text: It is New Years Day pm You and your postNYE party pals are a tad hungover or already on their hairs of the dog and hungry Where is open Hmmm not many places But what is this WHISKI Bar Restaurant is But it is on the Royal Mile But it has good reviews on Yelp But it might be a touristsellout place on the Royal Mile But it is the only place that is open and we are hungry and it does FOODnnSo we went to WHISKI Bar Restaurant And I am giving it a solid stars Yes it is on the Royal Mile and this usual positioning along with the Scottishliqueor name Scottishdecor and Scottishstyle pub food menu would make you think it might be similar to all the other overlyScottish pubs on the main tourist street of Edinburgh and therefore the food would be subparnnWe were wrong In fact WHISKI is not even OTT in it is decoration It is just a really nice bar and restaurant Old wooden furniture obviously plenty of whiskies on offer which are all chalked up on a huge black board by category Lowland Peaty Malty Highland etcnnIt was busy It was New Years Day But the floor manager was really friendly and got us seated at a larger table The only grip is the food Took Forever But I am willing to overlook this as it was New Years Day no one wants to be working New Years Day let alone feeding hungover people and they were probably short staffed If I go back and it takes this long there is a problem nnThe food itself when it came was delicious My fishcake starter was mahoosive and had delicious chunks of smoked salmon and trout The burger that I got to try was nice if a little dry the chips all disappeared quickly the soup portion was kind of small but the sausages and mash looked amazing As far as general gastopub fare along a Scottish theme goes this stuff sas the best on the Royal Mile I am surennAnd they do have a lot of whiskies and I think will know their stuff So whether you are a tourist or a local I am pretty sure you will not be disappointed in WHISKI And as a caseinnote that is not really how you spell it And we do not call it Scotch Whisky here We just call it whisky Like they call Bombay Mix just Mix in Bombay Or do they