News you can trust since 1873
Edit Account-Sign Out
My AccountSign Out
NationalWorldTV
BREAKING
13 hours ago New look Deal or No Deal returning on ITV without Noel Edmonds
6 hours ago Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds announce 2023 UK tour
7 hours ago Police searching for Madeleine McCann to get extra funding
10 hours ago Girl rushed to hospital after being attacked by dogs
11 hours ago DWP announces dates the spring Cost of Living payment will be paid
11 hours ago Linda Nolan gives cancer update in heartbreaking GMB interview
Staff dressed as gangsters beside a stretch limousine to advertise the opening of Fat Sam's Chicago-style diner and bar on the site of the Edinburgh meat market at Fountainbridge in September 1986.
Staff dressed as gangsters beside a stretch limousine to advertise the opening of Fat Sam's Chicago-style diner and bar on the site of the Edinburgh meat market at Fountainbridge in September 1986.
Staff dressed as gangsters beside a stretch limousine to advertise the opening of Fat Sam's Chicago-style diner and bar on the site of the Edinburgh meat market at Fountainbridge in September 1986.

16 long lost Edinburgh restaurants that are gone but not forgotten

Nostalgia is back on the menu as we dish up a selection of long lost Edinburgh restaurants that are gone but not forgotten.

By David Mclean
Published 16th Sep 2020, 19:10 GMT

Memories of many of these old favourites will linger long in the tastebuds.

The Quaich - Steak House/lounge bar, a popular joint (we'll get our coats..) at the corner of Shandwick Place in 1964.

1. The Quaich steak house

The Quaich - Steak House/lounge bar, a popular joint (we'll get our coats..) at the corner of Shandwick Place in 1964. Photo: TSPL

Photo Sales
Another Shandwick Place eatery was The New Yorker Restaurant, an American-style diner that opened to a great deal of fanfare in the early 1960s.

2. The New Yorker

Another Shandwick Place eatery was The New Yorker Restaurant, an American-style diner that opened to a great deal of fanfare in the early 1960s. Photo: TSPL

Photo Sales
Badrul Hassain, head chef at of Lancers Indian restaurant in Stockbridge Edinburgh, June 1985.

3. Lancers Indian restaurant

Badrul Hassain, head chef at of Lancers Indian restaurant in Stockbridge Edinburgh, June 1985. Photo: Hamish Campbell

Photo Sales
Exterior of The Heavenly Chinese restaurant in Morningside Edinburgh, September 1992.

4. The Heavenly Chinese restaurant 1992

Exterior of The Heavenly Chinese restaurant in Morningside Edinburgh, September 1992. Photo: Jeff Mitchell

Photo Sales
Next Page
Page 1 of 4
EdinburghNostalgiaMemories