Three Birds

Three Birds Restaurant – 3-5 Viewforth, Edinburgh

Super wee wine list, all on offer by different glass sizes, 500ml carafes, bottles or even 1 litre carafes.

Scottish craft beers and plenty of softy options… Book a table and look forward to a warm welcome smile, maybe a cheeky giggle and a generally super time in a great neighbourhood.

http://www.threebirds.co.uk

Educated Flea Restaurant – 32b Broughton St, Edinburgh

Super wee wine list, all on offer by different glass sizes, 500ml carafes, bottles or even 1 litre carafes.

Scottish craft beers and plenty of softy options… Book a table and look forward to a warm welcome smile, maybe a cheeky giggle and a generally super time in a great neighbourhood.

As Three Birds’ and Apiary's baby sister, we serve up equally quality provisions in a dinky dining space - private parties of 20+ welcome... Our 2 course lunch is only £12, every day, with the addition of brunch options from 10am.

And 2 courses for pre-theatre are £15, unlimited menu choice, from 5pm daily.

So whether you’re after a quick refuel, a boozy lunch, or a Birds & Beasts feast, we are here for you.

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The bacon though, while having a great, smoky, sweet flavour that didn't overpower the delicate fish, was just a bit too flabby and chewy in texture for me.

A few of the yellow sea aster flowers had been added as a garnish but these were a bit too bitter, the only thing that threatened to overpower the fish.

Sea Bass Schnitzel The Second second course was from the main menu, breaded pork schnitzel with a creamy leek sauce, potatoes and boiled eggs.

The dessert menu too is not short of imagination, I was torn between the Coconut and Cardamom  Sponge and Heather Honeycomb and Truffle Oil Vanilla Ice Cream.

Like the wine, The Three Birds can be summed up by good value; considering the imagination, sourcing and flair that goes into their menus it's hard to beat in terms of cost, with all this coming in at £65 (including wine).

Apiary Restaurant – 33 Newington Rd, Edinburgh

Super wee wine list, all on offer by different glass sizes, 500ml carafes, bottles or even 1 litre carafes.

Scottish craft beers and plenty of softy options… Book a table and look forward to a warm welcome smile, maybe a cheeky giggle and a generally super time in a great neighbourhood.

Three Birds Restaurant (3–5 Viewforth, , Bruntsfield, Edinburgh ...

Three Birds in Bruntsfield happens to be all that, and more.

Its popularity might have something to do with its inventive menu, quality ingredients, and attractive price point.

The naturally gluten-free menu is peppered with international flavours and bolstered by a daily-changing specials board.

The global flavours continue with a coconut and ginger crème caramel and a rich chocolate brownie with smokey jalapeño ice-cream.

With attentive, spot-on service and culinary flair, a meal at Three Birds negates the need to get your passport stamped anytime soon.

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According to them, the menu is inspired by “local luxury”, whatever that means (maybe doing a roly-poly on Bruntsfield Links while wearing cashmere), though that seems to translate as offerings that sound surprising MOR.

With little else to inspire us, we went for the sriracha king prawn cocktail (£7.45), the bang bang chicken skewers (£6.25) and the chicken liver parfait (£5.95).

The best of the three was probably the scoop of light parfait, which came with three palm-sized super crunchy crostini, rocket salad and a sweet tomato chutney.

While, the chicken, which was supposed to be “marinated with peanut, chilli and lime”, consisted of plain clods of chook, threaded onto wooden skewers and doused in a boring sweet chilli sauce.

However, the worst of our three mains was probably the chargrilled chicken burger (£10.95), which came with chips and a ramekin of tomato chutney.

Restaurant review: Three Birds, Viewforth - The Scotsman

The place has a nice feel too: a small, bright little restaurant, just off the main road that heads through the busy little suburb of Bruntsfield.

Neither were particularly interesting: the hummus was a little on the firm and stodgy side for me, and the onion was, as Vicky had laughingly assured me it would be, a roast onion topped with melted gruyère.

On any other evening, we might well have decided to opt for one of the quartet of plates for two to share when it came to the main course – the rib platter of tamarind-glazed lamb, molasses and bourbon sticky pork and fiery tomato beef Cajun sounded gorgeous, as did the seafood one-pot – but we wanted to try as wide a range of options as possible.

So I chose the shellfish broth with lobster dumplings, cherry tomatoes, spring onion and pak choi, while Vicky went for the spiced lamb with mint yoghurt, Moroccan aubergine and homemade flatbread.

The four slices of lamb looked a little fatty but turned out to be virtually perfect; in fact, as good as any I’ve had for ages, and was well-complemented by the aubergine.