During the lockdown days, we walked with a friend of mine overall 55km on that day: from Craigmillar, via innocent railway pathway, through Bruntsfield, the Water of Leith to Balerno, a loop around Pentlands through Carlops and Silverburn, and back to Balerno to return back to Craigmillar the same way.
On our way back, we came off the Water of Leith path to find this really friendly restaurant. I only asked for a cup of tea, as I was extremely ( as you can probably imagine) tired. The owner was not serving tea, but came out of her way and prepared me probably the best in life cuppa, and did not charge me a penny for it, despite I insisted on paying.
I would have never expected this level of kindness, especially it was COVID time and every business struggled to survive.
I'll definitely come back for a meal once the pandemic is over. It smells of home- made, authentic food when passing the place, which is prepared by an authentic Italian ch