Posts by Richard Bath
Review: Landy’s, the chippy bringing the seaside classics to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
Editor Richard Bath heads out to Landy’s to try out the chippy bringing the seaside classics to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, offering nostalgic favourites like salt and pepper squid, pizza crunch, and of course deep-fried mars bars. Where is Landy’s? Landy’s is on the site of what was once Byron Burgers where the Royal Mile…
Read MoreReview: Stockbridge Eating House, Edinburgh
Editor Richard Bath visits the former site of the much-loved Bell’s Diner to run the rule over the Stockbridge Eating House, the new venture of Gardener’s Cottage co-founder Dale Mailley. For many Edinburghers, endless chat over burgers at the tiny, intimate surroundings of Bell’s Diner in Stockbridge – often following a visit to one…
Read MoreReview: The Alchemist, Patron tequila experience
If you either like tequila, or don’t know whether you like tequila, I’d heartily recommend the weekly tasting session at Patron Parlour in The Alchemist on Edinburgh’s George Street. As a way to kick-start an evening on the town, I can’t imagine anything better than this 90-minute masterclass which kicks off at 6pm each Thursday.…
Read MoreReview: Margo, Glasgow
Richard Bath road tests the new restaurant from the team behind Ka Pao and Ox & Finch, and comes away deeply impressed. When I heard that Scoop Restaurants, the team behind the outstanding Ka Pao and one of my most reliable go-to restaurants in Glasgow, Ox & Finch, were launching a new city centre…
Read MoreReview: The Inn at Loch Tummel
Richard Bath savours a Sunday lunch as it’s meant to be at picturesque coaching inn The Inn At Loch Tummel. One of the most memorable episodes of Ben Fogle’s television series New Lives In the Country was when he met PR executive Jade Calliva and his wife Alice, who worked in finance. The premise of the…
Read MoreReview: Nàdair, Edinburgh
There’s a new kid on the block in Marchmont, so Richard Bath went to investigate. This new 20-cover Marchmont restaurant from ex-Wedgwood chefs Sarah Baldry and Alan Keery is right on trend. It has the now customary Gaelic name (Nàdair means ‘nature’), it has a five-course set menu (which changes daily), it’s big on the Scottish and…
Read MoreReview: Mara, Edinburgh
With good cocktails and small plates, Mara is worth checking out, find Richard Bath. On the site of the old Innis & Gunn bar, Mara is now owned by the same crew who have made such a success of nearby Malone’s sports bar. Mara has a completely different and more sophisticated atmosphere to the mothership…
Read MoreReview: Cabo, Edinburgh
Richard Bath heads to Edinburgh’s first pacific-fusion restaurant to try out the offerings. Cabo, which has taken over the space once occupied by Scotland rugby legend Simon Taylor’s bohemian 99 Hanover bar, is a month-old new eaterie marketed as sitting ‘at the intersection of Asian and Latin American cuisine, offering a unique Pacific fusion’ that…
Read MoreFringe Review: Jack Docherty in The Chief – No Apologies
There was not a dry eye in the house, says Richard Bath. ★★★★ If you love Scot Squad, then this is the show for you. Docherty reprises his role as Scotland’s favourite and least self-aware cop to non-stop howls of laughter from an audience which is willing him on as if he’s the best man…
Read MoreFringe Review: Kyle Dolan No Place Like Home
Richard Bath on Kyle Dolan’s solo-show debut at the Fringe. ★ The Fringe jungle drums are obviously working because just three of us turned up to watch this painful hour of confessional stand-up, and I’d brought one of them with me. Dolan, a twentysomething born in Scotland and raised in Australia, comes across as a…
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