Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Essentials

Good place for groceries, open late 7 days a week. ATM outside.
21 locals recommend
Scotmid Co-operative
18 Station Rd
21 locals recommend
Good place for groceries, open late 7 days a week. ATM outside.
Another good grocery place, locally-owned. Open late, but not quite as late as Scotmid. ATM outside.
26 locals recommend
Margiotta Warrender Park
77 Warrender Park Rd
26 locals recommend
Another good grocery place, locally-owned. Open late, but not quite as late as Scotmid. ATM outside.
Want the Finest Wines Available to Humanity? Look no further. Also wine tastings every Friday 1730-1930.
Peter Green & Co
37 Warrender Park Road
Want the Finest Wines Available to Humanity? Look no further. Also wine tastings every Friday 1730-1930.
Health food store.
18 locals recommend
The New Leaf Co-op
23 Argyle Pl
18 locals recommend
Health food store.

Drinks & Nightlife

Good pub, open till 0100 every night except Sunday, when it shuts at midnight. Also nice coffee and lite bites.
44 locals recommend
The Earl of Marchmont
22 Marchmont Cres
44 locals recommend
Good pub, open till 0100 every night except Sunday, when it shuts at midnight. Also nice coffee and lite bites.
Edinburgh's best pub. About a 30 minute walk, but well worth it.
95 locals recommend
Canny Mans
237 Morningside Rd
95 locals recommend
Edinburgh's best pub. About a 30 minute walk, but well worth it.
Pub with folk music every night at 2130-ish. An Edinburgh institution. Folk sessions are in the afternoons at the weekend.
144 locals recommend
Sandy Bell's
25 Forrest Rd
144 locals recommend
Pub with folk music every night at 2130-ish. An Edinburgh institution. Folk sessions are in the afternoons at the weekend.
Lovely wee real ale pub on the east side of the Meadows.
20 locals recommend
The Dagda Bar
93-95 Buccleuch St
20 locals recommend
Lovely wee real ale pub on the east side of the Meadows.

Food Scene

Nice little cafe, great pizza. BYOB.
25 locals recommend
Cafe Artista
94-96 Marchmont Cres
25 locals recommend
Nice little cafe, great pizza. BYOB.
Formerly Freeman's, this is a nice cafe - good coffee and cakes, wifi, comfy chairs. Not usually open in the evening though.
6 locals recommend
Freemans Coffee Shop
2-6 Spottiswoode Road
6 locals recommend
Formerly Freeman's, this is a nice cafe - good coffee and cakes, wifi, comfy chairs. Not usually open in the evening though.
Very good cooked breakfast.
41 locals recommend
The Birchwood
146 Marchmont Rd
41 locals recommend
Very good cooked breakfast.

Everything Else

Good local Chinese take-out. They also deliver.
14 locals recommend
The Thailander
25 Brougham Street
14 locals recommend
Good local Chinese take-out. They also deliver.
Fish and chips. Also sit-in available.
6 locals recommend
Salvatore's
16 Roseneath St
6 locals recommend
Fish and chips. Also sit-in available.
Swimming pool and small gym. Nice old Victorian building, still going despite the Tories.
29 locals recommend
Warrender Swim Centre
55 Thirlestane Rd
29 locals recommend
Swimming pool and small gym. Nice old Victorian building, still going despite the Tories.
Local yoga centre.
15 locals recommend
Meadowlark Yoga
43 Argyle Pl
15 locals recommend
Local yoga centre.
Our 'front garden'. Lovely for walks, and also the gateway to the Old Town and Southside.
615 locals recommend
The Meadows
Melville Drive
615 locals recommend
Our 'front garden'. Lovely for walks, and also the gateway to the Old Town and Southside.
For those who fancy a more bracing walk than the Meadows. About a 30 minute walk south.
162 locals recommend
Blackford Hill and Pond
4 Charterhall Rd
162 locals recommend
For those who fancy a more bracing walk than the Meadows. About a 30 minute walk south.
If you can get to Blackford Hill, and want to keep going, this lovely secluded valley is the other side of the hill. You won't believe you're still in a city...
30 locals recommend
Hermitage of Braid
69 Hermitage of Braid
30 locals recommend
If you can get to Blackford Hill, and want to keep going, this lovely secluded valley is the other side of the hill. You won't believe you're still in a city...

Arts & Culture

Great second hand bookstore - our nearest. Also wide selection of old movie posters. Near to the Dagda, if you fancy post-purchase refreshment.
31 locals recommend
Tills
1 Hope Park Cres
31 locals recommend
Great second hand bookstore - our nearest. Also wide selection of old movie posters. Near to the Dagda, if you fancy post-purchase refreshment.
Our local cinema, great for world cinema, art house, and also has nice cafe/bar. 10 mins walk.
255 locals recommend
Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
255 locals recommend
Our local cinema, great for world cinema, art house, and also has nice cafe/bar. 10 mins walk.

Shopping

Our nearest post office (although there is a post box outside the Earl of Marchmont).
Forrest Road Post Office
33 Forrest Rd
Our nearest post office (although there is a post box outside the Earl of Marchmont).