Edinburgh Retro: 18 amazing photos of eating out in the mid-1980s: restaurants and bars from Shamiana to Dario's Diner

It has never been hard to find somewhere to eat in Edinburgh. The Capital is full of places offering tasty food from all around the world.

Here are some old pictures selected from the Evening News archive of the restaurants and bars which were thriving in the city in the mid 1980s.

Scroll through and get a flavour of what it was like going out to eat in the Capital four decades ago.

1. Spud U Like

Baked potato shop Spud U Like anf the food court of the newly-opened Cameron Toll shopping centre in Edinburgh, April 1985. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton

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2. Shrimps seafood restaurant

People eating in Shrimps seafood restaurant in St Leonards Street Edinburgh, September 1987. The restaurant was decorated in '19th century Scandinavian parlour' style. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald

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3. Dario's Diner

Interior of Dario's Diner, a restaurant in Edinburgh's Lothian Raod, in August 1985. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton

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4. Lancers Indian restaurant

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

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