Visit La Garrigue, arguably the most authentic French restaurant in town and be transported into the Languedoc region of France. Enjoy the food, sample the 'Terroir wines' and the warm service. Winner 'Les Routiers Guide; Scottish restaurant of the year'.

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £9 (set lunch)
   £17.50 (evening meal)
• House wine: £12.50 per bottle

• High point: Downright delicious desserts
• Low point: Some side dishes a little limp
• Food served: Mon-Thu noon-2.15pm, 6-10pm; Fri/Sat noon-10.30pm; Sun 12.30-10pm
• Private dining: Up to 20 covers
• Open since: 2004 (1983)
• Also offers: Childrens portions, Childrens high chairs

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

This review is from the 2007 edition.

Don't let the name confuse you: it's at 5 Hunter Square that you'll find this long-serving subject of the Edinburgh dining scene. Indeed, it's been over three years since Le Sept swapped the low-slung arches of 7 Old Fishmarket Close for its high-ceilinged new home, where dark wooden furniture and flocks of framed photographs, posters and prints combine to lend a little Gallic charm. Navigating your way between the à la carte, table d'hote and daily fish menu, it's apparent that hearty home cooking is the chosen tack. And whether your coordinates should take you via traditional soup a l'oignon, chicken liver pâté with pickles, plump rump of lamb with berry and port sauce, or perhaps one of several wickedly calorific crêpes - stuffed with combinations including smoked haddock, chives and crayfish tails and smothered in bubbling béchamel and jarlsberg - there's never a shortage on the flavour front. And there's certainly no skimping on size either, but it pays to be restrained, as there are some seriously good puds to be had. Dark and dense chocolate and cointreau terrine is divine, home-made crème brûlée so moreish you'll be consumed trying to capture flecks of real vanilla from the bottom of the bowl. Each and every last one.