Maison Bleue, Edinburgh Review

Good Points
Really pretty, rustic interior, decently priced, nice staff, nice food.

Bad Points
Not really any...

General Comments
I have been here twice, the first time for dinner with a friend. We sat on the second floor during a busy dinner session and had great service, good food. I had only one course, risotto, and we shared a bottle of wine. We had a nice time and I had no complaints.



I returned just this week on a whim; my friend and I were shopping in the grassmarket and saw that they had a lunch special. We went a bit late, not having watches on, so in the server's defense, we were probably horrible to be there when we were! (I have been a waitress before, so I try to be nice about these things NEVER go and ask to be seated at a restaurant 15 minutes before closing. So rude.) Our food came fast...our first course was a goat cheese and spinach tartlet on puff pastry, which was very tasty, but could have possibly been warmer. We both ordered the curry as our second course and it was just the right temperature, and also YUMMY! it was delicately flavoured with coconut and all sorts of winter vegetables. We did have to order some rice to go with it, but we shared one bowl and it was more than enough.



The bread served was also very tasty and tasted freshly made, although it wasn't warm.



We had a nice meal, tucked into a corner, and although our server was very busy doing closing tasks as we ate, she made sure that we always had water and bread and she had her eye on us and came right over when I had a question.



I would go back again.