Metro reviews

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - There are no prizes for guessing the type of food they serve at Al Dente on Edinburgh's Easter Road. What is more surprising is that Al Dente is there at all. The site used to be occupied by Giancarlo Tinelli's restaurant and Tinelli's had been there forever. The tiny trattoria had been around so long it seemed to be a permanent part of the fabric of the city – like the Scott Monument or the castle or congestion…

Tuesday, September 09, 2008 - The bar and restaurant both look striking, although the latter has so many mirrors that all but the most vain of diners might want to tart themselves up before making a booking. Situated on the first floor, it has tall wrap-around windows that look out to the Castle and along Princes Street. Slightly separated from the rest of the dining room by organza curtains, there are three eye-catching booths for large groups, but the real centrepiece of the room is the glass sculpture that hangs from the restaurant ceiling and down through an oval cut in the floor into the bar below.