Xanadu Chinese Restaurant

13–14 Dalziel Place, Meadowbank, Edinburgh, EH7 5TP

Telephone 0131 661 8981
Food served Mon–Thu 5–11pm; Fri noon–2pm, 5-11pm; Sat/Sun 5–11pm.
Pre-theatre times Sun–Fri 5–9pm
Average price £5.90 (set lunch); £14.50 (evening meal)
Pre-theatre price £9.90
Website www.xanadurestaurant.co.uk

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Husband and wife team Colin and Irene Chiu run this friendly neighbourhood restaurant perched just off the main road through Meadowbank. Named after an emperor’s summer palace, Xanadu’s own decor is simple and functional with Chinese scenes on the pale blue walls and wipe-clean cloths on the tables. On the menu you’ll find all the familiar dishes with a few dim sum options and mainly seafood specials to add some variety. The prawn dumplings are gleaming juicy mouthfuls while hong shao fish – a steaming earthenware pot filled with fried haddock, char siu pork and vegetables in a rich gravy-like sauce – is full of umami goodness. Other dishes don’t stand out, although cooked well. A two-course ‘tea time’ menu for £9.90 is served till 9pm, excluding Saturdays, and you can BYOB (although the wine list is very reasonably priced), making Xanadu a good budget choice. It may not be the ‘stately pleasure-dome’ of Coleridge’s famous poem, but Xanadu is a decent, family-run restaurant that knows how to keep its regulars coming back for more.

High point: Everything freshly cooked to order
Low point: 20 minutes' walk from the city centre

Number of wines sold by the glass: 2
Delivery: £1.50
Provides: Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu, Free wi-fi
Music on stereo: Quiet Chinese instrumentals
Capacity: 60
Largest group: 60
Open since: 2006
House wine: £11.90 per bottle
BYOB: £4 corkage

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2. Bean – 26 Feb 2009, 4:07pm Xanadu Chinese Restaurant Report: Yes the location isn't great - but the food is a force to be reckoned with! You won't get a better crispy duck anywhere else in Edinburgh. They don't use MSG in their food, and it's not all gloopy like some places. The service is superb, attentive yet non-intrusive. I would highly recommend this restaurant!

1. L – 7 Jan 2009, 9:13pm Report: Think reviewer must have been struggling to think of a low point when could only come up with ''out of the way location'' . This restaurant is on the main road , just before Meadowbank Stadium approx ten minutes from the centre of town with good choice of buses. Food , service etc well worth a visit and I really can't think of a low point .

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