New Edinburgh cafe set to open promising a 'welcoming evening cafe space for everyone' in Morningside
A new Edinburgh cafe has set an official opening date for later this month, following its soft opening last month.
Fourdish at 223 Morningside Road had its soft opening on October 1, and will officially open to the public on November 30, with the owners promising a “welcoming evening cafe space for everyone”.
The new dog-friendly cafe, opposite the M&S Foodhall supermarket, will open from 9am until 8pm, offering all-day breakfasts, fresh fruit tea infusions, coffee, fresh Sushi and poke bowls, desserts and soup.
Owner Eshma told the Evening News: “We are a place where people can come and enjoy the relaxing environment of our cafe into the evening. As normally in Edinburgh it’s hard to find somewhere to have a coffee in the evening, it’s normally just places selling alcohol that are still open.
“That’s the most important thing for us, opening until 8pm. You can come here and enjoy the comfortable and relaxing environment. We have been quite busy in the evenings during this soft opening.
“We try to offer mostly healthy foods, with the best and locally sourced ingredients. And we provide free wi-fi so people can work away on their laptops in peace.
“We specialise in sweet treats, passing on our food knowledge picked up on our travels around the world. Including our tasty Burn Basque cheescake. And we care very much about our presentation, making our food even more appealing. We take care with everything we make here.”
Explaining the soft opening, Eshma added: “We didn’t publicise the soft opening, it’s just been word of mouth. We have used this time to get feedback and suggestions from local people. For example, a customer suggested having a toast menu, so we came up with a fancy toast menu.
“Because we asked for feedback and we have listened and taken it on board, I feel the local community is responding to that and they have been very supportive.
“We are almost ready to open officially. This is our first cafe, having worked in a restaurant before, so we can’t wait to get started.”
Revealing it’s opening date on Facebook, Fourdish said: “We recently completed a soft launch for our new café, Fourdish, on October 1, and we want to give a huge thank-you to everyone who visited and shared their feedback.
“Your support has helped us improve and get ready for the next big step! We’re now getting everything prepared for our grand opening on November 30.
“We are keen to create a welcoming evening cafe space for everyone in Morningside.
“We are also open for private reservations after 8pm at no extra cost and we are happy to host if you are planning to surprise someone or celebrate a special moment.
“We’d love to see you there and continue this journey with you. Thank you for the amazing support so far!”
Responding to the post, one customer who enjoyed the soft opening of Fourdish said: “We visited you last week. Dog friendly which is lovely, food very good, great poached eggs.
“The staff are lovely and attentive and we definitely will go back.”
While, a local resident added: “Looks a great new place, with lovely food. Congratulations.”
The new cafe will seat up to 22 people and also offer Hala choices for customers to enjoy. While kids can have miniature versions of the cafe’s regular dishes at half price.