Restaurants, Mexican, Outdoor dining within 5 miles of Edinburgh

After 25 years cooking the food of her Mexican childhood on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, Mayra Nuñez and her team have their successful formula off pat. Twinkly lights and bold colours are cheery on a quiet weekday evening, though a stack of sombreros…

Given its neon signage and the staff’s long-standing penchant for Hawaiian shirts, the Basement has never been a byword for subtlety and sophistication, but instead is a slightly ironic slice of Miami teleported into a Scottish cellar. It’s clearly a…

‘Whenever he goes on holiday, he comes back with another one.’ Fifteen tequilas ranging from pure blue agave unaged silvers right up to oak-aged añejos suggest that somebody is clocking up serious air miles, and make for a drinks menu that’s a definite…

Miro’s may be tiny but it ain’t shy – if the colourful street frontage doesn’t grab your attention, the big daily specials blackboard on the pavement will. Once inside, the floral tablecloths and general decorative mayhem come together with upbeat…