Rivage

Another element in Easter Road’s creeping gentrification, this family-run restaurant opened in 2007 and has become renowned for its honesty, inventiveness & sheer value. Decor aims at contemporary, while the menu includes elaborate starters such as roasted monkfish in mustard marinade, or grilled quail in spiced yoghurt. Extravagant mains including a mixed seafood coconut & saffron curry at £10.95, while the vegetarian alternative – whole baby aubergines in a peanut-yoghurt sauce – is only £5.95. Service, & some of the dishes, are not always up to scratch, but this is already one of Edinburgh’s most engaging examples of Indian-style home cooking.