Du Vin Bistro - Carta

This bistro is exactly to my taste: it has very tasty food, a correct selection of wines, the atmosphere is pleasant and the staff friendly.

Ate here on our first night in Edinburgh. service and food were just fine, nice but not outstanding. We ate from the Prix Fixe menu and had a reasonable meal in quiet , pleasant environment with good service.

Just awful food, onion tart was so hard you couldn't cut through it, chicken main was just like fast food chicken and chips nothing like a French restaurant we eat in a lot of French restaurants as love the food this is truely terrible very disappointed as it was a birthday treat, the only good thing was the serving staff were lovely. Ver carta

Having eaten before at Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh and St Andrews we were very disappointed..6 friends meeting up for the Fringe. It was explained there were no olives..no Chateaubriand and they had ran out of Grouse whisky..it was only 3.30pm. All this is understandable at Fringe time but the girl who was serving us (wearing a checked jacket) had an unfortunate manner..she was very off hand and acted as if she was superior to us all.

It was a shame as we were staying in the hotel but the service was pretty poor to be honest. Started off fine but then we just seemed to be forgotten between courses every time. It wasn't as if it was busy, 4 or 5 tables at the most. Had to wait for the starters to turn up because nobody took our wine order and waited 20 minutes for the desert menu to arrive. There was just no body around! A pity as the food is pretty good but this sort of thing just spoils it.

What should have been a wonderful evening to celebrate my daughter's birthday was a disaster. We waited over 45minutes for our starters and they forgot the main course for our youngest member of the family. It arrived so late that she was too tired to eat. The waiter gave incorrect descriptions of some of the dishes which also led to disappointment. The manager did give us a discount on the meal but that did not compensate for a spoilt celebration. Having said that, the bar stff were extremely efficient and helpful. Ver carta

Was celebrating a big birthday with a group of friends from all over the UK. We all met at Hotel Du Vin for a private Saturday evening dinner, nearly 30 people. Champagne on arrival, a sumptuous meal in their private dining room, birthday cake all round everything was perfect! Everybody's food was divine. Wines also excellent (the clue is in the name) All of the staff at HDV were very professional but also genuinely warm and friendly. Such a special, memorable evening. A hidden gem amongst Edinburgh restaurants highest possible recommendation

We chose Bistro du Vin for a birthday lunch in the Burke and Hare private dining room, for 17 people (adults and children). Overall the experience was faultless right from the first contact with Martyna we were made to feel that nothing was too much trouble and communication was always prompt and to the point. Martyna did a great job working through our requirements, sorting out dietary needs and ensuring everything was as expected on the day. On the day itself Rene and his team were outstanding. Everyone was made to feel welcome, service was efficient but still warm and friendly and Rene was ever present without ever being intrusive. The food itself could not have been better, and everyone...

Visited restaurant on 19th October, we had been before and meal was really good. I opted for bouillabaisse, I was looking forward to the fresh taste of fennel in a seafood stew. The plate arrived, instead of a nice consommé type broth there was a pile of gloop in the bottom of the plate. It looked suspiciously similar to the contents of my grandson’s nappy. It was topped with one Luke warm prawn, two prawn heads, some mussels, who could have been the stunt double for Zelda from the Terrahawks, some greenery and a fillet of sea bass, the red mullet had already been reported as MIA. There was also another gloopy blob of caramac coloured substance, whose identity remains unknown. As for a taste... Ver carta