Posts Tagged ‘reviews’
Review: Pestana Royal Hotel, Madeira
I had never really considered Madeira for a holiday break until it came up through my online flight search: ‘Destination – anywhere, budget – under £150 and direct from Scotland’. Many of the European cities appeared but I was looking for something new and if possible some early season sun. Madeira? It ticked all the…
Read MoreReview: W Lounge, Edinburgh
I’ve had a few pleasant restaurant reviewing surprises recently, but few more than the new, surprisingly affordable W Lounge. So here’s my verdict: What is it: With its 360 degree panoramic views over the whole city from its city centre site, the five-star W Edinburgh hotel, recently named Scottish Hotel of the Year 2025,…
Read MoreThe Best of Blair: Top things to do and see at Blair Castle
Blair Castle, the ancestral seat of the Earls and Dukes of Atholl, has been their family home for 750 years, so there’s no shortage of history to this magnificent white, turreted pile just off the A9 in Highland Perthshire. Together, the sprawling castle’s interior and spectacular gardens combine to produce one of the best visitor…
Read MoreReview: Fallachan Kitchen, Glasgow
My meal at Fallachan Kitchen was without a doubt, one of the most surreal and memorable meals of the many hundreds of reviews I’ve done over the past 25 years. The food was also borderline incredible, and we’ll come onto that in due course, but if I’m honest it wasn’t the epic menu that will…
Read MoreReview: Ox & Finch, Glasgow
If you are someone who is skeptical about the whole, sharing-plates-delivered-when-they-are-ready, for fear you will leave the restaurant just as hungry as when you entered, I hear you. But it’s hard to find anywhere on the foodie scene these days that hasn’t adopted this newfangled way of dining, and I think a few places are…
Read MoreReview: Eve, Edinburgh
Richard Bath tries out Eve, the capital’s newest Italian restaurant. The commendably swanky Virgin Hotel has its main entrance onto the top of Victoria Street, one of Edinburgh’s most characterful spots, which is just by George IVth Bridge, The Mound and the Royal Mile. The labyrinthine building is so huge that it extends all…
Read MoreReview: Landy’s, the chippy bringing the seaside classics to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
Editor Richard Bath heads out to Landy’s to try out the chippy bringing the seaside classics to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, offering nostalgic favourites like salt and pepper squid, pizza crunch, and of course deep-fried mars bars. Where is Landy’s? Landy’s is on the site of what was once Byron Burgers where the Royal Mile…
Read MoreReview: Scottish Opera, The Strauss Collection
Lisa Simonis is transported back in time to a romantic past at Edinburgh’s historic Usher Hall for the latest performance from Scottish Opera. Scottish Opera’s The Strauss Collection presented a repertoire of extracts from Richard Strauss’s operas with libretti by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The stellar programme included pieces from three operas: Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne…
Read MoreReview: SugarBird, Aberdeen
Grant Dickie tries out SugarBird’s Sparkling Saturdays. For those familiar with Aberdeen’s wine scene, you are probably already aware of SugarBird’s first location on Union Grove. But their new location along the outskirts of Union Terrace Gardens in one of the quaint tram-car-esque buildings which opened in the tail-end of 2023. Every Saturday afternoon, SugarBird…
Read MoreReview: Extra Ordinary, X_O, Glasgow
It’s hard to keep up with the rate at which trendy new restaurants are popping up in Glasgow. Last year saw the opening of the already much loved Sebbs – found below their already well-respected Margo – as well as what has been touted as the city’s next Michelin-starred eatery, Gary Townsend’s new restaurant, Elements…
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