Iris Edinburgh - Menu

Nice restaurant in the cozy street, thistle street. Modern and clean place, with a lot of guests at a wednesday. Food was great, modern, simple with a good flavors.

Went here with a large group of friends on a Friday evening. The staff were very helpful, when we originally booked we didn't know how many there would be, we started off at 5 and ended up with 18. They let us have a semi private room which was fab for us and the other guests as we were a bit noisy. They phoned us to confirm a few details and were just great. I had the duck breast and sweet potato side which were just delicious. Every single person in our party really loved their food. Actually I can find no fault in their restaurant hence the first 5 star review I have ever given!

I was blown away by Iris, when we visited. Thistle Street is one of my favourite eating and drinking districts in Edinburgh, and this place only served to increase my adoration. Overall, we said: Iris offers extremely high quality food, in swish surroundings, with excellent, friendly, knowledgeable service. The only other person I 've heard extolling its virtues is ardent Yelper Jurgen, who is a great fan of the place. I 'd like to confirm that I will be joining Jurgen 's chorus of appreciation, as the place is something really very special. It shines bright in a street of precious Edinburgh jewels. I 'd suggest you pay it a visit soon. You will be richly rewarded. View menu

It 's true that Edinburgh has more than its fair share of 'modern european ' eateries. And there 's no denying that this is yet another one to add to the list. But the plus side of this is that the competition among them means that the good ones are usually extremely good. Iris is the newest addition to this collection on Thistle Street. Although their Á La Carte is a little too expensive for what it 's worth (hence only 4 stars and not 5), their set lunch menu offers great value for money. I 'd highly recommend their Mussel starter it comes with toaste pine nuts, bacon and fresh basil cream. It 'll have you racking up the hours in the gym in the days that follow, but it 's so worth it!

When it opened I was hard pushed to go anywhere else for dinner. The food was great and fresh. I was in love with the scallops and fried prawns and everything on the menu was so tempting it was hard to chose. We used to go from loads of big ground nights out because of the layout tables could be pushed together easily. A modern wine list is present and staff are friendly but I grew out of love very fast when it the newness became a bit boring and when we walked in off the street and stood at the foyer/till waiting to be seated, not only were there no customers, there was no staff.. after 10 minutes and trying to find someone who worked there we gave up and went elsewhere and I haven't been b...

Iris is the latest addition to the Thistle Street restaurant scene. Situated on Thistle Street, Iris is right in the centre of the New Town area of Edinburgh and it is just around the corner from the main shopping street, Princes Street, and so it is a convenient place to reach. Iris is really small from the outside, and walking past it I didn't think it was a restaurant at all. I came here a few weeks ago with my parents for lunch and we had a wonderful time. Iris's menu offers a decent choice of authentic British dishes such as steak, lamb and roast duck. I had the scallops for a starter which were really beautifully cooked and served with ham which tasted amazing. I then had salmon with a... View menu

As a regular visitor to Thistle St, I had perused the menu at Iris once or twice on the way to the Bon Vivant. After reading JD's blog and seeing the picture of the duck dish, I booked for a friend's visit to Edinburgh. Our food was excellent. Having already had mini bites and wine late afternoon at the BV, we went for a main and pud. The duck was beautiful cooked pink, decent sized portion and the raspberry sauce added a lovely sweetness to the duck which didn't over power. You do have to order sides separately, so we went for winter vegetables and sweet potato wedges with chili and coriander mayo. Winter veggies were lovely and cooked to perfection but the sweet potato wedges and mayo was...

My 100th review!!! WOOT WOOT. I remember when writing 100 reviews seemed like an impossibility but here I am. Just finishing my 100th and I feel on TOP OF THE WORLD. wwwhoooo hoooo. Ok enough of that on to reviewing this restaurant. I went to Iris with my parents after it came highly recommended from some Scottish friends of mine. At first when we walked in the restaurant was completely empty and I got a little worried (I mean after all it was 7:30... not an unusual time for most people to be eating dinner... but needless to say that by the time we left the restaurant was full of people. It was nice though because for the 20 minutes we had the place all to ourselves. We ordered the lamb loin...

A very happy accidental find. My family and I were trying to find a restaurant for dinner and this was our third attempt without a reservation. (We are tourists...who makes reservations in a country they don 't know?! Between the intermittent rain showers and the Fringe Festival going on, the crowds were everywhere. This place was off the Royal Mile so it seemed approachable enough. Anyway, we walked in cold, tired, and hungry. This place accommodated my family of four without a reservation. Yeah!! At first glance tres chic and bistro like setting. Two dining rooms one smaller for intimate groups of 2 or 4. Then the larger adjoining room for everyone else. It was quite lively in that room vs... View menu