Lowdown Coffee in Edinburgh

When my friend living in Edinburgh suggested Lowdown as the best coffee in town and stressed that I must try their banana bread I thought “I’m sure its great, I love banana bread but it is just banana bread how good could it be?”Way better than I could imagine. It was £4.50 so it better have been, but well well well worth it.Served with grated dark chocolate, a scoop of mascarpone cheese and what I assume is honey. It was just perfectly sweet without being too decadent.The latte, £3.20, was also incredible and served at the perfect temperature to start sipping it right away while the thick mug kept it hot throughout the sit down.Located right in the heart of New Town, it’s extremely central and there’s really nothing more you could ask for when looking for a great coffee with a nice treat.

10/10!!! Coffee is good...food is HEAVENLY. The avocado on toast was soooo delicious and surprisingly filling. I also ordered the coconut porridge with Greek yogurt and cacao nibbles (minus banana) which was also really good! Very interesting and flavourful combinations! Would definitely recommend. Unfortunately they don't offer soy milk (only oat) which is just a very minor thing.

A very popular cafe in the New Town of Edinburgh which well deserved the hype. Excellent coffee, one time a waitress recommended me a specialty coffee with Kenyan beans - intense flavour, slightly acidic note, aromatic - and I loved it so much. The food we had were great too, fragrant and creamy soup, well made toast with fresh ingredients and pliable sourdough. The chocolate cake is worth trying as well.

Incredible coffee! I had flat white and i was astonished by the quality of their coffee. Hands down, it was the best one I’ve ever had in Edinburgh. The staff were attentive and checking on us. Highly recommend it.👍🏻

One of the best cafes in Edinburgh. They have amazing coffee and great food. Try source their beans from coffee roasters from all over the world meaning that they have an insane selection of delicious coffee. I drank a geisha which was complex and absolutely delicious. Additionally, the food is amazing. I had a wonderful avocado toast and a delectable cinnamon bun. Highly recommend to anyone who would like some good food and amazing coffee.

Stopped here for lunch, they make a concerted effort to get purple to fill the tables inside in fairness to them! Big windows allow a lot of light in so it is very nice and bright in the compact cafe! We both got the soup and sandwich deals with the chicken sandwich and different soups. Both were delicious soups, the coffee was great, teas were lovely and service was without fault! Would definitely recommend and will come back again!

Stopped here back in October and would highly recommend it. Had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated as it was very busy, but absolutely worth it. Staff were lovely and helpful, coffee was incredible, and our brownie was delicious.

Delicious coffee and good looking snacks. Friendly waitstaff and reasonable prices. It is however a small place in terms of seating, and not sure of facilities. Minimal tables inside, and a few more outside in the streetside courtyard. Potentially better to grab takeaway, but i'll definitely be back here.

Lovely experience at lowdown coffee on our short trip to Edinburgh! My latte and cinnamon bun were beautiful and my partner enjoyed his espresso! A nice range of coffee and food to eat!

A nice coffee shop with some delicious baked goods. We were able to get a table despite the place being reasonably busy, and seated with no fuss. The food we ordered was delicious, unfortunately I found my dairy alternative a little odd tasting to the point of almost being too sour and just didn’t seem to work with the coffee blend, not sure if it was just this one time. The other coffee we ordered was good though! Worth a visit.