The Royal Dick (Newington)

• The Royal Dick bar is not the easiest place to find
• Its on the SE corner of the Meadows head through the main entrance to the Summerhall (Arts hub) and you will feel like you are back at school and have an urge to run in the corridors
• Head out to the yard and right in front of you is the Royal Dick Bar with a huge courtyard space that they often host pop up food and drink events in
• Off in the cubbyhole rooms are a (disinfected) operating table
• As is ordering their house Gin Pickerings served with pink grapefruit
• Even or padron peppers are a perfect snack while enjoying a drink
• The menu and food presentation are distinctly restaurant ified
• Bouncy fresh Scrabster cod with bacon and mussel chowder
• Scallops and black pudding or shreddable braised blade of beef with barley risotto are all things I have tried
• The feather steak with Café
• De Paris Butter and chips is an absolute treat and really reasonable too
• More bar style is the wide ranging and inventive list of sharing platters which are huge and really good quality
• You should try the garlicky hoummus with bread and olives
• Their beer garden and all the fun that is happening in the area

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