Spoon Café-Bistro

Gorgeously eclectic upper-level café and bistro, "Spoon", recently relocated from its popular location on Blackfriars Street to these larger premises across from the Festival Theatre. While presentation is most definitely a strong-point, with print-customised tables and chairs, pop-art cushions and painstakingly selected knick-knicks, it's definitely not a case of style over substance. Spoon offers breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, all reasonably priced and delicious sounding (the organic wild boar sausages with puy lentils & dijon mustard are a case in point) and, if word of mouth is to be believed, are the proud creators of Edinburgh's most delectable carrot cake. Quirky comfort personified.

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It's great for a drink or a coffee. Personally I'd advise against the food. On my last visit I had a Ploughman's Lunch which you'd think most chefs would find tricky to get wrong. The ham had a green/grey tinge to it which rendered it inedible. For £9.00 I would have hoped for far better. There's many great restaurants in town that serve lunch for the same price and you'd get (and expect) a much higher standard.
On the occasions I've been there the skill of the chef did not reflect the prices charged.
However, the atmosphere is great and so is the service.
Posted by Jack | Monday September 2011 @ 15:13
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