The Gateway Café

Don't go! £14.50 for a sausage roll with lettuce on the side! £8.50 for a small sandwich! £7.50 for a small bag of chips and a drink! And, when we went to order, nothing we wanted was in stock! My portion of soup was tiny and left me hungry! The coffee didn't taste good - the espresso shot was clearly burned. Someone isn't training the baristas well. When my friend ordered a pot of tea, she was told they were out of teapots and the server impatiently said 'oh, I could check out the back, if you want, we might have some clean ones' - this shouldn't be an inconvenience, and someone should be restocking the teapots so the checkout people don't have to? How can a place look so gorgeous yet be so poorly stocked with teapots? WHO PICKED SUCH SMALL SOUP BOWLS? WHY IS A SAUSAGE ROLL £14.50?

The Gateway Café is a great spot to meet for anything from coffee and cake all the way to a full meal. Set just inside the West Gate of the Royal Botanics in Edinburgh it's a great place to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. I always come back from here feeling refreshed.

Our server was very kind and friendly. They had gluten free options (I got a gluten free salted Carmel brownie and if was very good). The drinks were really good, my husband got a latte and I got an iced chai latte. 10/10! I would recommend here! It was also quiet and intimate place with a nice flower gift shop as well!

I don't usually leave bad reviews, but had to here. This is incredibly overpriced for a very meagre portion of food. I had a Katsu curry, and there was perhaps three bites of chicken. It was almost comical how small the portion was. Such a shame. I feel screwed out of my money. * update: spoke to a server there to complain, they said "ah, when I am serving I usually give two bits of chicken as that is fair". So they do actually know there is a problem!

Great place to eat and drink something! Sweet portions of scons, and more! All surrounded by the botanic garden makes this place a nice place to be. Feeling relax with the nature! Located in the heart of the botanic garden you will find this place, nice terrace but inside is so cool as well. Downstairs there is a nice shop and part of the museum with expos!

Poor service ,staff standing chatting,ignoring customers. Then served anyone they like in the queue, absolutely abysmal. Won't be back to this cafe,has to be the most expensive with the worst customer service .

3.9🌟 If you are a family with children you're better off bringing your own picnic and have it on the many places an lawns on the grounds as all the Cafés are NOT the cheapest. The food was fresh, there was a soup& sandwich deal that was actually the most decent thing, different soups of the day, staff is friendly and helpful.

it is buffet style restaurant, where you choose the salads the staffs scoop them on your dish and you pay for the number of varieties you choose. wheat and halloumi salad was good, frittata and polenta also tasted nice. beware of the seagulls! they are flying around the place waiting for food