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Alex Sims

Critic · Journalist — Edinburgh restaurants, for Time Out.

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Alex Sims carries the byline on Time Out Edinburgh's standalone starred reviews and on "The best restaurants in Edinburgh", the magazine's city list. The reviews are visit-based and rated, and she writes what is on the plate: on Pomelo she scored five out of five and described "glossy ribbons of moreishly chewy, chilli oil-smothered hand-pulled noodles". Time Out's Edinburgh coverage is edited by Chiara Wilkinson under the standing credit "Restaurant reviews by local writers", and Sims is one of those writers.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• Time Out Edinburgh ↗their review · 2025-12-17
  • PomeloThe Grange

    “Food doesn't come more instantly mouthwatering than a heaped bowl of Pomelo's famous noodles.”

Pieces they wrote about these places.

Reporting, openings and roundups. Kept for the trail, and not read as their endorsement — a writer relaying someone else's award is not recommending it.

• Time Out Edinburgh ↗roundup · 2026-02-10
  • Locanda de GustiGorgie/Dalry

    “Chef Rosario Sartore is from Naples, so the cooking has a pronounced southern Italian style, with lots of excellent seafood, while the décor puts diners in mind of a bright, polite farmhouse kitchen.”