Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Food Scene

lovely cakes and interesting teas in china cups with flasks of hot water. Big wooden tables that are often shared. Very popular
119 místní doporučují
Lovecrumbs West Port
155 West Port
119 místní doporučují
lovely cakes and interesting teas in china cups with flasks of hot water. Big wooden tables that are often shared. Very popular
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.
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The Forest Cafe
141 Lauriston Pl
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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.
Bright and modern Swedish cafe with fresh bread and light bites. Not cheap but very nice
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Söderberg The Meadows
27 Simpson Loan
126 místní doporučují
Bright and modern Swedish cafe with fresh bread and light bites. Not cheap but very nice
Often cited as one of Edinburgh's best restaurants, it's all about locally sourced or foraged ingredients. Expensive but well worth it.
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TIMBERYARD
10 Lady Lawson St
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Often cited as one of Edinburgh's best restaurants, it's all about locally sourced or foraged ingredients. Expensive but well worth it.
Sweet very friendly Spanish restaurant. You often need to book
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El Quijote
16 místní doporučují
Sweet very friendly Spanish restaurant. You often need to book

Essentials

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

Drinks & Nightlife

Really nice traditional, friendly pub
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Blue Blazer
2 Spittal St
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Really nice traditional, friendly pub
Can hire golf clubs and balls here for playing on the free links
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The Golf Tavern
30 - 31 Wright's Houses
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Can hire golf clubs and balls here for playing on the free links
Sweet bar with good beer
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The Ventoux
2 Brougham St
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Sweet bar with good beer
Great pub with open fire, no music and good food and local ales. Gets very busy in the evenings!
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Cloisters Bar
26 Brougham St
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Great pub with open fire, no music and good food and local ales. Gets very busy in the evenings!

Arts & Culture

Concert hall mostly for classical work but also for bands. A main venue in the International Festival
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Usher Hall
Lothian Road
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Concert hall mostly for classical work but also for bands. A main venue in the International Festival
Modern theatre with bar, for cutting edge contemporary work. A main venue in the International Festival.
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Traverse Theatre
10 Cambridge St
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Modern theatre with bar, for cutting edge contemporary work. A main venue in the International Festival.
Beautiful old theatre usually focusing on the classics. a venue for the International Festival
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The Lyceum
30b Grindlay St
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Beautiful old theatre usually focusing on the classics. a venue for the International Festival
Great art house cinema with cafe/bar. Always something interesting screening. Home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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Filmhouse
88 Lothian Rd
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Great art house cinema with cafe/bar. Always something interesting screening. Home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Arts venue with a cool bar, cafe and beer & gin breweries. Many artists and musicians have studios here so there is often something interesting happening. Important venue in Fringe Festival.
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Summerhall
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Arts venue with a cool bar, cafe and beer & gin breweries. Many artists and musicians have studios here so there is often something interesting happening. Important venue in Fringe Festival.
Beautiful cinema that shows many independent and art house films and documentaries, with a great bar. Try to see films in Screen 1 - stunning! Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
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Beautiful cinema that shows many independent and art house films and documentaries, with a great bar. Try to see films in Screen 1 - stunning! Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Everything Else

Public outdoor tennis courts. Turn up and play. Free during low season. Can borrow racquets there during high season.
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Meadows Tennis Courts
12 místní doporučují
Public outdoor tennis courts. Turn up and play. Free during low season. Can borrow racquets there during high season.
Beautiful small Victorian swimming pool with glass roof and sauna and gym. Open to all. Check swim times on their website before going.
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Warrender Swim Centre
55 Thirlestane Rd
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Beautiful small Victorian swimming pool with glass roof and sauna and gym. Open to all. Check swim times on their website before going.