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Tucked away snugly down a back lane in the New Town off Hanover Street, this stylish French inspired bistro is oozing atmosphere, locally sourced produce and a certain je ne sais quoi.
Thistle Award Winners for Lothian & Borders 2018/19 Café St Honore for Caledonian MacBrayne Best Eating Experience
Member of Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance, Neil Forbes, deservedly voted Chef of the Year at the Catering in Scotland Excellence Awards 2014, creates stylish menus where the produce is the star. That year his restaurant also won the Sustainable Business Award and was also a Finalist 2016 for Restaurant of the Year. He runs Masterclasses for Slow Food and was one of the chefs who experienced Terra Madre in Turino. Neil is a wonderful asset to Scotland’s food scene.
His support and use of organic produce has also earned him Scotland’s first Soil Association Organic Restaurant Award.