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| Nargile | 73 Hanover Street,
Tel 225 5755 | Turkish restaurant with charming owner Seyham Azak. Excellent food and reasonable priced Turkish wines. Very helpful for people with allergies and a menu is avaliable giving ingredient details. Our favorite apri shop lunch restaurant. |
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| Rafaels | 2 Deanhaugh Street
Tel: 332 1469 | The nicest little restaurant imaginable. Rafael cooks and welcomes along with his delightful staff. Spanish cooking with very fresh produce. Perfect after a walk down the Water of Leith. Child friendly |
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| La Partenope | 96 Dalry Road Tel:347 8880 | Busy Neopolitan Rastaurant in Dalry, Edinburgh. Excellent value - 3 courses well under £10. Food a definate cut above the usual Italian Restaurant. Take a table by the window and discuss urban regeneration. |
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| The National Portrait Gallery | Queen Street | Self service restaurant. Different menu daily with home baking to die for. Very busy - no pre-booking. Do as we do, arrive early for coffee or a glass of wine, then you have your table for 12 noon when lunch starts. |
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| Gallery of Modern Art | Belford Road | Self service restaurant. Different menu daily. Perfect for a nice day - eat outside on the terrace and wander round the stunning Henry Moores. |
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| National Gallery of Scotland | The Mound | A la Carte, good modern food with pleasant service. Window seats have lovely views of Princess Street Gardens. Spend the morning looking at the permanent collection, or the current exhibition - have a leisurely lunch then across the road to Harvey Nichols to stop for an after shopping cup of tea, pricey but nice - It does not get much better |
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| Cafe Marlayne | 76 Thistle Street Terrace
Tel: 226 2230 7 Old Fishmarket Close
Tel: 225 3838 | A la Carte French restaurant, informal with genuine French cooking. Puddings specially recommended. The Fishmarket Close restaurant has a nice little terrace for sunny days |
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| The Witchery | Castle Hill
The Royal Mile
Tel:225 5613 | 2 course set lunch. One of James Thomson's 3 restaurants with fabulously over the top decor. Fine quality, service and food. We love it on rainy days where you can hear the rain and feel utterly cosseted. |
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| The Tower | Scottish Museum Chamber Street Tel:225 3003 | Sleek, modern and stylish restaurant, with modern Scottish food. Try to get a window seat for the views are wonderful. They also do a pre-theatre supper at the same price as lunch, ideal if attending performances at the Festival Theater. Dedicated lift to the restaurant but wander down through the mueum after lunch - world class. |
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| Rhubarb | Prestonfield House Priestfield Road Tel:225 1333 | The latest of the Thomson restaurants. Historic House with modern history of appalling behaviour by a M.S.P. - most enjoyable. This is pure opulent luxury, the peacocks alone are worth the cost. Have coffee and petit-fours upstairs by the log fire. For a short time you have the lifestyle that any red blooded woman lusts after. |