Tiny mashed potato restaurant crowned ‘best in the UK’ by TripAdvisor – has 9 flavours of mash and menu to fight disease

A SMALL family-owned edifice successful Edinburgh with 9 types of mashed murphy connected its paper has conscionable been announced arsenic the victor of champion edifice successful the UK for casual dining.

Makars Gourmet Mash Bar, located a stone's propulsion distant from Edinburgh Old Town, specialises successful accepted Scottish comfortableness food, dishes similar haggis, neeps and tatties and chickenhearted successful whisky sauce.

But what makes this eatery unique, is everything comes with your ain prime of mashed potato.

There are 9 flavours to take from:

• Classic Scottish dairy butter
• Mature Scottish cheddar cheese
• Mild smoked applewood food
• Wholegrain mustard
• Smoked bacon and outpouring bulb
• Scottish achromatic pudding
• Chilli smoked legume medley
• Creamed horseradish
• Olive lipid mash

Of course, if you're not a instrumentality of the creaseless and silky side, you tin opt retired of having it - purple-sprouting broccoli is served up instead.

Makars was fixed the accolade successful the Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Awards Best of the Best Restaurants 2024.

Tripadvisor chose its winners by looking astatine the prime and quantity of reviews and ratings for restaurants from travellers implicit a 12-month period.

Makars was described by reviewers arsenic an "Edinburgh legend" and "local gem".

As good arsenic serving up delicious nutrient successful a cosy, relaxed atmosphere, the edifice focuses connected utilizing section ingredients and is moving towards works based cooking.

Alongside dilatory cooked lamb shank, dilatory cooked beef shoulder, and chaotic committee sausage, it offers vegetarian haggis and vegetarian sausage made from skirlie (a accepted Scottish crockery made from oatmeal and onion).

Makers besides has dishes with lions mane mushroom connected connection for its vegan and vegetarian customers, an constituent known for being packed with potent antioxidants to combat disease, with claims it tin boost encephalon compartment production.

The mushroom is described arsenic having the sensation of lobster and crab, with the look of a lion's mane. 

Typically, they're rather expensive, but Makers has developed an precocious lions mane turn installation successful Edinburgh, allowing them to connection them astatine a outgo they deliberation is just - that's dedication.

Prices astatine Makers scope from £18 to £23, not including sides oregon dessert.

One lawsuit who visited the edifice this period described their repast arsenic a "feast to remember".

They wrote successful their reappraisal connected Tripadvisor: "Quite simply - the champion eating acquisition I've had successful months! The spot is buzzing, but not crowded.

"The unit were superlative, offering affable assistance passim the meal, without being obtrusive.

"The nutrient was archetypal class. Loved the achromatic pudding mash. A feast to remember."

Another penned: "Friendly and relaxed ambiance for a genuinely gourmet experience."

Makers besides came successful the apical 10 restaurants for casual eating worldwide.

Sliding into ninth place, it joined the likes of restaurants successful Spain, Italy, Argentina and Peru.

While Makers does judge locomotion successful customers, it's recommended you publication successful beforehand arsenic it tin get precise busy.