Duck & Waffle Edinburgh

We last came here a couple of years ago, and had been meaning to return for a while. We love the eccentric, garish and strangely beautiful decor and were immediately welcomed by friendly and attentive staff. The food is always of a very high standard, so it’s worth taking advantage of the Fringe set menu, which is excellent value and includes our favourite signature dishes. We also tried a date in bacon, which was strangely wonderful. This was such a great start to our Fringe evening, and I highly recommend this restaurant. As a footnote, we have visited the one in London, but much prefer this branch.

We were able to move our reservation to an earlier time which was wonderful. It was our first time there and the duck and waffle was fantastic. Our server showed us the process of deboning the duck and pouring the syrup. We ordered a burger which was very fresh and yummy. We tried the lemon meringue dessert and it had the right amount of sweet yet tangy sourness with the lemon sorbet. It was a refreshing dessert. Would return back.

Beautiful food! Who knew duck and waffles go together. There is a technique on how to eat/prep the dish which our waiter, Christian, offered to tell me how or for him to do it for me which I chose the latter (late the expert handle it 😅) It was so lovely and the Caesar salad was massive (which was a small plate) and yummy! Did have a starter which I didn’t take pictures of but would definitely recommend the bacon wrapped dates, it just worked perfectly with each other. Even if you’re full up, get the desserts! I was hoping to try The Full Elvis but Christian did say that would be huge so chose the Baked Alaska instead which was still amazing. Overall, the food was lovely, the service is great and would highly recommend visiting

I ordered a chocolate waffle, it was delicious

We had a wonderful experience here. The staff were incredibly warm and welcoming, and genuinely attentive to our comfort and well-being throughout the meal. The food was absolutely excellent, with generous portions and great attention to detail. Everything we had was delicious. The atmosphere was also lovely and intimate, while still being very welcoming to families with children. It’s not always easy to find a place that feels cosy and special while also being comfortable with kids, but this restaurant managed it perfectly. A really lovely experience from start to finish. We would happily come back!

The restaurant is beyond description; it's absolutely delicious. I visited twice, for breakfast and dinner, and judging by the photos, the dishes are among the most delicious I've ever been to. The duck was incredibly tasty, and not ordering it would be a big mistake. The burgers were perfectly balanced, with all the flavors blended together beautifully. And that's not even mentioning the side dishes, which were absolutely divine. It's definitely worth trying and will definitely be a repeat visit, whether for late breakfast or dinner. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone visiting Edinburgh.

This is a follow up review to what was posted by my daughter a few days ago regarding a very negative customer service experience. We wanted this problem reported to the management and unfortunately, the management did not serve to resolve any of the complaints that we had about one of the members of the team that act totally unreasonably on the night of Tuesday, August 4. Many improvements need to be made to this restaurant; namely, they need to be more transparent about the times that they operate and the fact that they do not serve anyone past 8 PM on certain days of the week (Sunday - Thursday). None of this information is posted on their Tripadvisor page along with Google and there is no warning that you will have terrible service in this respect, even if it is as early as 8 PM and you walk in just a few minutes after 8 PM. This is exactly what happened to us when we were there on Tuesday, August 4 assuming that there would be no issues. We know this is a very busy time in Edinburgh with the festival season and we did not expect to find the place empty on Tuesday, August 4. We know that the city is very busy with lots of people here for the festival season and we did not expect to find no one in the restaurant, but we also equally did not expect to be turned away. To have the manager tell me that food supplies are short in the restaurant during the festival season is far from a good explanation for anything. It is also very unhelpful to be told that the person who was not nice to us (the hostess on Tuesday night) is actually nice to him personally. What matters is the client's experience and not whether the manager gets along with his employees. I have never had a conversation with management in a hospitality/restaurant context before which resulted in the manager arguing with me as the client about my horrible experience. The whole phone call was a debate back-and-forth, and the tone of the phone call was no better than the tone that was used by the angry employee who was working as the hostess on Tuesday night. Again, this did not resolve anything, and I will certainly not be back there for any meals during future trips to Edinburgh. I encourage other travellers to avoid this place if they do not want to receive this type of second class treatment. It appears that the only time you will be treated normally there is on a weekend because our Saturday night experience (August 1) was radically different. It will be necessary to inform our hotel concierge desk that the hours of this restaurant are not as they are posted and to avoid letting other hotel guests know that it is a late night restaurant. The fact that they do not serve anyone past 8 PM is a huge piece of missing information that is not posted publicly anywhere so it may be best that we let them know here at the Balmoral Hotel about this problem to avoid the possibility that other guests will experience this same experience we had.

Was greeted immediately by amazing and friendly host Viktorija! The food was on another level, so delicious and staff were so attentive and kind, especially david and Alex who made sure our experience was perfect !! And OF COURSE our server Christian who explained the menu in detail! Made our trip to Scotland from Utah so memorable and atmospheric will definitely be back with Grammy and pop pop !! Let’s go Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿perfect first day in Edinburgh 🦅

Firstly we were greeted by the lovely host Viktorija who was so welcoming and kind. We were then served by Christian who gave great recommendations! The managers David and Alex made sure that we were never low on drinks and made sure to give my sister a birthday surprise plate! Couldn’t recommend more, will be back!🦆🧇