The Cellar Door

Fantastic food, fantastic atmosphere and fantastic service. Really enjoyed the food and the experience was worth every penny. A very good night out. Couldn't have asked for more.

We had a lovely meal and it was great service, however, we would have preferred a table on the lower level as we felt a bit cramped in to the corner. I should have requested this when making the booking, will know for the future.

Welcoming, patient (when half our party were late), fast service (during festival), small menu, delicious food, good buzz. Thanks will definitely go again. Lovely Cranachan cheese cake!

Staff are super very kind and caring! we took the fried haddock and it was good, just too oily for my tastes. Desserts are excellent! highly reccomended

This restaurant is Edinburgh's hidden Scottish gem. Food is fantastic! Staff were so friendly and very knowledgable about their menu. It is also very reasonably priced. I have a feeling you will need to pre book this little restaurant soon as the word will get out on how fantastic it is. I will be back Cellar Door. Thank you for a lovely evening. :-)

Super food, great people, lovely place. It's a great place for delicious scottish food and very friendly people. A great local place in the middle of the town.

We had a perfectly nice meal here but I don't think it was as varied a choice of menu as we experienced 12 months ago. And I don't think some of the descriptions of the courses were quite accurate. For example, a starter described as smoked mackerel turned out to be smoked mackerel pate. Very nice and I would have chosen it if I had thought it was a pate rather than smoked mackerel itself. So, no complaints and the service was excellent. Just not quite as good as we remembered.

Cellar Door was pretty warm and busy when we arrived. Had to wait 5 mins for our table even though we arrived a little after our booking time but this wasn't a biggie. Our waitress was chatty and helpful bringing some ice and opening a door to help cool me down - place was pretty warm despite the high ceilings. First starter of creamed goat cheese with beetroot was good and well presented but could have done with more than one very small toast to go with it, the walnuts were crushed so finely that I've only just realised what the decorative crunchy dust was! The other starter, broccoli and cheddar soup (soup of the day) was very tasty. Mains were mushroom risotto which was plentiful but could have done with more parmesan to add flavour and salmon fillet, both were well cooked. We chose raspberry cranachan cheesecake and sticky toffee for dessert. The cheesecake had chocolate mixed into the base, a surprise, but nice, no whisky tho like most cranachans I've had whilst the sticky toffee pudding sauce was yummy, the pudding part tasted of ginger which was odd. Service was good but very quick, felt like we were in California and there was another sitting of hidden diners waiting for our table!

Food & service excellent - a bit noisy but it was very busy - a particularly loud group of women! Our 2nd visit and would definitely go again

Fantastic meal with a nice cozy environment. Lunch deal of two courses for £12 was a steal. The grilled chicken with couscous was perfect. A good selection of local beers and drinks. Couldn't ask for more. I'd also recommend their cheesecake dessert. It's good to share with another and is extremely fluffy and cheesy with an oat / granola crust on the bottom. Would definitely go again.

We had a lovely lunch today at The Celler Door, the staff were very welcoming and friendly. All in all a very good lunch hour well spent.

Delicious food and great service. We had mackerel pate and hot smoked salmon to start with; fish & chips and grilled chicken with couscous for mains.

Great menu with fantasticly cooked local food,served well by the helpful staff. This was meant to be a quick stop off for a bite to eat. 3 courses and a nice bottle wine and a few hours later happy customers

Really good meal, nice to see good vegetarian dishes on the menu and we liked the Scotttish-themed dishes. The puddings were especially wonderful, and we had excellent service. There is a great atmosphere there too. If we had one suggestion it would be to lower the music volume a bit once the place filled up. Would certainly recommend The Cellar Door.

Great food something for everyone, value for money and prompt service, would recomend it for lunch or evening. Was very busy but staff cope well.

The food was excellent and the service very friendly. The lunch menu was really good value so I would definitely recommend. Hope to return again soon !

The food is good but for the price it is not top quality ,I can say the service is very good but the place is too tight and noisy not for relaxing dinner over all not bad

I booked online and it was so easy. The environment is cosy and the staff very friendly. I had Creamed Goats Cheese with Pickled Beetroot, Beetroot Puree & Walnuts for first which was surprisingly good! I had the salmon for main and it was delicious! It literally melted in my mouth! The wine, Torre Cerere Montepulciano D'Abruzzo was very good, too! Overall, I found the prices quite reasonable and I am definitely going back!

Excellent meal great service and a nice atmosphere in the restaurant staff were attentive without being intrusive and the price was reasonable.. Would thoroughly recommend

The staff was very friendly and the food was tasty. We all had the lunch combination, very good value for the food. The atmosphere was great!

Relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff, excellent menu. This is a hidden gem in Old Town. We visited during the Festival when all restaurants tend to be stretched but The Cellar Door coped admirably. We will return when the tourists and festival crowds have gone.

Staff very friendly and helpful,and the food was very tasty and fresh.The menu would suit most. I would recommend it to anyone and will return.

The People were friendly and the Food good. The Haggis and the mussels were incredible and the rest of the food was okay, not special but okay. :)

Fantastic menu, well cooked food and beautiful presentation. Great service on what was a busy night. Party of 5 and one said that it was his best ever meal!

The food was very good and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The only slight issue was that the area we were seated in was under an arch without a nearby window and was really quite warm and uncomfortable at times. It would be good if there was either a fan to keep the area cool or some other type of air conditioning.

The Cellar Door is a real find. The place is cozy yet you don't feel crowded. The servers were very friendly and knowledgeable and best of all the food was great, especially the sticky toffee pudding.

Excellent lunch. The 3-course set menu was lovely, with enough choice for a vegetarian. The setting is wonderful and the staff were very attentive and helpful. Reasonable value too!

We had a fabulous meal at The Cellar Door! It is a bit hidden but finding it was well worth it. The food was fresh, the menu had great variety and it was a great value. We also had a fantastic picpoul wine which is a new addition to the menu. Highly recommend a meal here if you are in Edinburgh!

We were warmly welcomed and the space is bright and open. There were four of us so we all ordered different dishes from the menu (starters and mains) and they were all of high quality. We will definitely be returning.

Very cosy restaurant with great food and red wine. Went here for my anniversary and was very happy with my choice. Staff were very attentive and polite.

Very nice! Good staff. Good food (I had the venison). Overall a nice place with well done food. You can tell they put som effort in it.

This was our second visit to The Cellar Door and it did not disappoint. We would thoroughly recommend a visit, great food and good service at a reasonable price.

Fantastic! Would totally recommend. Excellent food, really authentic Scottish cuisine, couldn't fault a thing. Very friendly staff, able to give helpful recommendations, and lovely ambience.

Very good. The food very well prepared. And although the menu is not long they hsve dofferent choices to suit everyone. Nice environment. I even asked a special gift and they arranged everything. I regret only one waitress was having a bad day, abd was a bit rude. So only for that i dont give max score.

Food was good, service was good and staff were very pleasant. The restaurant is a very pleasant space, well laid out and clean. Our second visit and would go again.

The five of us had a lovely pre concert dinner - delicious food, very nice ambience, staff attentive and delightful. Will definitely return. Thank you.

Really nice decor, food was lovely and fresh, price was decent and staff were nice, but not overly friendly. House wine was lovely and the menu is small but of good quality.

Booked for five other tables running over time but was accommodated without a problem amazing food and brilliant staff , had the pre theatre menu great value

very friendly staff, lovely food and great value early dinner menu. Central location and just across the road from Greyfriars Kirk and close to the Royal Mile.

It's always great to be in The Cellar Door: good food, nice drinks, great service, lovely atmosphere. Even the location, on the busy George IV Bridge, is not in your mind when you take the steps down into the restaurant.

Easy to reserve table on line. Extremely nice, friendly and courteous waitress. Food was luvly. Perfectly cooked. Pleasant decor and comfortable setting. Arrived a bit earlier than planned but no problem as our table was ready. Had invited visitor from Malaysia (first time in Scotland). This restaurant was a great experience for him tasting good Scottish fayre. We'll be back.

Great food, great service, but the atmosphere was the only downfall. The lack of people eating out on a Tuesday night can not be blamed on them however. It was all in all a fabulous meal, expensive yet not unreasonably priced for the delicious food

A lovely little restaurant with very good value set menu. Staff friendly and efficient. The worst thing is the stairs! I hadn't realised the venue was downstairs, even though you enter from George IV Bridge level. Hardly their fault though! Interestingly, as we got up to leave after lunch, there was a chocolate workshop starting to take place and that looked good too. I would definitely return.

Lovely place, the food was great and the service was super. This is a great spot for a nice dinner in Edinburgh. Stop I'm if you are in town.

The early dinner menu was good value for money and a good choice available. Nice atmosphere and good service was received. I would recommend this restaurant.

Great decor, lovely staff, starters fantastic, some mains good but chicken a bit dry All beautifully presented., had one pudding between us which was delicious . Would happily go again

As always the cellar door served fantastic food in a great atmosphere. Amazing for gluten free. I will be going back for more in the near future.

Fantastic service, lovely atmosphere. We were well looked after and the waitress paid particular attention to the fact that it was one of our parties birthday. When dessert was served it was decorated with a candle. The food was very tasty, well presented and very good value for money. We had 3 courses for £20. Would recommend and will be back again for another team meal out :)

Perfect meal and kids menu with a lot of choices

good food, good service. Try if. best in town. we will be back, comming all the way from Denmark. c u soon. Thanks for a lovly meal.