4a Forrest Road, 0131 225 7069

http://www.monstermashcafe.co.uk

NEAR Five minutes to Gilded Balloon

A celebration of the great British café, Monster Mash has its tongue ever so slightly in its retro-chic. Formica tables, tomato-shaped ketchup squeezees and comics all play up the caff theme. The food is no-nonsense home cooking with chicken and ham pie, fish and chips and platefuls of sausage and mash all washed down with Sweet Heart Stout and milkshakes.