TRIPADVISOR bosses have been forced to turn off fake reviews for the Edinburgh Castle cafe at the centre of a storm over its ‘offensive’ name.
A post advertising the refurb of the Redcoat Cafe caused a pile-on from Nats – including some SNP politicians.
The eatery at the popular site left punters seeing red over its historical associations – despite having the same name for the last 32 years.
Social media outrage was sparked over the café’s links to the Battle of Culloden – where Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite Army was defeated at the hands of soldiers led by the Duke of Cumberland.
Thousands signing an online petition which branded the moniker “deeply offensive.”
And some were left in such a stew that they took to…
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