78% Sugo Pasta, Glasgow, restaurant review Gaby Soutar January 24, 2020 General An editor once asked me to start rating restaurants out of five according to how dog-friendly they were. Two points might mean, we allow them in, but there will be no petting permitted,...
Top Glasgow restaurant The Gannet to host exciting Burns Night event Sean Murphy January 22, 2020 Food, In the News The award-winning team at The Gannet will be offering a six-course celebration dinner, showcasing the skill of Peter McKenna and the team as well as the finest local and seasonal produce. Enjoy some...
80% Bross Bagels, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar January 21, 2020 Food, Restaurant Review After a nasty bout of sciatica, I don’t do standing in queues. The one at this new Bross Bagels, which also has outlets on Leith Walk, Portobello High Street and Queensferry Street, snaked out the door...
55% German Doner Kebab, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar January 17, 2020 Food, General, Restaurant Review Some restaurants have a soft opening, this place had a very hard one. I passed it on the bus on the first night, and it was stowed out, with a red carpet and fire jugglers on the pavement. According to...
80% Terra Marique, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar January 10, 2020 Food, Restaurant Review Never mind cabbage soup or grapefruit. One of the more esoteric weight loss plans of the Seventies was The Sexy Pineapple Diet by Inge and Sten Hegeler. It involved swapping regular food two days a week...
83% Aran, Dunkeld, restaurant review Gaby Soutar January 7, 2020 Food, General, Restaurant Review Call emergency book rescue, as the copy of Aran in its namesake cafe is worse than dog-eared. The hardback spine is cracked, the edges of its well-thumbed pages, once virginal white, are crumpled and...
80% Eighty Eight, Glasgow, restaurant review Gaby Soutar December 17, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review "88 Dumbarton Road, please”. “That’s Two Fat Ladies”. This is how you play restaurant bingo with taxi drivers. They know all the city’s institutions – Rogano, “The Chip”, Gamba, La...
75% Piggs, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar November 29, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Cheeseburgers. That was our final meal on a recent visit to Madrid. My defence, apart from mild sunstroke, is that it was a Saturday night, and I had failed to prepare. It got later, the restaurants...
New wine bar and restaurant set to open in Edinburgh Rosalind Erskine November 20, 2019 Drink, In the News The aim of the new wine bar is to provide diners with a carefully selected wine list, served in a casual setting. Billed as a 'winery and dinery', the team want Edinburgh locals and visitors to enjoy the...
80% Nor’ Loft, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar November 20, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Private jets, penthouse suites, top of the podium. Champagne always seems to be drunk at altitude. People at ground level can keep their tepid beers and hot drinks, as they need to stay warm while...
