Detour Espresso — Restaurant in City of Edinburgh

Came to Detour Espresso because my friend recommended it. I was very happy with the flat white there, contrary to some reviews I saw on Google: the coffee did not taste “burnt”, I thought it had a lovely roasted flavour to it, without the bitter aftertaste that is so often an issue; the texture was brilliant, again, no funny aftertaste; also, the size was very normal for a flat white (after reading some reviews I expected it to be a lot smaller). I also got their soup, which if I remember correctly was carrot and coriander, with sourdough bread. I thought the price was good - £4. The sourdough was toasted which was lovely. The soup was also delicious. Next time I’m in Edinburgh I’ll definitely pop in again!

PS: if you want fresh pastries, consider coming earlier in the day, because when I came (2 hours before they close or so) they didn’t...

It’s okay here but nothing special. Coffee is expensive and small cup, also quite a bitter toward burnt brew. Menu is small, and very small selection of pastries which sit on plates on the counter. This is more of a coffee place and not so much a food place. The bagel was okay but definitely something quite homemade out of supermarket stuff quality. Croissant was nice but not traditional flakey French croissant. Atmosphere is slightly plain and lacking somehow, or maybe it was just the type of people in there. It is only a small shop I suppose. The service was okay, lady was friendly but my friends found the male barista to be quite odd and stand off ish with them. I probably wouldn’t go back, but if it looks like your thing go as there was nothing majorly...

The whiff of staid middle class ethics ,are too pungent to be masked by an artificial facade of urban cool . Well over priced for basic stuff like coffee and soup and the coffee and soup options are the generic norm of what every other hipster cafe is serving up in the city. The quality of the coffee is variable good to dire the prices of course not so. Basically you’ll get much better coffee in any Spanish ale house for a fraction of the price on a daily basis , trust a certain strand of British society to elavate a daily basic to a high charging pretense. Apart from one lady the staff and service are not that friendly or helpful either unless they think your loaded. The ambiance and dynamics are like something out of a script by Gervais...