Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Drinks & Nightlife

Good bar lunches and a quiet bar with a traditional feel.
6 locals recommend
Royal Ettrick Hotel
13 Ettrick Road
6 locals recommend
Good bar lunches and a quiet bar with a traditional feel.
If you like bars with character, this is the place to go!
95 locals recommend
Canny Mans
237 Morningside Rd
95 locals recommend
If you like bars with character, this is the place to go!
One of Edinburgh's best loved pubs. Wonderful traditional decor and a great atmosphere.
125 locals recommend
Cafe Royal
19 W Register St
125 locals recommend
One of Edinburgh's best loved pubs. Wonderful traditional decor and a great atmosphere.
Bar/ club
104 locals recommend
The Voodoo Rooms
19a W Register St
104 locals recommend
Bar/ club
If you like Scottish music and dancing, give this place a try. There's a ceilidh here every Friday and Saturday night and they also do meal packages.
80 locals recommend
Ghillie Dhu
1A Rutland Street
80 locals recommend
If you like Scottish music and dancing, give this place a try. There's a ceilidh here every Friday and Saturday night and they also do meal packages.
A favourite bar of ours in town. It's easy to miss as it is situated in the basement, so look out for it!
61 locals recommend
The Village
16 S Fort St
61 locals recommend
A favourite bar of ours in town. It's easy to miss as it is situated in the basement, so look out for it!
Good atmosphere and live music most weekend nights. Also serve hearty gastro-pub food.
108 locals recommend
The Golf Tavern
30 - 31 Wright's Houses
108 locals recommend
Good atmosphere and live music most weekend nights. Also serve hearty gastro-pub food.
Beer garden - comes alive during the festival.
66 locals recommend
The Peartree
38 W Nicolson St
66 locals recommend
Beer garden - comes alive during the festival.
Another good bar.
65 locals recommend
Cloisters Bar
26 Brougham St
65 locals recommend
Another good bar.
One of Edinburgh's most well-known pubs.
67 locals recommend
Bennets Bar
8 Leven St
67 locals recommend
One of Edinburgh's most well-known pubs.
Nice bar next to the union canal
The Kilted Pig
101B Colinton Rd
Nice bar next to the union canal

Essentials

Closest ATM to the house, 1 minute walk. Also has a shop with lottery and off-licence. Open 7 days until 10pm.
6 locals recommend
ATM
158 Causewayside
6 locals recommend
Closest ATM to the house, 1 minute walk. Also has a shop with lottery and off-licence. Open 7 days until 10pm.
Deli and grocery shop, less than 5 minutes walk from the house.
27 locals recommend
Margiotta Polwarth
1 Polwarth Gardens
27 locals recommend
Deli and grocery shop, less than 5 minutes walk from the house.
Tesco
490 locals recommend
Tesco Express
4-6 Leith Walk
490 locals recommend
Tesco
Tesco
490 locals recommend
Tesco Express
4-6 Leith Walk
490 locals recommend
Tesco
Sainsbury's
457 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
45 Bernard St
457 locals recommend
Sainsbury's

Sightseeing

Lovely city park with access to the Union Canal. Situated within close walking distance from the house. The park and canal can also been seen across the garden wall from our house.
50 locals recommend
Harrison Park
42 Harrison Gardens
50 locals recommend
Lovely city park with access to the Union Canal. Situated within close walking distance from the house. The park and canal can also been seen across the garden wall from our house.
Very nice area of Edinburgh, filled with lots of cafe, restaurants and boutique shops. Worth a visit.
8 locals recommend
Stockbridge
8 locals recommend
Very nice area of Edinburgh, filled with lots of cafe, restaurants and boutique shops. Worth a visit.
A beautiful tribute to Sir Walter Scott.
302 locals recommend
Scott Monument
302 locals recommend
A beautiful tribute to Sir Walter Scott.
If you want panoramic views of Edinburgh, it's worth the 5 minute hike up the hill! Beware, it is steep though.
1098 locals recommend
Calton Hill
Calton Hill
1098 locals recommend
If you want panoramic views of Edinburgh, it's worth the 5 minute hike up the hill! Beware, it is steep though.
Beautiful street to walk down, nothing else like it. Look out for the haunted night tours of Edinburgh.
337 locals recommend
Royal Mile
337 locals recommend
Beautiful street to walk down, nothing else like it. Look out for the haunted night tours of Edinburgh.
Great for a day out - it is expensive though, so plan to spend an afternoon there to make your visit worth the money.
1961 locals recommend
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
1961 locals recommend
Great for a day out - it is expensive though, so plan to spend an afternoon there to make your visit worth the money.
Boutique shops and lots of restaurants, pubs and cafes to keep you amused. Take a walk down Morningside Road too.
22 locals recommend
Bruntsfield Place
Bruntsfield Place
22 locals recommend
Boutique shops and lots of restaurants, pubs and cafes to keep you amused. Take a walk down Morningside Road too.
Big city park. Good views of Edinburgh Castle from here.
615 locals recommend
The Meadows
Melville Drive
615 locals recommend
Big city park. Good views of Edinburgh Castle from here.
Beautiful gardens for a Sunday walk.
1227 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Place
1227 locals recommend
Beautiful gardens for a Sunday walk.

Food Scene

Takeaway restaurant - delivery orders available through Justeat.co.uk.
Taste Of China
175-177 Gilmore Pl
Takeaway restaurant - delivery orders available through Justeat.co.uk.
Great restaurant and bar. Recommend sunday brunch here.
238 locals recommend
Montpeliers
159-161 Bruntsfield Pl
238 locals recommend
Great restaurant and bar. Recommend sunday brunch here.
Great Thai fusion restaurant. The Bangkok Bar which is part of the restaurant has great cocktails (accessed from Broughton St).
11 locals recommend
Port of Siam - In the New Town
1 Barony St
11 locals recommend
Great Thai fusion restaurant. The Bangkok Bar which is part of the restaurant has great cocktails (accessed from Broughton St).
Coffee shop.
94 locals recommend
Project Coffee
192-194 Bruntsfield Pl
94 locals recommend
Coffee shop.
Lovely food.
9 locals recommend
Hotel du Vin Edinburgh
11 Bristo Pl
9 locals recommend
Lovely food.
Great for afternoon tea.
285 locals recommend
The Dome
14 George St
285 locals recommend
Great for afternoon tea.
If you want to treat yourself - this is the place to go for food. Also do great afternoon tea. They also offer spa packages.
35 locals recommend
The Balmoral
1 Princes St
35 locals recommend
If you want to treat yourself - this is the place to go for food. Also do great afternoon tea. They also offer spa packages.
Good Italian food in Central Edinburgh
36 locals recommend
Vittoria on the Bridge
19 George IV Bridge
36 locals recommend
Good Italian food in Central Edinburgh
Where JK Rowling wrote some of her Harry Potter stories. Serves good cheap food and nice coffee.
163 locals recommend
The Elephant House
21 George IV Bridge
163 locals recommend
Where JK Rowling wrote some of her Harry Potter stories. Serves good cheap food and nice coffee.
Very good Italian restaurant, an Edinburgh institution!
6 locals recommend
Valvona & Crolla VinCaffè
11 Multrees Walk
6 locals recommend
Very good Italian restaurant, an Edinburgh institution!
Close by to home and food you know and trust.
75 locals recommend
Pizza Express
1 Deanhaugh St
75 locals recommend
Close by to home and food you know and trust.
Great takeaway and delivery pizza/pasta
19 locals recommend
La Favorita Delivered Morningside
19 locals recommend
Great takeaway and delivery pizza/pasta
Close to home and nice vibe...
87 locals recommend
Piecebox
2 Polwarth Cres
87 locals recommend
Close to home and nice vibe...
Italian on the canal
21 locals recommend
Zizzi
21 locals recommend
Italian on the canal

Arts & Culture

Large cinema complex (Cineworld) including IMAX and range of bars and restaurants.
87 locals recommend
Cineworld Cinema
130/3 Dundee St
87 locals recommend
Large cinema complex (Cineworld) including IMAX and range of bars and restaurants.
Alternative cinema.
184 locals recommend
Filmhouse
88 Lothian Rd
184 locals recommend
Alternative cinema.

Shopping

Best ice-cream in Edinburgh. They also have a small cafe for light-bites and coffee.
40 locals recommend
S Luca
16 Morningside Rd
40 locals recommend
Best ice-cream in Edinburgh. They also have a small cafe for light-bites and coffee.
Laundrette
6 locals recommend
Suds R Us
20 Polwarth Gardens
6 locals recommend
Laundrette

Everything Else

Take a walk round the University of Edinburgh campus if you fancy a walk. The meadows is nearby too.
Main University Library, The University of Edinburgh
30 George Square
Take a walk round the University of Edinburgh campus if you fancy a walk. The meadows is nearby too.
Deli and cafe
189 locals recommend
Valvona Crolla
19 Elm Row
189 locals recommend
Deli and cafe
Tea and cake canal cruises
18 locals recommend
Re-Union Canal Boats Ltd
23 Lower Gilmore Pl
18 locals recommend
Tea and cake canal cruises