The King's Wark

Large groups can sometimes be difficult to accommodate but King's Wark did a fantastic job. I couldn't pick out one single dish to highlight because everything was top quality. This place is simply somewhere you have to go to when in Edinburgh / Leith.

Hand dived sea scallops as soft as butter. Melted.
Sea bass and mashed potatoes
Crab and avocado tartar
Bread and butter
Carrot and cardamom soup
Gin cocktails
Paired white wines
Sticky toffee pudding
Whiskey
Vanilla ice cream espresso and Kailua

My daughters and I have been here twice! It was a wonderful experience both times. The chef is innovated. The food was all so tasty! We had an order of scallops both times we were here! The crab app. Was so fresh we thought they had a scuba diver bringing them up fresh along with scallops.

Their soups of the day were so great! Flavorful, hearty, and filling! Drinks were amazing. Remember to save room for the desert! You will be happy you did. The portions were enough, that the second time we came we shared a meal, app, and dessert!
Dave was our waiter, he added great value to our experience!

Amazing fish stew, fish cakes, mussels, and burgers. We went there 2 of the 3 nights in Edinburgh. Great staff and service. Wish we were in town longer.

Oh wow. Lucky to have stopped by this gem and to get a table. Might have been the best food so far in the UK AND he surpised me with a just as good whiskey. Visiting for the 1st time from the states and just got off the train and was the perfect welcome

This is the best place to eat in Edinburgh. The pub is stunning, the food is amazing, and the service is fast and friendly. I had mussels and fries - sublime. I've had fries in at least a dozen countries, and these are the best fries (chips) I've ever had. If I could teleport myself back to Scotland, I would hope to land in this pub every time.

Lovely place to have a great lunch with glasses of champagne. We visited this restaurant for one of our lunches during our honeymoon.
I wanted to have some really nice seafoods, and found great reviews of this restaurant.

We made a reservation in advance, because we read that this place is quite popular. But luckily it seemed like that it was a very slow day so that there were just a few parties when we arrived.

We ordered appetizers and main dishes. Everything was quite tasty. Very fresh and good seasoning. The service was not friendly that much, and it took a while to get their attention especially when we needed to check out. The restaurant looks quite lovely and cozy. The only reason I rated 4 not 5 stars was, although all dishes were tasty, nothing really stood out enough for me to feel like it was unforgettable.

Overall we had a nice lovely meal.

We always stop in for a pint of 80, and a quick bite to eat, whenever we're in Edinburgh.

It's a delightfully cozy little spot in Leith, and there's nothing finer on a fall day than sipping a pint next to crackling fire.

The service and food has always been exceptionally good, and we'll definitely be back to refresh our positive memories of this valuable institution in the future.

Nice pub for a bite to eat. Dropped in around 1 pm on a weekday to a completely empty place. There's several different rooms to seat yourself. I'd recommend one that's away from the kitchen, unless you want to hear the staff chatting away.

They have some lunch sandwich specials-- I tried the beef one. It is typical pub food, but it tasted pretty good. They also had a special on oysters (one for £1.5). With a deal like that, obviously I had to try two. Oysters at a pub, I know, I know... It sounds like a recipe for food poisoning. But they were some of the tastier oysters I've tried! So if they have them when you're there, take the plunge and order some.

They also obviously have beer, at decent prices. Service was friendly and upbeat. It never got too busy, which is a plus for me but a shame given the quality here.

Visiting Leith on a Saturday evening we decided to see what we could find for dinner. The King's Wark looked promising, though when we arrived it was also fairly empty, which concerned us a bit. It turned out we were just a bit ahead of the dinner rush, so we were given the last table that was not spoken for, a bit of a tight squeeze between two other tables, but still pretty comfortable.

The menu was broad, interesting and well priced. Among the three of we ended up going for two starters (to be had as a single main course) of a haggis Scotch egg and bouillabaisse; and two main courses--the fish and chips and roast duck breast with artichoke purée and blackberries. All the dishes were exceptionally good, and very reasonably priced. This was definitely a fortuitous find!

For dessert we decided to share two dishes among us--the sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch sauce, and the chocolate and hazelnut tart with espresso ice cream. The former was excellent, but the latter was a bit disappointing (especially since we had misread "tarte" for "torte" on the handwritten menu--our mistake.

This was a great little discovery for us, and continues our trend of having not yet found a disappointing meal in Edinburgh and the surrounds.