{"id":414908,"date":"2025-09-11T04:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/414908\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T04:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:35:09","slug":"review-a-metropolitan-feast-at-w-edinburgh-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/414908\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: A metropolitan feast at W Edinburgh hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  It&#8217;s energy of a place that knows it belongs to a bigger world has rippled throughout the city for almost two years. Initially locals were unsure of this\u00a0\u201cwalnut whip\u201d structure carving out a place in the infamous Edinburg skyline, but more and more, I hear of those adventuring to the top and finding\u00a0a meeting point where global glamour and local heritage cross over effortlessly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Perched high above the city, with those sweeping views of\u00a0the gothic spikes of the Old Town, it feels metropolitan in the truest sense, and the food mirrors this sensibility.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/culture\/25454390.review-scotlands-prettiest-restaurant-worth\/?rel=cl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Witchery: Is Scotland&#8217;s prettiest restaurant worth it?<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  My salmon starter was incredibly refreshing and balanced. The lamb that followed was bold and deeply comforting with pea instead of the traditional mint accompanying it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Across the table, my sister\u2019s ham hock sausage roll was rustic but elevated \u2014 the sort of dish that has no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business<\/a> being this chic \u2014 while her curried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/north-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Sea<\/a> cod carried the warm, fragrant spices you\u2019d expect in a London supper club. It was definitely the star of the evening.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n  And then, of course, there were the cocktails. The \u201cGods and Goddesses\u201d series makes you feel part of something playful and imaginative, a cosmopolitan mythology with nods to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/gaelic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaelic<\/a> folklore.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n  My favourite \u2014 a gooseberry-led creation \u2014 managed to be sharp, fresh, and utterly modern, and another I can&#8217;t wait to try again both Wildwoods with the stunning pear foam and\u00a0\u00d9rachadh \u2013 Awakening, which showcased\u00a0Highland Park 12 with flamed spices.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The W Edinburgh is still something of the city\u2019s new kid on the block, but it has already carved out a striking place in the skyline and in the story of St James Quarter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  W Hotels, with their reputation for high-energy glamour from Barcelona to Bangkok, have found in the Scottish capital a home that\u2019s equal parts heritage and reinvention. Step inside and you immediately sense it \u2014 the slick modernity, the cosmopolitan hum, the unapologetic ambition to bring something international, even a little audacious, to one of Europe\u2019s most historic cities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The W Lounge is a statement: Edinburgh can be as metropolitan, as stylish, as forward-looking as any world capital. And yet, you still feel the warmth, the groundedness, that keeps it uniquely Scottish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s energy of a place that knows it belongs to a bigger world has rippled throughout the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-414908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115183807661003785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}