Voujon - Edinburgh, City of

We visit regularly and have never been disappointed by the quality of food or service. some of the employees have been here for more than 10 years and go the extra mile to make customers welcome. worth a visit!

When I asked our waiter for the evening how long Voujon had been open in Edinburgh I was surprised to hear 12 years. Despite being a big fan of a good curry neither of us had heard of Voujon before being invited along last week. After sampling the food on offer I really can’t understand why this place has managed to escape our attention over the years.

Myself and Emma from Edinbug were invited by a PR company to try out Voujon. This modern restaurant is situated in Newington. The staff were welcoming and polite. We ordered some drinks whilst perusing the menu. There was a really good choice. I spotted a note on the menu offering a fusion menu on top of their standard a la carte offerings, which meant that you picked a dish and the chef picked the accompaniments, which is useful if you don’t know what to pair with what. However, in the end I went for the assorted kebab starter and Sahai chasni, which is sweet and sour curry, for main with a garlic naan. Emma went for annaj pakora and saag paneer with rice and chapatis. We also went for...read more

The Silver Fox and I have recently had a wee bit of a curry revival, and so far have been rather impressed with the standard we've tried. A few weeks back we headed towards the South-side for dinner at Voujon. It was one of the first nights that you could

The last time we went to an Indian restaurant was Itihaas in Dalkeith. There I had a lovely lamb dish that I’d never seen before: lamb shatkora. Shatkora are Bengali citrus fruits with a strong, limey, bitter flavour. They are wonderful in savoury dishes and I was very excited to find shatkora on the menu of Voujon when we went there last week. Voujon is a restaurant in Newington that specialises in Indian and Bengali food. The interior is fresh and open, with large windows at the front. We arrived early and had time for a gin and tonic, popadoms and pickles while we made our selection from the menu. Starters My starter was sardine bhorta, a fabulously flavoursome dish that I’d...read more