The Broadsheet Bistro

Popped in just to grab a sandwich at lunchtime. It was ok but nothing more than that. Ciabatta roll was a bit past its best and the portion of chips for £1 was pretty small. Then again the service was very good and it didn't...cost the earth.

that is a really good restaurant. most of the areros along the royal mile were packed and we went a block of the royal mile and this place was comparatively empty. the food was excellent and well prepared. the service was also excellent. her stick...open pudding is to die.

we thought we would stop for tea and cake. the service was soon slow. tees took about 10 minutes, they were not too bad. the cake lasted another 15 minutes. the swamps were very dry and the victoria sponge was the worst I had in...years. it tasted like a Tesco value that had just been defrosted and the sponge was so dry. View menu

it took a while until the waiter showed up, and as we ordered suppee and sandwiches, we expected a 10/15min wait. After 40 minutes I asked the bar staff if there was a problem with the order. she was very pleasant and recommended she would hunt after order. another 10 minutes later a passable suppe and sandwich appeared without an excuse or a discount or even a free cup of tea. very disappointed.

Poor service, had to ask for menus and ask to order. The waitress clearly didn't have a clue about food or drink offered. We waited 30 mins just to be served and another 30 for the food. When the food finally arrived it was dire,...cold fatty congealed bacon in my BLT. Fishcakes that were suspicious and soup that looked like water. Avoid like the plague as Edinburgh has far better restaurants on offer!

Ordered a salad on one of the hottest days of the year. mayonnaise than anything else, to the poinbt where the croutons were wet and slimy. Barely any salad leaves at all, a tiny bit of tomato, soggy cucumber and tasteless red onion. All...for the bargain price of £9. Horrible, barely edible food. Could have something to do with having only three (lovely) staff covering far too many tables. I won't be back. View menu

The food is over-priced, it take too long to arrive, they were massvely under staffed, I felt because I was ion my own I was being ignored. I waited so long for the bill to come after asking for it I had to go to...the bar and get them to ring it up there and then. I was up for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and it was getting close to the time my next I needed to start queing for it. The food quality was O.K, but the menu was misleading (listing Haggis Fritters when there's only one), and they ran out of the drink I ordered.

Don't be fooled by its smart exterior. When we arrived we asked if they were still serving food as it was late afternoon. They did not understand the question which in retrospect should have made us run for the hills. However we asked for menus...and duly ordered. My partner order a starter and we both ordered main courses. Everything arrived together. No cutlery was on the table and the waitress arrived back with one set of cutlery for the three meals. My meal was stone cold my partners soup was luke warm. When I complained the waiter said sorry I will let the chef know and went to walk away. I had to call him back and hand him my meal. It was eventually replace. We watched other dinners an...

I am loath to write poor reviews as I know how difficult it is to please everyone but I wish that I had checked Tripadvisor before entering this establishment. We visited during the Fringe Festival and therefore when our waiter told us of the list...of beers that were not available on their menu we were not too upset. We chose our meals and we did not wait too long for our food to arrive. That was when things started to go wrong. My Tomato and mozzarella salad starter was described as a taste of summer with four varieties of tomatoes marinated in a balsamic dressing with italian mozzarella and micro basil. What I received was a large bowl of salad leaves with small chunks of a fairly tastele... View menu