Loveliest experience. Kindest girl who works there let me take my time, made great suggestions, looked up anything I wanted to know more about & offered me a little slice of whatever flavour of Turkish delight rolls I was curious about that I felt bad but she never made me feel that way. By the end of it, I was surest and happiest with my choices especially when I'm not normally fond of this delicacy when cheaply made. The inside was also very clean using gloves, keeping distance & elegant decor & lush seating area at the back. I love valvona & crolla, another deli café, for their donuts but this place for their turkish delight & all-round best most attentive service I've ever had :) Will defo recommend this place to people & have saved it as a good place to have drinks with a...
Read moreI honestly think the rating should be attributed to the kindness of Leithers. The staff members are discourteous and unbothered. The young waitress taking our orders didn’t seem to know much about the cheese, had to check several times for shortages on drinks. They also stood in the doorway and smoked which allowed her cigarette smoke to float back into the bar. The sharing board looked fantastic and “instagrammable” yet was weak in terms of meat selection. Cheese and meat were served in tiny portions compared to chutneys. We weren’t informed that the bread that comes with is garlicky, neither were we offered to chose amongst bread options beforehand. The menus and tables need be cleaned after every customer. The venue however has lots of potential. They just need...
Read moreVeggie and vegan options. Lots of food on the platters and beautifully presented, we had a sharing platter for two and there was more than enough food. No wine available currently unfortunately.
Staff were friendly. Decor and ambience was nice.
In my opinion, it was let down by the basic plastic vegan cheese choices (violife cheddar and Greek style) which are fine at home on a sandwich but not nice 'fine' vegan cheese to enjoy in a meal out. There are companies in Edinburgh that make their own delicious vegan cheese and that would be a far better addition. I also feel that a lot of the accompaniments were not fresh and were just...
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