Let Me Eat - Edinburgh, City of

Absolutely outstanding experience. Had the vegetarian haggis (or was it veggie sausage? Sorry, just remember it was delicious . Saved half for dinner, just as good cold. : Staff was charming and helpful. Family member and I bought a couple of the cute prints they had for sale, too. Will definitely return the next Edinburgh visit!

We were desperate looking for a place to eat because we had been quite late and it was full. We found this little place and decided to come in. The super friendly and helpful staff, immediately attended us. We ate the soup of the day (coliflor, lentils and spines, DELICIOSA) and two wrap. It was all right, they served us fast and we could get some coffee to take to continue the day. We certainly recommend it, ratio quality price very good considering it is next to Grassmarket (approx. 9-10 pounds per wrap, soup of the day about 7 prounds without I remember bad). Very advisable to bite something fast. Vegetarian and healthy options

This place is now called Holyfood (I think) based on the sign outside. We went in drawn by other reviews that said it was good food and affordable. That description is spot on! We ordered 2 paninis (roast pepper and Cajun chicken, at 5 pounds the most expensive things on the menu) and both were delicious and came quickly (less than 5min). Great portion sizes we could barely finish. Awesome little place to stop in for a quick lunch. There's space for about 2 to sit inside and 3 to sit at outside.

Happened upon Let Me Eat as I was attempting to familiarize with the area when I first moved-ended up visiting every week after that. The offered paninis, soups, and salads are all tasty and quantities are large. Though the line can get very long during the lunch hour, service is certainly quick.

If you can get past the slapdash name of this little sandwich and salad shop it suggests that they're not trying very hard, right? you're in for one of the best food bargains you'll ever encounter in the so called First World: Let Me Eat serves up excellent and massive panini sandwiches for under five pounds sterling. The prices are pretty crazy. This is about as prime real estate as you can get in Edinburgh, I'd imagine: less than a block from the Our Dynamic Earth attraction, barely a block from the Scottish Parliament buiding, just a block or two from the Royal Mile (and Holyrood Palace), and so on. Chicken pesto panini was great plenty of marinated chicken and mozzarella, fine basil pesto, terrific bread. Only quibble is that the whole production was somewhat dry. There were something like 15 panini choices, so just about everybody ought to find something to their liking. No seating in the little shop, but you wouldn't want to eat here anyway. It was infernally hot inside (felt like 90 degrees F, Christ), and I don't know how the staff makes it through an entire shift. But the gardens at the parliament building are only a couple of minutes' walk away, and Holyrood Park just beyond that. In good weather, that's where you want to go. It was perfect lunch break for a massive urban walk that included the Royal Mile, Arthur's Seat, Calton Hill, and on back to the other side of Dean Village where we were staying.