The Cellar Door - Edinburgh, City of

New cook, creative dishes that are well run with informed attentive service. a beautiful bright room with huge windows, despite in a cellar! taste the venison, the goat cheese bonbons and the beautiful chocolate dessert. recommend them high!

I booked in advance as it was festival time and a good job I did as many people were turned away. The staff were pleasant and talkative but overall the service was a bit sluggish. The food was well okay. Nothing special and lacking in a lot of areas primarily flavour. Whilst the presentation was good the contents didn't live up to the image they presented. Even the gaelic coffee wasn't very gaelic and used a very lame coffee. Overall pretty average and not high on the return list.

We'll be back.. They are definetely glutton-free friendly. My wife's GF blade of beef was excellent, I had the salmon over potatoes surrounded by a sauce. It was tender, sweet and luscious. They offered beer from a brewery local to Edinburgh (Stewart), which I always prefer to try something new anyway, and the two I tried we're great. The decor underground is singular, in the iron girders protruding from above and the multi-level seating area. Well done !

We ate here for our anniversary and had the chateau briand meal. It was delicious and the service was excellent.

Cellar Door is a lovely restaurant and £9.95 for two courses at lunch is a good deal, but whilst the starters were scrumptious the mains were sadly only satisfactory.