Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Food Scene

Good coffee. GREAT doughnuts and croissants. Morning fuel!
171 locals recommend
Twelve Triangles
90 Brunswick St
171 locals recommend
Good coffee. GREAT doughnuts and croissants. Morning fuel!
Good pizza restaurant. Pretty good veal lasagne too, in my opinion
241 locals recommend
La Favorita
331-325 Leith Walk
241 locals recommend
Good pizza restaurant. Pretty good veal lasagne too, in my opinion
Communal tables. Fixed daily menu. Gem.
339 locals recommend
The Gardener's Cottage
1 London Road
339 locals recommend
Communal tables. Fixed daily menu. Gem.
Excellent Dim Sum
36 locals recommend
STACK Dim Sum Bar
42 Dalmeny St
36 locals recommend
Excellent Dim Sum
Saturday food market. ROST is the best of the bunch! £1 entrance. coffee, licensed bar, food stalls.
87 locals recommend
The Pitt Market
20 Pitt St
87 locals recommend
Saturday food market. ROST is the best of the bunch! £1 entrance. coffee, licensed bar, food stalls.
Just chicken wings! Spicy spicy!
21 locals recommend
Wings
5 - 7 High St
21 locals recommend
Just chicken wings! Spicy spicy!
Michelin starred restaurant.
278 locals recommend
The Kitchin
278 locals recommend
Michelin starred restaurant.
French restaurant. Delicious!
76 locals recommend
New Chapter
18 Eyre Pl
76 locals recommend
French restaurant. Delicious!
Great little Scottish restaurant nearby! BYOB
137 locals recommend
The Walnut
9 Leith Walk
137 locals recommend
Great little Scottish restaurant nearby! BYOB
Scottish Food with a twist.
132 locals recommend
Wedgwood The Restaurant
267 Royal Mile
132 locals recommend
Scottish Food with a twist.
184 locals recommend
TIMBERYARD
10 Lady Lawson St
184 locals recommend
Tiny restaurant. Scottish fare!
28 locals recommend
Field
41 W Nicolson St
28 locals recommend
Tiny restaurant. Scottish fare!
Best Thai in Edinburgh.
20 locals recommend
Thai Orchid
5A Johnston Terrace
20 locals recommend
Best Thai in Edinburgh.
Great, interesting brunch place
30 locals recommend
Twelve Triangles Kitchen Table
148 Duke St
30 locals recommend
Great, interesting brunch place
My favourite Pizza place in Edinburgh.
34 locals recommend
Dough Pizzeria
172 Rose St
34 locals recommend
My favourite Pizza place in Edinburgh.
best bagels in edinburgh
91 locals recommend
Bross Bagels
6 Manderston St
91 locals recommend
best bagels in edinburgh

Sightseeing

Great view, without quite the trek of Arthur's Seat
1098 locals recommend
Calton Hill
Calton Hill
1098 locals recommend
Great view, without quite the trek of Arthur's Seat
Interesting historical walk of a 'build over' Edinburgh old Town Close.
373 locals recommend
The Real Mary King's Close
2 High St
373 locals recommend
Interesting historical walk of a 'build over' Edinburgh old Town Close.
See the Bridges up close! Take a ferry trip to Inchcolm Island!
114 locals recommend
Queensferry
114 locals recommend
See the Bridges up close! Take a ferry trip to Inchcolm Island!
Trendy bit of Edinburgh. Loads of bars, restaurant, and pastel trousers!
350 locals recommend
Stockbridge
350 locals recommend
Trendy bit of Edinburgh. Loads of bars, restaurant, and pastel trousers!
The closest distillery to Edinburgh. They run a bus from Edinburgh city centre out to it. Not my favourite whisky, but an interesting tour around, if you are unable to make it to one of the other distilleries!
30 locals recommend
Glenkinchie Distillery
30 locals recommend
The closest distillery to Edinburgh. They run a bus from Edinburgh city centre out to it. Not my favourite whisky, but an interesting tour around, if you are unable to make it to one of the other distilleries!

Essentials

Small supermarket. No self service checkouts - it employs human beings, who need to earn a living!
122 locals recommend
Co-op Food
114 Dalry Rd
122 locals recommend
Small supermarket. No self service checkouts - it employs human beings, who need to earn a living!
LOCAL greengrocer. Good range of stuff.
53 locals recommend
Tattie Shaws
35 Elm Row
53 locals recommend
LOCAL greengrocer. Good range of stuff.

Drinks & Nightlife

My favourite pub. Nice place to sit out (when weather allows) and good range of beers and whiskys. Decent food too!
203 locals recommend
Teuchters Landing
1c Dock Pl
203 locals recommend
My favourite pub. Nice place to sit out (when weather allows) and good range of beers and whiskys. Decent food too!
A rarely visited pub, so far out of town. Not a massively salubrious location, but a cool, out-of-the-way pub! With beer garden
17 locals recommend
The Pond
2-4 Bath Rd
17 locals recommend
A rarely visited pub, so far out of town. Not a massively salubrious location, but a cool, out-of-the-way pub! With beer garden
Good grub. Nice decor. Family friendly.
199 locals recommend
Nobles Café Bar & Restaurant
44A Constitution St
199 locals recommend
Good grub. Nice decor. Family friendly.
Another nice little out of the way pub.
61 locals recommend
The Village
16 S Fort St
61 locals recommend
Another nice little out of the way pub.
My local. Friendly, 'Swedish,' trendy
256 locals recommend
Joseph Pearce
23 Elm Row
256 locals recommend
My local. Friendly, 'Swedish,' trendy
Gin/cocktail bar. Frequent award winner.
235 locals recommend
Bramble Bar & Lounge
16A Queen St
235 locals recommend
Gin/cocktail bar. Frequent award winner.
Good Indie nights!
18 locals recommend
The Liquid Room
9C Victoria St
18 locals recommend
Good Indie nights!
Very small. Lots of folk music.
144 locals recommend
Sandy Bell's
25 Forrest Rd
144 locals recommend
Very small. Lots of folk music.
Many nice pubs/shops on Broughton St. This is a favourite pub of mine.
37 locals recommend
The Barony Bar
81-85 Broughton Street
37 locals recommend
Many nice pubs/shops on Broughton St. This is a favourite pub of mine.
Gin bar!
62 locals recommend
Edinburgh Gin Distillery
1A Rutland Street
62 locals recommend
Gin bar!
it's a jazz bar
176 locals recommend
The Jazz Bar
1a Chambers St
176 locals recommend
it's a jazz bar
Tucked away in the old University Vet School, this distillery runs tours and has a nice pub attached
12 locals recommend
Pickering's Gin Distillery
Summerhall Distillery
12 locals recommend
Tucked away in the old University Vet School, this distillery runs tours and has a nice pub attached
My personal favourite cocktail bar, one street away from Bramble Cocktail Bar.
51 locals recommend
Lucky Liquor Co
39A Queen St
51 locals recommend
My personal favourite cocktail bar, one street away from Bramble Cocktail Bar.

Entertainment & Activities

437 locals recommend
Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
549 Castlehill
437 locals recommend
Lots of random stuff going on here. Formerly the Vet School. It now houses a gin distillery and nice pub, with grub.
161 locals recommend
Summerhall
161 locals recommend
Lots of random stuff going on here. Formerly the Vet School. It now houses a gin distillery and nice pub, with grub.

Getting Around

54 locals recommend
Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Edinburgh City Centre
12 Annandale St
54 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

It's a museum! Great view (and high tea!) from the Tower restaurant attached
1378 locals recommend
National Museum of Scotland
1378 locals recommend
It's a museum! Great view (and high tea!) from the Tower restaurant attached
Small rotating exhibits. Worth dropping in to if you're round there for the parliament or Holyrood House?
45 locals recommend
The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
45 locals recommend
Small rotating exhibits. Worth dropping in to if you're round there for the parliament or Holyrood House?
Modern Art Gallery, just beyond Dean Village. Nice surroundings! Walk along Water of Leith to get there or back!
1010 locals recommend
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 locals recommend
Modern Art Gallery, just beyond Dean Village. Nice surroundings! Walk along Water of Leith to get there or back!
Private House, with modern art sculpture walk. Open during summer months only. Wonderful place.
107 locals recommend
Jupiter Artland
107 locals recommend
Private House, with modern art sculpture walk. Open during summer months only. Wonderful place.