Mr Hot Potato

Mr Hot Potato specialises in one thing: baked potatoes. The shop on Wolseley Place, a residential street between Portobello Road and Piershill, has been serving oversized jacket potatoes with a long list of toppings since at least the early 2000s. The fillings run from cheese and beans through tuna mayo, chicken tikka, coronation chicken, prawn marie rose and several vegetarian and vegan options. Rolls with hot and cold fillings, hot drinks and snacks round out the menu. Reviews on Restaurant Guru give it 4.7 out of 5, with customers consistently praising the portion size, the quality of the fillings and the friendliness of the staff. Wolseley Place sits in the eastern residential fringe of the area, an area of family housing between the Portobello Road and Jocks Lodge, well away from the main Nicolson Street student strip. The shop is open seven days a week, with a broad daily trading window that covers the daytime and evening hours.