La Garrigue
| Address: | 31 Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DH | |
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| Tel | 0131 557 3032 | |
| Website: | Visit La Garrigue website | |
Price:
£36.00 
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Wine: £14.50 |
Champagne: £31.00 |
| Opening Hours: | Tues-Sun 12N-2.30pm Tues-Sat 6.30-10.30pm |
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Square Meal review of La Garrigue:
Jean Michel Gauffre was once head chef at Edinburgh’s Sheraton Grand Hotel, but set up here to specialise in the cooking of his native Languedoc. There is no hype, no nonsense, just honest & well-crafted French regional cuisine that has built up a legion of regulars since the restaurant opened in 2001. Set between the Royal Mile & Waverley Station, it’s handily placed, the interior is modern rustic (solid wooden furniture), the service friendly, & three courses might bring you soft poached egg with smoked duck breast to start; twice-cooked pork belly with quince charlotte & parsely mash as a main; a legendary bitter chocolate mousse with confit oranges for dessert. The short wine list features affordable bottles from France’s south-east, & also has a page from the inventive Domaine de Clovallon run by a friend of Gauffre’s at his home village of Bedarieux in the mountains north of Beziers. La Garrigue is the kind of establishment that could easily become your favourite Edinburgh restaurant.
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