15 November 2021

Yijia, MSc in Finance, recommends her top good value restaurant choices in Edinburgh.
Girl at a restaurant eating sushi with chopsticks

Are you afraid of eating in restaurants abroad because of the unknown sauces, the variety of dishes, and the fear of spending a lot of money and not being satisfied?

I can totally understand. Edinburgh is a city full of delicious international restaurants. I have tried many of Edinburgh's restaurants and ended up with a selection of good value for money restaurants. In this article, I will recommend you a few of them.

Chinese restaurants

Fusion Gourmet

Location:

Cost: about £10 per person

Most popular dishes:

  • Chinese traditional hot and spicy crayfish
  • Beef clay pot noodle soup
  • Kung po chicken
  • Lemon chicken
  • Salt and chilli chicken wings
  • Sweet and sour crispy pork fillet

Imperial Palace

Location:

Cost: about £30 per person

Most popular dishes:

  • King prawn dumpling
  • Seafood udon in XO sauce
  • King prawn cheung fun
  • Beef stew rice noodles
  • Shredded fish cake, squid, and peanuts
  • Beef siu mai
  • Chicken feet in black bean sauce

Korean restaurant

Kim’s Mini Meals

Location: 5 Buccleuch St, Edinburgh EH8 9JN

Cost: about £20 per person

Most popular dishes and drinks:

  • Kimchi jjigae
  • Fried udon
  • Bibimbap
  • Kimchi jeon
  • Honey red ginseng

Japanese restaurants

Yamato

Location:

Cost: about £30 per person

Most popular dishes and drinks:

  • Dobinmushi
  • Salmon and avocado cream
  • King prawn tempura
  • Salmon sushi
  • Sea urchin
  • Kasumi Tsuru Kimoto Karakuchi sake
  • Kikusui Funaguchi Nama Genshu sake

U Rice Sushi Bar

Location:

Cost: about £5 per person

Most popular dishes and drinks:

  • Salmon sashimi
  • Avocado maki
  • Fresh sweet prawn nigiri
  • Chicken katsu bento with curry sauce
  • Grilled eel nigiri
  • Ramun

Spanish restaurant

Cafe Andaluz

Location:

Cost: about £18 per person

Most popular dishes and drinks:

  • Paella de mariscos
  • Churros
  • Albondigas
  • Fish and shellfish dishes
  • Sangria
  • Tinto de verano

Yijia is from China and is currently working towards an MSc in Finance.

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