Buffalo Grill

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £9 (lunch)
   £16 (evening meal)
• House wine: £9.95 per bottle
• BYOB: £1 corkage

• High point: Big buffalo horns on the wall
• Low point: Eggs Benedict shouldn't have solid yolks
• Food served: Mon-Thu noon-2.30pm, 6-10.30pm; Fri noon-2.30pm, 6-11pm; Sat noon-4pm, 5-11pm; Sun noon-4pm, 5-10.30pm
• Open since: 1999
• Also offers: Childrens portions

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

This review is from the 2007 edition.

The Wild West meets the east coast as the Buffalo Grill brings native Americans - a popular image on cigarette paraphernalia, which forms part of the decoration - up close with Edinburgh diners. In the Southside branch, the chow house rings with lively chat at lunchtime, the service coping admirably with a brisk student trade. In Stockbridge, the evening is busy with professional types. Hungry scholars and New Towners alike enjoy a narrowed version of the evening menu in the middle of the day, along with smaller options such as spinach crêpes and BLT sandwiches. Gluttons can enjoy the same desserts, however, with pecan pie and banana and coffee liqueur crêpes heading the list. As a starter, the guacamole dip is smooth and creamy, and the indulgence of crispy chilli beef is offset nicely by a tomato and mint dip. Burgers and steaks come from the char-grill, along with authentic dishes including ranchero stir-fry (beef, chicken, bacon and pepper strips in a tomato sauce), hearty jambalaya, and chicken in Louisiana and Creole sauces. A welcome sight is the fish selection - sea bass, salmon and rainbow trout are all available - and interesting ingredients such as palm shoots, lemon-grass and roasted almonds.