Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Food Scene

Our favourite restaurant in Edinburgh!
184 locals recommend
TIMBERYARD
10 Lady Lawson St
184 locals recommend
Our favourite restaurant in Edinburgh!
Young and edgy Mexican with hip hop and frozen margaritas. This place doesn't take bookings, but you can have a drink in the Bon Vivant bar right across the road while you wait.
167 locals recommend
El Cartel
64 Thistle St
167 locals recommend
Young and edgy Mexican with hip hop and frozen margaritas. This place doesn't take bookings, but you can have a drink in the Bon Vivant bar right across the road while you wait.
Lovely little natural wine bar with small sharing plates. Our favourite place to hang out any day of the week!
75 locals recommend
Good Brothers Wine Bar
34 Dean St
75 locals recommend
Lovely little natural wine bar with small sharing plates. Our favourite place to hang out any day of the week!
The best sushi in Edinburgh. And don't forget the miso aubergine!
119 locals recommend
Kanpai Sushi
8-10 Grindlay St
119 locals recommend
The best sushi in Edinburgh. And don't forget the miso aubergine!
AMAZING cakes! And good tea and coffee too.
119 locals recommend
Lovecrumbs West Port
155 West Port
119 locals recommend
AMAZING cakes! And good tea and coffee too.
Incredibly good coffee...
42 locals recommend
Machina Espresso
38 W Tollcross
42 locals recommend
Incredibly good coffee...
Mary gets up very early to make us all delicious, quirky ice cream everyday. She is our friendly neighbour too, so don't forget to stop by!
131 locals recommend
Mary's Milk Bar
19 Grassmarket
131 locals recommend
Mary gets up very early to make us all delicious, quirky ice cream everyday. She is our friendly neighbour too, so don't forget to stop by!
Casual, street style Thai food. Always busy so be prepared to wait for a table. Trust us, it is worth the wait.
257 locals recommend
TING THAI CARAVAN Teviot Place
9 Teviot Pl
257 locals recommend
Casual, street style Thai food. Always busy so be prepared to wait for a table. Trust us, it is worth the wait.
It's like eating in your estranged Korean mums living room with your grumpy Korean dad in the kitchen. Salmon pink walls. BYOB. Nothing you won't love!
30 locals recommend
Kim's Mini Meals
5 Buccleuch St
30 locals recommend
It's like eating in your estranged Korean mums living room with your grumpy Korean dad in the kitchen. Salmon pink walls. BYOB. Nothing you won't love!
Super cool coffee in the heart of Edinburgh University.
101 locals recommend
Brew Lab Coffee
6-8 S College St
101 locals recommend
Super cool coffee in the heart of Edinburgh University.
Shelter from the branding in this beautiful, minimalistic coffee shop. Good brownies too.
15 locals recommend
Lowdown Coffee
40 George St
15 locals recommend
Shelter from the branding in this beautiful, minimalistic coffee shop. Good brownies too.
Every Sunday, Stockbridge comes alive with this bustling market selling everything you need. Great to pick up local craft presents or a cheap lunch.
325 locals recommend
Stockbridge Market
Saunders Street
325 locals recommend
Every Sunday, Stockbridge comes alive with this bustling market selling everything you need. Great to pick up local craft presents or a cheap lunch.
A little piece of France in Edinburgh. This place sells amazing cheese, amazing coffee and amazing wine. They have recently started opening in the evening so you can sit and enjoy a glass with friends too.
24 locals recommend
Henri
48 Raeburn Pl
24 locals recommend
A little piece of France in Edinburgh. This place sells amazing cheese, amazing coffee and amazing wine. They have recently started opening in the evening so you can sit and enjoy a glass with friends too.

Drinks & Nightlife

One of the few traditional pubs worth going to. Great beer. Small tables. Really small tables...
79 locals recommend
The Bow Bar
80 W Bow
79 locals recommend
One of the few traditional pubs worth going to. Great beer. Small tables. Really small tables...
Small bar filled with eclectic furniture and one of the longest beer lists you can ever imagine. Some natural wine too!
19 locals recommend
Brauhaus
105 Lauriston Pl
19 locals recommend
Small bar filled with eclectic furniture and one of the longest beer lists you can ever imagine. Some natural wine too!
One of the best places to head in the evening. Live music all night from some of the best musicians around the world. Friendly crowd late into wee hours.
176 locals recommend
The Jazz Bar
1a Chambers St
176 locals recommend
One of the best places to head in the evening. Live music all night from some of the best musicians around the world. Friendly crowd late into wee hours.
Cocktail bar hidden on Advocate's Close. Good choice of beers, whisky and wine. They serve lunch and dinner on the mezzanine level too - and on the terrace if you're feeling brave!
227 locals recommend
The Devil's Advocate
9 Advocate's Cl
227 locals recommend
Cocktail bar hidden on Advocate's Close. Good choice of beers, whisky and wine. They serve lunch and dinner on the mezzanine level too - and on the terrace if you're feeling brave!
Small bar just off the Royal Mile. It can sometimes be quiet, but in summer the patrons spill out into the courtyard square. Worth going for a pint!
43 locals recommend
Jolly Judge
7 James Ct
43 locals recommend
Small bar just off the Royal Mile. It can sometimes be quiet, but in summer the patrons spill out into the courtyard square. Worth going for a pint!

Shopping

The best clothes shop ever. And some nice trinkets too.
18 locals recommend
Dick's Edinburgh
3 N W Circus Pl
18 locals recommend
The best clothes shop ever. And some nice trinkets too.
Minimal shop selling beautiful everyday products. They also do the BEST massage you'll ever have.
The Method
9 St Stephen St
Minimal shop selling beautiful everyday products. They also do the BEST massage you'll ever have.
Minimal women's clothing store with cashmere, jewellery and perfumes. Great online shop too.
19 locals recommend
Epitome
35 Dundas St
19 locals recommend
Minimal women's clothing store with cashmere, jewellery and perfumes. Great online shop too.

Essentials

Everybody loves Aesop! Beautiful store selling essential soaps and perfumes - hence the listing!
11 locals recommend
Aesop Stockbridge
6 N W Circus Pl
11 locals recommend
Everybody loves Aesop! Beautiful store selling essential soaps and perfumes - hence the listing!
Local grocery store selling everything you'll need - vegetables, fruit, milk, juice, wine, bread, wine...toothpaste....
457 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
45 Bernard St
457 locals recommend
Local grocery store selling everything you'll need - vegetables, fruit, milk, juice, wine, bread, wine...toothpaste....

Arts & Culture

Perhaps the most beautiful piece of architecture in Edinburgh...a hidden, elegant gem that cannot be missed. The chapel is open throughout the day and can be accessed from a very unassuming garden door on George Square Lane.
Chapel of St Albert the Great
George Square Lane
Perhaps the most beautiful piece of architecture in Edinburgh...a hidden, elegant gem that cannot be missed. The chapel is open throughout the day and can be accessed from a very unassuming garden door on George Square Lane.
Bright, airy gallery who always hit the mark. They host regular preview events on Thursday evenings which are worth checking out.
7 locals recommend
Arusha Art Gallery
13A Dundas St
7 locals recommend
Bright, airy gallery who always hit the mark. They host regular preview events on Thursday evenings which are worth checking out.