Cafe Romina — Restaurant in City of Edinburgh

I recently visited this café for lunch, where we ordered pasta, a halloumi salad, coffee, and an assortment of cakes. Both the pasta and halloumi salad were quite pleasing, complemented by a well-brewed coffee.

However, the experience was unfortunately tarnished by the quality of the cakes. They tasted as if they were not fresh, exhibiting a dry and stale texture which was completely unsatisfactory, particularly considering their price point. My raspberry brownie had a distinct taste reminiscent of something that had been in the fridge for an extended period, while the polenta and almond cake was so dry and hard that I couldn't even manage more than a single bite.

We brought this issue to the staff's attention, and while they acknowledged the problem, they made no attempt to rectify the situation by offering to remove the cakes from our bill. This was rather disappointing, especially for a café situated in such a...

One of the worst dining experiences I've had. Ordered 2 croissants with cream cheese and a pasta and took an hour and 20 minutes. When we asked how long they would say "not too long" and not a definite answer. When getting the bill we asked if we could have some sort of discount and they made excuses up as to why the food should have been that long ... saying that they had to make the croissants ingredients up aka spread cream cheese on and wasn't done prior to us ordering. They also said they didn't give anyone else discount and their food also took a long time. Overall will not be back and saw many other customers have same experience...

Full Scottish breakfast - they forgot the mushrooms and absolutely scorched the tattie scone to oblivion. We were expecting a simple replacement of scones/addition of mushrooms, but the waitress seemed reluctant to even do tha. It was only after some debate and me playing percussion off the scones that she grudgingly asked the chef to make those again for us and add the mushrooms already promised by the menu - these mushrooms then came out cold in the centre.

The rest of our food and drinks were good, but can't make up for the overall pretty bad experience. There are many better places to go around the area, so don't waste...