetarian
dishes such as aubergine fried with garlic and Chinese spices.
CHINESE
Diner 7££
(
www.diner7.co.uk
;
7 Commercial St; mains £7-12; 4-11pm Mon-Sat, 11am-11pm
Sun)
A neat local eatery with rust-coloured leather booths and banquettes, black and cop-
per tables, and local art on the walls, this diner has a menu of succulent Aberdeen Angus
steaks and homemade burgers, but also offers more unusual fare such as chicken and cho-
rizo kebabs, or smoked haddock with black- pudding stovies.
CAFE
Self-Catering
There are grocery stores and food shops all over the city, many of them open 9am to 10pm
daily. Many petrol stations also have late-opening shops that sell groceries.
