Chop House Bruntsfield The Compass Group look to be going from strength to strength. Since their early days with Sygn and Monteith’s, they’ve progressed to the outstanding White Horse Seafood & Oyster Bar and now three branches of the Chop House steakhouse brand.Oysters I visited their original branch in Leith shortly after it opened and …

Steak Brasserie The halls of 12 Picardy Place have been home to many, many restaurants down the years. I first diner here when it was the Hallion, then Martin Wishart at Home House, then Mark Greenaway, then Fish Eatery. And that’s in just a little over a decade.Calamari It now trades as Steak Brasserie, a …

Addio Mare After a belting start to our week on Gran Canaria with dinner at Monte Rojo, we next got together on the Wednesday evening for a communal meal at Addio Mare, just over the road in San Agustin.Entrance The place is part of a multi-tiered shopping mall that has quite the blend of shops, …

The Peruvian Days are long at the moment. Life feels busy with less time for the simple joys: a sipped martini, a beautifully crafted coronation chicken roll, the list goes on.Stall In one such time compressed moment, as I walked between Waverley and the Parliament, I found a chance to savour a new delight at …

Restaurant Bar & Grill I’d been meaning to give Princes Square in Glasgow a look for some time but had never timed it to good advantage. After a fairly boozy weekend, I thought I’d start the week with something meaty so headed to the Restaurant Bar & Grill on the shopping centre’s second floor.Burrata I …