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0.6 miles from Holyrood Park
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Reviewed March 14, 2022 via mobile

Grace was so friendly and helpful and that was before I sat down. Dog friendly too so my puppy was happy too. The coffee was delicious and the compote the nicest I have ever tasted!! Looks quite ordinary from the outside but it is very...far from ordinary!! Well worth a special trip.More

Date of visit: March 2022
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Reviewed February 4, 2022 via mobile

Great coffee and pastry for breakfast. Very friendly staff, nice bright cafe. Very covid friendly too. Wee worth a visit

Date of visit: February 2022
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Reviewed December 19, 2021 via mobile

Lovely pared back decor. Witnessed Covid regulations being adhered to, very reassuring. Friendly service. Delicious black coffee with a wonderful and unexpected fruity flavour. My pastrami bagel was generously filled and really tasty. My companion's creamy mushrooms and eggs was equally good I'm told. We'll...be back!More

Date of visit: December 2021
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Reviewed October 16, 2021

We were looking forward to bacon rolls and coffees on a bracing October morning. Our destination café was closed so we thought we’d try Abbey’s instead. We entered to find the place entirely lacking in customers other than one man and a dog. There were...two woolly-bonneted staff behind the counter. We asked if they did bacon rolls. ‘No, just what’s on the menu’. We looked at menu and saw French toast with bacon and maple syrup. £8.50. My ‘plus one’ wasn’t enthused. Seeing multiple bagel options I asked if we could perhaps have a bacon bagel. ‘No. There’s just what’s on the menu’, came the unsmiling response. We moved on. It was all a bit ‘League of Gentlemen’. This café has a promising location, the interior is beautiful in pared back Scandi style. Perhaps their mandatory bagel selection is fabulous? I can’t say as we didn’t get that far. If the frosty reception we experienced comes as standard I don’t see how it will survive in a location peppered with so many much friendlier competitors. Maybe they were just having a bad morning? I wish them well and hope they can learn from their customer feedback as I imagine running a café in Covid circumstances can’t be easy.More

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed August 19, 2021

I don’t want to write a critical review as they have only just opened. The menu consists of bagels and bagels. Not being fond of bagels we had the French toast which turned out to be an eggy croissant with maple syrup.This just did not...work in terms of consistency and flavour. Follow traditional recipe with bread and results are better as bread soaks up egg better.. And also offer rolls with bacon if you can. Drinks good. Service a little frosty.More

Date of visit: August 2021
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