Edinburgh Accommodation

Hendersons Vegetarian & Vegan, The Best (see website right for details)
Scotch Whiskey Experience, Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Edinburgh Pubs, Deacon Brodie's Tavern, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
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Best Edinburgh Pubs & Restaurants

Your spoilt for choice with Edinburgh's huge range of pubs and restaurants! On the Edinburgh restaurant side, Edinburgh is one of the best cities in the UK for a choice of vegetarian and vegan restaurants (see Edinburgh Vegetarian restaurant websites right for details). Everything from Edinburgh Chinese restaurants to Thai, Mexican, French, traditional Scottish, Italian and Seafood is all here, covering the full price range spectrum.

Edinburgh is a city with a brewing history (Caladonian Beers are still brewed here). Edinburgh pub choice couldn't be better along the tourist hub of the Royal Mile, and checkout the Edinburgh Pub choice in hotspot areas such as George Street and Broughton!

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Best Edinburgh Pubs

Edinburgh ranks as one of the UK's best cities for atmospheric pubs. Look to Edinburgh pubs in the Old Town area of the city and there's usually a haunted Edinburgh story or history attached. Edinburgh has been a centre for brewing for many a century, hence its reputation for fine beers. The Caledonian Brewery (weblink right) still operates, albeit under the umbrella of Scottish & Newcastle. The Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre on Castlehill/Royal Mile guides you through the whisky making process with restaurant serving traditional Scottish food and whiskies on-site. (See Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre weblink right for details).

Top Edinburgh pub districts include the huge choice on the Royal Mile, with many embellishing history and stories knocking about here to pull in the punters - all good fun. George Street is Edinburgh's real hub for pubs and bars, many of which are now chic and modern.

For a bit more character head to the Broughton area, given an edge by the gay scene in the area. Plenty of choice lively pubs and bars around here. In New Town, Stockbridge is also renowned for its good choice of Edinburgh pubs.

For full Edinburgh pub listings checkout the comprehensive Edinburgh Pub guide weblink right for details.

Edinburgh Restaurants

Eating out in Edinburgh choice couldn't be better, with Edinburgh restaurants booming in recent years. Choice runs across the price range, with everything from Edinburgh cafe culture to Edinburgh vegan and vegetarian to contemporary and stylish modern Scottish restaurants. Edinburgh Chinese restaurants, traditional Scottish cooking, Spanish, Mexican, Thai, Indian (including vegetarian Indian) and divine fish and shellfish restaurants particularly on the north Leith waterfront are all here in Edinburgh. See the Edinburgh Restaurants Association weblink right for listings.

The Royal Mile offers a fine choice of Bistros, diners and cafes, plus a selection of French, Indian, Italian, Mexican and traditional Scottish restaurants. Checkout Ambeer at the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre for a light Scottish menu or vegetarian/vegan favourite Black Bo's on Blackfriars Street. Move to the chic New Town and West End of Edinburgh to discover a fine selection of restaurants alongside a choice of bars and clubs. For well known restaurant names look to Edinburgh New Town's George Street and Princes Street. For first class and firm favourite Edinburgh vegetarian checkout Hendersons on Hanover Street (weblink right for details).

West of Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh's theatre district around Lothian Road there's a good choice of bustling eating places including Izzi's Chinese Restaurant Edinburgh (weblink right). Or head north to the trendy Broughton Street area, the hub of Edinburgh's gay scene, for more choice of bistro cafes, diners, Thai and Italian restaurants. Valvona & Crolla Italian deli and cafe is particularly renowned and situated on Leith Walk's Elm Row (weblink right).

Other Edinburgh areas for a choice of restaurants include the Southside student quarter which offers an excellent choice of cafes and bistros particularly. See also the Leith waterfront for seafood particularly at its best. Most Edinburgh guide books list in detail the choice of restaurants around the city, with the Scotland Rough Guide offering a particularly good Edinburgh Restaurant listing.

Top Edinburgh Gay Cafes, Bars & Clubs

Blue Moon Cafe, 36 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3SB. Tel. 0131 5570911 (weblink right). Edinburgh's definitive gay gathering spot in the heart of Edinburgh's Broughton Gay Scene iconically named 'Pink Triangle'. Great vegetarian here! See also Sala on Broughton Street for great tapas and vegetarian choice. Broughton Street and the Broughton area to the north of Edinburgh city centre is the centre for Edinburgh's gay scene, and if accommodation, bars, cafes and restaurants aren't gay owned, they'll all be gay friendly.

CC Blooms, Greenside Place, Edinburgh. Tel. 0131 556 9331. Gay bar open til 3am with downstairs disco. Also on Greenside Place (no.22) checkout Habana, Tel. 0131 5581270 situated right next to Edinburgh's Playhouse Theatre.

For bars checkout the Claremont Bar, 133-135 East Claremont Street Edinburgh. Tel. 0131 5565662 for a nice friendly local pub atmosphere. Also Frenchies on Rose Street and if you like a spot of leather visit Newtown Bar on Dublin Street.

For gay saunas in Edinburgh there's two choice ones catering for gay men - Number 18, 18 Albert Place, Leith Walk Edinburgh EH7 5HN. Tel. 0131 5533222, and Steamworks, 5 Broughton Market, Edinburgh. Tel. 0131 4773567. For good listings on gay clubs, bars, cafes and saunas checkout the Gay Scotland and Pink UK weblinks right for more details.