A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
This place has no relation to the SF one, but it does have multiple locations in Edinburgh.
They are known for their flashy drinks (and looks like it could be similar to Bergerac in SF where they sometimes have DJs on the weekend.
For drinks for the flash, which is basically a sweet martini and they light flash paper on fire for presentation.
Would come back to this place to try their other drinks like the Colour Changer one.
We went to this restaurant for our first dinner at Edinburgh.
One interesting thing I noticed is that there was. I Asian staff for a Thai restaurant (of course that is totally ok).
For this restaurant it is basically family style. We got the short rib (which was a red curry), the green beef curry, the sea bream fish, cucumber salad, and the crispy chicken. I would get all of them again except the crispy chicken.
For drinks, got their version of a cosmo (wish it was a bit sweeter), and an Aperol spritz (can’t go wrong with that)
One thing we did wish though is that they had some sort of noodle dish. Aside from that would come back.
We ate here for a dinner at Inverness. Got to say even though we had to wait an hour for our reservation, it was worth it.
First the piano player / singer was amazing. Also the drinks were good (got a raspberry and lemon martini and an Aperol spritz).
For appetizer the pork belly was phenomenal. And for the main, got the cod (it had mussels, but safely ignored that). Would get everything again.
Update July 26, 2026:
Went back here and got the haggis bon bon to start, and the fish and chips. I will say the food from the first time around was better, but food this time wasn’t bad. Oh, and got an espresso martini which was really good.
First restaurant we ate at in Scotland! Was highly recommended at the west end of Glasgow (near University of Glasgow which is why there were a lot of students). I really liked it (the friend I was with wasn’t as impressed).
We mainly loaded on starters first. Tried the scallops (which was my favorite), then a salmon dish followed by haggis (that Scotland dish wish I was willing to try but probably wouldn’t be keen on getting it again).
For drinks got an espresso martini and a whisky drink.
For my main got the cod with lobster cake. I liked the cod, but would probably skip out on the lobster cake next time.
So we did a tour and diner at The Macallen estate in Aberlour / Speyside Scotland. Totally recommend the place for both the tour and eating (this review will only talk about the dinner).
The dinner was a wine pairing dinner. The dinner menu below has all the details of the food we tried, and the pictures are in the order of the dishes listed (except the bread, which I am highlighting since it is made from the same grains as the whisky).
Some call outs from the dinner:
-the fermented barley was my favorite dish. I think it’s the gravy type sauce that got me
-beef tar tar was second, followed by the halibut and then pancetta
-the “angel share” desert was the most unique, in the sense that the it had this “bubble” foam that you can eat, but also was infused with helium so it did float away, and your voice was pitched when you ate it
-tiramisu was nothing to write home about
