Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Arts & Culture

Beautiful cinema that shows many independent and art house films and documentaries, with a great bar. Try to see films in Screen 1 - stunning!
255 helybéli ajánlásával
Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
255 helybéli ajánlásával
Beautiful cinema that shows many independent and art house films and documentaries, with a great bar. Try to see films in Screen 1 - stunning!
Arts venue for art, film and music with a cool bar, cafe and its own beer and gin breweries. Many artists and musicians have studios here so there is often something interesting happening.
161 helybéli ajánlásával
Summerhall
161 helybéli ajánlásával
Arts venue for art, film and music with a cool bar, cafe and its own beer and gin breweries. Many artists and musicians have studios here so there is often something interesting happening.
Great art house cinema with cafe/bar. Always something interesting screening.
184 helybéli ajánlásával
Filmhouse
88 Lothian Rd
184 helybéli ajánlásával
Great art house cinema with cafe/bar. Always something interesting screening.
Beautiful old theatre usually focusing on the classics.
79 helybéli ajánlásával
The Lyceum
30b Grindlay St
79 helybéli ajánlásával
Beautiful old theatre usually focusing on the classics.
Modern theatre with bar, for cutting edge contemporary work
87 helybéli ajánlásával
Traverse Theatre
10 Cambridge St
87 helybéli ajánlásával
Modern theatre with bar, for cutting edge contemporary work
Concert hall mostly for classical work but also for bands
139 helybéli ajánlásával
Usher Hall
Lothian Road
139 helybéli ajánlásával
Concert hall mostly for classical work but also for bands
Mainstream cinema showing the best of Hollywood
50 helybéli ajánlásával
ODEON Edinburgh Lothian Rd
118 Lothian Rd
50 helybéli ajánlásával
Mainstream cinema showing the best of Hollywood

Drinks & Nightlife

Great pub with open fire, no music and good food and local ales. Gets very busy in the evenings!
65 helybéli ajánlásával
Cloisters Bar
26 Brougham St
65 helybéli ajánlásával
Great pub with open fire, no music and good food and local ales. Gets very busy in the evenings!
Sweet bar with good beer
19 helybéli ajánlásával
The Ventoux
2 Brougham St
19 helybéli ajánlásával
Sweet bar with good beer
Can hire golf clubs and balls here for playing on the free links
108 helybéli ajánlásával
The Golf Tavern
30 - 31 Wright's Houses
108 helybéli ajánlásával
Can hire golf clubs and balls here for playing on the free links
Very local and sweet pub where most people know each other but are friendly towards anyone who enters. Cheap.
Burlington Bertie
11-13 Tarvit Street
Very local and sweet pub where most people know each other but are friendly towards anyone who enters. Cheap.
Really nice traditional, friendly pub
38 helybéli ajánlásával
Blue Blazer
2 Spittal St
38 helybéli ajánlásával
Really nice traditional, friendly pub
Restaurant and bar. Famous for its mussels and beautiful traditional design. Cheaper food in the bar than the restaurant but you can't book tables and gets very busy.
125 helybéli ajánlásával
Cafe Royal
19 W Register St
125 helybéli ajánlásával
Restaurant and bar. Famous for its mussels and beautiful traditional design. Cheaper food in the bar than the restaurant but you can't book tables and gets very busy.

Essentials

Organic, vegan, whole food shop with good muesli.
165 helybéli ajánlásával
Real Foods
37 Broughton St
165 helybéli ajánlásával
Organic, vegan, whole food shop with good muesli.
Fishmonger's, one of the best in Edinburgh. Always very fresh and the owners walk around in yellow wellies
24 helybéli ajánlásával
Eddie's Seafood Market
7 Roseneath St
24 helybéli ajánlásával
Fishmonger's, one of the best in Edinburgh. Always very fresh and the owners walk around in yellow wellies

Everything Else

Beautiful small Victorian swimming pool with glass roof and sauna and gym. Open to all. Check swim times on their website before going.
29 helybéli ajánlásával
Warrender Swim Centre
55 Thirlestane Rd
29 helybéli ajánlásával
Beautiful small Victorian swimming pool with glass roof and sauna and gym. Open to all. Check swim times on their website before going.
Public tennis courts, free during low season. Can borrow racquets there during high season.
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Meadows Tennis Courts
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Public tennis courts, free during low season. Can borrow racquets there during high season.
Meant to be the best fish and chips place in Edinburgh. They have a sister takeaway in Newington but it is always closed when I try to go so have never tried it.
60 helybéli ajánlásával
Tailend
14-15 Albert Place
60 helybéli ajánlásával
Meant to be the best fish and chips place in Edinburgh. They have a sister takeaway in Newington but it is always closed when I try to go so have never tried it.

Food Scene

Often cited as one of Edinburgh's best restaurants, it's all about locally sourced or foraged ingredients. Expensive but well worth it.
184 helybéli ajánlásával
TIMBERYARD
10 Lady Lawson St
184 helybéli ajánlásával
Often cited as one of Edinburgh's best restaurants, it's all about locally sourced or foraged ingredients. Expensive but well worth it.
Bright and modern Swedish cafe with fresh bread and light bites. Not cheap but very nice
126 helybéli ajánlásával
Söderberg The Meadows
27 Simpson Loan
126 helybéli ajánlásával
Bright and modern Swedish cafe with fresh bread and light bites. Not cheap but very nice
Cafe/arts venue, run by a cooperative and always friendly and fairly cheap. You can also buy a stranger a free coffee there, or claim a free coffee, bought by a stranger, yourself.
19 helybéli ajánlásával
The Forest Cafe
141 Lauriston Pl
19 helybéli ajánlásával
Cafe/arts venue, run by a cooperative and always friendly and fairly cheap. You can also buy a stranger a free coffee there, or claim a free coffee, bought by a stranger, yourself.
lovely cakes and interesting teas in china cups with flasks of hot water. Big wooden tables that are often shared. Very popular
119 helybéli ajánlásával
Lovecrumbs West Port
155 West Port
119 helybéli ajánlásával
lovely cakes and interesting teas in china cups with flasks of hot water. Big wooden tables that are often shared. Very popular
Lovely and inexpensive Japanese restaurant. cash only and BYOB. One of my favourites.
24 helybéli ajánlásával
Bentoya
13 Bread St
24 helybéli ajánlásával
Lovely and inexpensive Japanese restaurant. cash only and BYOB. One of my favourites.
Very small and sweet Spanish restaurant. Gets very busy so best to book. The food is nice, but I've not found it amazing, the staff are very friendly though!
16 helybéli ajánlásával
El Quijote
16 helybéli ajánlásával
Very small and sweet Spanish restaurant. Gets very busy so best to book. The food is nice, but I've not found it amazing, the staff are very friendly though!
Nice pub retaining traditional features but with a clean modern style. Serves lots of beers and good burgers
63 helybéli ajánlásával
The Southern Bar
22-26 S Clerk St
63 helybéli ajánlásával
Nice pub retaining traditional features but with a clean modern style. Serves lots of beers and good burgers
Remarkably reasonable and good food. Good views of the castle. Sister restaurant to the apartment.
156 helybéli ajánlásával
The Outsider Restaurant
15-16 George IV Bridge
156 helybéli ajánlásával
Remarkably reasonable and good food. Good views of the castle. Sister restaurant to the apartment.
Good food at reasonable price. Stylish restaurant.
42 helybéli ajánlásával
The Apartment
7-13 Barclay Pl
42 helybéli ajánlásával
Good food at reasonable price. Stylish restaurant.
Korean Restaurant. Never been but have heard lots of good things about this restaurant and think its quite reasonably priced. I really want to go.
30 helybéli ajánlásával
Kim's Mini Meals
5 Buccleuch St
30 helybéli ajánlásával
Korean Restaurant. Never been but have heard lots of good things about this restaurant and think its quite reasonably priced. I really want to go.
French bistro restaurant. Very sweet and one of my favourite restaurants. Locally sourced fresh produce. Sometimes great food, sometimes just good. Bit expensive but have cheaper pre-theatre&set menus
45 helybéli ajánlásával
Cafe St Honorė
34 Thistle St N W Ln
45 helybéli ajánlásával
French bistro restaurant. Very sweet and one of my favourite restaurants. Locally sourced fresh produce. Sometimes great food, sometimes just good. Bit expensive but have cheaper pre-theatre&set menus
Popular place with students. Thai street food on long shared tables.
257 helybéli ajánlásával
TING THAI CARAVAN Teviot Place
9 Teviot Pl
257 helybéli ajánlásával
Popular place with students. Thai street food on long shared tables.
Good but expensive restaurant at the top of the museum.
45 helybéli ajánlásával
Tower Restaurant
Chambers Street
45 helybéli ajánlásával
Good but expensive restaurant at the top of the museum.
GREAT coffee and good pastries and friendly staff
42 helybéli ajánlásával
Machina Espresso
38 W Tollcross
42 helybéli ajánlásával
GREAT coffee and good pastries and friendly staff

Sightseeing

Two museums, one old , one new, both beautifully designed, combined to house Scotland's and the world's treasures. Great roof terrace and restaurant.
1378 helybéli ajánlásával
National Museum of Scotland
1378 helybéli ajánlásával
Two museums, one old , one new, both beautifully designed, combined to house Scotland's and the world's treasures. Great roof terrace and restaurant.