Harden's says

Alain Roux, chef-patron of Bray’s “glorious” Waterside Inn, and his father – the legendary chef and restaurateur Michel Roux – are behind this new brasserie at Edinburgh hotel The Balmoral. The restaurant’s modern French menu uses locally-sourced Scottish ingredients.

survey result

Summary

£106
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3
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4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

The No 2 restaurant in this “fantastic hotel”“isn’t ground-breaking but it is useful, as a hotel restaurant should be”. Fans say its classic French cooking is “better than normally found with a captive audience… perhaps because it has to be with so many other options close by”.

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Have you eaten at Brasserie Prince at The Balmoral?

1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EQ

Restaurant details

No dress code

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch £35.00 £45.00

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£18.00 £43.50 £11.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £34.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Bread £6.00
Service 10.00%
1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EQ
Opening hours
Monday7 am‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm
Tuesday7 am‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm
Wednesday7 am‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm
Thursday7 am‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm
Friday7 am‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm
Saturday7 am‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm
Sunday7 am‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm

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