The Makars Rest

I intended to have a late lunch/​early dinner on my way to the train station. But sadly this was not to be. When I arrived at 15:30 I was informed that they were only serving desserts and drinks. As I was tired and hungry I opted for the sticky toffee pudding and a black coffee.
The coffee was lovely, the pudding was okay except it wasn’t very warm — I prefer my ice cream to melt on top. Whilst dining I checked the venue website and couldn’t find any times for lunch and dinner menus. As if I’d known that hot food wasn’t served for a couple of hours I could have planned my trip differently.

This is a nice Scottish sit down restaurant with a few items on a lunch menu ranging £8−10 and a full bar with local specialty beers.
I have been here a few times, having a steak sandwich (very nice though slightly tough and small for the American palate), neaps and haggis (good if you like haggis), and stokkie. This has become a regular for nicer business lunch.
Just recently had the stokkie and was pleasantly surprised. Basically a soupy dish with potatoes, cabbage, and savory ham hock, and topped with a few slivers of steak. Very nice and something I’d come back again for (especially good for Scottish weather!).

I ate here in July when some friends were visiting from the US and I wanted them to try haggis. We had their two course lunch meal (I think it was ~£15 pp) and a nice glass of prosecco with strawberry purée. We started with smoked salmon and then had their version of haggis, neeps, and tatties for the main which was really delicious. The haggis was not overpowering and it was extremely high quality. The restaurant has a nice vibe, casual but ‘upscale’ enough for a special lunch and/​or dinner. I will definitely be back!

This place was absolutely great! The food was awesome both times we went there and the beer was some of the best we had on our trip. The only issue we had was that it was closed twice when their business hours said open. We were sad we couldn’t eat there again!

We found this place as we were coming up from the hop on hop off bus on Princes street. What a treat!!! we didn’t know how it was going to be but the tripadvisor recommendation on the window helped… and boy we were not wrong!!! The steak here is one of the best we’ve had in Europe on this vacation, at a great price however, the star in this restaurant are the langustines. You should not miss them if you are a lover of shellfish. They are excellent, prepared with garlic and seasoning to perfection and then grilled. Oh my, Oh my, and they give you a good amount of them to enjoy. For dessert do not miss the classic English Toffee pudding!, you’ll leave here a happy eater! Out of 7 dinners in Edinburgh, we were here for 3 of them! PS. Do not be put off my the blond girl’s cool and frigid demeanor (like she doesn’t give a s**t.) She is very professional albeit cool as a cucumber.