jackson Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I can't believe noone has mentioned the Stage Door.Its on North Silver Street off Golden Square. Highly recommend you check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Would really recomend The Square, right beiside the music hall. Very very nice place with great food.I know many restaurants drop standards at christmas, but the two christmas work lunches I've had at The Square and Matchams (run by The Square) have been well below par. Nargile is a great shout, haven't been there for a while. Need to rectify that soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 thank you to the people who actually answered my question. halo is not an upmarket restaurant. Will check out some of the west end venues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I know many restaurants drop standards at christmas, but the two christmas work lunches I've had at The Square and Matchams (run by The Square) have been well below par. Nargile is a great shout, haven't been there for a while. Need to rectify that soon.I had dinner at the Square for my 21st and thought the food was ok, but not worth the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 There's a new Steak and lobster house on Crown Terrace where the old La Bamba was. I went in before Christmas and the food was pretty good. Other favourites include Musa and La Stella. (Although my secret shame is 'China Kingdom'.) Great food, shit restuarant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd040 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Cafe 52 on The Green. Best in Aberdeen. Nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 There's a new Steak and lobster house on Crown Terrace where the old La Bamba was. I went in before Christmas and the food was pretty good. Other favourites include Musa and La Stella. (Although my secret shame is 'China Kingdom'.) Great food, shit restuarant.what happened to la bamba? it was alright. does that mean the only mexican place left is that place down the beach? bah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I may work there and be slightly biased, but Musa is really good. The food is good value as well because the portions are huge. Only thing I'd say is to ask for a table upstairs when you book. It's not as cramped as downstairs.But it is an informal place, the whole idea is to have good food without a stuffy atmosphere.La Bamba moved a few doors down, it's still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 what happened to la bamba? it was alright. does that mean the only mexican place left is that place down the beach? bah.La Bamba is still there, it's just moved along a couple of buildings to where the old 'Lotus' chinese restuarant was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I may work there and be slightly biased, but Musa is really good. The food is good value as well because the portions are huge. Only thing I'd say is to ask for a table upstairs when you book. It's not as cramped as downstairs.But it is an informal place, the whole idea is to have good food without a stuffy atmosphere.La Bamba moved a few doors down, it's still there.I agree. Musa is one of the best choices for good food. (I happen to know a certain German chef from in there who used to cook pretty good food at cafe 52 also. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynsey Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 SimpsonsWent there for my graduation meal in summer and was really disappointed. The food was alright but not really worth the price and the staff were all about 12 and poorly trained.Number 1 on Queen's Terrace is lovely. Sometimes a bit lacking in atmosphere through the week but the food's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I agree. Musa is one of the best choices for good food. (I happen to know a certain German chef from in there who used to cook pretty good food at cafe 52 also. )He's lovely Have you heard him rant about his time at Cafe 52 though? Eeek! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Cafe 52 on The Green. Best in Aberdeen. Nuff said.Indeed, must head back there soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Banacek Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Yatai, on Skene Street, is meant to be excellent. Here's the review from the Sunday Herald.The real dealReview by Joanna Blythman Published: July 26, 2007 I shared a platform recently with Emeritus Professor Hugh Pennington, the UK authority on food poisoning. He was quick to squash any idea that the catering trade is overburdened with unnecessary regulation, testifying to the pathogenic horrors he has witnessed.This chimed with media reports of the recent prosecution of an Edinburgh pub, one of those "Two For the Price of One" outfits. Rats in the garlic bread, bought-in food past its use-by date, fridges and stoves encrusted with sinister substances all for 6.99 a head!As a regular eater out, I worry about my health, and it's not just the prospect of a kidney-knackering burger or a campylobacter-incubating chicken fajita, but also the prevailing imbalance in restaurant food.Even when you eat out in good, clean restaurants, you generally end up with a meal that is too rich, protein-intensive, lacking in roughage and deficient in fruit and vegetables. Not a problem for the occasional diner, but an occupational hazard for both the liver and the waistline of the restaurant reviewer.What a delight, then, to discover Yatai in Aberdeen, where the food leaves you feeling better, not worse. Its chef-proprietor, John Jones, has set up in his native city after seven hard years learning how to be a proper Japanese chef.This is not someone who has a token six months at Yo Sushi on his curriculum vitae, but a young man who has showed the professionalism to clock up a serious training, including stints with Honda Europe, Shun in Tokyo, and the well-respected Zuma in London.The two-tier restaurant is cute and simple. You see focused chefs working away with extreme concentration in the postage-stamp kitchen out front. The restaurant's mission which it wholeheartedly delivers is to serve authentic, informal Japanese food at affordable prices.The menu is refreshingly daring. You choose from a selection of zensai (small dishes), char-grill skewers, sushi (rice and seaweed rolls) and sashimi (raw fish) that come in waves as they are prepared. On the vegetable front and this is a brilliant restaurant for vegetarians we nibbled away on a bowlful of edamame (soy beans), steamed in their pods and sprinkled with rock salt. They tasted like sweet little broad beans and slipped easily from their pods.Interesting, too, were the half-moon slices of Kabocha squash, glazed in teriyaki sauce, char-grilled and served on fresh shiso leaf, a herb that tastes a bit like mint crossed with parsley and lemon balm.The menu contains a huge diversity. We were knocked out by the soft-shell crabs in their light-as-a-whisper, dry batter. This came with an eau-de-nil coloured mayonnaise made from capelin roe (a small smelt) and wasabi (horseradish), and a salad of seaweeds, dressed with a garlicky, chilli dressing. Fine lemon sole, encased in excellent tempura batter was partnered by ponzu, a tart dipping sauce made from rice wine and vinegar, seaweed flakes and Japanese citrus fruits.Juicy, chunky tempura prawns were spectacularly good when anointed with their slightly sweet, gingery dip. You really pick up the flavour and texture nuances of fish in sashimi. Ours featured small prawns, yellowtail and tuna. Succulent eel worked well given a sushi treatment, wrapped in sticky rice and nori seaweed.Representing the carnivore choice, skewers of crusty warm pork belly with a miso mustard sauce were a triumph while chilled rare rib beef with chilli ponzu was clean-cut and classic. There is no stodgy carbohydrate padding on the evening menu, no redundant makeweight ingredients. Even desserts we had an unusual green tea ice-cream with a restrained sweetness and a sorbet of raspberries flavoured with ume shu (plum wine) are easy on the stomach.Yatai is light on the wallet too, especially when you consider the cost of its lovely raw ingredients. It represents a big leap forward, not just for Aberdeen, but for Scotland.Sunday Herald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Not really 'posh' per se, but my favourite restuarant in the city is Casa Gabrielle on Bridge Street. Italian, as you can probably guess by the name. The service is top notch and the food is just to die for. I've never been disappointed by it yet. Lovely atmosphere. 3 course dinner for two people and a bottle of cheap plonk will set you back about 70-80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Number 1 on Queen's Terrace is lovely. Sometimes a bit lacking in atmosphere through the week but the food's great.I've never had dinner there, had a few lunches there as it's right next to my work but I've always found it overpriced and distinctly average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balvack Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Try Cafe Boheme cafe bohme - the seafood specials on the evening menu are great. For a lower budget option they have a lunch / early evening menu - 14.95 for three courses.I'd also second Yatai, but think you need to book well in advance as it's not very big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynsey Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 I've never had dinner there, had a few lunches there as it's right next to my work but I've always found it overpriced and distinctly average.My meals there have always been great.Think someone said there's only La Bamba and Chiquitos for Mexican food in Aberdeen but there's Pancho Villa's on Bon Accord Street too, although I've heard mixed reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Commander Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Think someone said there's only La Bamba and Chiquitos for Mexican food in Aberdeen but there's Pancho Villa's on Bon Accord Street too, although I've heard mixed reviews.Has pancho villas not been closed for ages now? I had a couple of lunches there and it was pretty good, but everytime I have been past it over the last few months it looks like there is nothing there anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 yea it closed down ages ago. it was okay but we went there for lunch on new years eve 2006 and were the only people there yet they still messed our order up and had to come and apologise for our wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 10 Easy Wishes Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 pizza hut on union street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Anywhere in town serving this?You see, one doesn’t grab live tentacles. They grab you. And they grab the plate and the sauce dish and the slices of garlic. In fact, the suckers suction on to anything they contact. If you are able to dip the tentacle into any of the three escorting sauces (a chili paste with raw thinly sliced garlic and jalapeno peppers or the pink, sweet and spicy sauce or a salt and pepper vinegar), then, congratulations, you cleared the first hurdle. Now try getting the thing to come off your chopsticks and into your mouth. This is not a passive piece of toro sashimi we’re talking about. This is an entity that does not want to be eaten alive, dead or otherwise. This is, perhaps, even a thing that would happily take you down with it if it were big enough. Deep End Dining: Rude Food. Live Octopus Tentacles. The Prince. Los Angeles, CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Taking the wife out for dinner tonight for her birthday. I've narrowed it down to:La Stella The SquareLes Amis (French place on Justice Mill lane).I've never been to any of these places before, I'm looking for somewhere quiet and relaxing, where she can feel a bit spoiled, but not too formal ya know? Money's not really an issue, which of the three would people recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Taking the wife out for dinner tonight for her birthday. I've narrowed it down to:La Stella The SquareLes Amis (French place on Justice Mill lane).I've never been to any of these places before, I'm looking for somewhere quiet and relaxing, where she can feel a bit spoiled, but not too formal ya know? Money's not really an issue, which of the three would people recommend?whichever of the three is taking a friday evening booking on friday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 whichever of the three is taking a friday evening booking on friday afternoon.Yup. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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