Which eateries in Edinburgh are good on a budget?

Question

Trying not to make a city break too hefty on the purse and wanted names of places, preferably off the beaten track, to eat. NO MCDONALDS THO!!!!

Answer 1

HOW ABOUT giving the "khubla Khan " Mongolian Barbecue restaurant a try.

Answer 2

It depends what you want. There are a lot of reasonablely priced eating places in Edinburgh, especially if you head off towards the south, and the University (George Square area). There's a very pleasant little tapas and north African restaurant called "Phenecia", on the corner of West Nicholson Street; I've had lunch in there for two with a glass of wine each for £15.
If you want solid comfort food, I'd recommend "Home Bistro", also on West Nicholson Street. A set lunch there is about £7.
If you want vegetarian, Suzy's Diner is very nice - and guess where that is? Yup, West Nicholson Street.
Basically, if you head away from Prince's Street and the Royal Mile, you'll find lots of interesting little places to eat at a reasonable cost. They're everywhere - hence the examples above, to give you an indication of how many restaurants there are in Edinburgh!
If you want to try something sweet, and is an experience in itself, I'd heartily recommend a trip to Plaisir du Chocolat. It's a tea and chocolate shop down Canongate, and is absolutely fantastic. By the time you've had a hot chocolate (with whipped cream and a choice of liqueur) and a slice of the chocolate cakes with various fruits in, you will a) have a sugar rush, b) have that many endorphins kicking around in your system that you won't worry about anything ever again, and c) won't need to find any other restaurants for a long, long time!

Enjoy your weekend in Edinburgh - it'll be fun!

Answer 3

if you walk to the top of cockburn street on the right there is a place that does good takeaway food but its all vegetarian/vegan and is all home made. alot of the pubs along rose street (behind princes street )are pretty good pricewise, if you want fish n chips the rose street fry is good dont go to the princes mall as its all fast food outlets there.there is an old fashioned fish n chip restaurant called "the city restaurant" on south bridge street it does pasta,bagettes,salads,breakfastsand traditional meals as well as all the chippy stuff.its about a 10 min walk from the waverly railway station .hope this helps.if you need any other help try www.edinburgh.org

Answer 4

The Witchery at the top of the Royal Mile has a lovely restaurant called the Secret Garden does two course lunch menus and pre-theatre at a resonable price. I also Iike Valvona & Crolla which is at the top of Leith Walk on Elm Row. I'll think of more and get back to you.....

Answer 5

depends what your looking for can recommend Frankensteins http://www.frankenstein-pub.co.uk/index.html for lunch evenings can get very busy
breakfast logie bairds on royal mile 2 for a fiver they are massive and you probably wont want lunch so theres a double saving lol
there are always loads of places to eat along royal mile and they usually have good deals on
last time we were there we got vouchers from visit Scotland .co.UK don't know if they are still doing them it was 2 for 1 deals on meals as well as attractions if not try the tourist information near the train station while your there they had similar vouchers was a year ago though

Answer 6

dennys