Reviews
Review: The Court restaurant opens in the new look Caledonian Edinburgh Hotel
The Caledonian Edinburgh, or The Caley as it’s known to you and I, has been undergoing something of a transformation. And as part of a metamorphosis that sees it join the Curio Collection by Hilton, the space formerly known as Peacock Alley has just emerged as The Court. The Court is a vast dining space…
Read MoreReview: Hawksmoor’s Big Matt burger arrives in Edinburgh
‘This IS a tasty burger!’ It may not sound quite so cool, and it definitely isn’t as intimidating in my gentle Scottish brogue as it was when uttered by the inimitable Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction 30 years ago (how can that be?!?), but it is none-the-less true. The Big Matt burger has arrived…
Read MoreChristmas Gift Guide: Advent, Decorations, Pampering and House-Warming Gifts
CHRISTMAS? Is that you? If you want to get ahead of the game, why not peruse our list of top advent, house-warming, pampering and decoration gifts? In the first of our Christmas Gift Guides, we focus on everything from advent calendars to tasty tipples, heavenly candles to luxurious fragrances and everything you need to make…
Read MoreReview: Sotto, Edinburgh
Nothing epitomises the upturn in Stockbridge’s fortunes like the arrival of stylish Italian enoteca-trattoria Sotto, says Richard Bath It’s all change in Stockbridge, within living memory a down-at-heel working-class suburb of Edinburgh but now one of the most up-and-coming and desirable places to live not just in the capital but in the whole of the…
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 Loveable Rogue, Strathbungo
Ellie Forbes heads to Glasgow’s coolest neighbourhood to try out its newest resident, The Loveable Rogue. Strathbungo was recently named one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world by Time Out. So it seems only fitting that one of Glasgow’s coolest gastropub, The Loveable Rogue, has just opened its third location in the city’s…
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: Nature meets luxury on an autumn break at Cumbria’s Hidden River Cabins
Morag Bootland heads south of the border for a relaxing dog-friendly, family break at Hidden River Cabins in Cumbia. As we drive through the beautiful countryside of the Scottish Borders into Dumfries and Galloway and over the border into Cumbria, I’m asking myself what makes the perfect autumn break. For our family it needs to…
Read MoreReview: Elements, Bearsden
Fine dining is evolving. Gone are the days of starchy formality and rigid etiquette. Stuffy dining rooms and menus you can’t decipher are making way for a more relaxed atmosphere. Most of us want to go somewhere that centres around the food and a comfortable dining experience, rather than the prestige of listing arcane herbs…
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