1886 Restaurant @ Braid Hills Hotel Info
Amenities
Service options
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Outdoor seating
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Dine-in
Highlights
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Great tea selection
Accessibility
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Wheelchair-accessible car park
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Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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Wheelchair-accessible seating
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Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
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Alcohol
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Beer
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Cocktails
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Coffee
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Healthy options
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Private dining room
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Spirits
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Vegetarian options
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Wine
Dining options
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Breakfast
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Brunch
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Dessert
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Seating
Amenities
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Bar on site
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Toilets
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Wi-Fi
Atmosphere
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Casual
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Cosy
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Romantic
Crowd
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Family friendly
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Groups
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LGBTQ+ friendly
Planning
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Reservations required
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Accepts reservations
Payments
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Credit cards
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Debit cards
Children
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Good for kids
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High chairs
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Kids' menu
Parking
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Free parking lot
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Parking
Other
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LGBTQ+ friendly
Best WLM Reviews
Afternoon tea for four. One was gluten free (allergies).
We made use of the Wowcher offer to try this out and really were not disappointed.
For those in the know, coeliacs is not the easiest of food to get right but the chef at the Braid Hills Hotel completely smashed it! My daughter was delighted with the quality of the food that she was served, as were we all.
My son-in-law raved about the haggis bites, which was good because he was able to eat mine (haggis, yuck, lol but it's just not for everyone).
The smoked salmon pate was, however, delicious.
Now lets get down to the sweet treats. Wow! Again, my daughter was so pleased with the home made scone, scones are notorious at the best of times, but take the gluten out and you will struggle to get them as light as these were!
All of the food was truly lovely. Food wise I would put it up there with some of the best in Edinburgh, however the dining room was maybe not up there. That said, it was very far from being bad, I would say that it was simply average. Please remember though, the cost of this, even without a Wowcher deal, was so much lower than "the best in Edinburgh" so for the food to match that standard what's not to like. All I am saying is that if you are looking for swanky, this is not the place, also, if you are looking for a greasy spoon this is not the place. If you are, however, looking for a place that is warm and welcoming, you have found your little piece of heaven.
Service though, wow, we had an Asian waiter, was he from India? certainly somewhere around there, I only say because I did not get his name and would really love for management to know what an absolute gem he was. So warm and welcoming and extremely attentive from the minute we arrived until we left.
Oh,and, not on the menu for the afternoon tea was some red lentil soup that the chef sent out with compliments to us, we all agreed we would have been extremely happy to order that had we been dining there, maybe next time. Yes, next time, there most certainly will be a next time.
Very enjoyable, a warm welcome with very pleasant helpful staff. Well presented food and very enjoyable.
???? Had the Salmon... Can't imagine whisky in my sausages... ????
Glad we came.
We were visiting for afternoon tea which was enjoyable.
The downside was that we were early and were the only folk in the restaurant.
For our taste, we would have preferred less of the very sweet cakes.
The staff were lovely, extremely attentive, well we were the only guests there!
Lovely situation, bright but cold day in early March.
Recommended.
What a relaxing day on the last few hours of a desperate year for millions of people.
Enjoyed with family and friends.
EXCELLENT
Food is plentiful and delicious. Great views over braidburn valley park and friendly staff
Fantastic hotel very friendly and helpful staff all very pleasent restaurant very nice food excellent. Beautiful outlook lovely seated outside area with beautiful views
Lovely hotel, great atmosphere, clean loos.
We had afternoon tea and it was very tasty. 3 types of sandwich on different bread. A different savoury bite would have been good e.g. quiche, sausage roll. Scone with cream and jam, cake, macaron, cupcake and eclair - all lovely. We couldn't finish the food so took some away. Staff were great, friendly and helpful.
Would definitely recommend.
Toilets were dirty flushes not working properly and toilet paper lying about. Soup was very bland it was meant to be lentil and ginger couldn't taste the ginger at all. Coffee was meant to be a latte but was served in a small cup with lots of froth which was watery in all very expensive for these items. The only good point was the view from the window.
Quick Facts About 1886 Restaurant @ Braid Hills Hotel
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
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| Tuesday | 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
| Thursday | 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
| Friday | 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
| Saturday | 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
| Sunday | 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
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