Harden's says

A second branch of the Glasgow South East Asian restaurant.

survey result

Summary

£38
    £
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Once you get over the shopping mall outside” – namely the upmarket new St James Quarter development – this is “a great place”: the sibling (est. 2022) to an Glasgow-based South-East Asian restaurant, and offering “fun fusion cooking” (“try the corn dogs and red curry”); “watch out” though – “it’s rammed each evening”.

Summary

£38
    £
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A second branch of Glasgow’s South East Asian restaurant in the swanky new St James Quarter development, which opened in March 2022. It opened too late in the year to generate any feedback in our annual diners’ poll but in April 2022 The Scotsman’s Gaby Soutar declared herself “very happy that Edinburgh has its own Ka Pao”, finding it “one of my favourite food premises in the building”.

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Unit 420, St James Quarter, Edinburgh, EH1 3AE

Restaurant details

Highchair,Menu
98

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch   £17.50

Starter Main Pudding
£3.00 £11.30 £5.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £27.00
Filter Coffee £2.75
Extras  
Service 10.00%
Unit 420, St James Quarter, Edinburgh, EH1 3AE
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑12 am
Tuesday12 pm‑12 am
Wednesday12 pm‑12 am
Thursday12 pm‑12 am
Friday12 pm‑12 am
Saturday12 pm‑12 am
Sunday12 pm‑12 am

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