a good place to eat in central Edinburgh please without spending a fortune, a good pub possibly?

Answer 1

Cumberland Bar

1 Cumberland St, Edinburgh, UK - Scotland EH3 6RT · 131-558-3134



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The white-collar crowd hangs out at this elegant, attractively decorated pub. Don't take the kids; there are no kids allowed here – a plus if you are looking for a quiet place to sample one (or several) of 12 real ales on tap. The pleasant garden is a nice place to relax, and the Cumberland is also known as one of the best places in the area to have an authentic pub lunch.


macdonalds!if you wanna get food poisoning.
Too many good places to eat to mention. Get 'The List' eating guide.
Hendersons in the New Town for veggie food. Nearly thrown by the fact there are two entrances. Make a beeline for the basement where it's canteen style and more spacious. Was unbelievably busy at lunchtime. Food is tasty and portions good. Why are there more places like this in Edinburgh? Maybe I missed them...
If you like steak try McKirdy's in Morrison street near haymarket station.They do a cheap menu 5pm-7pm except fri/sat. great value!
The Marrakech in East London Street (off Broughton Street) is excellent. It's in the basement of a small, family run hotel. The food is great (and cheap), the family have a little living room off the dining room so you can watch TV in arabic if you want to, and BYOB - no corkage charge. A hidden gem.
For all those poor vegetarians out there: London has several branches of Crank's - one in Leicester Square & another around the corner from Goodge Street Station nr Bloomsbury. I think the Covent Garden Crank's is closed now. If all else fails, try Holland & barrett - a health food store chain throughout England - they have take away & munchies
The bast mexican restaurant I have ever been to - Mariachi on the shore in leith.
Parrots restaraunt on Viewforth is the BEST restaraunt I've ever been to! This place is nice and intimate, the staff are extremely friendly, Roger's choice of wines is fantastic, the food is brilliant and very reasonably priced. I cannot praise that place enough! You MUST go there!
the witchery is SO overrated.
The chippy just past the Odeon is does excellent deep fried Pizza!!!
Pigs Bistro. BYOB. Beautifully sensuous food. Across the street from the Pear Tree. Call ahead as it is a wee place.
Siam Erawan in New Town, Erewan express in Rose street and The new fancy one (Erawan Princess or something I think) on Lower St Andrews street just off the Square are really good for authentic Thai food. If you are going for usual pub food; Nachos,buffalo wings etc the Filling Station on the High Street( Royal Mile) is always a good laugh. The cocktails are pretty good and they don't get arsey if you get loud
Indian: Suruchi. Chinese: Good Will. Pub: Fire Station or Bennets.
The Witchery in Edinburgh is indeed a rare find. I have long admired it, from afar, in my student days. Although my groom booked our honeymoon night into Malmaison, Glasgow (very good food also), I got my wish the second night - eating the Witchery Secret Garden & staying in the Witchery suite. Food & service was wonderful. Witchery suite was well worth the price ! Try the multi-way shower.
The Grain Store on Victoria Street is ace if you're feeling flush. Impresses the Mums and Dads when you forgot to make a reservation at The Witchery for the graduation meal. Staff are friendly, and scatty in a nice way. For a top Chinese meal, go to The Orchid (off Lothian Road) and get the banquet for 4. Couldnae beat it wi' a big stick. The City Cafe does excellent Hot Chocolate....AND you can get a Tunnocks Caramel Wafer to go with it. Bliss.
The Terrace in the Sheraton Grand hotel is good if your feeling a bit rich and hungry. Good for students if you haven't eaten for a whole week because for two courses it costs about £14 and you can eat as much as you like, and that means go back to the buffet/carvery as many times as you like and that means having everyone of about six different main courses on offer and either, starter or sweet (lots to choose from) I had about five different types. It's fairly casual but you'd look better in a nice pair of pants lads and a nice shirt. Go in a big group and happy eating!!!
The cafe in the Flower Market Gallery (I think) does the best baguettes with goat's cheese and aubergines and the like.
Other excellent restaurants (known mainly to locals) are Skipper's Bistro and The Waterfront Wine Bar, both in Leith, and The Doric Tavern (above the Hebrides Bar around the corner from Waverley Station, next to the City Art Centre, which is also very good).
Restaurants
Nicholsons - Just up the road from the festival theatre off Nicholsons street (walk up north bridge and keep going, on your left). Very rad place to eat if you can suffer the waiters/waitresses (not that they are slow) - they think they are extras from a drama show. Lovely interior, yellow/ blue motif. Food is super nice - try the home made lemonade and limeade. Squid and onion with sea salt tastes good. So does the chicken breast with stuffed Taragon... mmmm
Iguana - during the day the food can be rad - go for the pan fried chicken every time. Get pitchers of drink (the pink stuff is nice)
Ciao Roma - rad food. Nice place. Nice people.
Dial - on the George IV bridge again. This place is fresh. Oooh it's nice. rad furniture - nice food. Staff can be stuffy.
Now we go up-market
The George - do a rad carvery - try Saturday night, one of eat as much as you like - beautiful dining hall, be nice to the maitre de and he'll be nice to you. Posh(ish) The food is a bit hotelly but quite nice for a change. On George Street (the Jenners End).
The Brassery - Part of the Forte Caledonian, one of Edinburgh's 5 star hotels. This place is ok but a bit over rated. Nice staff (well you would expect it) but have eaten better... a la carte menu and table dotre. Ok, go once. Your best bet is to go for afternoon tea (or high tea) in the tea room at the Caledonian on a Saturday afternoon, lovely victorian tea hall with a harpist and fresh fruit summer salad (summer only).
Carriages - is at the other end of Princess Street from the Caledonian and is part of the Balmoral Hotel. Big HUGE red building can't miss it. Food is still that old hotel food but nice never the less. Don't let the staff intimidate you. Puddings are a bit weak.
You will find that the Caledonian Hotel is actually the big red building, while the Balmoral the grey sandstone at the opposite end of Princes Street above Waverly Station. Neither of these do as nice a tea as the Roxburgh Hotel, on George Street. off Charlotte Square.
TOP SECRET - THESE NEXT TWO RESTAURANTS ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ROCK BUT THEY COST BUCKS
Little known and highly exclusive are two restaurants at the top of the Royal Mile. These are just beside the castle. One is called The Witchery and the other is the Secret Garden. Basically they are one restaurant with two rooms (in separate buildings). The Witchery is candle lit and has pentagrams on the wall and a really eerie feel to it but the food (as with both restaurants) is excellent. Probably the best restaurants in Edinburgh. The atmosphere is amazing.
[But:] I'd correct your bit about the Witchery. We took the suggestion and were terribly disappointed. A waitstaff by the name of "John" had a sucky attitude because we did not order a bottle of wine. My mother-in-law (age 74) ordered an Irish coffee and he copped a big attitude! Then when I wanted a glass of wine he got ANOTHER attitude. It was my birthday and the whole mood he gave us wrecked my day. My first trip to Scotland too. (I'm from Chicago, where people are MUCH cooler... I think our bill was something like £150+, not worth it for the shitty service!)
Total contrast is the Secret Garden which is a beautiful place with a large conservatory-like structure with plenty of light and a different but still rad atmosphere. Make a special effort to go to these places and you won't be disappointed.
Coffee Houses
Common Grounds - top of the mound, open till 11pm most nights, very rad atmosphere, go in at nights and if the boss isn't there they will let you play a choice of your CDs. More types of tea than anybody else I've seen, down stairs is rad when nobody is smoking.
Negotiants - trendy, sycophantic, atmosphere but if you can suffer beautiful people it can be nice. Banofi pie is a monster - plus it is just opposite Bristo Square and bang next door to Iguana - opens late till 2am on Sunday mornings
The Elephant House - George IV bridge - this is nice, sort of a queue rather than be seated and served. Nice interior, nice seats rad - doesn't stay open too late though (10pm I think) but worth a visit.
Gay
Cafe Kudos, Picard Place.
Blue Moon, Broughton Street.
Eat Out, Broughton Street.
Over The Rainbow, Broughton Street.
Internet Cafes
Cyberia - Frederick Street.
Electric frog - Cockburn Street.
Web 13, Morrison Street.
There is a fourth "cybercafe" in Edinburgh. "Connections" at the top of Colinton Road (Holy Corner end). I'm not too sure about the Cafe bit, but they advertise Doom & Quake.
Iguana, Bristo Square. Nice interior, good place to relax, WHEN you get served.
City Cafe, THEE original trendy cafe in Edinburgh, quiet during the day.
Patisserie Florentine (where I work :}) in St Giles Street and North West Circus Place, Stockbridge. The croissants are excellent (usually), the cakes good but expensive, the service OK (unless I'm on), don't touch the food though.
Try the new Watershed in St Stephens Street, Stockbridge.
Well there is the famous "Mr Bonis" which deals in sweets and the best ice cream in the world. There are three of these that I know of, one on Cockburn Street, one just off the Royal Mile and one up TollCross past the Cameo cinema. They also stock those little sugar mice with the string tails that my mummy used to buy me. Ahhh!
Rapido - one of the world's only chip shops to stock EXCELLENT veggie food, cooked in veg. oil. Check out the Veggis Cruncheez. Open til 3am.
Pubs

Auld hundred on Rose Street, its quiet , not too expensive and is real cosy, oh yeah and i love Belushi's.
beluga
When I was on the YTS many years ago, I was based at Abbeyhill and a load of us used to troop across to the Regent bar at the crossroads of Easter Road/Regent Road and we used to get served without so much as a batted eyelid.
Lots of teenagers drink in pubs in edinburgh.
I just have to back up the comment about the city cafe. It is totally the best place to go for a drink before you hit the clubs. The atmosphere is so cool and trendy and you can just sit and chill out with your mates. Try it, you'll love it.
re: penny black> an australian tourist trying to avoid other tourists (of course) in peak season, so the i try the penny black which looks most un-rose st like...i'd recommend it...nice and dodgy.
Best place in town?...THE GLOBE on Merchant street wins hands down. Has Guinness on tap...friendly staff..(sexy ladies for the boys,and hot tottie for us girls.)and craic..second home to most... and you need never leave for supplies If you get hungry...PIZZA AND PINT FOR A FIVER!!. If you need a ***...ciggerete machine on premises ..... and to top it off if you are feeling a wee bit randy sham, you can get a vibrator out of the machine on the way to the bog!...no better caic sham ...so bring your monkey chequebook...
edwards is good pre club and brannigan at fountain park
Go to the side streets, Young, Hill, Thistle,Walker& Rose Street,seek out the better pubs(don't ask the students)ask the locals, they know best.
The Guildford Arms (behind Burger King at the east end of Princes Street) has an excellent choice of beers. Also popular with Train Spotting afficionados....
Beware, Edward's at the west end of Princes Street isn't a particularly safe place to go.
used to go to the jaffacake when i was 15/16, now gaia on king stables road and much better now that i am of legal age! only seen a couple of kids in there. Espionage is good, 3 sisters is good on a weeknight except when football is on - gets PACKED. once took me an hour to get out of there.
Lord Bodos ,Dublin Street, off York Place . A regular haunt off mine good attractive bar staff quick service fine food, bar snacks . Entertainment live singers ,cable tv , and the open mic. Get up and show your talent.
Surprised no-one has mentioned the Holyrood Tavern! Excellent beer, friendly barstaff, "traditional" look which is definitely it's charm...and it sells Addleston's. Nuff said!
I can't beleive no one had mentioned the Three Sisters! Meat market ahoy!!! Good laugh though.
Quick update on The Pear Tree; the buffet lunches have just been re-launched...pile your plate for £2.50/£3.50. There's also a web site: http://www.thepeartreehouse.fsnet.co.uk
God i feel old, I can remember Negociants when it was good. The Basement's still cool, but the best place to drink and fall over in in Edinburgh is Bar Java in Leith. I was born and brought up in Leith and hated the whole experience (who says you don't get Neds in Edinburgh?!), but am still quite happy to visit if a drinking trip down the shore is promised. WARNING: my wee brother is in Bar Java just about every night. He will be VERY drunk. He's yours for a fiver, mate.
Grassmarket - Biddy's, Legends (alternative, student), Jekyll & Hyde (must see character pub on Hanover Street)
The Shakesphere is a nice gaff but I cannie remember the name of the road its on. Lothian Road
Mr Q's is a top spot!
I can't believe no one has mentioned the Penny Black. This dodgy little pub behind the Burger King on Princes Street opens up every morning (except Sundays)at 5am. For those die hards up for a 24hr sesh. Well known to those of us in the bar trade, and alcoholic taxi drivers. Also a very hidden favorite of mine is the Stable Bar on the outskirts near Liberton. If you want to find it do the homework yourself I'll just say any effort put forth will be well rewarded.
The best (or worst) pub was the Kasbah! Aah, the nights I had there! Also the "Hammie" in good old Portobello.
Hate to be a miserabilst, but the quality of pubs in Edinburgh have shot downhill over the past year. Now it is impossible to go for a quiet drink on a weekend night and all the pubs seem to be owned by some chain or other. There are no Locals in Edinburgh, but there are a lot of converted pubs that try to hard to be trendy and sacrifice comfort and quality service for looking clean.
Cloisters near the Meadows & Tollcross has great real ale and the friendliest, funniest bar staff ever. Great mixture of people who come here, depending on the time of day you visit and warm fire if you get soaked on the way there.
I have to say that the Bow Bar in Victoria Street is the best pub I have ever been in!! The whisky range is just amazing, the people great and the beer excellent. A real pub, still exists.
The Aqua Bar is a nice place to go. It's been open a while but not many people know of it. You'll find it at the top of Grassmarket, across the road and up from Biddy's. The drinks are reasonably priced for Edinburgh and there are live DJs playing good tunes all night long. The music is not too loud so it's a great meeting place and I'd say it's say pre club but not as preclub and up yourself as Iguana. Don't go in on a rugby weekend 'cos it's too packed and the atmosphere is just NOT the same. The lit up blue fish tank above the bar looks just as good as the green and red walls.
The Swan, The Red, Queen Vic, Wheatsheaf, Kingshead ,Stockwells, Oak Tree, Ling, Widicum Fair, Towers, Limo's, Harveys, Yard, Bootlicker, Old Eight Bells, Horse and Jockey... etc... etc.
The Port O'Leith Bar in Leith (Edinburgh's port). It's not for everyone but it really is a good atmospheric pub and worth a visit by anybody who's in the Leith area. The pub is always in 'The Best of Scotland' guide and receives frequent write-ups in both local and national newspapers. Leith is generally a great area for restaurants and bars, mainly along 'The Shore'.
Edinburgh has its fair share of "meat markets" but for a cool pub try "Braidwoods". It is way up the top end of the Grassmarket and used to be a firestation so its interior is nice. It has a pub quiz which seems to be quite easy as well. Other good pubs are normally way too busy, noisy or expensive.
The Basement, small almost obscure at the top of Broughton Street. Does wicked Mexican food and the staff have an interesting collection of shirts too.
The Pear Tree, amazing beer garden great for those sunny days. Good atmosphere inside as well.
The pubs - open until 3am or 5am, depending where you go. Broughton Street houses the Phoenix, not much to look at but open very late and drinks cost 50% what they do in London.
Cafes and Coffee Shops

Kaffe Politik!!!!!!!!!!!
southern cross and rose st costa,if ur not barred already
starbucks can it be any where else
-tho expensive starbucks. u dont have to look very far to find 1!! (if u r stoopid try george st!!)
look out for the old police boxes that sell coffee. Nice and strong.
I've always enjoyed the Elephant House on George IV Bridge. Helios Fountain on Grassmarket does great Vegan and Veggie food. Also has a really good craft and book shop
NO-ONE EVER GO TO THE HARD ROCK CAFE - IT'S OVER-PRICED AND OVER-RATED!!!And there's a new cyber cafe on Rose Street called easyEVERYTHING.
The Bronx greasy spoon just down from the Playhouse ROCKS.
Common Grounds and Nicholsons up from the bridges.

Answer 2

Try somewhere like the Grainstore in Victoria Street. You'll get good food without paying a fortune. I wouldn't bother with pub grub.

Answer 3

If you are looking for pub grub type meal I can recommend Frankenstiens. Nothing fancy, good prices and a really cool place to sit!

If you are looking for something a bit more 'night outish' then I can highly reccomend International Starters at Commerical Quay, Leith. Ok so it isn't really central but it well worth a visit. You order 2 or 3 starters each and pick away! Lovely looking restuarant too. It isn't dirt cheap but for 2 with wine and juice expect to pay around £28 which isn't unreasonable!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

God, Basement Bob you do go on dude, was going to give advice but you have covered all of Edinburgh for me. I'll star your answer as it must have been a task in it's self remembering some of those vintage places to drink. I don't mind of some of them and I'm thousands of years old.

What about Lloyds Bar or Elephant House for half decent grub.

Nessie!

Answer 6

The Beehive, Grassmarket. It's a down-to-earth pub, and from the outside it looks a bit like a low dive, but when you get inside you realise that it's supposed to look like that. Food's good, nothing fancy, but I've never been disappointed. Best of luck.

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Answer 8

The Standing Order on George Street is good.

Answer 9

Deacon Brodies tavern we ducked it there when it was raining GOOD relaxing place kinda crowded food in back... a good place for food and just outside Castle area.. down the road from, great tourist place the castle!... take the tour...neat T-shirt too..

Answer 10

The Mitre on the Royal Mile is good.

Answer 11

they dont do cheap in Edin good yes !