The Olive Branch Bistro

91 Broughton Street, 0131 557 8589

NEAR Five minutes from The Stand

9 Colinton Road, 0131 452 8453

NEAR 10 minutes from King’s Theatre

44-46 George IV Bridge, 0131 226 4155

http://www.theolivebranchscotland.co.uk

This airy, all day bistro has done well since opening on a previously volatile site on the ever hip Broughton Street. It’s a breezy, informal place but they take care over what comes out of the kitchen, whether you pop in for breakfast, a gourmet sandwich or a rib-eye steak with all the trimmings. The Colinton Road branch runs along the same lines as does the newly opened George IV Bridge outlet.