The Salisbury Arms

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The Sheep Heid Inn, a great pub in a good location, was an excellent choice for a friends and family weekend dinner.

With it’s extensive menu of Scottish classics, quality grub and seasonal produce, there is plenty of choice and the gluten free eater will not feel left out.

However, while the menu is keen on pies, burgers and breaded things, there is still plenty of GF choice.

As I mentioned earlier, there are quite a lot of pies on the menu and if you dine here you’ll be avoiding the burger, given the lack of bun and the chips issue, but there were also vegetarian choices, meats, steaks and salads that would all suit the GF requirement.

The Sheep Heid Inn has a sister – The Salisbury Arms – opposite the Commonwealth Pool, which is another great pub option and has a similar menu.

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Image Credit @ The Salisbury Arms Owner Robin Jacobs (of Sheep Heid fame) and his team have done a great job with the refurbishment.

The dinner menu is very substantial with options of nibbles and sharing platters, 9 starter options, pizzas, a wide variation of main courses as well as salad options and a healthy offering of side dishes.

I could have happily picked any of the main dishes on the menu (OK maybe not the vegetable tart) but I was in the mood for the simple joys of a tasty burger so I went for the Wagyu burger with smoked Irish cheddar, crispy onions, tomato relish and sweet potato fries with aioli.

Mrs E went for a similarly simple and tasty option in the shape of buttermilk southern fried chicken stuffed with ′nduja sausage, sweet potato fries, apple salad and lemon aioli.

I went for my standard sticky toffee pudding and Mrs E went for a mini dessert and hot drink option, the lemon tart with a peppermint tea.

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Tucked away in Edinburgh’s Newington area is The Salisbury Arms, a cosy restaurant and bar with a country pub vibe, a roaring open fire and a nice beer garden (maybe not for this time of year though!)

The Salisbury Arms recently re-opened after a revamp and they kindly invited me along to try out the new menu.

The fresh tastes of the apple and lemon helped to make sure the dish wasn’t to heavy and the chicken and fries were both cooked to crispy perfection.

The night we visited The Salisbury Arms it was pouring rain, freezing cold and pitch black – so the roaring fire right next to our table was very much appreciated.

If you want to enjoy a chilled out meal with good food that’s better than your average pub grub, The Salisbury Arms is definitely worth a visit.

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The Salisbury Arms manages to be both a local and a destination.

There’s a good selection of whiskies, real ales and 26 wines by the glass.

If you wish to eat, tuck into mains like beer-battered line-caught cod, or why not skip straight to the good bit and share a house selection of desserts?

With a decent fixed-price lunch, Tuesday quiz, well-drilled staff and a fantastic outdoor space, the Salisbury does a good job of serving an area of town that’s not particularly well-supplied with laid-back local bars that tick a lot of boxes.

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The restaurant area, to the right hand side of the bar, is more formally attired and dominated by a large central open fireplace.

It’s only 5.30pm when M and I stroll up for dinner and the restaurant is yet to fill up, so we take up a table in the bar area where a few diners and drinkers are already gathered.

High end restaurant food mingles with “pub classics”, sharing platters, light snacks and even a substantial extra list of daily specials.

Instead of the jumbled global cohesion of so many similarly large menus in which steak pies nestle uncomfortably next to Thai green curries and Mexican nachos, head chef Denis Guillonneau, ex of Leith’s much-missed Daniel’s, stays very much focused on high quality gastropub Euro-grub.

M decides to try the specials menu while I stick with the main selection.