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ASTI CUCINA ITALIANA AND BAR
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Asti (73 Broughton Street, Edinburgh) | The List
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The successor to Polish restaurant Pani Solinska, this café-restaurant is named after the north-west Italian region famous for its white spumante wine and truffles.
It's open from 8am for breakfasts including bruschetta with goats' cheese or eggs benedict, but you can also call in for an evening glass of wine with crostini, decent coffee, or a takeaway from the prominent deli counter.
More formal dining is available too with antipasti plates, risottos, pasta with meatballs and lamb shank on the à la carte menu.
Painted a pleasing shade of mocha, this café-cum-restaurant takes its name from the Piedmontese province famed for its sparkling wine and white truffles, and offers something for everyone throughout the day.
That could be bruschetta with goats' cheese or eggs benedict for breakfast, salads, paninis and pasta for lunch, coffee and cake or an evening glass of wine with crostini.
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Asti is a casual Italian restaurant and cafe on Edinburgh’s ever lively Broughton Street.
Visitors to the nearby Playhouse make the most of the hearty pre-theatre menus at Asti while local workers keep the lunch menu trade rolling along.
The a la carte adds in classic dishes like the saltimbocca, calamari, mussels in white wine and sirloin steaks with a variety of sauces.
Completing the line-up are interesting daily specials, generous desserts and gorgeous fish dishes like the roast fillet of cod with a Parmesan crust, Puy lentils, pancetta and sauté potatoes.
Asti is on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street.
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Perhaps what we love most about this cafe-style Italian restaurant in Edinburgh’s Old Town is its suitability for whatever your mood or whatever your occasion.
Wander down Broughton Street to enjoy a coffee and a book at Asti, watching the hours roll away in what is one of the UK’s most beautiful city, enjoy a light lunch or an extremely pleasant family meal in the evening.
Not just that, Asti have a function room available for groups of up to 25, and their pre-theatre menus offer two or three courses for astounding value.
Breakfast at Asti features a varied assortment of baked goods, pastries, coffees and platters like the full English breakfast and the Italian meat and cheese plate.
Everything from the breakfast menu to the a la carte is prepared with love and care, making Asti one little gem in this lively, utterly charming part of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Restaurant review: Asti, Edinburgh - The Scotsman
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A good choice of eatery, we thought, as Italian restaurants are always presumed to be family-friendly and, indeed, many of them are.
There’s a small dining space at the front, a deli counter and a partition of San Pellegrino bottles, as well as a bigger, quieter and shadier room at the back, with polished-up wine glasses on the tables.
I thought I’d slum it and order from the budget lunch menu, which is £9.95 for two courses, while my eldest dining partner went a la carte.
The toast was as crisp as a crispy thing, and its topping of lavender-coloured aubergine purée was smoky and peppery, with a fuzz of rocket on the top and some sweet balsamic.
Across the table my sister’s homely melanzane alla parmigiana (£5.50) was a big old oven-dish full of sloppy sweet sugo, as well as melted and grated cheese and discs of slippery and slightly charred aubergine.