Vinyasa

6 Reviews on “Vinyasa”

• Pacomeeen

  The best in old town nice food with friendly Service always just of Royal mail Went there many times never been disappointed see you soon..,,,,

  August 27, 2020, 9:58 pm

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• Dolly Sharma

  The staff were very friendly and nice and the food was amazing. I wish they were a tiny bit more generous with the quantities. (especially for the rice sides)

  May 21, 2019, 5:01 pm

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• Michelle Jones

  Maybe I’m a little biased. This is our ‘local’. So I enjoy being able to come in without a reservation, sit down, and have good Indian food. To me, this is definitely one of the more authentic tasting Indian places (and I’m from Asia). Want something less heavy? Try their salmon curry right at the back of the menu. Other of our favourites also includes their Shatkora Lamb.

  December 14, 2015, 2:35 pm

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• Kimberley Laing

  After my boyfriend received a recommendation from his boss we decided to try Vinyasa as our Saturday night dining. We have only been to one other Indian restaurant since we moved to Edinburgh (not including TUK TUK Indian Street Food), but we were confident we were going to love Vinyasa. The service was slow to start with, but then it was exceptional for the rest of our meal. Our waiter was great at providing recommendations, you could tell he was really passionate about his work and the food they are creating; he was a lot of fun to talk to! The timing of the food was perfect, just the right amount of space between each course.Everything that we ordered, from poppadom’s to curry’s were incredible, and we ate everything! This will definitely be the Indian restaurant we recommend to all of our friends and family who live in, or who are visiting Edinburgh.

  September 7, 2015, 2:42 pm

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• EdinburghFoody

  When the nights close in and the wind gets chilly, I start yearning for warm and filling dishes. Its a perfect time to investigate Edinburghs Indian restaurants. Last week, I visited Vinyasa, a cosy restaurant on St. Marys Street, just off the Royal Mile, on the same block as David Banns and Stac Polly. I enjoyed a long walk through town before dinner, working up an appetite. I needed that walk (and the walk I took after dinner) because the food I had was scrumptious and rich.Vinyasa is a long, relatively narrow restaurant with modern and colourful decor. Walls, tables and seats are elegantly neutral while the bar area is lit by bright blue, red and yellow glass panels. Large lit gold and yellow pictures warm the walls. When I arrived, my companion was comfortably seated next to one. We were in the body of the restaurant, where a number of tables were already taken by couples or people eating on their own. There are also booths, for larger groups.One of the pleasures of dinner, to me, is conversation and the company of good friends or loved ones. Eating out is a great way to share an experience with friends, and some foods are particularly good for a long chat. I like Indian food, sushi and mussels are all particularly good. I eat very quickly so anything that slows me down is welcome. My companion at Vinyasa is one of my oldest friends and eating with her is always a pleasure. We plan dishes so we can share and say yes to every suggestion from the waiter. Do we want poppadoms? Oh, absolutely!Getting startedAfter weve cleaned the plate of poppadoms and hoovered up the pickles, we move on to the starters.Weve ordered macchi kebab fish kebabs and king prawn pathia with puri. They were both good. The king prawns were plump and had that fresh, crunchy texture that shows they havent been over-cooked. The puri was deliciously flaky, soft and tempting. I could happily eat this dish as a main and it is great for sharing and chatting. Pull off a piece of puri and spoon in a mouthful of kingprawn pathia. Pop into mouth and enjoy.The fish kebabs too were moreish. They were made with salmon, flavoursome enough to stand up to the marinade. The fish is tender and tasty. Both dishes came with sauces, but were great just as they were, so we dipped less than we could have.Lamb and dahlI was very excited when I saw lamb shatkora on the menu. I first encountered this dish last year but was an instant fan. Shatkora is a Bangladeshi citrus fruit that adds a wonderful bitter, citrusy flavour to dishes. It works beautifully with lamb, lifting the sometimes too rich meat. Its a hottish dish and one I keep coming back to. Its just so good, a medley of spicy, sour and almost smokey flavours. (If the heat builds up, a mouthful of dahl cools it down again.)Then you find a piece of shatkora. I really enjoy the limey flavour of the cooked fruit, a flare of bright flavour against the mellow spiciness of the sauce.We also had the butter bean gosht, the chefs own recipe and one of the restaurants specials. The lamb butterbean gosht was lovely. The beans lend the dish a creamy consistency and the medium spicy sauce makes a harmonious whole. We were recommended tarka dahl and aloo sag as sides. Both go very well with lamb and both were, on their own, delicious. I have a weakness for a good dahl and this was just as creamy and soothing as I wanted it to be.If we hadnt had a plain naan and the rather lovely piazi rice – rice buttered and served with fried onions we might have managed to eat everything. But we did. It breaks my heart not to be able to finish good food so it was with sadness that I admitted myself beaten. But not to worry: they kindly put the left-overs in a doggy bag and I was fortunate enough to have dahl, rice, naan, sag aloo and butter bean gosht two days in a row. What happy ending! edinburghfoody.com

  March 13, 2014, 2:25 pm

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• Bruce Woods

  Superlative Indian restaurant. A friend and I visited Edinburgh last weekend and were deciding on a place to dine out. I had rarely been to an Indian restaurant before and was sceptical at first but my friend persuaded me to go to this place very near to where we were staying. When the food arrived and we started eating I was totally converted! The Tandoori Murgh (a classic dish of roasted chicken marinated in yogurt and spices) was simply wonderful and beautifully prepared. The accompanying vegetable and rice dishes were superb and the drink we chose (Cobra lager) was perfect. The meal was a delight for the palate and all the senses. On top of that the service was first class – all the staff really care about their customers. Without hesitation I would heartily recommend this brilliant restaurant to anyone who wants to experience superlative Indian cuisine.

  December 10, 2013, 9:26 pm

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