Afternoon Tea at The Printing Press

21-25 George Street Edinburgh, EH2 2PB, United Kingdom

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Phone: +441312407177

Address: 21-25 George Street Edinburgh, EH2 2PB, United Kingdom

City: Edinburgh

Menu Dishes: 35

Reviews: 3709

Website: http://www.printingpressedinburgh.co.uk/

"At this place apparently the duck can only be served pink like, very very pink or well done. This was the first thing that really baffled me, and it was actually pretty funny, but I have never heard such a thing for such a fancy lookin place to not be able to cook a duck properly. It really makes no sense because surely you put duck in the oven, and after 30 minutes, it 's pink, 50 minutes, it 's well done, so why not take it out at 40??? This was the first problem. The second issue was I ordered the creme brulee, quite excited about that, but it came out at it was literally not cooked like not at all . It was a soup! My mother insisted I send it back I really hate doing that , but the point was that it was literally not cooked and was soupy, and contained raw egg, so anyway, a lovely server came by and was able to bring my creme brulee back, and I asked for just a new one. Well, amusingly, the server comes back with a solemn look on her face and says, I 'm sorry, you cannot have the creme brulee, because *all* the creme brulees are like that .... HUH?! And we were like the last table to be seated so all night they 've been serving souping uncooked creme brulees to people?? At the end, my mother kindly paid the bill, but I noticed only after that she had paid for the creme brulee that I didn 't eat omg . A server came by and asked if something was wrong because they saw us scrutinizing the bill. My mother said that it was nothing other than we accidentally paid for the creme brulee. They said they would try to refund it, but the manager came over and said it usually takes 3-5 business days after a form was filled out by us, but after the look on my mother 's face after just kind of a rollercoaster of a meal , they said they would try to expedite it. Anyway, the manager was very proud of themselves when they refunded us not only for the creme brulee but the service charge the 70p associated with it. Anyway, if you go here avoid the duck and creme brulee lol"

Full menu - 35 options

All prices are estimates on menu.

Starters

Dessert

Side Orders

Small Plates

Pasta

Mains

Our Glasses|Our Spirits - Vodka

12" Oven-Baked Pizza

Plain Vodkas – Super Premium

Classics

Vege

Dessert Menu

Robert 'Rabbie' Burns

Japanese Specialties

Salads

Taste & Share

George Orwell

Lucy Lucy

This was basically the worst afternoon tea I have ever had.

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Reviews

Christopher
Christopher

I stayed at the Scotsman for 4 days/3 nights in October 2017.


Louis
Louis

Service initially ok but then not good. Other than the gluten free food and the desserts, the rest of the meals were poor.


Natalie
Natalie

This hotel represents the look and feel one expects in Scotland! It's a great hotel in a great locationIt is part of the I-prefer group. View menu


Carlota
Carlota

Our server, Rosemary was fantastic! The food recommendations that she gave were spot on! Awesome fish chips, and my husband had the King Prawn Linguini, he said it was great. And Rosemary recommended the Scotch Egg which was DELISH! 10/10 would recommend!


Pamela
Pamela

the service was in order, but after we arrived, it was busy. we came to lunch the waiter brought only drinks menu/wine list first. the food was very good, but I had the linguine the part was a little small, especially compared to my friends burger and fish


Amy
Amy

eating was good, with taking the ristotto had to be returned and the second attempt to serve, did not solve the problem. would ask the dog kindly as the ambiente was ruined by the belly dog. this should be monitored and owner remembers the behavior of dog eitquette View menu


Uli
Uli

what an incredible restaurant! magnificent building/dining room. a perfect service. everything was so delicious from drinks to appetizers to dessert. many thanks for such a beautiful evening. if we live in edinburgh, we would be back regularly. really an stellar experience.


Pauline
Pauline

The food at this restaurant is delicious and reasonably priced. However, extras like water can be expensive. There is a service charge, but unfortunately the service we received was quite poor. My friend and I arrived early for our reservation and despite mentioning the same booking, we were seated at different tables in different areas of the restaurant. It took us 25 minutes to realize we were already both there. The restaurant is located in Edinburgh, but it seems like the staff struggle to understand even a slight Scottish accent.


Keeley
Keeley

At this place apparently the duck can only be served pink like, very very pink or well done. This was the first thing that really baffled me, and it was actually pretty funny, but I have never heard such a thing for such a fancy lookin place to not be able to cook a duck properly. It really makes no sense because surely you put duck in the oven, and after 30 minutes, it 's pink, 50 minutes, it 's well done, so why not take it out at 40??? This was the first problem. The second issue was I ordered the creme brulee, quite excited about that, but it came out at it was literally not cooked like not at all . It was a soup! My mother insisted I send it back I really hate doing that , but the point... View menu

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