As the weather warms up, our dishes cool down. We swap stews for salads and enjoy a crisp, fresh crunch along with some lighter eating. And with leaves, fruits and raw veggies packed with the good stuff, a plate of salad will clock up your five a day, leaving you living your best life nutritionally. But where can you go for a healthy, summery meal that’s temptingly tasty? Here are our favourite places to order a salad in Edinburgh.
Best places for salads in Edinburgh
Hendersons
- Vegetarian
- 7-13 Barclay Place, Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH10 4HW
This venue is a longstanding favourite and veteran of
Edinburgh’s culinary scene, having been in business since 1962. For
many decades, it was the go-to vegetarian and vegan
healthy eating restaurant, before others began popping up all
across the city. And Hendersons’ deli bar is legendary. Order a
platter for £20 and you can add your choice of up to four different
salads, all of which are freshly made from scratch on the premises,
by the talented in-house kitchen team. The ingredients used are
organic wherever possible, seasonal and sourced locally to ensure a
commitment to sustainability.
Roots
- Salad
- 18 William St, Edinburgh EH3 7NH, UK
The clue’s in the name here. Roots involves lots of
ingredients that have, well, roots. With a focus on sustainability,
well-being and the community, the venue has a super colourful salad
bar, packed with superfoods. It has an eat-in area (kid and
dog-friendly), provides takeaway and picnic boxes, and runs a
catering service. The super imaginative list of dishes changes
daily, but you can expect the likes of barbecue roast cauliflower
and broccoli with pinto beans, buddha bowls, spiced beets with
mixed tomatoes and balsamic oregano dressing, red cabbage slaw with
apple cider vinegar and gherkins, and raw rainbow salad with dill
and dijon dressing. And you can wash it down with some of the
delicious juices.
Holyrood 9A
- Gastropub, Salads
- 9a Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH8 8AE
Gastropubs have put salads firmly on the menus of the 21st
century and as Holyrood 9A is one of the best in the city, it
doesn’t disappoint. Known chiefly for its juicy burgers, the bar
offers plenty of choices for the lighter eater. Order a classic
caesar salad with buttermilk crispy chicken, gem lettuce, parmesan
and croutons for £13.95; a vegetarian beetroot and walnut salad,
with gem lettuce, walnuts, beetroot salsa, blueberries and blue
cheese for £12.95; or a vegan secret garden made with sun blushed
tomatoes, rocket, cos, vegan feta, red peppers, red onion and pesto
mayo for £12.95.
KauKau Poke
- Salads, Hawaiian
- 37 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1LL, UK
Those of you bored of more traditional salads should
undoubtedly invest in a poke bowl. This culinary revelation is a
healthy Hawaiian dream, layered with ingredients that are good for
your body and soul. Once purely the stuff of street food pop-ups in
the city, now there’s a permanent place to get your South Pacific
fix — say Aloha to KauKau Poke on South Bridge. First you choose a
base like sushi rice or kale, then a protein such as tofu or yellow
fin tuna, and then you add a flavour plus extra toppings, finished
with lashings of soy or ginger based sauces, creamy vegan mayo,
flavoured oils, or teriyaki.
