Restaurants, Scottish, Pre-theatre menu within 5 miles of Edinburgh
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Howies at Waterloo
1.0 miles 29 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3BQEdinburghers have gathered in the rather impressive Regency-style ‘convening rooms’ at 29 Waterloo Place since the early 19th century. These days, the high-ceilinged, cupola-lit main room attracts diners looking for the Howies brand of Scottish dining…
Hewat's Restaurant
1.0 miles 19–21b Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1QFHewat’s is truly a family-run operation, and diners have been greeted with a warm welcome from husband and wife team Richard and Margaret Hewat for the past eight years. The décor is full of opulent reds and rich fabrics, creating a grand interior that…
Hellers Kitchen
1.0 miles
15 Salisbury Place,
Edinburgh,
EH9 1SL
Don’t be fooled by the modest frontage: Heller’s is bigger on the inside. Like the surprisingly open and spacious interior, the menu expands from lighter daytime café options to a full evening’s culinary revelry, and the daily changing specials board…
Steak
1.1 miles 14 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3JTAfter launching in 2012, Steak has settled into its stride, delivering its red meat extravaganza to an enthusiastic audience. It’s all here: a trio of breeds, all Scottish, served on or off the bone, in (standard) 200g all the way up to (Man vs Food…
Angels With Bagpipes
1.1 miles 343 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1PWWith a name like Angels with Bagpipes and a location opposite St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile, this restaurant is a tourist magnet. The upstairs area is compact with a pretty Edinburgh street view – but fear not, there is extra room on the lower…
Tower Restaurant
1.1 miles
National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 1JF
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…
The Turquoise Thistle
1.1 miles Hotel Indigo, 51–59 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3JDHotel Indigo is the latest Edinburgh addition to the IHG global brand that owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotel chains. Turquoise Thistle is part of their new direction to place individual restaurants in boutique hotels and allow each chef to…
The Outsider
1.1 miles 15/16 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EEThis split-level space is an exercise in sleek, functional mid-century modernism – a combination of whitewashed walls, wood, glass and metal proving perennially popular with Edinburgh’s trendier denizens. A prime Old Town location draws in a steady…
The New Bell
1.1 miles
233 Causewayside,
Edinburgh,
EH9 1PH
With its higgledy-piggledy chairs, wooden candelabras and a frankly ridiculous number of paintings on the walls, the New Bell has the feel of an old pub trying its hand at the antiques trade. It’s charming, but perhaps a little grubby round the edges.
Merchants
1.2 miles 17 Merchant Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2QDHaving reached a quarter of a century Merchants doesn't want for staying power in Edinburgh's changeable restaurant scene. So the décor is functional rather than flashy, with plain burgundy coloured walls, the occasional framed print and timeless bistro…
Howies (Victoria Street)
1.2 miles 10–14 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2HGIn 2012 Howies was bought back by the original owners, who now own three restaurants in Scotland – two in Edinburgh and one in Aberdeen. They are keen to show that the original ideas and standards are back in operation: simple cooking of seasonal…
Whiski Rooms
1.2 miles 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2LPScotland makes superb whisky. Scotland is home to superb beef. Put the two together and it must work. It does. It’s called the Whiski Rooms. This popular restaurant may lie in the shadow of Edinburgh’s impossibly pretty castle, but this is certainly no…
L'escargot Bleu
1.3 miles
56 Broughton Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 3SA
The humble snail is a byword for French cuisine and the symbol of the international Slow Food movement, both of which are well represented by this popular Broughton Street restaurant. There’s a real French ambience in the high-ceilinged dining room with…
The Witchery by the Castle
1.3 miles
Castlehill, Royal Mile,
Edinburgh,
EH1 2NF
One of Edinburgh’s most famous restaurants, celebrated as much for its location near the Castle and historic atmosphere as for the food. There are two distinct dining areas: the darkly romantic 16th- century Witchery, its red leather seats, and old oak…
Sweet Melindas
1.4 miles 11 Roseneath Street, Edinburgh, EH9 1JHEdinburgh still has its tucked-away places, the neighbourhood joints quietly making loyal locals’ tummies happy week after week. Sweet Melindas is one such place. It’s the front room of a tenement so it feels like you’re stepping into someone’s home.
The Dining Room
1.5 miles The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 28 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JXThe aroma of whisky permeates this elegant ground-floor restaurant set within a Georgian townhouse. As befits the dining room of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society a carefully selected complimentary dram is presented to those eating from the a la carte…
Timberyard
1.5 miles
10 Lady Lawson Street,
Edinburgh,
EH3 9DS
Formerly of the well-regarded Atrium, the Radford family has converted a cavernous old timber yard into a warm, beautifully designed space, the industrial edges softened by clever use of wood, natural fabrics and light. A short, simply written menu…
Bread Street Brasserie
1.6 miles The Point Hotel, 34-36 Bread Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9AFThe polish and shine of the Bread Street Brasserie, part of the Point Hotel conversion of the Victorian St Cuthbert’s Co-operative Association, is only made brighter by the warm welcome of their staff. Partitioning breaks some areas of the slightly…
Iglu
1.6 miles 2b Jamaica Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HHThe name suggests Arctic chill but inside is a warm, softly lit bar, with exposed brickwork and book-lined shelves. The main restaurant is upstairs but food is served in both areas. Celebrated for being an ecologically sustainable restaurant (they boast…
Restaurant Mark Greenaway
1.6 miles
69 North Castle Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 3LJ
Famed for his television appearances on the Great British Menu, in 2012 Mark Greenaway relocated his restaurant to a new city-centre venue. There are grand plans afoot but for now the stylish and muted interior plays second fiddle to the main star here…
Whighams Wine Cellars
1.8 miles 13 Hope Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4ELIf you are a lover of both wine and jazz, then Whighams has pretty much got it covered. Their Sunday-night jams and monthly wine-tasting events are in with the West End bricks, occasions suitably enhanced by the bar’s candlelit cellar atmosphere. The…
Ryan's Cellar Restaurant
1.8 miles
2–4 Hope Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 4DB
Beneath the busy Ryan’s bar is this spacious cellar restaurant with mural-covered walls and hidden alcoves. The atmosphere is much quieter, the mood mellower than upstairs. The menu’s focus is big hearty portions of surf and turf, with plenty of giant…
L'escargot Blanc
1.9 miles
17 Queensferry Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 4QW
Step through the modest shop front on busy Queensferry Street, climb the wooden stairs and be enfolded in the warm embrace of L’escargot Blanc. This laidback sister to Broughton’s L’escargot Bleu has bags of bistro-style charm to tempt its clientele of…
The Mulroy
1.9 miles 11a–13a William Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7NGNamed after the site of the last inter-clan battle in 1688, The Mulroy offers French-inspired cooking with its roots set firmly in Scottish soil. Owner Clemens Hoss d’Estenfeld-MacDonald formerly ran his family’s estate in Perthshire and there’s a…
McKirdy's Steakhouse
1.9 miles 151 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8AGIn these days when food provenance is to the fore, McKirdy’s finds itself suddenly en vogue. It’s doing nothing new, of course, just continuing to offer red meat and haggis crafted by the family butcher. Here, they can tell you exactly where the meat…
