Award-winning food is often accompanied by a great deal of pomp, but this modest restaurant has simple décor and refreshingly relies on the appreciative chatter of diners – rather than a stereo – for atmosphere.

Comments left in our visitors book during 2011.

I have heard it said that Edinburgh has more restaurants per head of population than any other city in the UK. Whether that is true or not I do not know, but certainly there is a myriad of dining options to choose from. Move beyond the capital's outer limits, however, and the available options begin to peter out quite dramatically. But one very obvious choice, if looking for a good gastronomic experience in rural rather than municipal surroundings, is La Potinière in Gullane.

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The quality of food in Scotland has increased so drastically over the past decade it's almost impossible to recall the bad old days when La Potiniere was one of the few splashes of culinary colour on an otherwise monochrome landscape.

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Proud members of the prestigious Scotch Beef Club, the owners of La Potinière restaurant received the further accolade of being presented to HRH The Princess Royal at a gala dinner at Edinburgh Castle to celebrate their achievement.