Bars and Restaurants

8 local venues shortlisted at National Pub & Bar Awards 2025

A huge new Wetherspoons is set to open at the site of the former Revolution bar on Edinburgh’s Chambers Street.

New Wetherspoons 'super pub' opening in city centre

The Foodies Festival 2025 brings great food, music and celebrity chefs to venues across the UK

Foodies Festival Edinburgh: star chefs and half-price tickets

First look inside Edinburgh's giant new sports bar

Edinburgh named among ‘the UK’s 11 best food cities’

Take a look through our gallery to see the 10 most booked restaurants in Edinburgh, including the Spanish Butcher, pictured.

The 10 most popular Edinburgh restaurants

First look: Iconic pub with 125 years of history reopens

First look at new Edinburgh fish and chips restaurant

Have a look through our photo gallery to see 23 Edinburgh pubs and restaurants that closed in 2024.

The Edinburgh pubs and restaurants we lost in 2024

23 Edinburgh pubs, bars and restaurants we lost in 2024

All the local winners at Good Food Awards 2024

Every Edinburgh McDonald's, KFC and Burger King rated

13 of the spookiest pubs and restaurants for Halloween

Scroll through our gallery to see 12 of the best restaurants in Edinburgh for a curry. Photo: Pixabay.

12 Indian restaurants to visit during National Curry Week 2024

Browse our picture gallery to see what BBC Good Food reckons to be the 25 of the best restaurants in Edinburgh. Photo: Pixabay

25 amazing places to eat out in Edinburgh - in pictures

Take a look through our gallery to see the Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood's new storytelling cocktail menu, Tales of the Old Town.

Edinburgh venue unveils ‘Tales of the Old Town’ cocktail menu
We take a look at Edinburgh’s most exicting new cocktail menu, which pays tribute to the mysteries and legends of Auld Reekie’s historic Old Town.
Gary Flockhart

3 Blind Mice, pictured, is one of four Edinburgh restaurants included in OpenTable’s ‘Top 50 Restaurants for Solo Dining in the UK’ list.

4 local restaurants in list of UKs' 'Top 50 spots for solo dining'

First look at stylish new Italian restaurant and wine bar

Take a look through our gallery to discover two Edinburgh pub crawls you can do with just a tenner, thanks to a £2 pints promotion.

Edinburgh pub crawls you can do with just a tenner

Edinburgh restaurant Lyla has been hailed as 'spectacular' by a respected food website.

New Edinburgh restaurant hailed as 'spectacular' by foodies bible

12 pubs in Leith everyone should visit on a pub crawl

Take a look through our picture gallery to see 19 Edinburgh pubs and restaurants offering the best burgers, according to our readers.

19 of the best places for burgers across Edinburgh

Take a look through our gallery to see the 30 pubs and bars longlisted at the Edinburgh Bar Awards 2024.

The 30 pubs and bars longlisted at Edinburgh Bar Awards

Two local restaurants - one in Edinburgh and one in Midlothian - are in the running to be named as the ‘Best in Scotland’.

Two local restaurants up for 'best in Scotland' award

Cabo, Edinburgh's first Pacific-fusion restaurant and bar, officially opened its doors on Monday, August 19.

First look inside stunning new restaurant and bar

Outlander star Sam Heughan, right, poses for a photo with Tom Kitchin, left, after enjoying a meal at the Kitchin restaurant in Edinburgh. Photo: Tom Kitchin

Sam Heughan enjoys meal at Edinburgh restaurant

Located in the heart of Portobello High Street, Mamacita’s opened its doors for the first time on Thursday, August 15.

Edinburgh couple open Cuban-American sandwich shop
A new cafe selling Cuban sandwiches, empanadas and rice bowls has opened in Edinburgh – and it's already going down a storm with locals.
Gary Flockhart