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Haggis, past the Burns supper.

Order the haggis where the kitchen makes it or names the butcher who does. Judge the plate on the whisky sauce and the neeps and tatties. The Doric buys John Gilmour's haggis and sends it under a Glenkinchie jus, Cafe Royal started making its own after the manager ate Stravaigin's in Glasgow, and Oink stuffs it into the hog roll, which is what makes that sandwich an Edinburgh one. Tom Kitchin disagrees with the whole premise and told The Relisher in August 2026 that he would send a first-time visitor to grouse before haggis, and his is the dissent worth hearing before you spend a meal on it.

The rooms, best first

  • Cafe Royalverified

    The kitchen makes its own haggis rather than buying it in, having taken up the idea after eating the version at Stravaigin.

  • The Abbeyverified

    Haggis, neeps and tatties is the Scottish end of a menu built under a bar of more than seven hundred whiskies.

  • Black Ivyverified

    Haggis bon bons come with whisky sauce, and the Highlander burger puts haggis and bacon on a steak patty.

  • Dùthchasverified

    The bon-bon is quilted in a tattie scone jacket under brown sauce and pickled neep, which Gaby Soutar called a single bite of comfort.

  • Wedgwood The Restaurantverified

    Crumbles haggis over pigeon ham with neep ketchup, and sets a venison haggis beside the Avon Valley roe deer.

  • Oink Victoria Streetverified

    Haggis is the stuffing choice that turns the hog roast roll into an Edinburgh sandwich.

  • Pizza Geeksverified

    The Braveheart puts crumbled haggis and Stornoway black pudding on a pizza, which is the one that makes this a Scottish pizzeria.

  • Howies Waterloo Placeverified

    Neeps, tatties and a thyme jus come to GBP 9.95, and the kitchen offers a Glengoyne 12 alongside it for GBP 6.95. The vegan version is priced and written as its own separate dish, so the traditional one is the meat one.

  • The Doricverified

    John Gilmour's haggis comes under a light Glenkinchie whisky jus with neeps and tatties, and the bon-bons are rolled in oatmeal and fried.

  • First Coast Restaurantverified

    The haggis is made in house and comes with neeps, creamy mash and a ginger gravy.

  • Oink Scottish Hog Roastverified

    The shop makes its own haggis and offers it against sage and onion, which is the choice that makes the roll an Edinburgh sandwich.