Bistro du Vin Edinburgh

  3.9 – 72 reviews   • Restaurant

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Hours

Tuesday7 AM–9 PM
Wednesday7 AM–9 PM
Thursday7 AM–9 PM
Friday7 AM–9:30 PM
Saturday8 AM–9:30 PM
Sunday8 AM–9 PM
Monday7 AM–9 PM

Address and Contact Information

Address: 11 Bristo Pl, Edinburgh EH1 1EZ, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 131 247 4900

Website: https://www.hotelduvin.com/locations/edinburgh/bistro/

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Reviews

Jordan Holt
My wife and I opted for the vegan tasting menu, with accompanying wines. It was excellent from start to finish, with friendly and attentive staff tending to us throughout.
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Matt C
Enjoyed a nice dinner here with good friendly service – helpful for choices also. Nice meal portion size and taste. Good quality!
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Tartan Spoon
A staple in the Edinburgh Food scene, Bistro Du Vin has always been a place I’ve recommended to family, friends, colleagues and tourists.

Located on Bristo Place, its just around the corner from The National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street (its a 2 minute walk), across the road from the McEwan Hall (so ideal for graduations) and a few minutes easy walking from the Cowgate, the Grassmarket and the Royal Mile. The entrance to Hotel Du Vin is quite enchanting, especially at night time, with the twinkling light walkway. From the street you’ll enter the courtyard with its cosy cigar bothy and then through the doors into the hotel. The bistro is located to the right of reception.

The decor is very French. The walls a mustard yellow, wooden tables and chairs, large wooden dressers, wine, carefully chosen and curated plaques and trinkets, dimmed lighting and a crackling fire all creating a very cosy intimate vibe.

A bistro, a café, or a troquet is essentially a casual French type of restaurant that served tasteful, inexpensive French traditional food. The dishes and menu are often homestyle cooking or baking and are simple yet refined and put a spin on classic dishes. This is exactly what you can expect at Bistro Du Vin.

Both my plus one and I liked quite a few of the same dishes, so we decided to order the ones we liked the sound of and go for a sharing/mezze kinda meal. I love this sort of dining as it gives you the opportunity to taste more and have a nibble of this and a nibble of that.

Petit Lucas Olives (£4.95) green olives from the Languedoc with a light creamy vanilla flavour.
Fougasse (£6.50) light and fluffy Provencal style focaccia served with black garlic aioli. This was warm and light, and just the perfect dipping bread for soaking up the French Onion Soup but also the garlic chilli butter from the prawns.
Tiger Prawns (£11.95) with chilli, garlic and pastis butter with aioli dip. These were sweet and succulent.
The pièce de résistance was without a doubt this Soupe A L’Oignon (£7.95) or Classic French Onion Soup.
The cheesy crouton on top, this thick and dense soup with soft sweet onions, is sensational. It’s on the lunch and dinner menu and I urge you to go dine here for this alone. Every guest at dinner on this night, ordered this soup. It’s incredibly popular and no wonder.

Ideal for a luncheon or a small dinner, order this soup and the fougasse and you’ve got a super tasty hearty meal that your belly will appreciate and your heart will love for around £15.

As I mentioned above, a Bistro is somewhere that offers elevated homestyle cooking; its simple and classic but tastes scrumptious.

The Main dishes are familiar, they’re classics, they might even be dishes your mum use to make. As far as an Autumn/Winter menu goes, each one of these dishes will make you smile, wrap you in a warm hug, place you by the fire and keep you happy.

The mains list dishes like Cassoulet (£15.95) with confit duck, pork belly and Toulousse sausage in a rich bean stew. It’s Moules Mariniere (£14.95) of mussels steamed in white wine, cream, shallots and garlic or the Pumpkin and Sage Gnocchi (£12.95). Hungry yet?
We went for good ol Sirloin Steak (£32.95) with pomme frites cooked just how we asked, a medium rare and the Grilled Chicken Normandy (£15.95) with petit salad and chips.
Sides of Cauliflower Cheese (£4.25) and Glazed Carrots (£4.25).
The Chicken and Chips came with the most insanely silky gorgeous chunky garlic butter that initially was drizzled over everything but then spooned; the garlic and parsley chunks had settled at the bottom of the copper pot. Oh what deliciousness lay there!

Pot Au Chocolat (£7.50) chocolate mousse with cream chantilly and Creme Brulee (£7.50). Just the right sized desserts to finish off an evening of really good well cooked food.

Hotel du Vin is so worthy of a visit. They offer breakfast, lunch and dinner is a warm, friendly and peaceful setting. The staff are superb and can offer expertise across wine, cocktails and the food menu.
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Muriel Melnikoff
I found the waitress loud and overwhelming.

We ordered a bottle of white wine which came at room temperature.

I enjoyed my French onion soup, but the cheese was like chewing gum and impossible to swallow.
I mentioned this to the waiter who didn’t have an apology.
If you want bread with your soup, you have to pay for it!
After living in France and Switzerland who automatically put bread on the table, I find this very frustrating, especially as we’re eating in a hotel.

I had crab pasta for my main course which was tasty but severely lacking in crab.

The waiter offered something else to eat which wasn’t feasible as my friend had finished her food and I would be eating on my own.

There was no reduction on the bill and I left the restaurant feeling hungry and very dissatisfied.

I wouldn’t want to eat there again.
Muriel
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Nathaniel
Incredible food! Lovely staff and amazing atmosphere!! Will recommend to friends! Will be here again!
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James M
We had a table of 8 and had a delicious three course set menu in lovely surroundings. The only hitch was a surreal ‘computer says no’ moment ordering cocktails: the iPad or the waitress couldn’t cope! It resulted in the pre lunch cocktails arriving half way through the lunch. Nevertheless, we had a good time.
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Kerry Bates
Absolutely charming little French restaurant! The food was delicious, the service was warm and friendly, and cozy atmosphere was wonderful after a day walking the city. Cheers!
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Tile Style Borders Ltd
We visited here on Sunday- the staff are so lovely and friendly , and the food is incredible. The place itself is beautifully decorated.
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Diane Kent
Had booked 2 months in advance but they couldn’t find my booking. Afternoon tea wasn’t great for the price. Why would they serve profiteroles with ice cream? This was melted by the time we ate the savouries. Also, very expensive for drink – £14 for a glass of wine! Won’t be going back k.
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Chloe Raenden
Very cute French bistro in a quaint part of the city. Very welcoming and lovely staff who speak French! The staff truly elevated the experience as they were very attentive and friendly. Food was very delicious for a reasonable price – offering lots of authentic French dishes that are hard to find in the UK! Definitely worth it, 5 stars
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