Jasmine Chinese Restaurant
- Food served: Mon–Thu noon–2pm, 5–11.30pm; Fri noon–2pm, 5pm–12.30am; Sat 1pm–12.30am; Sun 1–11.30pm
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 2
- Private dining: None
- Also offers: Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs
- Music on stereo: Traditional Chinese/classical
- Capacity: 48
- Largest group: 30
- Open since: 1997
- Average price:
£19 (lunch)
£19 (evening meal) - House wine: £13.95 per bottle
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Just across the road from the Lyceum Theatre and open late every evening, Jasmine is ideal for theatregoers. The service, like the place itself, is quiet and on the polite side of friendly, but when the kitchen door opens there’s a reassuring level of raised voices and clattering woks. The menu offers most standard Cantonese dishes and many more besides. Fish is a speciality here and both the quality and variety of the seafood are notable. Fried scallops with ginger and spring onion are full of flavour, but some accompanying sauces, while sweet and spicy, can overpower, leaving a Cantonese-style cod fillet indistinguishable from any other white fish. Presentation is taken seriously, and the portions are generous indeed: the various banquet options catering for groups of seven to 10 people look like they’d satisfy the most ambitious appetites. Courses follow one another with remarkable speed, and when at last your hunger begins to wane it may be wise to skip pudding and go straight for the delicious coffee.
- High point: Fast, polite and unobtrusive service
- Low point: Main courses just a little pricey
Reviews of Jasmine Chinese Restaurant (32–34 Grindlay Street, Edinburgh)
- 4. Disappointing, The Jasmine, Grindlay Street, Edinburgh – 23 November 2009, 3:34pm
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It's a few years since I visited this restaurant but what a difference a few years makes! Granted is was Sunday (post Usher Hall concert) but only two tables were taken and I was beginning to get bad vibes. The Szechuan Beef on a Sizzling Plate was decidedly tasteless with only the merest hint of its traditional spiciness and the Crispy Chicken with fresh mango consisted of chunks of dry chicken in a soggy batter. Our food arrived with suspicious promptness, a point which was also commented upon by the diners at the other table. Reheated, perhaps? Chef's night off? When I commented on the very poor food, I was told they would try to make the Szechuan dish hotter next time and the chicken would be soggy anyway on account of the sauce! I didn't have the heart to say there wouldn't be a next time.
- 3. RG, Edinburgh – 6 February 2009, 12:30pm
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The ambience cannot be faulted at, if the stand-off-ish nature of the staff leaves somewhat to be desired. I have been several times, with different groups of friends and come away without a bad word to say about the food, either in quantity or quality. The one draw back is the overly priced corkage at £7.
- 2. KateK, West End – 22 October 2008, 1:56pmJasmine Chinese RestaurantReport
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My fiance and I have eaten at theh Jasmine three times now and its fantastic. So much better than the "run of the mill" chinese restaurants out there, food is tremendous and service is excellent. A class above most others in Edinburgh. Highly recommended.
- 1. The Boss, The Jasmine, Grindlay Street – 6 February 2008, 2:36pmJasmine Chinese RestaurantReport
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Recently went to ‘The Jasmine’ with a couple of colleagues for a quick catch-up lunch. The type that girls do best… The venue is beautiful with lovely high ceilings. We couldn’t do better for £7! The various types of soup for starters were ALL lovely. The main course is more than enough and then you still need to cope with the dessert as well. This is a definite MUST DO! Yummy!
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