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Montpeliers
- Food served: Mon–Sun 9am–10pm.
- Bar open: Mon–Sat 11am–1am; Sun 12.30pm–1am
- Also offers: Gluten-free options, Outdoor tables (smokers welcome)
- Capacity: 80
- Largest group: 40
- Open since: 1992
- Average price 2 courses:
£13 (lunch)
£16 (evening meal) - House wine: £14.95 per bottle
Nominate this restaurant forThe List Reader Award 2010
This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2009 – in the shops now or buy online.
After 16 years Monpeliers is something of an institution, a favourite among the Bruntsfield set with posh students and rugby fans among its broad-ranging clientele. It’s a popular weekend breakfast spot, offering classics such as French toast with maple syrup and crispy smoked bacon through to the traditional mixed grill. From the main menu, a starter of crispy prawns with soy and mirin dipping sauce delivers chew rather than crisp and presentation lacks lustre. Pan-fried sea bass fares slightly better thanks to the accompanying baby potato and rocket salad with shallot dressing, but seared salmon is served with soggy noodles doused in warmed sweet chilli sauce, described more appetisingly on the menu as ‘chillied noodles’. Fortunately, the claim of using local Clarks Speciality Food as cheese supplier rings true with a fine – if slightly unimaginative – selection of brie, blue and smoked cheese, and a tart and delicious apple and ginger chutney. The bar offers a good selection of well-made cocktails worth calling in for, particularly given the dearth of drinking spots in the locale.
- High point: Uses local suppliers
- Low point: A few too many signs of complacency in the kitchen
The LIST Card C43
This restaurant offers the standard 2-for-1 LIST Card promotion for:
Lunch: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
Dinner: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
Exclusions: Rugby Dates, Valentines Day, Christmas Menus
Remember: book by phone (0131 229 3115) and ask for a LIST Card booking.
The LIST Card is a dining scheme that gives you promotional two-for-one offers at a range of restaurants in Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond. Find out more.
Comments for Montpeliers (159–161 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh)
- 1. Tree, Edinburgh – 23 October 2009, 4:12pmReport
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We dined at Montys a couple of months ago. We'd been many times before but thought we'd get the benefit of the List card as it was a week night. Neither the waiting staff or the Manager knew they were part of the list card scheme. After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing they did give us 2 for 1 but it was a bit annoying when I'd checked this website that afternoon and they were adamant they were not part of the scheme.
The food was average. I had the chicken with noodles and they were drowning in soy sauce which ruined it a bit. The standard of food has slipped a bit we feel, as you can see we haven't rushed back yet.
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