Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Drinks & Nightlife

Swedish Scottish cuisine and bar
73 locals recommend
Hemma
75 Holyrood Rd
73 locals recommend
Swedish Scottish cuisine and bar
pub favourite
108 locals recommend
The Golf Tavern
30 - 31 Wright's Houses
108 locals recommend
pub favourite
pub and restaurant with Skittles (bowling)
167 locals recommend
The Sheep Heid Inn
43-45 The Causeway
167 locals recommend
pub and restaurant with Skittles (bowling)
good franchise pub with great Scottish beef burgers
146 locals recommend
The Holyrood 9A
9a Holyrood Rd
146 locals recommend
good franchise pub with great Scottish beef burgers
live music
62 locals recommend
Whistlebinkies Live Music Bar
4-6 South Bridge
62 locals recommend
live music
Irish bar with live music
26 locals recommend
Malones Edinburgh
242 Morrison St
26 locals recommend
Irish bar with live music
good jazz bar
176 locals recommend
The Jazz Bar
1a Chambers St
176 locals recommend
good jazz bar
two-level pub
62 locals recommend
The Royal Oak
1 Infirmary St
62 locals recommend
two-level pub
good pub
144 locals recommend
Sandy Bell's
25 Forrest Rd
144 locals recommend
good pub
pub with events and music
66 locals recommend
The Peartree
38 W Nicolson St
66 locals recommend
pub with events and music
bar
88 locals recommend
The Blue Bear Cafe
9 Brandon Terrace
88 locals recommend
bar
unique tiny pub with local live music
43 locals recommend
Captains Bar
4 S College St
43 locals recommend
unique tiny pub with local live music
Scottish craft beer
82 locals recommend
BrewDog Edinburgh
143 Cowgate
82 locals recommend
Scottish craft beer
traditional pub
20 locals recommend
The World's End
2-8 High Street
20 locals recommend
traditional pub

Food Scene

excellent Scottish cuisine
Stac Polly
38 Saint Mary's Street
excellent Scottish cuisine
excellent Scottish cuisine
128 locals recommend
Angels with Bagpipes
343 High St
128 locals recommend
excellent Scottish cuisine
veggie restaurant
117 locals recommend
David Bann Restaurant
56-58 St Mary's St
117 locals recommend
veggie restaurant
good chain of coffee shops
61 locals recommend
Black Medicine Coffee Co
2 Nicolson St
61 locals recommend
good chain of coffee shops
good coffee shop
Always Sunday
good coffee shop
cafe and restaurant
21 locals recommend
Spoon Cafe Bistro
21 locals recommend
cafe and restaurant
famous coffee shop where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter
163 locals recommend
The Elephant House
21 George IV Bridge
163 locals recommend
famous coffee shop where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter
good coffee, desserts, bakery
126 locals recommend
Söderberg The Meadows
27 Simpson Loan
126 locals recommend
good coffee, desserts, bakery
unique veggie cafe run by young people learning life skills
The Engine Shed
19 St Leonard's Ln
unique veggie cafe run by young people learning life skills
good tasty Scottish gastropub
63 locals recommend
the dogs
110 Hanover St
63 locals recommend
good tasty Scottish gastropub
traditional bar, restaurant, entertainment venue
80 locals recommend
Ghillie Dhu
1A Rutland Street
80 locals recommend
traditional bar, restaurant, entertainment venue
small cheap tasty Indian cafe
35 locals recommend
10 to 10 in Delhi
67 Nicolson St
35 locals recommend
small cheap tasty Indian cafe
great veggie cafe and deli
60 locals recommend
Hendersons Salad Table Restaurant
94 Hanover St
60 locals recommend
great veggie cafe and deli

Arts & Culture

Fringe Festival venue
75 locals recommend
Pleasance
60 Pleasance
75 locals recommend
Fringe Festival venue
Fringe Festival venue
11 locals recommend
Underbelly
11 locals recommend
Fringe Festival venue
Fringe Festival venue
Assembly Theatre
Fringe Festival venue
comedy club
72 locals recommend
The Stand Comedy Club
5 York Place
72 locals recommend
comedy club
popular club
50 locals recommend
Sneaky Pete's
73 Cowgate
50 locals recommend
popular club
popular club
49 locals recommend
Cabaret Voltaire
36-38 Blair St
49 locals recommend
popular club
popular club
Bongo Club
popular club
popular club
12 locals recommend
The Caves
8-10 Niddry St S
12 locals recommend
popular club
bar, cabaret, restaurant
104 locals recommend
The Voodoo Rooms
19a W Register St
104 locals recommend
bar, cabaret, restaurant
uniquely Edinburgh science museum
7 locals recommend
Surgeons' Hall
7 locals recommend
uniquely Edinburgh science museum
great art gallery
523 locals recommend
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen St
523 locals recommend
great art gallery
Fringe Festival venue
C venues
2 Johnston Terrace
Fringe Festival venue
great kid's museum, good for grown-up kids too
79 locals recommend
Museum of Childhood
42 High St
79 locals recommend
great kid's museum, good for grown-up kids too
newly restored museum
1378 locals recommend
National Museum of Scotland
1378 locals recommend
newly restored museum
modern art gallery, good cafe with good veggie options
103 locals recommend
Fruitmarket Gallery
45 Market St
103 locals recommend
modern art gallery, good cafe with good veggie options
fun education interactive visual museum
437 locals recommend
Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
549 Castlehill
437 locals recommend
fun education interactive visual museum
modern mixed art centre
161 locals recommend
Summerhall
161 locals recommend
modern mixed art centre

Sightseeing

great for walks and jogs
280 locals recommend
Holyrood Park
Queen's Drive
280 locals recommend
great for walks and jogs
scenic hike
1859 locals recommend
Arthur's Seat
1859 locals recommend
scenic hike
great hill and picnic spot
162 locals recommend
Blackford Hill and Pond
4 Charterhall Rd
162 locals recommend
great hill and picnic spot
good for picnics
615 locals recommend
The Meadows
Melville Drive
615 locals recommend
good for picnics
beautiful secret garden, private-run
57 locals recommend
Dr Neil's Garden
5 Old Church Ln
57 locals recommend
beautiful secret garden, private-run
Inverleith, at Royal Botanic Garden on Inverleith Row station
Inverleith Row
8 locals recommend
botanical garden
scenic walk
1098 locals recommend
Calton Hill
Calton Hill
1098 locals recommend
scenic walk
large Scottish castle, canon fires at 1:00PM daily
1961 locals recommend
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
1961 locals recommend
large Scottish castle, canon fires at 1:00PM daily
Queen's unique home and one of Edinburgh's top attractions
630 locals recommend
Royal Yacht Britannia
Ocean Drive
630 locals recommend
Queen's unique home and one of Edinburgh's top attractions

Essentials

larger grocery store
130 locals recommend
Tesco Metro
Colinton Road
130 locals recommend
larger grocery store
smaller closer groceries
490 locals recommend
Tesco Express
4-6 Leith Walk
490 locals recommend
smaller closer groceries
smaller closer groceries
490 locals recommend
Tesco Express
4-6 Leith Walk
490 locals recommend
smaller closer groceries
affordable frozen and fresh groceries
12 locals recommend
Farmfoods Ltd
76 Nicolson St
12 locals recommend
affordable frozen and fresh groceries