Reviews and Blogs about Peter’s Yard

We are pleased to have been selected by the online guide Very Good Service which brings together companies which have won awards for their products and services or have gained recognition for the quality of their service through top social media channels. They aim to make it easy to find the very best companies in the UK. You can find us in the food section.

Listed in the Bread, cakes and chocolate section The Larder describes Peter’s Yard coffee house and bakery as:

‘A unique store that deserves its reputation for integrity….a destination for foodies looking to treat themselves‘ and giving special mention to our crispbread.

You can read more on page 60 of their online guide here.

Alison Craig of Simon Seeks reviews our Edinburgh coffee house and bakery describing at as:

‘Dreamy Swedish bakery and coffee shop with sublime fresh food in the university quarter‘

and scoring us at 4.7 out of 5.

Read her review here.

Our bakery and coffee house has been mentioned this week in two food blogs. Edinburgh Foody visited the bakery and got the chance to chat with our head baker, Georgie and watch her baking our favourite cinnamon buns. Food for Think popped in while visiting friends in the city to enjoy a coffee and some of those cinnamon buns. You can read what they thought here:

Edinburgh Foody: The best bakery in Edinburgh? Peter’s Yard

Food for Think: Peter’s Yard, Edinburgh

Dan Lepard lists us as one of the Top 10 small bakeries in Britain and makes special mention of our large crispbreads.

Edinburgh Foody
The best bakery in Edinburgh? Peter’s Yard…

Food for Think
Peter’s Yard, Edinburgh…

The Anti Tourist Blog
Peter’s Yard: A Coffee Shop in Edinburgh that’s more exciting than Shark Week…

The Heraldscotland Blog
Scandinavian Minimalism…

Edinburgh Spotlight Blog
The rather excellent Peter’s Yard is opening another branch…

“Dedicated to lovely things that come from hot ovens, Peter´s Yard is a laid-back, light, modern temple to Swedish goodness, right beside the Meadows. There´s a long, communal table in the middle of the space where mums, students, academics and dog-walkers tuck into simple food done really, really well. A typical lunch could be a big bowl of home-made soup (served with three hunks of super-yummy bread), or a traditional open sandwich with smoked salmon, or a huge sourdough roll stuffed with salami and brie. Bread, cakes, pastries and crispbread are available to buy in the shop and online and are outrageously good – this is one baker which truly deserves the artisan prefix.

Finding a seat can be a challenge at lunchtimes, but on sunny days take-away and alfresco picnic in the Meadows is a real treat. All in, good stuff with a slow-food take on what´s often the most rushed meals of the day”

The Larder reviews Peter’s Yard.

“An extraordinary emporium dedicated to fresh, natural and quality produce, Peter’s Yard is a haven for foodies. It has a passion for bread, believing it to be fundamental to a modern, healthy lifestyle, and is determined to establish a food culture in which bread plays the starring role. This should not be a problem as its range of artisan breads, produced using a stone-oven, is phenomenal and includes authentic Swedish rye and kavring. It sells sandwiches, muffins, innovative breakfasts and cakes to take away or enjoy in situ, as well as a staggering range, from biscuits and baking to conserves and chocolate.
Quite simply a must.”

-the Larder, 2009

“Swedish born Peter Ljunquist has a passion for artisan baking, as well as the Scottish capital. Last year he combined the two in his deli-café. It’s an appealing Scandinavian-style space: glass-fronted, light and airy, full of cleanly displayed cakes and bread. The speciality breads, such as Levain, a yeastless sourdough, or the classic Swedish crispbreads are great. “

“Peter’s Yard seems to have been jetted in from Planet Foodie, or failing that Sweden, to show us all what a really excellent bakery café can be like.” Read more…