Checkpoint

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Checkpoint Edinburgh Review | Vegan Edinburgh

Review analysis
menu   food   desserts  

I popped along to try their new menu, and was delighted to see that it was clearly marked with all the vegan options available.

Checkpoint regularly change their menu to take advantage of seasonal produce, but at the time of writing this place had a cracking range of vegan dishes available.

I was also super excited to see that there were two vegan dessert options – and NEITHER of them were sorbet!!!

I had the choice of apple and blackberry crumble with coconut whip, or avocado and lime cheesecake.

Again I struggled to finish the entire thing but I would be perfectly happy to have another crack at it in the near future 😉 The menu at Checkpoint is great, with lots of exciting options for vegans as well as a wide omni selection of dishes.

Joanna Blythman Review: Checkpoint, Edinburgh. Hot and hip but is ...

Review analysis
ambience   food  

At the moment, Checkpoint reminds me of one of those shops in faraway places where the proprietor only switches on the lights when a customer comes in.

The premises used to be a Seventh Day Adventist church, and more recently provided a scruffy home for an indie café.

Checkpoint would make a made-to-measure set for a film in the kitchen sink realism tradition.

Next thing you know they’ll be selling them as vintage cookware in Oxfam shops, but the only cool I got was from the meat as it chilled on the poorly insulated surface.

Boring steamed potatoes with the sole had that unmistakable old taste, as did the chips; pre-cooked potatoes go into an abrupt decline.

Assembly Checkpoint | Edinburgh Guide

Cabaret and music on upper floor of an old church.

Dining and bar on ground floor.

Checkpoint - Bar with Disabled Access - Edinburgh - Euan's Guide

Review analysis
location   facilities  

Nice contemporary bar with minimal design and a big shipping container where you can sit to dine and drink with friends.

Only slight hindrance was the set of doors between the restaurant and the toilets which are a little heavy and back right onto the accessible toilet door.

Once you enter the restaurant, there is a nice ramp up to the seats or bar area and the whole place has nice wooden floors.

Table service meant no need to head up to the bar.

Toilets are down a flight of stairs, but there is one accessible toilet at restaurant level which is opened by radar key.

Checkpoint (3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh) | The List

Industrial-chic interiors with casual service and a menu to suit all-day dining and drinking, Checkpoint is a warm and welcoming spot in the heart of the Old Town.

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Checkpoint, Edinburgh: Restaurant Review - olive magazine

Review analysis
menu   food   drinks  

It’s all about relaxed dining, starting with ‘Daybreak’ dishes then ‘Bowls’, ‘Po’ Boy’s’, ‘Salads’, ‘Substantial Stuff’ and ‘Extras’, should you need them.

We opted for dishes from the Substantial Stuff section (£7.50-14) – there’s no starters as such, but you can dip into other parts of the menu should you need a nibble before the main course.

Our 6oz rump steak arrived rare as ordered, with beet slaw and potato rosti; it was full of flavour and cooked as well as anywhere we’ve eaten steak in Edinburgh.

Hip and cool, as you’d expect from a shipping container conversion, and exactly what Edinburgh needs right now.

The history of the building itself makes for great conversation – the shipping container makes up part of the dining room, with tables and chairs inside.

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