Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Food Scene

Great little Turkish restaurant. Small but full of very delicious meaty options. Cheap and delicious.
40 recommandé par les habitants
Hanedan
41 W Preston St
40 recommandé par les habitants
Great little Turkish restaurant. Small but full of very delicious meaty options. Cheap and delicious.
Great for both meat lovers and veggies. Menu includes sushi, Japanese and Korean dishes. Cheap and tasty. Their home made teas are good too. Try the lemon one!
9 recommandé par les habitants
Cafe Andamiro
113 Buccleuch St
9 recommandé par les habitants
Great for both meat lovers and veggies. Menu includes sushi, Japanese and Korean dishes. Cheap and tasty. Their home made teas are good too. Try the lemon one!
Great little Chinese takeaway. You can also sit in. Nothing is disappointing here.
Good Year Chinese Restaurant
62 Ratcliffe Terrace
Great little Chinese takeaway. You can also sit in. Nothing is disappointing here.
A cheap curry cafe that has huge portions. Kind of the equivalent of a greasy spoon cafe so don't expect tablecloths and fancy dining!
40 recommandé par les habitants
Kebab Mahal
7 Nicolson Square
40 recommandé par les habitants
A cheap curry cafe that has huge portions. Kind of the equivalent of a greasy spoon cafe so don't expect tablecloths and fancy dining!
Great pub grub overlooking the Forth Rail Bridge, an iconic bridge in Edinburgh.
12 recommandé par les habitants
The Hawes Inn
7 Newhalls Rd
12 recommandé par les habitants
Great pub grub overlooking the Forth Rail Bridge, an iconic bridge in Edinburgh.
Great cafe. Decent coffee and good food. We'd recommend the scones with clotted cream, the home made soup and the eggs benedict.
80 recommandé par les habitants
Kilimanjaro Coffee
104 Nicolson St
80 recommandé par les habitants
Great cafe. Decent coffee and good food. We'd recommend the scones with clotted cream, the home made soup and the eggs benedict.
Little cafe with great coffee and friendly staff.
25 recommandé par les habitants
Cult Espresso
104 Buccleuch St
25 recommandé par les habitants
Little cafe with great coffee and friendly staff.
Market-style fresh food upstairs and chunky wooden bench-style cafe downstairs (+ outside) serving home-made soups and salads. Local, organic produce mainly.
44 recommandé par les habitants
Earthy Foods & Goods
Ratcliffe Terrace
44 recommandé par les habitants
Market-style fresh food upstairs and chunky wooden bench-style cafe downstairs (+ outside) serving home-made soups and salads. Local, organic produce mainly.
Great little wine shop with a varied selection of interesting plonk and knowledgeable staff.
6 recommandé par les habitants
VINO
1 Grange Loan
6 recommandé par les habitants
Great little wine shop with a varied selection of interesting plonk and knowledgeable staff.
Ice cream sundaes in an American-style diner. Yum!
Scoopz Desserts & Candies
25-27 W Nicolson St
Ice cream sundaes in an American-style diner. Yum!
Local Italian run by a lovely family who will make you feel at home. Pizza, pasts and ice cream with Italian charm.
6 recommandé par les habitants
Rigatoni's by the Queens
27 S Clerk St
6 recommandé par les habitants
Local Italian run by a lovely family who will make you feel at home. Pizza, pasts and ice cream with Italian charm.

Arts & Culture

Great independent venue with lots of events. Also has a pub and cafe. Home to micro brewery. Used to be the university veterinary school so a maze of interesting rooms.
161 recommandé par les habitants
Summerhall
161 recommandé par les habitants
Great independent venue with lots of events. Also has a pub and cafe. Home to micro brewery. Used to be the university veterinary school so a maze of interesting rooms.
Independent cinema with nice cafe. Reasonably priced lunch and dinner options.
185 recommandé par les habitants
Filmhouse
88 Lothian Rd
185 recommandé par les habitants
Independent cinema with nice cafe. Reasonably priced lunch and dinner options.
Independent cinema with little bar at the back.
255 recommandé par les habitants
Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
255 recommandé par les habitants
Independent cinema with little bar at the back.
The place to get your tickets for the festival shows. Expect long queues!
64 recommandé par les habitants
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
180 High St
64 recommandé par les habitants
The place to get your tickets for the festival shows. Expect long queues!
Club great for dancing the night away.
49 recommandé par les habitants
Cabaret Voltaire
36-38 Blair St
49 recommandé par les habitants
Club great for dancing the night away.
Recently refurbished, they are home to Concorde and some interesting planes from all eras.
49 recommandé par les habitants
National Museum of Flight
B1347
49 recommandé par les habitants
Recently refurbished, they are home to Concorde and some interesting planes from all eras.
Free entry plus a nice cafe and shop for gifts.
1010 recommandé par les habitants
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 recommandé par les habitants
Free entry plus a nice cafe and shop for gifts.
Small but interesting museum about literature.
36 recommandé par les habitants
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
36 recommandé par les habitants
Small but interesting museum about literature.
Robert Burns fan? Then go here.
37 recommandé par les habitants
The Writers' Museum
Lady Stair's Close
37 recommandé par les habitants
Robert Burns fan? Then go here.
Great for modern art enthusiasts. Walk along the Water of Leith afterwards and discover beautiful Dean Village.
1010 recommandé par les habitants
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 recommandé par les habitants
Great for modern art enthusiasts. Walk along the Water of Leith afterwards and discover beautiful Dean Village.

Everything Else

Great park to hang out in on a nice day. Has a playpark and cafe in an old cricket pavilion as well as the famous 'whalebone arch'. Usually lots of buskers and BBQs in the summer.
615 recommandé par les habitants
The Meadows
Melville Drive
615 recommandé par les habitants
Great park to hang out in on a nice day. Has a playpark and cafe in an old cricket pavilion as well as the famous 'whalebone arch'. Usually lots of buskers and BBQs in the summer.
Olympic-sized swimming pool open til late. Also has diving boards and fitness classes etc. The cafe there is terrible though. Avoid!
95 recommandé par les habitants
Royal Commonwealth Pool
21 Dalkeith Rd
95 recommandé par les habitants
Olympic-sized swimming pool open til late. Also has diving boards and fitness classes etc. The cafe there is terrible though. Avoid!

Essentials

Nice place to get some local produce including fresh bread, cheese, meat and hot food. Quite expensive but top quality. Runs every Saturday 9am to 1pm.
88 recommandé par les habitants
Edinburgh Farmers' Market
Castle Terrace
88 recommandé par les habitants
Nice place to get some local produce including fresh bread, cheese, meat and hot food. Quite expensive but top quality. Runs every Saturday 9am to 1pm.
Your general mid-range supermarket. Has a reasonable selection of everything you might need.
130 recommandé par les habitants
Tesco Metro
Colinton Road
130 recommandé par les habitants
Your general mid-range supermarket. Has a reasonable selection of everything you might need.
Cheap 'no frills' supermarket. Good for cheap vegetables and milk.
229 recommandé par les habitants
Lidl
Dalry Road
229 recommandé par les habitants
Cheap 'no frills' supermarket. Good for cheap vegetables and milk.
Local bakery who make delicious fresh bread and cakes. They have the tiniest cafe too and sell coffee.
22 recommandé par les habitants
The Wee Boulangerie
67 Clerk St
22 recommandé par les habitants
Local bakery who make delicious fresh bread and cakes. They have the tiniest cafe too and sell coffee.
Deli with delicious freshly made sandwiches, cheese, bread etc. Expensive but nice.
75 recommandé par les habitants
Victor Hugo Deli
29 Melville Terrace
75 recommandé par les habitants
Deli with delicious freshly made sandwiches, cheese, bread etc. Expensive but nice.
Incredible fishmongers with everything from octopus to cod. There are also some nice fruit shops near here.
24 recommandé par les habitants
Eddie's Seafood Market
7 Roseneath St
24 recommandé par les habitants
Incredible fishmongers with everything from octopus to cod. There are also some nice fruit shops near here.
Small shop with most of the essentials. Cash machine.
457 recommandé par les habitants
Sainsbury's Local
45 Bernard St
457 recommandé par les habitants
Small shop with most of the essentials. Cash machine.
Avoid lunchtimes. They are super busy then.
Newington Post Office
11-13 Clerk St
Avoid lunchtimes. They are super busy then.
Nearest bank though there is also a cash machine outside Sainsbury's on South Clerk Street.
8 recommandé par les habitants
Bank of Scotland
51 S Clerk St
8 recommandé par les habitants
Nearest bank though there is also a cash machine outside Sainsbury's on South Clerk Street.

Shopping

Big supermarket selling groceries, cheap clothes, pharmacy, alcohol etc.
45 recommandé par les habitants
Cameron Toll Shopping Centre
6 Lady Rd
45 recommandé par les habitants
Big supermarket selling groceries, cheap clothes, pharmacy, alcohol etc.
Games cafe where you pay £3 and can play as many board games from their extensive library as you want. The food is pretty good too.
Games Hub
101 Lauriston Pl
Games cafe where you pay £3 and can play as many board games from their extensive library as you want. The food is pretty good too.
Free parking. Shopping mall for clothes, accessories and gifts.
332 recommandé par les habitants
Ocean Terminal
74 Ocean Dr
332 recommandé par les habitants
Free parking. Shopping mall for clothes, accessories and gifts.

Sightseeing

Huge T-rex skeleton is the showstopper. Great for a wander about on a rainy day. Free entry.
1378 recommandé par les habitants
National Museum of Scotland
1378 recommandé par les habitants
Huge T-rex skeleton is the showstopper. Great for a wander about on a rainy day. Free entry.
Nice viewpoint looking over the city. A steep climb but worth it! It's an old volcano.
1859 recommandé par les habitants
Arthur's Seat
1859 recommandé par les habitants
Nice viewpoint looking over the city. A steep climb but worth it! It's an old volcano.
Edinburgh Castle looks like it was impossible to build as it is on a sheer cliff face. It is also at the top of the Royal Mile, which leads from the castle to Holyrood Palace and the Parliament.
1962 recommandé par les habitants
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
1962 recommandé par les habitants
Edinburgh Castle looks like it was impossible to build as it is on a sheer cliff face. It is also at the top of the Royal Mile, which leads from the castle to Holyrood Palace and the Parliament.
Get away from the crowds and down to the beach. Cute promenade and some nice little cafes in Portobello High Street. Hire a couple of bikes and ride down here on the cycle path network.
447 recommandé par les habitants
Portobello Beach Promenade
1 Promenade
447 recommandé par les habitants
Get away from the crowds and down to the beach. Cute promenade and some nice little cafes in Portobello High Street. Hire a couple of bikes and ride down here on the cycle path network.

Drinks & Nightlife

Local pub with great ale. It's quiet but friendly.
20 recommandé par les habitants
The Dagda Bar
93-95 Buccleuch St
20 recommandé par les habitants
Local pub with great ale. It's quiet but friendly.
Homely pub with a quiz night on Thursdays at 9pm and nice burgers. Good place to watch football too.
7 recommandé par les habitants
The Southsider
3-7 W Richmond St
7 recommandé par les habitants
Homely pub with a quiz night on Thursdays at 9pm and nice burgers. Good place to watch football too.
A basement gin bar serving Edinburgh Gin and liqueurs. Delicious!
62 recommandé par les habitants
Edinburgh Gin Distillery
1A Rutland Street
62 recommandé par les habitants
A basement gin bar serving Edinburgh Gin and liqueurs. Delicious!
Tiny indy club with great bands and local DJ's. Good if you're after somewhere where the locals go.
50 recommandé par les habitants
Sneaky Pete's
73 Cowgate
50 recommandé par les habitants
Tiny indy club with great bands and local DJ's. Good if you're after somewhere where the locals go.
Student hang out with live bands and DJ's.
11 recommandé par les habitants
The Wee Red Bar
74 Lauriston Pl
11 recommandé par les habitants
Student hang out with live bands and DJ's.
If you're a whiskey ponce, this is where it's at.
59 recommandé par les habitants
Whiski Rooms
4-7 N Bank St
59 recommandé par les habitants
If you're a whiskey ponce, this is where it's at.
Great for whiskey and home-made pizza. Heaps of character.
30 recommandé par les habitants
Kilderkin
67 Canongate
30 recommandé par les habitants
Great for whiskey and home-made pizza. Heaps of character.