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Red Mezz
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Maison Bleue

  • January 3, 2008
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Red Mezz from Inverness, Scotland
Maison Bleue

There are many ways to do any celebration - and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is no exception to that. So many revellers spent the night on the streets in many different variations of casual to formal that you can do the holiday however you choose.

However - my husband and I chose to make it a formal event this year seeing as it would be our last in this grand capitol city - and so it is on a bit of a formal tour I will take you of this Scottish New Year.

Somewhat breaking with my 'On a mega budget' review’ the restaurant we spent the evening at was the sublime Maison Bleue.

For my taste - this restaurant was the absolute perfect combination of relaxed and formal. Having been to some of the more elite and Michelin Star restaurants in Edinburgh - I was both surprised and pleased to find such superb quality in a restaurant with out the pretension.

Deciding to dress in our most formal of formal evening wear - I was at first afraid I was going to be a bit over dressed for the night. The entrance to this restaurant is somewhat casual for the price and what I had heard of the place - a small lounge like room made of stone where the semi-casually dressed staff buzz in and out and people sit on low chairs enjoying the oddly placed bar - right near where you wait for a table. A long wait here might be uncomfortable - and I highly recommend you make a reservation. (Which you will have to do for a Hogmanay dinner.) But after only waiting about 5 minutes we were whisked up a flight of stairs and sat at our table in a beautifully ambient room - all in cool tones and candle lit, but still with a slight rustic feel to remind you you were eating in Scotland.

We had a window seat which allowed us to watch the revellers outside all evening, and even though it seemed at first that we would be too close the adjoining party - it never felt cramped.

The restaurant buzzed for the evening, but was never loud, or too stiff and formal. It was comfortable - even in our formal wear and my kind of perfect. The service was excellent though not stuffy, and far superior to the Michelin Star service I received in Martin Wishart.

The fixed menu was £35 per person, a wonderful price for the quality and the night. It had a wonderfully Scottish theme with Smoked Salmon tartar with caviar or haggis in whisky sauce for starters.

My Aberdeen Angus may have been the best cooked steak I have ever had, and my husband's venison was the essence of perfection.

The menu even came with two Loch Fyne Oysters - a Must try if you enjoy them - and a glass of kir royal.

The night was perfect in every way - I could not recommend enough.

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