text: Maxies does not look much from the outside and to be honest it is not up to all that much inside either Situated just round the corner from the Royal Mile Maxies is right behind Edinburgh Castle and so it ought to be a great restaurant for all the tourists to go but unfortunately it is not up to muchnnThe restaurant has quite a cosy feel inside with padded seats covered in cushions with a pretty lively atmosphere The menu in Maxies is pretty much seafood orientated with lots of fish and seafood dishes but there are also steaks stir frys chicken and haggis dishes on the menu too I had the sole cooked in a creamy sauce which was OK The sauce was pretty thick and gloopy and lacked proper taste but the fish was perfectly cooked My friend had a pasta dish which they really did not like she said the pasta was still hard and that the sauce was tepid not nice The service was pretty average too the waiters were not that attentive and only seemed to show some life when we asked for the bill nnThere are much better restaurants in Edinburgh which are more deserving of the custom than Maxies