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21212 Reviews


“It’s got the ‘wow” factor”
Topping a panda visit, Press and Journal
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“AN EDINBURGH restaurant has become the fifth in the city to win a coveted Michelin star – just eight months after opening.”
Hazel Mollison, Edinburgh Evening News
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“21212 confounded me. Eating there was one elaborate surprise after another, but surprises presented with endearing enthusiasm rather than snobbery.”

Melanie Reid, The Times
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“The new stage for his extraordinary performance art is every bit as mind-blowing and to the surprise of this jaundiced journalist, I find myself giving a standing ovation from the stalls.”
Jasper Gerard, The Telegraph
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“Eating out in Edinburgh just got a whole lot better .”
Matthew Fort,Guardian
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“Kitching may be phasing out the in-your-face affronts to culinary sensibilities, but he's a million miles from being po-faced and has evolved so that the invention and innovation quotient remains extraordinarily high.”
Richard Bath, Scotland on Sunday
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“There is some serious, technical cooking on display but there is also a tremendous sense of fun about it. This is food that doesn't take the easy route.”
Jonathan Trew, Metro
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“An indulgence that'll leave you awestruck.”
Scott McCulloch, Business 7
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“The new 21212, which debuted in May, has already become one of the city’s hot spots.”
Danielle Contray, New York Times
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Comments from those who have stayed with us


Thank you for making our honeymoon so special. We wish you great success & hope to be back soon!
Mr & Mrs Fairagher, Shropshire


Beautiful Décor, excellent service
Carl & Kathleen, South Africa

Fantastic Décor
Mr & Mrs Naylor, Nottingham

Absolutely first class
Mr & Mrs Stewart, Edinburgh

Fantastic stay, brilliant service!
Mr Fentiman, Nottingham

The best bed & room ever!
Mr & Mrs Feniuk, Manchester

Perfect – Fabulous food, great building, wonderful hospitality thanks!
Mr & Mrs Bandenburgh, Leicestershire

Amazing room had a lovely stay, hotel will come highly recommended
Mr J Johnston, Middlesbrough

A wonderful way to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary
Mr & Mrs Saffery

Lovely location to get engaged!
Emma & Casper, Aberdeen

Amazing rooms & incredible food, fantastic
Parkhouse, Dubai

A beautiful room and a lovely relaxing stay
Mr Fisher, Ipswich

A lovely hotel, very friendly staff and exquisite rooms
Mr & Mrs Young, Brighton

Food excellent, room fabulous. The whole experience was out of this world thank you.
Mr & Mrs Wood, Dumfries

First class from top of the house to the wonderful dining room, lovely people – you feel welcome.
Mr & Mrs Stephen, Aberdeenshire


Comments from those who have dined with us

Wonderfully attentive staff made the stay an absolute delight! A wonderful room
Mr & Mrs Holley, Kent

Thank you! An amazing experience.. as Arnold said “I’ll be back”!
Mr Khoury, London

Wonderful food with fantastic rooms and service
Mr & Mrs Smith, Aberdeenshire

Marvellous dinner, superb room, splendid staff. Thank you!
Mr & Mrs Wright, Durham

Absolutely fabulous, loved the food, ambience and particular the view over to my home country.
Mr & Mrs Lypka, Aberdeen


Juniper Reviews (Paul’s former restaurant)

“Paul is pure talent, driven by a great creative energy; a powerhouse of the North”
Gordon Ramsay, Metro

“I am willing to go so far as to say that its chef, Paul Kitching, is on more than nodding terms with genius. But it also manages to be that very rare thing: bloody amusing….I want people to go there. It’s eccentric and tasty and truly diverting and, in a restaurant world that too often aims at some perceived notion of straight-faced quality, that has to be a good thing.”
Jay Rayner, The Observer

“It's pyrotechnics on the plate at Juniper, in the Manchester suburb of Altrincham. Nothing seems to inhibit the imagination of chef Paul Kitching. Eight, 14, and 20-course tasting menus flow out of him like a stream, although the standard three courses are just as satisfying. The cooking is highly inventive, sometimes downright subversive, always interesting and usually delicious.”
Matthew Fort, Departures

“…Paul Kitching, a great chef, cooks from his heart and, to an extent, by the seat of his pants. We went as a family, and spent five hours over a memorable 45-course meal…The less we are bound by the perceived conventions of eating, the more we will enjoy its pleasures and the more restaurants such as Juniper will flourish and serve dishes such as A Man Made Of Aubergine. Now who wouldn’t be in favour of that?”
Heston Blumenthal, The Guardian

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Siobhan Mathers
Taste Communications
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