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• Average price 2 courses: £N/A (set lunch) / £13
• House wine: £11.95 per bottle
• BYOB: £3.50 corkage

• High point: Even after half a century, the menu is still evolving
• Low point: The entrance could easily deter passers-by
• Food served: Mon-Sun noon-4pm (buffet), 5-11pm (à la carte).
• Delivery: £1
• Private dining: Up to 30 covers
• Open since: 1956 (Current owners
• Also offers: Childrens high chairs, Take away

The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 is now in the shops.

This review is from the 2007 edition.

The entrance to Edinburgh's oldest Chinese restaurant is not its most alluring feature. One floor up from street level via a winding staircase is an establishment that has been serving Scotland's capital for the past 51 years, the last four under the current ownership. The décor is a little tired, but when the focus turns to the menu, all is forgiven. Lunch, seven days a week, is a buffet, but the traditions of the Rendezvous come to the fore during the evening à la carte offering. The menu features classic Chinese dishes and a few more recent additions. Thai fish-cakes are transformed from a run-of-the-mill starter into an exceptional dish by the spicy dipping sauce, while the tom yum soup, brimming with succulent prawns, is equally satisfying. The main course of kung po chicken, a combination of peppers, celery and cashew nuts, doesn't necessarily merit the spicy emblem it bears on the menu, but hits the mark nonetheless. Alternatively, the Rendezvous' version of lemon chicken is a fine example of this perennial favourite, with a thick zesty sauce and crisply battered meat. Be sure to leave room and round things off with another Chinese classic - the toffee apple.