Cafe at the Palace in Edinburgh

Come to be rushed by staff and herded like cattle!Instead of serving food until closing time and then rushing guests to leave (whether they have finished or not), the café should stop serving earlier and allow people to vacate in their own time.It was unnecessary for a security guard to usher everyone out and for the restaurant team to remind us on multiple occasions that it was time to go. We were expecting a leisurely Sunday afternoon tea and cake - we will go elsewhere next time.

Great location, beautiful decor, cheerful staff, DOG-FRIENDLY inside and out and AMAZING FOOD! Loved the soup and the CARROT CAKE WAS THE BEST I had in long time. Will be coming back! What a great place! ❤️

Pretty useless- went for a bite to eat when raining and they only had 4 tables inside despite plenty of room for social distancing. What's the point?Edit: the staff at the cafe didn't offer us any of the 12 tables mentioned by the response below despite us asking specifically about them. How can a customer "overlook a table"?! The response below typifies the same poor attitude of the staff that day. Shame because the Palace itself was lovely.

It is a really nice cafe and well laid out internally and externally. Bearing in mind covid19, they have a great job in looking after every customer. All the food and drinks are excellent and just right on a nice sunny day in june. It was very relaxing, as a family, sitting in the sun at comfy chairs and table enjoying a light lunch. Have been here before and will be going back. Definitely recommend this cafe to all.

My daughter surprised me with High Tea for my birthday. From the moment we were seated we were treated like royalty. The teas were lucious. The food exquisite. See the menu pictures. We tried different teas. Ordered leek and potato soup to start then savored each layer culminating with scones, clotted cream, and berries jam. It made our tour of the Palace and Abbey all the more enjoyable. Highly recommend it.

Good snacks, meals and beverages, including vegetarian options. The haggis and baked potato with mustard sauce and parsley was good - the cheese and kale sandwich was also decent.

Bathrooms amazing. Staff so pleasant and friendly. Amazing food especially for the price. Really liked it. Shame about the many wasps that were flying about outside.

Bathroom very elegant and clean. The Queen style. Food and tea are amazing good. The dessert pie really really yummy.

Nice cafe but a bit random... felt like it was a bit understaffed perhaps? The staff were really nice though. Our mocha coffees were enormous and I thought it was funny that they were served in mason jars, I doubt the queen would approve? The tables set up with proper China for high tea looked pretty though.

Great place to stop after climbing Arthur's Seat! Great coffee and scones here and very pretty too! The cakes looked good too!