Cafe Royal

This one was hard to rate. We came all the way from the states and were only spending two days in the Edinburg area so we carefully preselected our dinner reservations months ago. The venue was beautiful and is steeped in historical design and ambience, however it was loud and no one could give us a good answer about who we should check in with when we arrived at our 8pm time. The servers were rushed and left us without attending to our drinks for a very long time. The drinks were excellent but way too expensive. We order the Scotch eggs and the scallops for entries. For $20 USD we got TWO scallops in a soupy but interesting mix of sauces and beets. My wife said her Balmoral chicken was peppery and too salty. My pork cutlets were fantastic. Really it comes down to feeling like we were in the way and the servers were too stressed to do a solid job making sure we were taken care of. I think we'd go back if we're ever in Edinburgh again but with so many other choices maybe not.