Guidebook for Edinburgh

Glenn
Guidebook for Edinburgh

Drinks & Nightlife

Traditional local pub just on the corner. Food served in the upstairs restaurant. Good quality.
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Old Bell Inn
233-235 Causewayside
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Traditional local pub just on the corner. Food served in the upstairs restaurant. Good quality.
Great university pub
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Leslies Bar
45-47 Ratcliffe Terrace
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Great university pub
Small pub with great selection of beer and buffalo burgers!
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Greenmantle Bar & Kitchen
44 W Crosscauseway
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Small pub with great selection of beer and buffalo burgers!
Great for cocktails and good range of gin. Also does some food options, so is a great place for an informal dinner too.
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56 North
2 W Crosscauseway
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Great for cocktails and good range of gin. Also does some food options, so is a great place for an informal dinner too.
Good atmosphere, quality bar food and relaxed atmosphere. Excellent range of refreshments!
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Diablo Loco
74-78 South Clerk Street
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Good atmosphere, quality bar food and relaxed atmosphere. Excellent range of refreshments!

Arts & Culture

Summerhall is a great arts space in the former Dick Vet School housing a variety of galleries, theatre spaces, clubs, music venue, restaurant, gin distillers (Pickerings - a contemporary Edinburgh gin!), cafe serving home-produced soups, pasties, salads. Also a nice cafe to hang out in if it's a bit rainy. Good wee craft/design shop in there as well. Edinburgh's newest arts space and much valued.
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Summerhall
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Summerhall is a great arts space in the former Dick Vet School housing a variety of galleries, theatre spaces, clubs, music venue, restaurant, gin distillers (Pickerings - a contemporary Edinburgh gin!), cafe serving home-produced soups, pasties, salads. Also a nice cafe to hang out in if it's a bit rainy. Good wee craft/design shop in there as well. Edinburgh's newest arts space and much valued.
Print workshop with a gallery and shop. No cafe unfortunately, but if you like printed artworks and fancy picking up a hand-made print, this will likely tick your boxes. Artisan Roast round the corner if you require a coffee!
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Edinburgh Printmakers
1 Dundee St
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Print workshop with a gallery and shop. No cafe unfortunately, but if you like printed artworks and fancy picking up a hand-made print, this will likely tick your boxes. Artisan Roast round the corner if you require a coffee!
Portrait Gallery with a large cafe. Houses the Robert Mapplethorpe Photography wing.
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen St
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Portrait Gallery with a large cafe. Houses the Robert Mapplethorpe Photography wing.
Modern 1 and Modern 2 galleries across the road from each other. Modern 1 houses the Eduardo Paolozzi collection and recreates his studio. Visiting exhibitions. `permanent Collection free. Both have cafes, but Modern 1 is best in my opinion. Also has outdoor seating if the weather's nice.
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
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Modern 1 and Modern 2 galleries across the road from each other. Modern 1 houses the Eduardo Paolozzi collection and recreates his studio. Visiting exhibitions. `permanent Collection free. Both have cafes, but Modern 1 is best in my opinion. Also has outdoor seating if the weather's nice.
The National Gallery sits behind the Royal Scottish Academy on Princes St, both free entry. The RSA has visiting exhibitions whereby the National houses the permanent collection of renaissance and old masters. Well worth a visit if you're an art lover.
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
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The National Gallery sits behind the Royal Scottish Academy on Princes St, both free entry. The RSA has visiting exhibitions whereby the National houses the permanent collection of renaissance and old masters. Well worth a visit if you're an art lover.
Small Photography gallery with visiting exhibitions. Photography workshops if you're visiting for a set period of time.
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Tills
1 Hope Park Cres
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Small Photography gallery with visiting exhibitions. Photography workshops if you're visiting for a set period of time.

Entertainment & Activities

Edinburgh's oldest independent 3-screen cinema, showing new releases and a good range of arthouse limited releases as well as a nice balance of rep cinema. Nice bar too, selling snacks, coffees and drinks. Quentin Tarantino said this was his favourite cinema!
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Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
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Edinburgh's oldest independent 3-screen cinema, showing new releases and a good range of arthouse limited releases as well as a nice balance of rep cinema. Nice bar too, selling snacks, coffees and drinks. Quentin Tarantino said this was his favourite cinema!
Great quality films are shown in the Filmhouse, still show classics and new releases (sometimes on 70mm). Host a lot of indie film festivals, worth checking out their website to see what's upcoming. Major player in the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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Filmhouse Cafe Bar
88 Lothian Rd
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Great quality films are shown in the Filmhouse, still show classics and new releases (sometimes on 70mm). Host a lot of indie film festivals, worth checking out their website to see what's upcoming. Major player in the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Essentials

Local Tesco supermarket if you need any essentials.
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Tesco Express
4-6 Leith Walk
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Local Tesco supermarket if you need any essentials.

Sightseeing

A must if you're a first time visitor. Great range of military history housed within the castle, but also great views from the esplanade at the top of castle hill.
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Edinburghský hrad
Castlehill
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A must if you're a first time visitor. Great range of military history housed within the castle, but also great views from the esplanade at the top of castle hill.
The Queen's Royal residence in Scotland. Queen's Gallery has changing exhibitions and there's a large cafe with home baking.
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Palace of Holyrood
Canongate
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The Queen's Royal residence in Scotland. Queen's Gallery has changing exhibitions and there's a large cafe with home baking.
Great views out to the Firth of Forth and down towards Leith as well as towards the Castle and Princes St. See 'Edinburgh's Disgrace' up close and personal!
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Calton Hill
Calton Hill
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Great views out to the Firth of Forth and down towards Leith as well as towards the Castle and Princes St. See 'Edinburgh's Disgrace' up close and personal!

Parks & Nature

If you can muster the energy, climb to the top of Arthur's Seat and get the best view of Edinburgh going. If you don't have the time, a walk along the Salisbury Crags will give you just as stunning a view. It's like the countryside in the city.
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Holyroodský park
Queen's Drive
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If you can muster the energy, climb to the top of Arthur's Seat and get the best view of Edinburgh going. If you don't have the time, a walk along the Salisbury Crags will give you just as stunning a view. It's like the countryside in the city.
Cycle, run, wander, picnic, play tennis/football/frisbee, walk the dog, sit and read. You will see people use the Meadows for all of these and more. Nice for some quiet downtime, you'll forget you're in Scotland's capital!
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Louky
Melville Drive
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Cycle, run, wander, picnic, play tennis/football/frisbee, walk the dog, sit and read. You will see people use the Meadows for all of these and more. Nice for some quiet downtime, you'll forget you're in Scotland's capital!

Food scene

Great coffee shop/ roasters/ food
Argyle Place
Argyle Place
Great coffee shop/ roasters/ food
Lovely unassuming neighbourhood Turkish restaurant. Lamb Shish to die for..
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Hanedan
41 W Preston St
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Lovely unassuming neighbourhood Turkish restaurant. Lamb Shish to die for..
Local vegan cafe
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Beetroot Sauvage - Vegan Café, Restaurant, Yoga Studio
33-41 Ratcliffe Terrace
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Local vegan cafe
Great little French cafe/ bistro.
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Café Marlayne
76 Thistle St
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Great little French cafe/ bistro.
Lovely French food and relaxing atmosphere. Great wine bar downstairs doing great choice of wines and platters for nibbling
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La P'tite Folie
9 Randolph Pl
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Lovely French food and relaxing atmosphere. Great wine bar downstairs doing great choice of wines and platters for nibbling
Great wine bar serving loads of lovely wines and a range of sharing plates if you get peckish
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Le Di vin
9 Randolph Pl
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Great wine bar serving loads of lovely wines and a range of sharing plates if you get peckish
Edinburgh institution. Nice interior. Can be a little hit or miss but amazing decor
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The Dome
14 George St
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Edinburgh institution. Nice interior. Can be a little hit or miss but amazing decor
Wonderful French restaurant... Steak tartare to die for.
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L'Escargot Bleu Restaurant
56 Broughton St
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Wonderful French restaurant... Steak tartare to die for.
Lovely little bar that does great nibbles/ platters while to think about what the next bottle will be..
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Pickles
60 Broughton St
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Lovely little bar that does great nibbles/ platters while to think about what the next bottle will be..
Great little local independent bakery.
101 Bakery
101 Newington Rd
Great little local independent bakery.
Lovely fish restaurant
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Ondine
2 George IV Bridge
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Lovely fish restaurant