The Doric Tavern

Used to love this place back in the day so took visiting friends for lunch. Glad we arrived at 12 as by 12.30 it was packed. Great service from our waitress but once she went behind the bar we got little attention. Food was decent but pricey. Biggest rip off was the kids menu - 6 quid - nae puddin, nae drink. Good to see real food on offer for the young anes inc haggis, neeps and tatties but this is a bit much for cup of macaroni. Doubt many 3 year olds will eat a mountain of leaves doused in grain mustard dressing, better with some plain cucumber and tomato though to be fair ingredients may have been in short supply on the 2nd Jan.
Doric - you used to be fab, it's not just about fleecing tourists!

Really disappointing. I haven't been to eat upstairs at The Doric for such a long time - happy memories of good food in unpretentious surrounds with a great wine list, a place that was always a great recommendation - but not now. The menu at the door told me to walk away, what was on offer wasn't what I craved, but I headed in anyway. The food was OK - over cooked vegetables, uninspiring lamb, school dinner style haggis -nothing was wrong with it, but it wasn't "The Doric" of old. This famous name with history was high on recommended lists. But now its a pub with an interesting history and decent views if seated by the windows. It isn't awful but it wasn't worth the journey or the prices.

Not sure what all the grousing is about. I agree the gentlemen's could have been nicer, but I don't pick restaurants on the basis of the bathroom facilities.

We had good food (ribeye) at a price that wasn't outrageous (unique for Edinburgh), the wait staff was delightful and the decor was nice. We got the best dessert of our U.K. vacation (sticky toffee pudding) and the best tourist advice of our vacation from our waiter (watch the sunset from Caltin Hill).

We'd go back in a heartbeat.

My partner, myself and a friend came to Edinburgh for a meeting and where looking for a pub with food. We asked a woman on the street where would she go for good food and she told us of the Doric. We all had great service and the food was out of this world. Every thing was hot and the staff where right at our table when ever we needed anything. We all had the sticky toffee pudding which was to die for. Great Place. We can't wait to come back to Edinburgh and the Doric.

My partner and I went for dinner on a friend's reccomendation and what a good one it turned out to be. Being a chef I am highly critical anywhere I go, particularly as this friend of mine once worked at The Doric (albeit a long time ago!). We both had 3 very good courses of freshly cooked food (the cullen skink and Doric curry were mine, followed by an extremely good sticky toffee, Mary had haggis filo, seabass and cheesecake). The service was very friendly, helpful and efficient. I would highly reccomend The Doric as the prices were also very reasonable, especially as all the food does appear to be freshly prepared on the premises. The only slight downfall was the size of the gents toilets but maybe this can't be helped.

Used to be one of the most welcoming howffs in the city, with its [very] hot pies and well-poured Guinness. But that was 1970! Oh for the ould days!

This just wasn't good enough. Whilst we were a largish party of Edinburgh residents looking for a decent meal out at one of the City's longer established eateries, the restaurant was not overly busy. Menu a bit pricey but promising. Wine list sensible and varied. However, the food arrived. Service was disjointed leaving plates to cool as courteous diners waited for friends to be served before starting. Portions were erratic in scale of content leaving those ill-done by to seek a late 'chippie' on the way home... and with a whopping £500 bill including £45 'service charge' added. For what service? There wasn't even the offer of a top up on coffees to finish. We even had to hang up and retrieve our own coats!!! The Doric had been recommended to us (!) but we must have missed the joke. There are better places and better value to be had in Edinburgh than this! Never again!