Topic

Value review insights for Scotland, United Kingdom

Detailed Value analysis for Scotland, United Kingdom.

This view focuses on Value signals in Scotland, United Kingdom to help you understand what guests mention most.

Key takeaway

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Current scope

Scotland, United Kingdom

Largest gap

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Confidence

19,184 reviews analyzed across 2 platforms.

Key Stats

Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.

This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.

Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.

Google Maps
Signal balance: +5.7pp

Complaint signal

4.9%

Praise signal

10.6%

Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +12.9pp

Complaint signal

5.6%

Praise signal

18.5%

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Context

Coverage

217 insight pages mention Value in this scope.

Signal strength

Complaint signal is 5.2% across available platforms.

Praise signal is 14.6% across available platforms.

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Evidence behind this topic

  • Value groups review language such as pricing, pricey, overpriced, small portion, expensive, and budget, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
  • Scotland, United Kingdom uses 19184 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 1 locality records, and 217 supporting insight pages for Value.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest complaint signal for Value at 5.6%, compared with a measured average of 5.2% across platforms.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Value at 18.5%, compared with a measured average of 14.6% across platforms.

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Top recurring drivers

These are the strongest recurring drivers behind this topic in the current scope.

Google Maps Top complaints
** AVOID ** Do not listen to their pathetic responses to people’s negative comments. I responded 4 weeks ago and they’ve ignored me. The service was shocking. We were served the wrong steak and wrong starter. Granted the staff did take these back and bring the correct ones it’s still not the point. To top it off we asked for the bill and they charged us for the £94 white wine not the £45-50 one. (Can’t remember the exact price) I’ll be reverting back to Gaucho from now on.
Google Maps Top complaints
5.30 Sunday 4th Jan my wife and myself got in from the bitter cold and got seated. Our order was taken which included a very expensive bottle of merlot but we were happy to pay £41 to compliment the following meal. First thing was the room temperature it was quite cold but was assured the heating was on full blast. The starter arrived, onion soup which was nice and helped to heat us up. Main course came to us on cold plates, sirloin steak which was unchewable which about half was left by the both of us, mashed potatoes and broccoli only enough for one came with the steaks served on separate plates both were chilled. Very disappointing and spoiled an overnight stay in Edinburgh
Google Maps Top praises
10 of us ate in their beautiful private dining room yesterday - celebrating a friends 60th. Room was great - glass walled so you felt part of the wider room, but able to chat and be heard. Some ate from the normal menu and others from the incredibly good value lunch menu. All of the food was so tasty - really excellent. Service was perfect and all round the perfect celebration lunch experience. Highly recommend
Google Maps Top praises
11/10 - Exceeds Expectations. Usually, even the greatest restaurants lack in one area compared to the rest; that is not the case at Badger & Co. Staff: 11/10 Food: 11/10 Drinks: 11/10 Atmosphere: 11/10 The service is exceptionally warm and inviting, and they make you feel like a local guest. We had the steak and the cod, which were both high-quality and cooked perfectly. The chefs working here clearly LOVE food and are passionate about it - it’s evident in the flavor and presentation. We had the Bonnie Badger & Badger’s Can’t Swim drinks, and both were delicious. The entire staff was friendly and attentive from the moment we arrived to the time we left. The entire restaurant perfectly captures its unique theme and warmth, without risk of turning kitsch. Prices were fair and reasonable. We came here on our first night in Edinburgh as tourists, and could not have received a better introduction and welcome to Scotland. If I were a local, I’d gladly return throughout the year.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
0 Please avoid this place we had a voucher to use and the girl could not find voucher reference. She left my sister waiting for ages until we had to phone my nephew who had gifted us for Xmas treat. We were made feel as if we had free meal and people were looking at us. Humiliating . Terrible service and meal mediocre not worth the money . Prices expensive for what you get please don’t go here . It will only waste your day !
Tripadvisor Top praises
100% recommended, be like great. Service was amazing, our waitress was the Peruvian girl. Considering we are at the Royal Mille the right price
Tripadvisor Top praises
15 min from the center, moved from the tourist places is this delicious Japanese. Great service, delicious and plentiful dishes. Excellent value for money
Tripadvisor Top praises
1st time at this restaurant tonight for a family birthday celebration. Can’t fault a single thing. Staff are amazingly friendly and attentive. The food was top class, We had many different dishes and each one was distinct in flavour and cooked to perfection. Great atmosphere and very clean (including the toilets, spotlessly clean) I was pleasantly surprised at our final bill, very reasonably priced for the quantity/quality of the food and fantastic service we received, would definitely recommend a visit here and we will visit again.

Representative review quotes

Representative review excerpts add operational context to the topic signals.

Google Maps Complaint quote
Booking is essential in case it rains. 12.5% service charge automatically added is significant on an already expensive menu and "Would you like it removed sir?" shows lack of tact. Exactly what is Service Charge?

Review rating: 4.0

Google Maps Praise quote
we had a lovely evening in the restaurant staff were very friendly food portions small price ok quality of food ok

Review rating: 4.0

Tripadvisor Complaint quote
Great venue but food was nothing to write home about and very overpriced for what it was. Simple bowl of not that special gnocchi for £24! Two slices of tomato with radicchio for £7. Very unimaginative vegetarian selection. But we were most disappointed by the unsmiling serving and the long wait after the mains. We felt ignored. We waited so long, in fact, we decided to go elsewhere for desert. We won’t be returning.

Review rating: 2.0

Tripadvisor Praise quote
A frustrating experience. We visited on a busy Friday evening and had booked in advance. Our reservation was at 8.30pm to be told our table would be a while. It was 9pm before we sat down. The staff seemed overly keen to take our orders, twice we had to say could they just give us a little time to study the menu. We ordered 2 starters and poppadoms to begin. The poppadoms arrived but no starters. A half hour later, our main courses arrived, still no starters! The food was sent back and we waited another half hour! We were still eating our main meal at 11pm and it was obvious the staff wanted us out. The food was nice, not fantastic and certainly not the best Indian food we have ever eaten, the curry sauces were very ‘samey’. I would say the naan bread was delicious though. Was it good value for money, no! Was the service good, definitely some communication errors along the way, but polite non the less, was it a slick and efficient service, a definite no, it was chaotic to be honest. There seemed to be a lot of stressed waiters and waitresses! The wine, be careful, we chose the Pinot Grigio which was the most expensive White as there was little to choose from, it was like drinking grape juice and only 10% VOL, it was not a quality wine nor good value at well over £30 a bottle and no mention of proof on the wine list, which any good restaurant should highlight. Would we go back, possibly, but only if the restaurant’s owners up their game in terms of customer service and efficiency. The Ladies toilets were also filthy which was off putting to say the least! Regular checks should be put in place, to ensure guests receive a clean environment to ‘powder their noses’! Much room for improvements!

Review rating: 3.0

Evidence from source analysis

These snippets come from aggregated analysis text and highlight recurring language tied to this topic.

Google Maps Complaint signal
** AVOID ** Do not listen to their pathetic responses to people’s negative comments. I responded 4 weeks ago and they’ve ignored me. The service was shocking. We were served the wrong steak and wrong starter. Granted the staff did take these back and bring the correct ones it’s still not the point. To top it off we asked for the bill and they charged us for the £94 white wine not the £45-50 one. (Can’t remember the exact price) I’ll be reverting back to Gaucho from now on.

Signal: 0.0%

Google Maps Complaint signal
5.30 Sunday 4th Jan my wife and myself got in from the bitter cold and got seated. Our order was taken which included a very expensive bottle of merlot but we were happy to pay £41 to compliment the following meal. First thing was the room temperature it was quite cold but was assured the heating was on full blast. The starter arrived, onion soup which was nice and helped to heat us up. Main course came to us on cold plates, sirloin steak which was unchewable which about half was left by the both of us, mashed potatoes and broccoli only enough for one came with the steaks served on separate plates both were chilled. Very disappointing and spoiled an overnight stay in Edinburgh

Signal: 0.0%

Google Maps Praise signal
10 of us ate in their beautiful private dining room yesterday - celebrating a friends 60th. Room was great - glass walled so you felt part of the wider room, but able to chat and be heard. Some ate from the normal menu and others from the incredibly good value lunch menu. All of the food was so tasty - really excellent. Service was perfect and all round the perfect celebration lunch experience. Highly recommend

Signal: 0.0%

Google Maps Praise signal
11/10 - Exceeds Expectations. Usually, even the greatest restaurants lack in one area compared to the rest; that is not the case at Badger & Co. Staff: 11/10 Food: 11/10 Drinks: 11/10 Atmosphere: 11/10 The service is exceptionally warm and inviting, and they make you feel like a local guest. We had the steak and the cod, which were both high-quality and cooked perfectly. The chefs working here clearly LOVE food and are passionate about it - it’s evident in the flavor and presentation. We had the Bonnie Badger & Badger’s Can’t Swim drinks, and both were delicious. The entire staff was friendly and attentive from the moment we arrived to the time we left. The entire restaurant perfectly captures its unique theme and warmth, without risk of turning kitsch. Prices were fair and reasonable. We came here on our first night in Edinburgh as tourists, and could not have received a better introduction and welcome to Scotland. If I were a local, I’d gladly return throughout the year.

Signal: 0.0%

Tripadvisor Complaint signal
0 Please avoid this place we had a voucher to use and the girl could not find voucher reference. She left my sister waiting for ages until we had to phone my nephew who had gifted us for Xmas treat. We were made feel as if we had free meal and people were looking at us. Humiliating . Terrible service and meal mediocre not worth the money . Prices expensive for what you get please don’t go here . It will only waste your day !

Signal: 0.0%

Tripadvisor Praise signal
100% recommended, be like great. Service was amazing, our waitress was the Peruvian girl. Considering we are at the Royal Mille the right price

Signal: 0.0%

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Reviews analyzed

19,184

Platforms covered

2

Last update

June 22, 2026

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