Mezbaan is Edinburgh's only restaurant dedicated to just traditional and authentic South Indian cuisine. We are now open for lunch. If you are short for time you can sample our express menu or for a more relaxed our a la carte menu.
City Spice
West End
- Food served: Mon-Sun noon-2pm, 5.30-11.30pm
- Delivery: Free, but minimum order £15 within central Edinburgh
- Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least 25% of main courses), Wheelchair access, Takeaway
- Open since: 2001
- Average price 2 courses:
£6.95 (set lunch)
£18 (evening meal) - House wine: £12.50 per bottle
The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 is now in the shops. This review is taken from the 2007 edition.
Located a hop and a skip from Haymarket Station, City Spice has been a regular fixture on Edinburgh's restaurant scene since 2001 and attracts a healthy mix of locals, students and rugby fans on the way home from the big match. It's part of a new city-wide breed of curry houses that reject the flock'n'dark-wood interior design combo in favour of pared-down chrome and birch stylings. That said, there is still more than a whiff of traditional ostentation here, displayed in the form of a rather oversized candelabra and a chunky menu full of classic Brit-Indian dishes such as kormas, vindaloos and tikkas (the menu also lists their UK birthplace - be it Birmingham, Brick Lane or Manchester). Starters of chana on puri (chickpea crêpe) and sabzi (vegetable) pakora are robust and tangy, and the main dishes don't disappoint either, with a meaty king prawn jalfrezi bursting with fresh chilli and coriander, and a smooth, buttery agra chicken passanda (which comes complete with rosewater). If you've still got room after all that there's an attractive range of desserts including a nutty saffron mango kulfi.
- High point: Straightforward and substantial stuff
- Low point: Gets a bit busy when the rugby's on . . .
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