Indigo Yard - Edinburgh

We have found this restaurant because the outside was very busy.

Cool Bar! Great Vibe! Top Selection of Beers on Tap! Pretty Fab Cocktail Menu (exceptional mojito)! Great Afterwork Spot or Late Night Out!

Indigo Yard looks amazing, the decor is authentically modern, with a nice "bookcase style" bar (with a little ladder for getting certain wines and

Was nice to see some vegan options available, but the burger I had was a little dry and bland. the place had a nice atmosphere and the staff was very friendly, though! would go back, but order something else.

Indigo Yard was among the pioneers of Edinburgh's hip eating and drinking scene; one of the first to combine a modern bar with a cosmopolitan restaurant. It's no longer quite cutting edge – the in-crowd all frequent George Street venues – but what it hasn't lost is its cheerful vibe and the chance to drink a bit, dine a bit and generally hang out with no rush to go or decide.Part of its lure has always been that it's a bit tricky to find; its discrete entrance tucked away in a courtyard behind Pizza Express. If you're there then you must be in the know... But once inside things really open up. Dimly lit lofty interiors are broken up by a mezzanine level and surrounded by comfy booths. The food here always been respectable, but its direction a bit hard to pin down. The Mediterranean is certainly there in the good tomato, mozzarella and pine-nut salad and in the excellent goats cheese tart with rocket and caramelised onion or the succulent garlic roast chicken. But elsewhere the menu delivers all sorts of pan-Asian goodies, like the roast pumpkin red curry or the treacly-rich duck spring rolls, or king prawn and salmon skewers. There's a good selection of wines, many available by the glass.Mornings, from it reverts to Scottish with good-old cooked breakfasts the pick-me-up of choice after a hard night out. Two courses go for around you may need a bit of patience at peak times, particularly Friday nights when suits arrive en-masse to unwind after their desk-bound week.