A NEW restaurant from the award-winning team behind Ox and Finch opened today, bringing a focus on Levantine mezze dining.

Run in partnership with Katherine Arnold and Robbie Bargh, BABA occupies a corner of the newly renovated Principal Edinburgh Charlotte Square.

BABA has a specially commissioned charcoal grill as the centrepiece of its open kitchen, with carefully sourced Scottish ingredients spiced and grilled Levantine-style over coals.

Katherine Arnold said: “We believe with BABA we’re bringing something genuinely new and inspiring to Edinburgh’s thriving restaurant and bar scene and to visitors. We travelled all over the eastern Mediterranean looking for inspiration.”