The best restaurants serving Scottish food in Edinburgh and Lothian

My wife and I were in East Lothian for a family event. I found a hotel in Gullane on Tripadvisor. I asked my family for a restaurant recommendation. They did not reply in time. I looked on Tripadvisor and was intrigued by La Potiniere's intimate approach. I was also intrigued by its reviews and thought they were too good to be true, but thought if even if 50% of the reviews were genuine it must be pretty good. I booked and fortunately the night we were there La Potiniere was open and they had a table available for my wife and I. Well, the reviews were right and some! My wife and I have lived and worked around the world, and have been very fortunate to dine in some of the world's top restaurants for business and pleasure. We debated and concluded La Potiniere gets into our Top 10. The food was superb, but so was the intimate, personal, quiet, refined, professional environment and service. It was not pretentious, formal, stuffy nor up its own @r5e unlike many of the top restaurants. It was also excellent value for its quality. We also had the wine pairing to complete the experience. We only saw the Keith part of the Keith and Mary equation, as Mary was creating her magic in the kitchen, however, Keith had just a perfect approach to us as diners service-wise. He was passionate about his restaurant, its food etc and took the time to answer all our questions about how things were prepared, the ingredients used etc. We shall return! Thank you La Potiniere for a truly wonderful evening of food, wine and service.

Haggis traditionnel avec la sauce à la moutarde et whiskey ! 😍 Une belle façon de découvrir le haggis! C’était délicieux!

Ordered online via Scoffable for my daughter and I. I ordered the Chicken Cheese Bacon & Hash Brown Burger. Omg this was amazing! The burger was sooo tasty and the chips were fab too! The estimated time was 1hr, but came in 20mins. I was caught short and forgot to tip my driver - apologies! Its a shame your own order website appears down and having to use Scoffable instead. Great local cafe. Thanks again.

Excellent food cooked and presented perfectly. Only a small place but the one waiting staff was experienced enough to make sure everyone was excellently looked after and never looked stressed and also made time to chat with all of the customers. Very reasonably priced for the quality of food and service. We will be visiting again when next in the area.

TOTAL RIP OFF! The price of a morning roll at this place is £3.20 and that's just the roll mind, no filling included!. With one filling (in my case some dried out lorne sausage) it costs £6. Lived in Edinburgh all my life and never experienced this level of cheeky price for a Scottish staple which you can get for <£1 in any corner shop. Cafes nearby don't charge like that. Standard practice is ~£3ish for a roll + 1 filling (e.g. bacon/lorne sausage), then additional fillings are charged at extra. This place is beyond cheeky - not worth wasting your money on! The menu reads like it is £3.20 for a morning roll and filling but oh no, only when you get to the counter to pay you find out it's £6... sneaky and cheeky!

Tasty food, quick, friendly service. Number1 vegan place in Edinburgh 😁

Gingerbread White Russian is AMAZING. Super smooth and festive. Would rate it 10 stars if I could

We had a great meal here. The service was very good. Thank you joe!

Newly reopened local bar in Bonnington area off Leith Walk. Friendly service.

I had a delicious festive afternoon tea today with my mum using a voucher I had been given for my birthday. The staff were extremely attentive and nothing was too much trouble for them. The restaurant was lovely and cosy with gorgeous Christmas decorations. The food was fantastic - different from your usual afternoon tea with a lovely cup of soup to start followed by some festive savoury bites and delicious sweet treats. Would definitely recommend.

This restaurant is a real gem in the middle of Edinburgh. We actually got married here 2 years ago and went back for our anniversary. The staff were wonderful and the food was delicious and really good value. We will be back!

Reservado para una cena de Navidad y estaba tristemente decepcionado por la calidad de la comida. Los dos tuvimos la sopa que era muy agradable, pero la principal fue decepcionante, el pavo estaba seco y las verduras y patatas estaban mal cocidas. Nos gustaría haber dado una buena crítica para el personal, pero al salir un miembro del personal nos gritó preguntándonos si habíamos pagado la cuenta que yo y mi pareja nos sentimos mortificados como todos en el bar lo oyeron. Sí, habíamos pagado la factura, pero creo que el miembro del personal necesita capacitación en servicio al cliente. Soy gerente de bar y estaría reprendiendo a mi personal si hablaran con un cliente así. No volveremos.

That's right and everything was delicious

No muy bien, el personal inservible y no exactamente siguiendo la seguridad alimentaria. Presenció a un miembro del personal durante más de 10 minutos manejando tazas de café de papel y simultáneamente limpiando allí la nariz con la palma de su mano y luego limpiando su mano en sus jeans y de vuelta a sostener la taza no solo por el borde, sino también por el interior de la taza y luego usando la máquina molinillo de café. Extremadamente sombrío.