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French onion soup topped with cheese, a basket of bread and slices of saucisson on a table at Chez Jules on Hanover Street.
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Chez Jules

A French bistro on Hanover Street with a set lunch every day until 4pm, steak frites, moules and escargots, and live music once a month.

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Chez Jules is a cheerful French bistro on Hanover Street, a few minutes' walk from Princes Street.

The set lunch, served every day until 4pm, is great value, with dishes like French onion soup, coq au vin and moules frites over one, two or three courses. In the evening the menu runs through the bistro classics: bavette au poivre, steak with Roquefort, escargots in garlic butter, frogs' legs and a surf and turf with half a Scottish lobster. The steaks are prime Scottish beef, matured for at least 21 days, and there's a wine list to go with them. Expect red-checked tablecloths and a basket of bread on the table, and on the last Thursday of the month there's live music with an accordion. It's open every day from noon until 10pm, or 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Book by phone or email, or just walk in.

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Before you go

Open every day from noon, with the set lunch until 4pm.

Book by phone or email, or just walk in.

Where
109 Hanover Street, in the New Town, EH2 1DJ.
Open
Sunday to Thursday noon to 10pm; Friday and Saturday noon to 11pm.
Set lunch
Every day, noon to 4pm: one, two or three courses.
Music
Live music on the last Thursday of every month.
Booking
By phone or by email to info@chezjulesbistro.com, or walk in.
Dogs
Not allowed.
Access
The entrance is not step-free.
Phone
0131 226 6992

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–10pm
Tuesday
noon–10pm
Wednesday
noon–10pm
Thursday
noon–10pm
Friday
noon–11pm
Saturday
noon–11pm
Sunday
noon–10pm

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Where it is

At 109 Hanover Street, between George Street and Queen Street, EH2 1DJ.

Close byHanover Street and the middle of the New Town.
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Directions
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Shelves of bottled cocktails at Bramble, including Affinity, Six Cylinder and Brooklyn CocktailRestaurantsLucky Liquor CoA step away
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