La Barantine in Edinburgh

The food and drink are both excellent but on the day I visited the staff were poor at paying attention to a new customer and helping you to make an order.

Went in had to wait for a good 5-minutes for eye contact.The shop has bread displayed in the window, one would assume that's what they use for their sandwiches but it isn't and they won't use it for sandwiches even when you ask which i found quite weird.Coffee was good.

Coffee is below average. The price was £3.40 on menu but they charged us £3.70 for a lacklustre drinkDONT COME HERE

A lovely place in Edinburgh for my favorite macaroons!

One of the best eclairs I've had in Edinburgh. The baguette is also pretty nice, and makes for great little sandwich. Everything was fresh and staff was lovely.Maybe a bit overpriced

Went this afternoon at 3:55 for a coffee (3 tables empty at least) and asked for a table. And the girl there (didn’t ask for her name) said in a very rude manner that they were really busy and weren’t taking any more clients. I asked at what time they were closing, said at 4:30 pm (35min still…) and that it didn’t matter cause they were not accepting more clients even just for a coffee. We left with no intention to go back and try ever again but if the place closes at 4:30 you serve advicing that you close at 4:30 you can say to clients that at 4:20 you’ll start gathering payments etc. but her behaviour was unnaceptable in an empty cafe place with 35’ to serve and the only intention of drinking a coffee.

Pot of hot tea went over my two year olds head. Tray shouldn't have been held over him. Please take care with small children in future, the situation could have been so much worse.

We absolutely loved the desserts from this place. The macaroons were so flavorful and delicious. The passion fruit one was literally a flavor explosion in our mouths. Alex, Toby and Matti inhaled their pastries and couldn’t stop moaning about them. Our dear French expert, Louise, was amazed by their quality.#reviewednesday

In the ever-changing but always interesting coterie of Stockbridge shops, set in the usual Gallic style of such artisan bakery and pop-in, sit-down, you're-in-Paris, often cramped establishments, what we were looking for was here in Raeburn Place, No.278 to be precise,👍"La Barantine."Efficiently operated by at least two girls (perhaps of The Auld Alliance) exuding the vague impression of prim but p.c. trainee head-mistresses demanding customer behaviour adherence to the lockdown-release rules ... Or Else.However, my wife and I were won over by their fare, their manners and their modus operandi. Coffee and Croissants were baked, served and duly first class. For gourmet cake lovers, their selection was lovely, varied and vast. Our bill was both as expected and delivered with charm. 💕 We shall seek to return in summer.I did look up the name and found it baffling but somehow reasonably appropriate: Vis ... No one seems sure what la Barantine means. ... It certainly is the name of an aristocratic family; also some dwelling places in France ... and an asteroid.

Time to forget time and weather! here you have a cosy place for breakfast all day and delicious french pâtisserie. Bring your book and just chill for a while. You will recharge your batteries! AND, before leaving, take a fresh homemade bread home!