Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Drinks & Nightlife

Great food and Artisan Beer
87 locals recommend
The OX
49-51 London St
87 locals recommend
Great food and Artisan Beer
Good food and artisan Beers
23 locals recommend
Cross & Corner
1 Canonmills
23 locals recommend
Good food and artisan Beers
Good food and beers
8 locals recommend
Avoca
8 locals recommend
Good food and beers
Tom Kitchin's boutique brasserie - very nice - do book
378 locals recommend
The Scran and Scallie
1 Comely Bank Rd
378 locals recommend
Tom Kitchin's boutique brasserie - very nice - do book
Contemporary Casual Dining
162 locals recommend
Rollo Restaurant & Wine Bar
108 Raeburn Pl
162 locals recommend
Contemporary Casual Dining
Mexican - casual dining
13 locals recommend
The Blue Parrot Cantina
49 St Stephen St
13 locals recommend
Mexican - casual dining
Local Artisan beers
150 locals recommend
The Stockbridge Tap
2-6 Raeburn Pl
150 locals recommend
Local Artisan beers
Pricey but great location and lovely food
124 locals recommend
Ondine
2 George IV Bridge
124 locals recommend
Pricey but great location and lovely food
Nice bar to chill out in
103 locals recommend
Hectors
47-49 Deanhaugh St
103 locals recommend
Nice bar to chill out in
Bar with food
26 locals recommend
The Bon Vivant
4-6 Dean Street
26 locals recommend
Bar with food
Ian Rankin's favourite place
23 locals recommend
The Oxford Bar
8 Young St
23 locals recommend
Ian Rankin's favourite place
Wide selection of beers and wines - lots of grilled meats
85 locals recommend
The Other Place
2-4 Broughton Rd
85 locals recommend
Wide selection of beers and wines - lots of grilled meats
Cocktails and drinks
123 locals recommend
Treacle Bar & Kitchen
39-41 Broughton St
123 locals recommend
Cocktails and drinks
It is a cosy little bar where you get great meat or cheese
185 locals recommend
Pickles
60 Broughton St
185 locals recommend
It is a cosy little bar where you get great meat or cheese

Sightseeing

Great for a stroll round beautiful gardens
1227 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Place
1227 locals recommend
Great for a stroll round beautiful gardens
Great for walking
256 locals recommend
Inverleith Park
256 locals recommend
Great for walking
Must visit great collection
1010 locals recommend
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 locals recommend
Must visit great collection
Great for a walk
615 locals recommend
The Meadows
Melville Drive
615 locals recommend
Great for a walk
Great views across the city
1098 locals recommend
Calton Hill
Calton Hill
1098 locals recommend
Great views across the city
If you're feeling fit walk up Edinburgh's old Volcano
1859 locals recommend
Arthur's Seat
1859 locals recommend
If you're feeling fit walk up Edinburgh's old Volcano

Food Scene

Lovely restaurant - expensive but great food
49 locals recommend
The Honours Brasserie
58A N Castle St
49 locals recommend
Lovely restaurant - expensive but great food
Wonderful local food
339 locals recommend
The Gardener's Cottage
1 London Road
339 locals recommend
Wonderful local food
Lovely food
20 locals recommend
Street Box
53 Raeburn Pl
20 locals recommend
Lovely food
Great food and seasonal menu
83 locals recommend
Aizle
38 Charlotte Square
83 locals recommend
Great food and seasonal menu
Cafe, Bakery, Swedish
49 locals recommend
Söderberg Stockbridge
3 Deanhaugh St
49 locals recommend
Cafe, Bakery, Swedish
Lovely local curry house been around a long time
8 locals recommend
Lancers
5 Hamilton Pl
8 locals recommend
Lovely local curry house been around a long time
Still one of the best Chinese restaurants and take-away's
28 locals recommend
Loon Fung
2 Warriston Cres
28 locals recommend
Still one of the best Chinese restaurants and take-away's
Seafood a speciality
119 locals recommend
Fishers In The City
58 Thistle Street
119 locals recommend
Seafood a speciality
Great place for coffee and watching the world go by
23 locals recommend
Contini George Street
103 George Street
23 locals recommend
Great place for coffee and watching the world go by
Best place for Oysters and a guinness
125 locals recommend
Cafe Royal
19 W Register St
125 locals recommend
Best place for Oysters and a guinness
Cafe and Bakery
54 locals recommend
Falko Konditormeister
185 Bruntsfield Place
54 locals recommend
Cafe and Bakery
Organic food and cafe
43 locals recommend
Earthy Foods & Goods
Ratcliffe Terrace
43 locals recommend
Organic food and cafe
An old favourite
275 locals recommend
The Shore Restaurant
1 Shore
275 locals recommend
An old favourite
An old favourite
159 locals recommend
The Ship On The Shore
Shore
159 locals recommend
An old favourite
A favourite for breakfast
88 locals recommend
The Blue Bear Cafe
9 Brandon Terrace
88 locals recommend
A favourite for breakfast
Also a favourite for breakfast
22 locals recommend
The Water of Leith Cafe Bistro
1 Howard St
22 locals recommend
Also a favourite for breakfast
Great smoothies, cakes and coffee
13 locals recommend
Skylark Café
42A Hamilton Pl
13 locals recommend
Great smoothies, cakes and coffee
New Zealand's finest coffee and cakes
57 locals recommend
Wellington Coffee
33A George St
57 locals recommend
New Zealand's finest coffee and cakes
Finest Cup Cakes in town
118 locals recommend
Cuckoo's Bakery
150 Dundas St
118 locals recommend
Finest Cup Cakes in town
Some say the best coffee in town
236 locals recommend
Artisan Roast
57 Broughton St
236 locals recommend
Some say the best coffee in town

Everything Else

Great cycling and coffee shop
12 locals recommend
Ronde Bicycle Outfitters
66-68 Hamilton Place
12 locals recommend
Great cycling and coffee shop
Traditional victorian swimming baths recently modernised
48 locals recommend
Glenogle Swim Centre
Glenogle Road
48 locals recommend
Traditional victorian swimming baths recently modernised
Must visit great collection
523 locals recommend
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen St
523 locals recommend
Must visit great collection
Must visit great collection
1010 locals recommend
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 locals recommend
Must visit great collection
Contemporary arts space and cafe/bar
161 locals recommend
Summerhall
161 locals recommend
Contemporary arts space and cafe/bar
Organic food and cafe and on your doorstep
87 locals recommend
Earthy Canonmills
1 Canonmills
87 locals recommend
Organic food and cafe and on your doorstep
Cakes like no other
205 locals recommend
Mimi's Bakehouse
63 Shore
205 locals recommend
Cakes like no other
Great art and regular changing shows
10 locals recommend
The Scottish Gallery
16 Dundas St
10 locals recommend
Great art and regular changing shows

Shopping

Shopping
84 locals recommend
Harvey Nichols Forth Floor Brasserie and Bar
30-34 St Andrew Square
84 locals recommend
Shopping
Shopping
181 locals recommend
Harvey Nichols
181 locals recommend
Shopping
If you want to buy some art
14 locals recommend
Edinburgh Printmakers
1 Dundee St
14 locals recommend
If you want to buy some art
Arts and crafts to shopping and local pubs in Edinburgh's Grassmarket - lots of history
123 locals recommend
Victoria Street
Victoria Street
123 locals recommend
Arts and crafts to shopping and local pubs in Edinburgh's Grassmarket - lots of history
Wonderful designed books for adults and kids
21 locals recommend
Golden Hare Books
68 St Stephen St
21 locals recommend
Wonderful designed books for adults and kids
Contemporary Men's clothes
6 locals recommend
Kestin Hare
7 Customs Wharf
6 locals recommend
Contemporary Men's clothes
Gift Shop amongst several on the street
38 locals recommend
Curiouser & Curiouser
93 Broughton St
38 locals recommend
Gift Shop amongst several on the street
Flowers
7 locals recommend
Narcissus
87 Broughton St
7 locals recommend
Flowers

Arts & Culture

Theatre - check the website out for latest shows
79 locals recommend
The Lyceum
30b Grindlay St
79 locals recommend
Theatre - check the website out for latest shows
Music - check the website out for latest performances
139 locals recommend
The Usher Hall
Lothian Road
139 locals recommend
Music - check the website out for latest performances
Music - check the website out for latest performances
45 locals recommend
The Queen's Hall
85-89 Clerk St
45 locals recommend
Music - check the website out for latest performances
Cinema - arthouse cinema
184 locals recommend
Filmhouse
88 Lothian Rd
184 locals recommend
Cinema - arthouse cinema
Great cinema and bar
255 locals recommend
Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
255 locals recommend
Great cinema and bar
Our National Museum a lovely building
1378 locals recommend
National Museum of Scotland
1378 locals recommend
Our National Museum a lovely building
Great gallery
19 locals recommend
Ingleby Gallery
33 Barony St
19 locals recommend
Great gallery
Contemporary art space
103 locals recommend
Fruitmarket Gallery
45 Market St
103 locals recommend
Contemporary art space

Essentials

Best Cheesemonger in town - several stores around the city
35 locals recommend
I.J Mellis Cheesemonger
30 Victoria St
35 locals recommend
Best Cheesemonger in town - several stores around the city
Local provisions
37 locals recommend
Margiotta Dundas Street
122-124 Dundas St
37 locals recommend
Local provisions
Organic food stockists
165 locals recommend
Real Foods
37 Broughton St
165 locals recommend
Organic food stockists
Best wine shop around
49 locals recommend
The Bearded Baker
46 Rodney St
49 locals recommend
Best wine shop around