chez jules

on my recent trip to edinburgh, my cousin brought me round some of her favourite restaurants in edinburgh. one of them was chez jules, a casual friendly bistro that offers classic french dishes.
inside, there are pillars and blackboards on which menus and specials are scrawled in colourful chalk. the lighting is dimmed in the evenings, with a wine bottle drip candle holder on each table to add a bit of a romantic ambience.
upon being seated, we were served their standard complimentary starters of bread and butter, olives and sliced salami, and a heavily dressed bowl of lettuce leaves.
viv started with the grilled goats cheese which was served on toast with balsamic and sesame dressing. there was a subtle sweetness from the honey, and the walnuts added a bit of a crunchy texture. i went for the sauteed homemade duck confit leg with fresh thyme and garlic. a lovely piece of tender meat, served with a side of mustard to add a bit of spice to it.
the steak tartare was finely chopped and you could taste the luscious flavour of the meat, lightly spiced with worchester sauce, chilli, shallots and garlic mayo.
slow braised french rabbit leg with dijon mustard, white wine, and smoked bacon with gratin dauphinois. delicious flavours and succulent meat, and the crisp bread that it was served on nicely soaked up all that lovely sauce.
we were really full after all that food that we unfortunately did not have space for dessert.
overall, we both enjoyed our meal there - the food was simple and satisfying, and it has a really chilled and relaxing atmosphere.

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excellent restaurant, we went to the cockburn st one, really good value plate of the day, great food, good service, thoroughly good experience.

great steak!. went to chez jules recently with friends and i think we all had steaks. they were delicious, and cooked to perfection. i like rare, and this was ideal - seared, but lots of pink. there was a big bowl of salad first, which was free. i had potatoes dauphinoise with my steak, as i love them and thought that in a french restaurant they must be superb, but i was wrong - they were fine, but i've had better. all in all, a fanatstic-value, gorgeous meal in a lovely atmosphere.

arrived to pre booked table and the place soon filled up. greeted with bread olives meet and dressed salad and we all ate well. pricing reasonable. i had duck and moules frites but passed on pud and had a coffee instead. no one complained and the toilets are not bad! had been warned that service is very french! it was very good!

great deals on food, good place to enjoy time with friends and family. good value for money. close to the shopping area. gets busy at time. enjoy

menu de almoço de 3 pratos a £10! ótimo value for money. cozinha francesa bem confeccionada e autêntica. ambiente acolhedor e funcionários simpáticos!

definitely worth a trip when wining and dining in edinburgh. the set meal that they offer is great value, a tenner-you canni whack it! salad, bread and ham as you come in and pick from the decent menu options, and the goats cheese starter and steak for main are fab. good choices and everyone always leaves happy.

worth a trip in you're in edinburgh. go here for fantastic casual dining, great atmosphere. a piece of france in scotland with some great traditional and contemporary cuisine.

went there on a business dinner and it was a very nice experience. delicious food, reasonably priced and a great ambience. only bad thing is that we were a bit crammed, most likely because our group of 16 was a bit too big. but hey, i'd likely go back anytime.

always loved this place. prices are reasonable, food is great, atmosphere is relaxed. only downside? when it's full, it can be extremely noisy (but obviously right).

fav foods? i love the green salad that comes with the bread and butter. escargot (of course), onion soup (obviously, this is a french restaurant), duck, steak tartare (sorry, i'm a big steak tartare fan), the sausages, and the gratin dauphinois (absolutely to die for...but this is a big portion and better to be shared).

and because it's a french restaurant...i always go for their house white and red wines (only in 2 cuisines do i have the house wine...french and italian. why? because even the house wine from these countries are already pretty darn good. i'm no wine connoisseur, but i do know the wines from the ones i like and the ones i don't. and i don't believe in paying lots for an insignificant difference).

yo man, let me tell you something you can easily surmise from every other review posted before mine. chez jule is so good that i would go as far as to say that i "like" it, and given that i despise nearly 100% of everything that's pretty high praise.

listen cupcake, there is a frickin rad item on the menu called a bourride. if you're an uncultured lout like me then you most likely have no idea what that is. well sunshine, its pretty much the whole damn ocean served up in some sort of divine sauce from olympus. no seriously dawg, if you like seafood this is totally your bag. oh and it's a sharing dish so if you decided to bring another uncultured brute with you then this totally the time to get frenchified. i've heard there are other things on the menu but i'm a heathen of habit so i've had this twice. twice. that's more times than i've drank plain water in the last year, that;s how good it is.

also good wine.

i give chez jules 4 crab shells and half a sunken city out of 5

been to "chez jules" many times over the last 2 years, and i am yet to be disappointed.being french, i look at french restaurant with a rather overly critical eye, and i have to say, they got it spot on: great atmosphere, fab music (all french classics), the smell is great (yep, it matters!). 
the food is not the fancy nonsense people expect from french restaurant, so no 1/2 mini carrot sitting on a sliver of steak. you get country-side proper portion (i know, i grew up in the french countryside :p).i'd recommend the steak and lobster. the snails and frogs are also fab. you get nice salad, saussisson, bread and olives on the table. but you know, merguez, roast chicken, black pudding... all good.. all very good :d

i had heard so many wonderful things about chez jules, so i thought it was about time that i check them out. i love the vibe inside so much, art work on the walls and dimmed lighting. it has such a cosy feeling inside. as soon as we were settled at our table, bread, olives, lettuce and salami was brought to our able which was a lovely touch. we all ended up ordering steak and i was pleased to find the service was really quick as i was one hungry lady. the rump steak was delicious and cooked exactly how i wanted it to be. i ended up getting some fries on the side which were pretty lovely too. after our mains, we ordered some coffee but i couldn't exactly not have a dessert. i ended up going for the crepe which was incredibly tasty but i did find it odd that i was given a spoon for it. the spoon was perfect for the ice cream (which was quite possible the tastiest ice cream) but made eating my crepe a little on the tricky side. overall a great little find and i can see myself going back pretty soon!

on my recent trip to edinburgh, my cousin brought me round some of her favourite restaurants in edinburgh. one of them was chez jules, a casual friendly bistro that offers classic french dishes. inside, there are pillars and blackboards on which menus and specials are scrawled in colourful chalk. the lighting is dimmed in the evenings, with a wine bottle drip candle holder on each table to add a bit of a romantic ambience.

chez jules, hannover street, edinburgh – 15th may 2014-05-16

our first adventure of food club was a roaring success.

beers were flowing and frogs legs were dancing. garlic filled the air like clouds gathering in a storm. some snails were unshelled and a duck leg was devoured. salmon was leaping from the plate in joy while a plate of meat was served like a feast. apple and black pudding was proudly gobbled.

more beers flowed as the main course was served - "le terre-mer" (surf & turf) was the popular choice, pink tender steak served with a memorable half lobster. "pommes frites" were on the side with a selection of awe-inspiring sauces. that not to your liking? how about king scallops with crispy bacon or perhaps a luscious chicken primed for consumption. with the beer still flowing and volume of banter rising, a manly shout of “le dessert menus please”

the overwhelming choice was for banoffee toffee pie, so sumptuous it was, with sweet caramel and large banana segments chopped kindly throughout. one man was encouraged by the sweet menu and ordered one ball of ice cream doused in that famous french liqueur… vodka.

the meal ended with the customary payment of the bill and a photo with the lovely staff. it was then time to peruse edinburgh’s finest taverns to end our evening