the rhubarb restaurant

we had to change our booking from thursday night to saturday night due to illness. the staff were excellent and accommodating. we had a fantastic night once again at this fabulous hotel. the ambiance in rhubarb is just perfect. my husband had the guineafowl and even though my fish dish was excellent i did havefoodenvy. thank you prestonfield for making saturday our valentine's day.

i decided to book dinner at rhubarb for the edinburgh restaurant festival, for my boyfriend and i. the restaurant festival is a great chance to try fine dining restaurants at a discount price. rhubarb has an excellent reputation; james thomson has a few high class restaurants in edinburgh, because of this my expectations were very high.
i love prestonfield house, it is a beautiful building and perfect for a cold autumn/winter evening. the restaurant is filled with heavy drapes and warm, crimson colours. the service we received here was great, except we had to ask for the edinburgh restaurant festival menu, despite stating that was the menu we wanted when booking. also the menu that is published online for the edinburgh restaurant festival is different from the one we were given. luckily it was sill a great menu.
to start, i ordered the salmon, followed by the hake and finally, the chocolate dessert. i thoroughly enjoyed my entire meal, especially the chocolate desert, which was a chocolate molten lava cake. i would the best part is that i got all of this deliciousfoodfor £25. i was pleasantly surprised to find that rhubarb offer a 3 course menu for £35 out with the festival, which would definitely encourage me to go back. i would also go back for a special occasion, as it is a lovely setting with a very exclusive feel.

i was actually upstairs in what used to be the smoke room - nestled by the fire and under plaster cupids for afternoon tea (which included a cheeky gin and tonic).
thefoodwas plentiful and pretty well faultless - delicious sandwiches, mini savoury bites, plain and fruit scones with jam and clotted cream and four lovely little cakes.
the tea itself was a little disappointing and i would say service was a little off (the door staff were lovely and attentive though). 
it wasn't all that practical having everything sit on a narrow, soft footstool (with our gin on the floor) though i suppose it added to the casual sumptuousness.
but it's the kind of place i could spend hours in given the chance - lounging on chairs curled up with wine and poking about the rooms, or perched outside in summer great gatsby-style with a cocktail. lookout for the sweet little nook off a stone turret stair which you can hire for two...

as far as the basics go the hotel uses only the very best seasonal and wild ingredients to produce modern, seasonal, sustainable,scottish cuisine…just how i like myfood, rich and luxurious with classic influences.the kitchen team hang all their own meat and game, buy fish whole to portion it perfectly themselves and also utilise an expert forager to supply the wild fungi, seaweed, berries and herbs.scallops come from guy grieve in mull, lobster from north berwick, strawberries from perthshire, glamis for asparagus, loch duart salmon, local free range eggs and organic vegetables…the list goes on and on.

prestonfield has a reputation for luxury, opulence, decadence and indulgence. i've twice before, some years ago, and on both occasionsfoodand service were exceptionally good. the hotel looks simple from the outside but inside is grand, sumptuous and elegant. at christmas it looks particularly wonderful . we entered along the main hall past 2 huge christmas trees sparkling with twinkly red lights and made our

it's about the whole experience, not just the food. service is ok,foodis high quality, the place is phenomenal! thumbs up!

victoriana at its finest. this restaurant in the prestonfield hotel, is utterly sumptuous. high victoriana, there are drapes and chandeliers wherever you look and every details is perfect, in the service, thefoodand the winelist.