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The atmosphere at The Café at the Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is rated 8.9/10 by TheFork users.

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The service at The Café at the Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is rated 9.7/10 by TheFork users.

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The quality of the food at The Café at the Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is rated 9.8/10 by TheFork users.

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The waiting time at The Café at the Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is rated 8.9/10 by TheFork users.

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The noise level at The Café at the Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is rated 7.1/10 by TheFork users.

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Reviews - The Café at the Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse

Name: The Café at the Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Address: Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8BP, United Kingdom
Price range: £26 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 9.6

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9.6
of 10

Excellent

63 reviews

Ambience

8.9

Food

9.8

Service

9.7

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Angela M. • 1 review
7 March 2025
10/10
Everything from warm welcome by staff to the wonderful exhibitions. Felt like royality at The Afternoon Tea. Food really gorgeous.
Lorna T. • 1 review
22 February 2025
10/10
Waitress Emma was very attentive, good customer service from her.
Susan S. • 1 review
2 February 2025
10/10
delicious food and lovely staff
Tristan C. • 1 review
7 February 2025
9.5/10
The diversity and quality of the afternoon tea offerings was fantastic. Everything was delicious! Our host, Emma, was incredibly friendly and attentive; she really made the experience a total pleasure. Well worth the price and I’d highly recommend it!
Isidora E. • 1 review
2 February 2025
10/10
The food was excellent, never expected something so nice in an afternoon tea, specially with food alergies (egg and milk). Also the service was incredible, the lady that attended us (sadly I dont know her name) was very nice and helpful, she explained in details all the content to us.
Sarah P. • 1 review
31 January 2025
10/10
Emma! - she was wonderful!
Christine W. • 1 review
31 January 2025
9.5/10
The food presentation and description was exceptional - both on the menu and by Emma, who also looked after us very well.
Kristen N. • 1 review
11 January 2025
9/10
Food was all delicious and the presentation was wonderful. The server was always close by when we needed her. Would highly recommend the afternoon tea especially with girls.
Fiona W. • 1 review
16 December 2024
10/10
Fantastic experience when we celebrated a birthday with afternoon tea. Staff were very attentive and food was plentiful and delicious. Definitely would recommend a visit and look forward to returning.
Jane D. • 1 review
16 December 2024
9/10
The Christmas afternoon tea was amazing, lovely and fresh. Luke was very attentive and really warm and friendly and really looked after us. The only thing I would suggest to enhance the experience is to make the inside of the cafe more Christmassy and cozy! All being said we had a lovely time visiting the palace and then the tea was a lovely way to end the visit so thank you.
Norma W. • 2 reviews
29 November 2024
10/10
This was my second visit and couldn’t fault anything. Look forward to coming again
diane p. • 1 review
3 November 2024
10/10
Excellent afternoon tea. The staff were lovely & friendly too.
Triona N. • 1 review
4 November 2024
9/10
Ambience and service were excellent the food was very tasty and generous . the savouries were the star of the show and dietary requirements were catered to with no fuss . one thing I would say is we were offered a refill of coffee which we enjoyed but were surprised it was added to the bill. in my experience a refill is not added as an additional charge .
Valentine H. • 1 review
31 October 2024
7/10
The food was really good but the place was quite basic, a dog was barking for the entire time and the service was slow.
Arlene N. • 1 review
28 October 2024
10/10
I booked this for my Grandma and her friend and wanted to pay in advance. The manager I dealt with in order to do this was extremely helpful. My grandma and her friend really enjoyed their afternoon tea, plenty of lovely savoury food and tasty treats. They were very taken by the waitress who served them too, said she was very attentive and kind. Thank you
Katariina T. • 1 review
28 October 2024
10/10
Excellent service
Hanna J. • 1 review
27 October 2024
7.5/10
Lovely staff, afternoon tea was good, but it is served in the café so a bit noisy and busy.
Diane H. • 1 review
25 July 2024
10/10
The food was delicious and nicely presented on lovely crockery. Danni, our waitress, was very attentive and helped to make our 60th birthday celebration even more special.
Mel W. • 1 review
17 July 2024
10/10
The girl who served us was great. Very cheerful and friendly. Sorry I forgot her name. Lovely little cafe in a lovely location. Food was great. Def recommend it
Karen J. • 1 review
13 July 2024
10/10
The service was top class and our waitress was so very lovely and very attentive. The afternoon tea was exceptional and with the beautiful
Grant W. • 2 reviews
21 April 2024
10/10
Excellent service. Great experience.
Norma W. • 2 reviews
22 March 2024
9.5/10
Loved everything about it will be back and pass on info to my friends
Jacob P. • 1 review
28 July 2023
8/10
The restaurant could do more creating a bette atmosphere. But great service!!
Kathryn R. • 1 review
26 May 2023
8.5/10
Tea at the Cafe was a charming experience. The scones and sweets were delightful, but beware the sticky scone; a wetwipe or finger bowl would be handy after eating that. The sandwiches were good -- I'm only sorry to say that the egg salad and particularly the cheese and chutney were sadly small. The Cafe staff were all friendly and attentive.
Joan B. • 1 review
2 September 2022
9.5/10
Wanted Afternoon tea while in Scotland. This worked with our Palace tour. Server and foos were excellent. Cafe is very nice, modern upgrades inside, and staff moved about cleaning and sanitizing tables Quickly. It is mostly a order and take your food to a table restaurant, but they do a very nice job with a sit down served tea.
Kay S. • 1 review
8 July 2022
8.5/10
The afternoon tea was beautifully presented and our server was very attentive and friendly. The food was attractive to look at and tasted even better especially washed down with leaf tea and a glass of bubbly on stand-by!
Or Moshe G. • 1 review
20 May 2022
8.5/10
A wide place that allows a quiet afternoon tea experience, a little too simple for a palace, bot the food and tea were nice and the service was great.
Jamie R. • 1 review
8 April 2022
9.5/10
Emma was lovely and the quality and taste of tea and food were second to none. We will definitely recommend to others and return in the future. Thank you.
Angela O. • 1 review
7 December 2019
9.8/10
Excellent quality food and attentive waitress
- -. • 1 review
19 July 2019
9.3/10
We found the experience very good. Food and service excellent. Only drawback was they allowed tourists with there sandwiches etc to sit at tables adjacent to ours. They should have a divider to stop tourists from overflowing into the afternoon tea area.