Comments on: Dine Around Edinburgh at The New Bell: good, but not great http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/dine-around-edinburgh-at-the-new-bell-good-but-not-great/02-09-2008/index.html Life in Edinburgh: Scotland's capital city. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:23:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Fiona Menzies http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/dine-around-edinburgh-at-the-new-bell-good-but-not-great/02-09-2008/index.html#comment-49082 Fiona Menzies Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:02:32 +0000 http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/dine-around-edinburgh-at-the-new-bell-good-but-not-great/02-09-2008/index.html#comment-49082 For my husband’s fortieth birthday, we decided to host a dinner in town for 16 people. We spoke to the manager of the New Bell, Laura Crooks and booked our table. She clearly had experience arranging birthday parties and had some great ideas - a personalised menu, homemade birthday cake replacing dessert and even the seating arrangements. The pub downstairs was an ideal place to meet before the dinner (our table was booked for 8:45pm), and we weren’t disappointed when we went upstairs. The waiting staff were attentive but not intrusive. The food was great (I had the seared sea bass starter and lamb main course). The birthday cake - chocolate nut torte with crème fraiche - was delicious! The atmosphere was really friendly and relaxed. We would recommend the New Bell and will be travelling in from East Lothian to eat there again - and so will our friends! For my husband’s fortieth birthday, we decided to host a dinner in town for 16 people. We spoke to the manager of the New Bell, Laura Crooks and booked our table. She clearly had experience arranging birthday parties and had some great ideas - a personalised menu, homemade birthday cake replacing dessert and even the seating arrangements.

The pub downstairs was an ideal place to meet before the dinner (our table was booked for 8:45pm), and we weren’t disappointed when we went upstairs.

The waiting staff were attentive but not intrusive. The food was great (I had the seared sea bass starter and lamb main course). The birthday cake - chocolate nut torte with crème fraiche - was delicious! The atmosphere was really friendly and relaxed.

We would recommend the New Bell and will be travelling in from East Lothian to eat there again - and so will our friends!

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