St Lawrence Cafe
Sat, 21/01/2012 - 5:48pm — wrlynchNational grid ref TM163445. Website www.stlawrencecentre.co.uk.
Cheap & cheerful, pleasant atmosphere of deconsecrated church.
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Ristorante Europa
Tue, 10/01/2012 - 3:29pm — geoff_oldingI had the good fortune to stumble on this place whilst out in London with a friend. I didn’t ask them about whether they had a policy on playing music, however when we were there there wasn’t any, or at least it was so low that you couldn’t really hear it.
The restaurant does a nice range of standard Italian fare, with a range of pizzas and vegetarian options. Not particularly expensive, a good alternative to pizza hut\pizza express etc.
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Age and Sons
Tue, 03/01/2012 - 8:34pm — JMBTransRound the corner from Leopold Street multi-storey car park, less than 5 minutes' walk from harbour.
www.ageandsons.co.uk
We really enjoyed our post-Christmas lunch at Age & Sons. Upstairs in the restaurant, the food was delicious, the service attentive and the original art attractive. Above all, THERE WAS NO MUSIC in this tastefully converted Victorian warehouse, formerly used by local wine merchants Page & Sons (the "P" tile fell off, it seems).
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery Cafe
Fri, 30/12/2011 - 5:07pm — Mctavishhttp://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/café
Newly refurbished Portrait Gallery is a lovely building with wonderful exhibits. Before or after your visit to the galleries, a visit to the cafe is a must. It can be very busy at lunch times, and it's self service, so it's best to avoid the crowds. But the cafe itself is lovely and muzak-free.
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Loudons Cafe and Bakery
Fri, 30/12/2011 - 4:57pm — MctavishBased on, but not quite as good as, the epic Peter's Yard... nice cakes, coffees, light lunches etc. Not as crushed as P's Y, with plenty of room, free wifi, comfy couches, newspapers and best of all - no muzak!
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Edinburgh University Library Cafe
Fri, 18/11/2011 - 11:12am — TheaOpen every day and in the evenings during term times.
Open on weekdays during university vacations.
See the website for details: www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/accommodation-services/current-students...
Next to the University Library on the south side of George Square, the cafe is sizeable and has comfortable chairs and sofas and quiet corners for conversations and for groups to socialise.
Open to the general public to just walk in, and generally blissfully quiet outside mealtimes.
The food is standard good cafeteria fare and the coffee is fine.
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Reeves
Wed, 16/11/2011 - 12:10pm — Nigel RodgersReeves is an independent bakery with nine shops in towns across south Wiltshire, Hants and Dorset. Their original and largest shop is in Butcher's Row, Salisbury. (see their website for details www.reevethebaker.co.uk/find-store/find-store.html )
Reeves bakes a huge variety of breads, cakes, croissants, scones, pies etc. Some of their branches, such as those in Salisbury and Amesbury, have cafés attached. None has piped music as far as I know.
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The Last Bookshop
Wed, 16/11/2011 - 11:56am — Nigel RodgersPart of a small, newish chain of bookshops selling remaindered books, with most @£5, some at £3 or even less.
This small bookshop selling a decent range of intelligent books - not just the usual celebiographies, cat and cook books that too often fill such shops - has been muzac-free on two out of the three occasions I have been there. I congratulated the sales assistant on this quiet the last time, and hope the message will get through.
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The Old Mariner
Fri, 11/11/2011 - 12:02pm — wrlynchGrid ref TM273491, between the middle of the main street (The Thoroughfare) and St Johns church.
Garnished sandwiches lunchtimes Tue to Sat, full meals evenings Monday to Saturday. Some cask ales.
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Nag's Head
Tue, 08/11/2011 - 8:22pm — Brian KilbeyReviewed 8 November 2011. Nearer to Malvern Link station.
Brilliant pub with real ale, cider and interesting food. It even owns a brewery.
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