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About Levels Cafe & Lounge
Levels Cafe & Lounge is a campus cafe at 9C Holyrood Rd in Edinburgh, set on a university campus and open to the public as well as to students. The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning, then hot meals of the day alongside salads and soup, and the toffee cheesecake is on the menu too. Wine and beer are poured next to the coffee, so the lounge works for a drink as well as a meal. Seating is plentiful, with large windows and a few quiet corners. The cafe opens Monday to Saturday and closes on Sundays.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention laptop work seating, morning coffee and roll offers, $6 breakfast deal and toffee cheesecake.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention laptop work seating, morning coffee and roll offers, $6 breakfast deal and toffee cheesecake.
Customer Review Summary
Levels is described first as a student hub for laptop work, with reviewers pointing to plenty of seating, quiet corners, great WiFi and music that is present but not too loud. Close behind is the food: reviewers praise freshly prepared salads, soup and daily hot meals, a toffee cheesecake that one called delicious, and a morning breakfast deal with a speciality drink that one visitor found remarkable value. Others mention morning offers on coffee and rolls, a student discount, and alcohol being available. A few note it can get busy with students at the tables, and one says prices could be lower for a student crowd. The complaints are serious but isolated. One reviewer reports food poisoning after a smoothie and describes the kitchen as unsanitary, while another, a regular TGTG customer, says their order was thrown away after a late pickup and the cafe refused a refund or any alternative.
Customer Review Summary
Levels is described first as a student hub for laptop work, with reviewers pointing to plenty of seating, quiet corners, great WiFi and music that is present but not too loud. Close behind is the food: reviewers praise freshly prepared salads, soup and daily hot meals, a toffee cheesecake that one called delicious, and a morning breakfast deal with a speciality drink that one visitor found remarkable value. Others mention morning offers on coffee and rolls, a student discount, and alcohol being available. A few note it can get busy with students at the tables, and one says prices could be lower for a student crowd. The complaints are serious but isolated. One reviewer reports food poisoning after a smoothie and describes the kitchen as unsanitary, while another, a regular TGTG customer, says their order was thrown away after a late pickup and the cafe refused a refund or any alternative.
Featured reviews
- Georg
“Extremely convenient for a few hours of laptop work, lots of space including quiet corners. Great WiFi too.”
- Rina Lin
“Been a consistent customer the past year dining in and ordering from TGTG app. They threw away my TGTG food because I had forgotten to collect and arrived late. It defeats the whole purpose of preventing food waste. They refused to refund or offer alternatives.”
- Sofia Jacobsen
“I got food poisoning from a smoothie I had here a few days ago; proceeded to have the worst week of my life. This is a good place to sit and do work, but do not buy their food. Clearly their kitchen is unsanitary and/or proper precautions are not being taken to ensure food safety.”
- Sabrina Chang
“Warm restaurant on campus, I can sit here all day, miss my day as student”
- Simon Tomlinson
“Lovely stark Uni cafe open to the public. Outstanding freshly prepared hot cold food. Salads, soup, hot meals if the day etc. Bang on prices. Alcohol is available. Fully recommended.”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Closed
Good to know
“Bright, colourful campus cafe with hot & cold meals, including breakfast, plus coffee, wine & beer.”
- AccessibilityWheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible seating · Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 2
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Location
Cafes near Levels Cafe & Lounge
- EM's Kitchen4.47380.1 mi
biscoff pancakes, nutella hot chocolate, sweet and savoury breakfast
- Cowgate Coffee House4.51990.1 mi
full Scottish breakfast, vanilla latte, haggis
- Rocksalt Cafe4.69740.1 mi
cappuccino with latte art, eggs benedict on sourdough, scrambled eggs with toast
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levels Cafe & Lounge | 4.4333 | — | laptop work seating, morning coffee and roll offers, $6 breakfast deal |
| EM's Kitchen | 4.4738 | 0.1 mi | biscoff pancakes, nutella hot chocolate, sweet and savoury breakfast |
| Cowgate Coffee House | 4.5199 | 0.1 mi | full Scottish breakfast, vanilla latte, haggis |
| Rocksalt Cafe | 4.6974 | 0.1 mi | cappuccino with latte art, eggs benedict on sourdough, scrambled eggs with toast |
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