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.
Mosque Kitchen
50 Potterrow
- Food served: Sat–Thu noon–7pm; Fri noon–1pm, 1.45–7pm
- Also offers: Takeaway, Outdoor tables
- Music on stereo: No music
- Capacity: 80–100
- Largest group: 80–100
- Open since: 2004
- Average price 2 courses:
£4 (lunch)
£4 (evening meal)
This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2009 – in the shops now or buy online.
Nip down a lane in the Southside and discover one of Edinburgh’s worst kept secrets. The Mosque Kitchen has been feeding the locals, students and tourists since 2004, and long may it continue. Diners sit at trestle tables outdoors, protected from the elements only by a corrugated plastic roof, among signs asking us not to feed the pigeons. If you peer through the kitchen door you’ll see the Mosque cooks preparing vast vats of today’s offerings. If you wish, take a look at the menu on the wall inside, but it may bear no relation to the food on offer. A daily chicken or lamb curry is always available, served with rice or naan – plain or heady garlic. Vegetarian dishes on offer include a surprisingly spicy spinach and potato curry, and a more subtle chick pea dish. Try the finger food in the form of tempting barbecued chicken wings or kebabs. A vast array of soft drinks in the fridge or an honest cup of tea accompanies these bountiful helpings ensuring you don’t leave hungry. Don’t be put off by the paper plates and plastic cutlery – this is straightforward fare at inexpensive prices.
- High point: Difficult to beat this quality at such affordable prices
- Low point: Outdoor walls could do with a lick of paint
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- 1. Stewart Craigie, Edinburgh & Orkney – 13 July 2008, 8:38pmReport
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Best curry in Edinburgh
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- 3. EdinburghLady, Edinburgh – 28 January 2009, 1:23pm
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If you're expecting 5 star dining then you will be disappointed.
If you're looking for good, hearty Indian food then you're in for a treat.
The Mosque Kitchen provides great, fast, slow-cooked food and an unbeatable price. It's tasty and filling and leaves you feeling comfortably stuffed for less than a fiver.
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- 5. Barta303, Edinburgh – 4 May 2009, 1:48amReport
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Been dining here frequently for nearly four years and never once had a bad 'gastro' experience... or a bad curry for that matter. I also ate here with friends on 3rd with no ill effect. I find 'TomToms' account surprising as the catering is canteen style and therefore any 'nastiness' would have probably been widespread... are you sure you washed your hands before dinner boys? Or did the curry taste so good, you couldn't resist licking the table... admitedly that wouldn't be the best idea.
- 6. scotsmale, Glasgow – 2 June 2009, 5:25pm
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Best curry i've ever had & will deffy be going back.
- 7. Tony Dolan, mosque Kitchen – 10 June 2009, 2:11pmReport
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Love the food here and been coming here since it opened although I have to say have been gettinh harassed by the Scottish islamic guy thats works there, I will give an alround view from the food to the table and if the mosque want to keep their clientel, they should get this guy working somewhere else in the mosque because he is down right rude to all the customers.
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