Address: 235-241 High St, Edinburgh, EH1 1PE, United Kingdom
Phone: +441312262488
Rating: 4.0
based on 338 reviews.
Service
Pros:
"Peter and all the staff were so friendly and helpful."
"FANTASTIC service!! The staff is absolutely amazing!"
"Keith made sure we had anything and everything we needed."
"Yekaterina – our waitress – helped us with the menu and performed best service."
"The staff is accommodating and kind."
"The staff were all very helpful and had a great attitude which made the experience better."
"Customer service was amazing."
Cons:
"Service was utterly lacking."
"The service slow to pedestrian and you feel forgotten."
"Service was okay, VERY busy, 10 minutes just to get a round of beers."
"Service was average. Few friendly staff upon entrance."
"Service also left a lot to be desired."
"Waiter wasn't overly friendly."
"The waiter was just rude and refused to even ask the cook about a “nonstandard” allergy."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"This place has a great atmosphere, wonderful service and the food isn't bad either."
"Like the old fashioned items of racing car memorabilia around the restaurant. Cosy place for a meal."
"The decor is fabulous and creates a wonderful ambience."
"The atmosphere is welcoming and lively."
"Great atmosphere both inside and in the outside seating area."
"The atmosphere was fantastic, with a beautifully designed interior that caught my attention."
"Good atmosphere."
Cons:
"The restaurant feels very noisy and off-putting when you're ready to sit down and eat a meal."
"The place hasn't completely gone overboard with the american decor."
"When it’s very busy (as it was), there is a lot of noise so it’s not really cosy."
"The lighting is quite dark even in the morning for breakfast."
"The restaurant felt cold."
"The atmosphere was cosy and pleasant."
"This place feels like a mass restaurant."
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food was De-licious; I had the firecracker shrimp with a side of fries."
"Food is always great, and atmosphere of a great family restaurant."
"The food claims to be American in spirit but was better than we make at home."
"The burger was nice."
"Pizzas are tasty."
"The food was delicious, served quickly and was hot right to the end of the meal."
"The food was amazing and very well presented."
Cons:
"The Mac and cheese was even worse, similar consistency to wall paper paste and no flavour."
"The food was completely forgettable, chicken dry, bland and lacked flavor."
"The Chips were cold, salty, disgusting husks! The chicken dry and tasteless."
"A tasteless steak, salad leaves were little rotten."
"The worst fish and chips there."
"The nachos pizza was nothing but a thin base with tomato sauce, gaucamole and jalapenos, very little cheese."
"The fish which I didn't find much of was stuck to the overdone batter and not really edible."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Price for the two meals and drinks was £30.00, seriously for what we got it was worth it."
"Food was amazing and good value."
"The food is filling for not too steep a price for the center of town."
"For the price, can't complain - the food was lovely, service quick and plenty of space and comfortable seats."
"The prices are very reasonable also."
"Prices from the lunch menu more than reasonable."
"Not cheap but reasonable prices for the privileged location, and a good quality/price ratio."
Cons:
"Totally overpriced as well."
"With such poor quality, it should not have been so expensive. For 4 people the bill was £108."
"Very expensive for what we got."
"Overpriced and under delivered, very disappointing."
"However toilets need a good clean, no soap in the three soap dispensers in the Gents toilets."
"Very expensive especially considering their food was so below average."
"Greatly overpriced that's why I gave it a 2 *."
Cleanliness
Pros:
"Baby change facilities and clean toilets."
"The restaurant appeared clean and the server was friendly and helpful."
"Great food and wonderful atmosphere with lovely staff, hygiene was excellent."
"The place was very clean and I will definitely return and recommend to friends."
Cons:
"Toilets are grubby. wine glass we had still had old lemon still in it which we only noticed at the end 🤮NOT GOOD AT ALL"
"The sanitary boxes were over spilling with stuff falling to the floor in all cubicles."
"The toilets need a revamp too!!"
"Every time I go, I always hope and pray that the toilets are clean and yet every time we go, they are disgusting."
"The men's bathroom was awful and should have been closed."
"Was all great until a visit to the toilets. I found the disabled toilet in a disgusting state, my wife found the ladies were very unclean and smelt horrible."
"Absolutely disgusting. The toilets were atrocious, no taps on the sinks."