Edinburgh and Beyond

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Re: Edinburgh and Beyond – Posted by David mc (07/04/2013)

Treacle - nice bistro on Broughton Street at the top of Leith Walk. Several GF options specified on the menu. Pleasant food and best to book as busy.
Address: 39-41 Broughton Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3JU
Tel: [phone]
Website: www.treacleedinburgh.co.uk/


Karen's Unicorn - two outlets in the new town -
one at 112 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh. EH3 5AD
Tel: [phone]

and a larger one at 8b Abercromby Place, Edinburgh. EH3 6LB
Tel: [phone]
GF on the menu and I enjoyed my Chinese food.
Website: www.karensunicorn.com/takeaway.html


Amarone – 13 St Andrews Square, Edinburgh. EH2 2AF
Tel: [phone]
Italian part of larger chain. Something for everyone and they offer a good amount of GF if you ask. Pleasant food but good atmosphere.
www.amaronerestaurant.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214&Itemid=78
[Also at 2 Nelson Mandela Place, GLASGOW. G2 1BT - Tel: [phone]]


Vittoria do it better in my opinion.
Vittoria on the Bridge, 19 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. EH1 1EN
Tel: [phone]
and
Vittoria Restaurant, 115 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh. EH7 5HR
Tel: [phone]
Website: www.vittoriagroup.co.uk/#udf_home


I am told that Wok and Wine (57a Frederick Street, Edinburgh. EH2 1LH) is still in operation but have not been able to clarify this as yet. It was excellent so perhaps someone might check and report back. It had a huge GF menu.
[It looks to still be very much alive!]
Tel: [phone]
www.wokandwine.com/


Outside Edinburgh
House of Bruar, on A9 road north. Tel: [phone]
Large cafe/ restaurant offers lots of GF options. Soups, main courses and cake as well as biscuits. Even GF rolls to go with the soup. Ask staff behind the counter to help you.
www.houseofbruar.com/the-restaurant-artlbr_rst/


Robbie Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch’s Lone, Alloway, Ayr. KA7 4PQ - large cafeteria offers wonderful GF soups, gluten free bread, main courses as well as homemade GF brownies and shortbread, both wrapped in cellophane and on the top shelf. Overall a very good place for us.
Tel: [phone]
Website: www.burnsmuseum.org.uk/


Brig O Doon House Hotel, High Maybole Road, Alloway, Ayr. KA7 4PQ
Right beside the museum this hotel is part of the Costley Chain which is great for GF. I ate here and the food is good. Lovely hotel but you may need to park in the museum car park and walk as parking is very limited.
Tel: [phone]
Website: www.brigodoonhouse.com/

[Trevor]

Edinburgh and beyond GF - new places tried.
Posted by David mc on 6/4/2013, 22:44:50



Treacle - nice bistro on Broughton Street at the top of Leith Walk. Several GF options specified on the menu. Pleasant food and best to book as busy.

Karen's Unicorn - two outlets in the new town, one minute on St Stephen Street and a larger one on Abercromby Place. GF on the menu and I enjoyed my Chinese food.
Amarone - St Andrews Square - Italian part of larger chain. Something for everyone and they offer a good amount of GF if you ask. Pleasant food but good atmosphere. Vittoria do it better in my opinion.

Outside Edinburgh
House of Bruar, on A9 road north. Large cafe/ restaurant offers lots of GF options. Soups, main courses and cake as well as biscuits. Even Gf rolls to go with the soup. Ask staff behind the counter to help you.
I am told that Wok and Wine is still in operation but have not been able to clarify this as yet. It was excellent so perhaps someone might check and report back. It had a huge GF menu.

Robbie Burns Birthplace Museum Alloway Ayr - large cafeteria offers wonderful Gf soups, gluten free bread, main courses as well as homemade GF brownies and shortbread, both wrapped in sellophane and on the top shelf. Overall a very good place for us.

Brig O Doon hotel Alloway Ayr. Right beside the museum this hotel is part of the Costley Chain which is great for GF. I ate here and the food is good. Lovely hotel but you may need to park in the museum car park and walk as parking is very limited.

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Posted by Anna on 29/4/2013, 14:35:22


I had a lovely meal at Loch Fine -Newhaven branch- with salmon platter as a starter (no bread or soy sauce) followed by chicken Thai Green Curry. I was tempted to have poached haddock on colcannon which is also GF.

I had a less positive experience at Henderson's veggie cafe...certainly several items on the menu clearly marked as GF, including items served with GF oatcakes, but not all available. The soup was not marked GF on the menu and neither the waiter or the chef knew if it was GF. i appreciate that this is because soup of the day may vary. The staff were overworked and doing their best but we wouldn't go again...in part due to the trek downstairs to horrid toilets.