REVIEWS The List Eating & Drinking Guide 2007/2008 - Hitlist ....great value, imaginative food. The colourful interior ....is reflected in a creative menu...The extensive wine list is as eclectic as the menu, both in origin and price. Despite the evident talent in the kitchen and beautiful presentation, Marynka... boasts a refreshing lack of pretension. It is well worth climbing on a train to find this culinary gem, which is as good as the best city centre establishments, without the price. The Herald, 28th January 2007 Style: Relaxed and cheerful..... Since opening in 2000, Marynka has established a reputation for reliable and imaginative cooking coupled with efficient and professional service. Worth a trip from the city centres. Sunday Times 4th June 2006 The menu was concise..... all of it seasonal and as indigenous as the locale could manage, expertly cooked and presented with a refreshing absence of frill or overelaboration. Marynka is a restaurant run with love, care and a firm culinary confidence, serving food both classically comforting and boldly surprising. Scotsman 28th January 2006 Marynka is an unpretentious restaurant that prides itself in good quality, locally sourced, fresh seasonal ingredients which reflect an array of cuisines from around the world....In the hands of owner Catriona Staddon and her fellow chefs Lee Murdoch and Doug Elliman, it is a stunning success. The reason Marynka has been consistently successful since it opened in August 2000 is very clear: taking the best that Scotland's natural larder has to offer and using it as the basis of adventurous yet approachable dishes. The List Eating & Drinking Guide 2006/2007 - Hitlist Marynka is a year-round reminder of the summery warmth so often absent in this grey country of ours. The kitchen produces assured, imaginative cooking worthy of the best city-centre establishments. The demeanour of the staff is equally sunny without being intrusive, the atmosphere relaxed, and the prices do nothing to dampen the feel-good mood. The extensive wine list, which includes helpful, chatty tasting notes, draws equally on northern and southern hemispheres.

Scotland the Best Stylish, bright, modern town restaurant with bistro-cool lunches and serious dinners. Business A.M., 3 April 2002 This is a kitchen confident of its ability to turn out interesting dishes without relying on meat and fish....the food was extremely good....we dined royally. Scotland on Sunday Saturday, 22nd December 2001 Charlie Fletcher  Just standing outside Marynka ...cheers you up no end....the whole effect is like stumbling upon a warm jewelled interior of a box....its confident, without being showy. The steak was superb, a perfectly chosen bit of meat, cooked precisely as I''d asked. It was one of the two best steaks of the year. The Sunday Herald 31 July 2001 Joanna Blythman   It is encouraging to see a new breed of small town restaurant....sweeping all pretentious clutter off the menu and coming up with an intelligently manageable offering....delivering the most memorable, satisfying and soul caressing food you are likely to eat.  Marynka has the feel of a proud, well-run, family business.  In the dessert department, Marynka radiates confidence.