Twelve Triangles — Restaurant in City of Edinburgh

Edited to adjust to improvements. It's clear Twelve Triangles have improved since I last reviewed.

old post below: 12 Triangles was great. I ranted and raved about for the first few years after it opened. Told all my friend and family. I used to buy pastries in bulk to gift to people. At this point it was an instant 5-star bakery. Then croissants started getting smaller. The fillings started becoming more sparse. The pandemic hit and the quality stayed about the same and I'd still give it a 4-star for that period. However, in the last year the loaves also started shrinking - the density and size took a nosedive, they canned some of their best products (pistachio knot) and switched to cheaper oat milk. Over this time, the price has gone up. I'm being generous with this 3 star from a price/quality perspective. The last three loaves we've bought have been tragically bland - especially armed with the knowledge of what they once were. I wholeheartedly believe this is cost-cutting and scaling up. The magic is gone and it's sad. I was in here 3-4 times a week before but now, with newer bakeries (exhibiting 12 Triangles original passion) on Leith walk, I now only go here when the others are shut. A real shame and unfortunately the end result of most capitalist scale ups. I'd retract this 3-star in a heartbeat if they recaptured the magic of their first year. It's not all negative, as the sandwiches are still (for now) great and the staff are lovely...

Popped by recently on a Sunday morning while on a weekend break to Edinburgh! I liked being able to see the pastries in the window, in order to decide what you want before going into the tiny store! The staff were really warm and welcoming, and advised on the products they enjoy. I picked up the Hazelnut Pain au Chocolat and a Pain Suisse. Both pastries looked stunning. I decided to save the Pain Suisse for a later day, but ate the Pain au Chocolat shortly after purchasing. This was really tasty! The pastry itself had a nice amount of crunch and squish, though I would have liked a little more crunch. The hazelnut frangipane through the centre was super flavourful and there was just the right amount! The chocolate through the middle was of a good quality but slightly overpowered the hazelnut when consuming both simultaneously. Regardless, this was a very good pastry and I would purchase it again! I'd recommend twelve triangles based on this bake. However, I must note that my friend got the pistachio blackcurrant croissant, and could not taste any pistachio!

Update - I heated the Cross Laminated Pain Suisse from frozen - this was absolutely incredible! The filling was a perfect balance of vanilla creme and chocolate chips (which cut the sweeteness perfectly). Even though I had frozen the product, it was still super buttery and I got a good crisp all the way around. One of the best pain suisse I have ever had -...

Today I visited your new store at Easter Road. The store looks really nice and the staff is friendly.

In my opinion some products are overpriced. Moreover, I would consider lack of student discount as business disadvantage as many surrounding places offering deals/ discounts for students. The leith area is growing in the number of students every year and getting more and more popular, however not many would be able to afford coming to your hipster (still costly) place.

About the food focaccia was delicious, although once piece cost £5.75, both breads delicious and the price is ok (£4.5 for artisan bread), cheapies salad taste good but cumin overcome flavour (tasty very much Arabic, for some people plus), frittata not tasty (this is bad copy of a real frittata, you should to consider improvement). Cake called Brownie taste more like Fuge Cake, extremely sweet and soggy, you cannot really taste the chocolate but you can taste Fuge and milk. Overall, they have nice products, some of them are really tasty, however I would put on doubt the freshness of some veggies and price of some products. If you like trying, give them a chance, but read reviews to make sure you will buy something which you like and the quality = product. I definitely would come back there to check how the store improving and to try...