Credo

Once upon a time, this place was literally the worst tapas bar in Edinburgh.
Thankfully, however, it is now a gorgeous wee restaurant. Credo offers a very sultry atmosphere, low lights, and groovy stuff painted on the walls adorned with fairy lights.
We were all sat for their 3 course deal. Our waiter was a little overwhelmed by our party of 14, which is probably fair. He spent a lot of time telling us about everything on the starter platter (as well as the desert platter later) and I’ll admit to not being the most thorough Unilocaler and I little of both.
The starting platter had 2 fishy things which i didn’t eat, a chick terrine i wasn’t blown away by (they don’t really do it for me) and a zesty little chickpea thing. General consensus of the people near me was that it was all nice, but no one seemed amazed by it.
The mains pretty much all sounded super tasty. I ended up having the guinea fowl and mash. It was absolutely delicious, but too small for a man of my appetite. I was jealously eyeing up my neighbours pork loin. I think if you’re a hungry person, get some sides, or order the steak! Everyone made a lot of appreciative noises for this course.
The desert platter, was nothing short of delightful. Again I can only hang my head in shame at not really remembering any of the dishes on the platter, but believe me everyone *loved* it. There was a white chocolate thing, a pineapple cheesecake, something biscuity flavoured but creamy in texture, and another thing that was also super yummy (gods this is a shocking review!)
All in all, I think it’s a lovely spot, I’d definitely recommend it as a bit of an off the beaten track date spot (their bar is pretty decent for a restaurant)

Excellent meal and great value. The chef switched out an item for us on the appetizers as well. Delicious.

Anita A. and I scored a Groupon voucher to have a 3 course meal at Credo Restaurant in Leith.
Just opened about 3 weeks ago on Queen Charlotte Street is Credo. A ‘family owned’ restaurant, introducing a semi fine dining experience for the Edinburgh dining crowd.
The dining area is set up on 3 levels. Light wood, chrome and glass dividers. It has a classy upmarket feel about it.
We were warmly greeted by the owner Simon, who lead us to our table on the middle level. We noticed a big mural of a stag and tree which was truly suited to the place.
The bare tables were minimally decorated with a candle, side plate, napkin and starter cutlery.
The menu works as follows: Starters are served as M.A.T. (*Mezze, Antipasti & Tapas) which is a daily variety of locally sourced and home made tasting sharing plate. We requested to have the fish and meat starters to be served up in separate servings, which was no problem.
So Anita had whitebait and salmon en croute. I was served goat’s cheese on croutons, oat cakes and chicken liver pâté. All quite nicely presented. I was wanting a little more flavour, but I usually do anyway.
Mains:
Anita had pan seared Pollock and Thai style coconut sauce. (She’ll comment on that in her review, as I didn’t taste it). I ordered the Pork Belly with Colcannon (+leek), mint pea and carrots. This came out very promising. Big square piece of pork belly and the top part looked glazed and crispy. *Looked* as when I was trying to cut through it it was rock hard on the edges and leather inwards. Shame, as that was the bit that I was actually looking forward to eating. The pork itself was thoroughly cooked though a little dry and as the skin wasn’t slashed to allow crisping thus me missing out on the flavour — I asked for some gravy to offset the dryness and missing flavour. I did advise the owner (Ruth) she was apologetic, she was to inform the chef and offered to replace the dish. I declined that as I did eat the potatoes and most of the pork already.
(* side note: the dishes were all a little missing in flavour, so salt & pepper on the table would have helped a little)
The dessert is served in the same (ish) style as the starter. The daily available dessert offering mixed on a plate.
* Mille Feuille
* Chocolate Soufflé (Fondant?)
* Kiwi & Lemon Crème Anglais
* Raspberry (?) Ripple Ice Cream
This should have been the saviour of the meal — however.
The Mille Feuille was presented as a single bottom layer with cream on top.
The Crème Anglais was served in an edible mini torte/​pie case looking like a custard pie (which we thought it was until we tried it and it oozed over the plate unable to be poured.)
Soufflé is a difficult dish and it was a shame it was sunk — so it could’ve been a fondant — either way it was a not rich or ‘chocolaty’ enough for our taste.
We were given the drinks off the bill as we had mentioned the issues we had with the dishes.
In all quite a shaky start, they’ve got the right intentions and obviously the chef is trying to get it right, but not just yet at this point. The staff are very pleasant and helpful (a special mention needs to go to Morgana: «hello again!»)
The management couple (Ruth Muir and Simon Hill) are on a right track, but several refinements will need to be made, soon. It is a great venue and with the right servings this could mean the difference between a fine place to have a nice dinner or a nice place to fine dine in.
I want to stress that they’ve just opened doors and they are really working very hard to make this work. I am sure I will visit them again on a later occaision (possibly to try out the brunch with some Unilocalers!) as I like this new venture to work, as it is slightly different from what is out there in Leith.