5 of the best restaurants near York Place in Edinburgh

Surrounded by the Georgian Terraces on York Place and in need of a place to refuel? Our guide to the best eating spots nearby might help.
Rollo on Broughton Street. Picture: TSPLRollo on Broughton Street. Picture: TSPL
Rollo on Broughton Street. Picture: TSPL

Found just a short hop away from the main thoroughfare of Princes Street, York Place lies close to the Edinburgh Playhouse and Edinburgh Waverley train station and is the perfect location for a bite to eat after a busy day of shopping or sight seeing.

(32B Broughton Street, EH1 3SB – educatedflea.co.uk)

Experimental, eclectic, innovative... these are just a few words we could use to explain the menus at Educated Flea but we’d still struggle to do their food offering justice.

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With Scottish classics aplenty, all be it with an avant-garde twist - Buckfast cured salmon anyone? - the Flea is a great little eatery that focuses on top to tail cooking (“dressed head to toe in tasty”) and offers great value with its sharing dishes, every day lunch deal (£12 for 2 courses) and Pre-theatre menu (£15 for 2 courses).

L’ESCARGOT BLEU

(1 Forth St, EH1 3JX - leroifou.com)

The positive reviews and awards have been rolling in for this wonderful venture by creative director Isolde Nash and chef Jérôme Henry, which takes the basic ingredients we know and love and somehow elevates them to the kind of artistry that the restaurant takes its inspiration from.

Choose from a range of modern European dishes, with seasonal produce like Loch Fine oysters, Galician octopus, Scottish hand-dived scallops and Ghiga Halibut taking a starring role, or try out their stimulating six course tasting menu for £50 (with wine pairing for £85).

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(14 Broughton St, EH1 3RH - www.facebook.com/barrolloedinburgh)

The second venue from the Rollo team is the kind of no nonsense eatery we love - none of the fuss, just a focus on great food.

Combining owner Ailsa Rollo’s effortless style with the substance of a substantial food offering, Rollo mixes great value dishes such a beer battered haddock, crispy belly pork, pan-seared beef, haggis bon bons and the ever popular lamb salad, with a laid back atmosphere and dynamic wine list.

HOLY COW

(34 Elder St, EH1 3DX - http://holycowedinburgh.com)

Those of a herbivore persuasion will be delighted to know that at least one of the entries on this list, namely this wonderful little café, has menus designed with them in mind.

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Holy Cow is 100 per cent vegan and uses local, organic and seasonal ingredients to create dishes like its popular jack fruit burger as well as an exciting array of open sandwiches, salads and soups.

Best of all are the cakes, which change regularly and feature a combination of or variations of cheesecakes, chocolate and peanut butter cake, banoffee pie, red velvet cake, black forest gateaux, and spiced pear and walnut cake, meaning you’ll want to save room for dessert whenever you visit.

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