text: So I have this thing about roses If there are roses anywhere on it or mentioned or otherwise involved I am pretty much a dead cert to like it But I confess I had some vague preconceptions of this place from the reviews I would read and I expected something a little twee a bit quirky in that slightly forced sense So when I came here for the Yelp brunch I was surprised to find that from the outside it looks pretty much like any other relatively nice pubnnWell to be fair quirk it has in abundance inside The halogen lights are shaded by upturned teacups in translucent bone china Around the top of the room hats in all styles and colours hang on roseshaped hooks Menus arrive in old copies of National Geographic The teapot in which our tea arrived was an adorable porcelain cottage But it is not a tryhard kind of place despite the kooky notes it is also a genuine solid pub It is cosy warm wellstocked with a good range of drinksnnI was transfixed too by the juicer which provided me with apple juice so fresh and pulpy that I could stand my straw upright in it and served with a merry slice of apple that presented the whole thing rather charmingly like a cocktail That kind of fruity joy explains the hefty ua price tag which I would gladly pay againnnThere was a good number of us yet they managed to serve us all pretty quickly My meal was the last to arrive but I did not feel I would been waiting an unfairly long time The big breakfasts on griddles looked incredible and supergenerous and I heard good reports about the French toast toonnI went for Eggs Florentine To be honest I was a little disappointed with the eggs themselves I like the yolks of my poached eggs to run free like liquid scamps on the playground of my food but these smiled orangely up at me in regrettable stasis I suspect that this might simply have been a sideeffect of having to poach eggs for about half of our rather large party in quick succession though both the wilted spinach and the toast were done to perfection so it was still a really lovely meal and a snip at uannThe whole experience was easily worth the long walk to Leith from my house which also justified the indulgence yum yum and I feel very certain I will be back before too long to enjoy it all over again Yup this place is coming up smelling of roses