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Glass & Thompson

Glass & Thompson
2 Dundas Street
Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ
Phone: 0131 557 0909
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  • Food served: Mon–Sat 8.30am–5.30pm; Sun 10.30am–4.30pm.
  • Number of wines sold by the glass: 4
  • Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least ¼ main courses), Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Outdoor tables
  • Music on stereo: Nothing
  • Capacity: 48
  • Largest group: 12
  • Open since: 1995

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  • Average price:
     £8.75/£10.75 (set lunch)
  • House wine: £15.40 per bottle
Eating & Drinking Guide

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This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.

Ask proprietor Russell Glass nicely and he might show you the copy of Alexander McCall Smith’s novel The Forgotten Affairs of Youth he keeps behind the counter, the one in which he and his café make a cameo appearance on page 173. It’s not an unlikely place in which to find them, so definitively New Town is this long-standing tea shop and café. Glass holds court behind a counter stuffed with sweet and savoury choices, including tarts of ricotta and pine nut or ham, gruyere and tomato, satisfyingly cheesy vegetable pasta and ingredients for Greek salad, a cheese plate or a New York-style deli selection of pastrami, gherkins, mustard and bread. The falafels are a little dry but the chicken liver pate is a delight, while the selection of traybakes and sweet tarts is plentiful.

  • High point: A classic New Town institution
  • Low point: New Town prices to match

Reviews of Glass & Thompson (2 Dundas Street, Edinburgh)

1. Lexietta, England – 10 September 2010, 12:05pm5 starsGlass & ThompsonReport

I am planning to visit Glass & Thompson on a forthcoming trip to Edinburgh. This establishment is featured, of course, in Chapter 1 of Alexander McCall Smith's novel The Right Attitude to Rain. The description of the view from the windows is very seductive and makes Glass & Thompson a must for a visit. Sounds lovely from the rubric above anyway, especially the cake bit.

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