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Zucca
As veterans of the Edinburgh restaurant scene, Zucca’s owners know the importance of playing to their strengths. That means keeping theatre goers happy with snacks from a restricted menu in the downstairs bar while the restaurant upstairs focuses on…
The Gateway Restaurant
John Hope Gateway Centre, Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5LRThere's a tranquil feel to the Gateway Restaurant located upstairs in the John Hope Gateway Centre, a biodiversity and information centre in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens. Set in a long, bright room, the lovely interior features leaf-green ceilings…
The Brasserie at Òran Mór
731–735 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8QXArts and concert based venues get their biggest numbers on event nights. So it seems for the Brasserie which is entered through a splendid stone vaulted arch at the side entrance to the old church that forms the spectacular Oran Mor. The room has an…
The Fruitmarket Gallery Café
Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DFPlaying host to world-class work, the Fruitmarket Gallery is a well-regarded contemporary art venue incorporating a popular café and a terrific bookshop. One café wall displays past and present exhibition posters and, although tables are tightly packed…
KG Café
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove Park, Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AGThe grand entrance to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum was always intended to face onto the eponymous park and it is an urban myth that it was built back-to-front. The tradition of confusion continues inside the country’s most popular attraction these…
Art Lover's Café
House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, Glasgow, G41 5BWNot just for art lovers and ladies who lunch, this is fine dining at reasonable prices in a unique and aesthetically appealing setting. The house may be a 1990s baby itself but the original Mackintosh design is from the first year of the last century.
Café Lucia
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9FTThere's a light Parisian motif to this eatery attached to the Festival Theatre (and associated with Nicholson Street's Ten Hill Place Hotel). Long windows provide ample people-watching opportunities and the cheerful apple-red interior makes it a…
The Grosvenor Café
The Grosvenor Theatre, Ashton Lane, Glasgow, G12 8SJSet in a stylish venue with a touch of grandeur, the Grosvenor Café is a fixture for socializing along the ever-popular run of bars down Ashton lane. Originally part of the classic cinema still running downstairs, there’s a suitably luxurious feeling in…
The Hidden Lane Tearoom
8 Argyle Court, 1103 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8NDThe Hidden Lane Tearoom is hidden only in name. Despite being just a couple of years old, it has clearly established a serious following, which means that at weekends, it can often get pretty busy – despite having two levels. Somehow though, owner…
Terrace Café
Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LRThe hilltop Terrace Café in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens has an unparalleled view of the city's skyline. The inviting outdoor tables make it an obvious place for an alfresco lunch in fine weather. Inside, small tables are placed near long windows…
Café at the Palace
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, EH8 8DXSituated next door to Holyrood Palace, this café is the obvious place to grab a sandwich or hearty bowl of soup after visiting the Queen’s Gallery and Palace, or after an invigorating trek round Arthur’s Seat or tour of the Scottish Parliament. With…
The Scottish Café
National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2ELNestled in the basement of the National Gallery of Scotland, the Scottish Café and Restaurant exudes professionalism from start to finish. Husband and wife team Victor and Carina Contini run a tight ship for a good mix of tourists and locals. Smart…
Tower Restaurant
Even on a clear day, it’s not quite possible to see the other two restaurants that make up restaurateur James Thomson’s local trilogy. What you can see through this one’s floor-to-ceiling windows – and most spectacularly from its fifth-floor terrace…
Tron Theatre
63 Trongate,
Glasgow,
G1 5HB
Glasgow’s uncanny ability to re-invent itself is perfectly illustrated in the Tron building and its 500 years of history. It is now a modern and vibrant cultural space but signs of its past are much in evidence, from the original steeple itself to the…
Café Modern Two
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DSEntering the stately Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two by its Georgian façade ensures a real sense of occasion. In contrast to its fellow venue across the way, Café Modern Two provides friendly, unruffled table service for its varied…
Café Portrait
Traditional and contemporary visions blend peacefully at the National Portrait Gallery's ground-level cafe. Large windows and high spotlights illuminate portraits of Scottish greats like Alex Ferguson and John Byrne. A small blue dining room off to the…
City Art Centre Café
City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DEThe City Art Centre Café, now reopened after a refurb of the entire building, caters to a varied crowd of gallery visitors, regulars and passing trade – after all, it is handily placed opposite an entrance to Waverley Station. For folk who are up and…
The Edwardian Kitchen Restaurant
Pollok House, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1ATEating at the 18th-century estate house in glorious Pollok Country Park is like being invited for lunch at Downton Abbey. Sitting downstairs in the old kitchen, surrounded by artefacts –- including copper pans and an original cast-iron stove – of the…
Filmhouse Café Bar
88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZAn Edinburgh cultural institution, this independent cinema gem incorporates a popular cafe-bar, which enjoys the pleasant ebb and flow of cineastes, or those just out for a quick bite with friends or colleagues. Fast-moving and often busy, this is…
Henderson's Vegetarian Restaurant
94 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DRThis subterranean restaurant is the place for the original Henderson’s experience, with a diverse clientele as loyal as you’d expect for somewhere with fifty years of history behind it. It’s boho, but also surprisingly sophisticated of an evening, when…
The Arches Café Bar & Restaurant
253 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DLThe question that springs to mind on entering the Arches underneath the Heilanman’s Umbrella does not concern its myriad of titles – bar, nightclub, theatre, live music venue, restaurant – but why one of the most relaxing spaces to drink and eat in…
Buchanans Bistro
Woodend Barn, Burn o' Bennie, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, AB31 5QASet in a bright, large and pleasantly laid out extension to Royal Deeside's primary arts space, this new café-bistro is run by highly respected local cooks and caterers Val and Calum Buchanan. Dishes are at once informal and expertly constructed…
Cafe Hub
Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2NESitting atop the Royal Mile, and home to the International Festival box office, it is not surprising Cafe Hub is popular with tourists. Recently it has also been trying to attract locals with a mix of takeaway deals and increased emphasis on their own…
The Doocot Café and Bar
The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, G1 3NUThe Doocot (or pigeon-loft for those not fluent in Scots) perches atop another Mackintosh building that is now Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture: six floors of exhibition spaces, usually with something quirky on show. More conservative in…
The Green Room
Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NYEating at the Green Room is a rare treat – quite literally as it is only open on performance days. Attached to the Royal Concert Hall (with direct access to the auditorium for concert-goers), the restaurant’s limited and unpredictable opening hours mean…


