The Blossom - Edinburgh

We had a wonderful evening at this fantastic restaurant. The food was absolutely delightful with no complaints whatsoever, and the prices were very reasonable. Highly recommend!

This place is less of a restaurant and more of a hotel cafeteria. The staff struggled to communicate due to their limited English and seemed unaware of our presence or purpose for being there. The menus were crumpled scraps of paper, some of which even had food debris on them. After confirming that we were in the right place, we opted for a quick drink and left rather than eating.

They are not listed on OpenTable, so don't make a reservation through that platform. I didn't want to rate them since I didn’t get to experience the restaurant due to the unprofessionalism of the staff.

Whilst the food was nice and reasonably priced, the service left a lot to desired. We had a table booked for 8pm all as we’d expect by this point. We ordered a pint of Stella and a glass of lemonade plus a jug of water for the table, so nothing too exotic or taxing to prepare. 15 minutes later our drinks arrived, minus the jug of water and our food order was taken. So it’s now just a few minutes after 8pm and we order, again nothing to difficult, just 2 sirloin steaks; one medium and one rare. Fast forward a while to 9:20 and our food still hasn’t arrived, neither has the jug of water we ordered 1 1/2 hours ago. Now I don’t expect to be eating within 5 minutes of sitting down but neither do I expect to be waiting 1 1/2 hours for my first course. I called a waiter over to ask if he could find out how long our food was likely to be and it must’ve been some kind of divine intervention because within about 10 seconds our food was on the table. I decided to risk it and ask for another pint of Stella, big mistake. We ate our main course and our dessert was brought out about 5 minutes later. Luckily we had the foresight to order dessert at the same time as our mains. We finished our desserts at no great pace, just relaxing and chatting while we ate and still waiting for the beer I’d ordered which never materialised. Paid the bill and left around about 10:20. Whilst the venue was pleasant as was was the food, the service left little to be desired. Will I go back? Perhaps, perhaps not. We left satisfied with the food but very disappointed with the service.

Great restaurant was a beautiful evening for me a partner, eating was absolutely beautiful without problems. a very good price.