Wedgwood

Hamper with "granola, chocolate, berries". at Wedgwood in Edinburgh

Sprout, pomegranate and walnut salad; wine and glasses; beach. at Wedgwood in Edinburgh

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Restaurant with labeled vegetarian options, some that could be made vegan. Has a vegan picnic hamper take-away. Open Mon-Sun 12:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00.

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267 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8BQ
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4 Reviews

First Review by chughes

Lovely lunch - Edit

Lovely express lunch on a Thursday afternoon, there are only 3 options total but at least 1 is vegan or vegan adaptable. They also have a full vegan tasting menu which looked very good too!

Pros: Lunch & tasting menu option , Lovely staff

Sunday lunch - Edit

Sunday lunch set menu booked vegan meal

Pros: Service excellent , Food delicious

Cons: Only one vegan option

Delicious vegan tasting menu - Edit

Wedgewood used to be my absolute favourite restaurant in Edinburgh before I became vegan, but I hadn't been in years as I assumed it wouldn't be all that vegan friendly. After spotting that they offered a vegetarian tasting menu, I called and asked if they could do a vegan version and was told it would be no problem. Every course was absolutely delicious (including the mushroom course that always crops up on tasting menus and I dread every time!). Although not the cheapest place around, we've previously tried the vegan tasting menu at Kitchin and at half the price of that, I actually enjoyed Wedgewood's menu more (not just because of the price). Highly recommended, and I'm glad to be able to put them back on my list of favourites.

chughes

Points +49

Vegan

14 Jul 2018

Spectacular vegan picnic hamper - Edit

Slightly unusual offering: Wedgwood do picnic hampers on request. They're prepared to order, and I was lucky to receive one as a present. Paul, the head chef, apparently took on the idea of a vegan hamper as a personal project. I can wholeheartedly recommend the result.

We received an eleven course meal for two in two small hampers, including wine & glasses, "milk", flask of coffee & mugs, plates, cutlery, napkins, and hand cleanser. Ice packs meant the food was still chilled when we started to eat 7 hours after collection.

The wine was chosen to match the gifter's budget; we were told it was "a little unusual" — translation: "absurdly drinkable".

Straight off, the herb oil was a big hit, soaked up with crusty bread; we charged through a wholesome rice & bean salad and nicely presented baked mushroom couscous (with decorative mushroom-y flakes), wolfed down (we were starving!) a very delicious "halloumi" & roast veg, to find ourselves filling up as we set into a pasta & deliciously flavoursome pesto.

Six courses left — portion control! Next was one of the two real stars of the show: a sprout, walnut and pomegranate salad with tangy dressing. Tasted as good as it looks (see photo!). At this point we were flagging a little, so we only lightly sampled the oriental noodles, the roast asparagus with kale and mustard grains and the sesame runner beans, and left the leaves for later.

On to dessert: the plain description of "granola, chocolate, berries" just doesn't do it justice. This was effectively a chocolate fondue with fresh raspberries, strawberries and mini granola slices to dip, accompanied by coffee. 9 hours after collection, the coffee was still hot, if no longer piping.

So, overall: the no-doubt upmarket price was more than matched by the experience: the food was delicious, and often a feast for the eyes as well; the portions generous; the wine stellar — and we still hadn't finished our eleven-course picnic after three hours. We had leftovers for a couple of days afterwards and I'm salivating as I think back on some of the dishes.

Beyond a pair of dry mandarins I think my only "complaint" would be more of a suggestion towards less weight in the early dishes: finding ourselves so full after the rice, couscous and pasta left us struggling a little, but perhaps we could have chosen to eat more responsibly..

The gifter reports finding Lisa Wedgwood exceptionally responsive and helpful while arranging the hamper too.