Hula Grassmarket Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Every dish I have ever tasted here has been delicious."
• "The food was very tasty, they have fresh ingredients and everything is cooked in the kitchen."
• "The Acai and Maca Nana Smoothie Bowls that we had were ideal for a delicious and nutritious morning."
• "The curry from here was incredible (it even made me like tofu...)"
• "The food here is immense! It's healthy - but really tasty! The portions are amazing, and filling."
• "The food was awesome the açai smoothie bowl was big and filling, the avocado toast with a side of salmon was perfect, and the bacon brekkie was the best I'd had in a very long time."
• "Just had a delicious lunch: vegan poke bowl with smashed avo, and a large Sunshine in a cup smoothie. Fresh food, well seasoned, just really good."

Cons:

• "The portion was modest and quality of food was shockingly low."
• "The juices still seem to be mostly the same, but sadly the tasty foods have been hipsterified and swapped for acai bowls."
• "There was a limited choice of food on the menu, and the portions were fairly small."
• "The rice in the bowl was really watery and unpleasant to eat, and there was way too much of it compared to the rest of the ingredients."
• "Poké bowls were without flavor and pretty much the worst I’ve had in a long time."
• "The food arrived before the smoothies, the hash was just boiled whole potatoes…? Definitely wouldn’t define it as a proper hash."
• "Probably the blandest food I've had in a while."

Service

Pros:

• "Everybody that works in this café is an absolute hero."
• "The staff where so helpful and friendly, the atmosphere was great and the food was epic as always."
• "The staff was kind, efficient and professional, the cherry on the cake."
• "Staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming."
• "Service was friendly and attentive and the food was delicious - really fresh and well-portioned, with plenty of veggie/vegan options."
• "Service was excellent despite the staff clearly being very busy."
• "The waiter was really nice and made us feel really comfortable."

Cons:

• "It took a while to be served, the food arrived before the smoothies."
• "Service was friendly but forgetful."
• "The welcome from staff is shockingly rude and the service continues in such a fashion."
• "Service was tragic, eight very sweet people collectively resembling a headless chicken."
• "We had to wait 45 mins before someone realized they forgot to put our order through."
• "Service was poor, it was quite busy and they lacked staff."
• "The restaurant is popular and staffs seems too busy to care about their costumers."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Cool place at the corner Grassmarket & Victoria Bow."
• "Friendly, bright and always with great artwork on the walls its the perfect alternative to all the pubs in the grassmarket."
• "Place had a nice atmosphere."
• "Gorgeous location in Grass market."
• "Very nice and relaxed atmosphere in the restaurant."
• "The food was delicious and atmosphere lovely."
• "A great ambience whether you sit in or out."

Cons:

• "Don’t come here in bad weather. Ordered a wrap for takeaway and was originally offered to wait inside since it was raining and cold. 10 seconds later another member of staff tells me I must wait outside in a fairly unfriendly manner."
• "The tables in the back room felt a bit claustrophobic and awkward as some seats faced toward us, so they could see us but we couldn't see them."
• "Very cramped inside, but they're using the space as bedt they can without losing the lovely atmosphere."
• "The cafe itself was quite cramped and fairly dirty."
• "The atmosphere was dead, it was like people were afraid to talk. Not a great place for a chat with friends."
• "It was a little cold in there due to the door being constantly open."
• "However, the let down was the service and how cramped it was inside."

Value

Pros:

• "Fabulous small healthy cafe with very reasonable prices and easily caters for dietary restrictions without any fuss."
• "The place is great and the prices are more than reasonable."
• "Price was good for the value of the meals."
• "Fair prices for the given size of the food."
• "Prices are quite low considering high prices around. High quality of ingredients."
• "The prices is really fair."
• "Yummy options for a decent price."

Cons:

• "£11 for a bit of bread and a tiny bit of tofu scramble? The prices in here are astronomical, for what you get."
• "My juice was refreshing, but didn't really warrant the price tag."
• "The portions are extremely small for the price point. £10 for a halloumi wrap with no side 😵‍💫"
• "They were however a little bit pricey."
• "A little too pricey for the portion."
• "£9 for a wrap is also overpriced and came completely cold at the centre."
• "My partners chilli was very expensive for what it was."