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.
9. Balcony Bar, George Hotel
A busy lunch-time at the Balcony Bar carvery in Edinburgh's George Hotel, October 1987. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele
10. Elephant in the room
Maureen the Robert Brothers' circus elephant helps herself at the Raj Indian restaurant in Leith, March 1986. | TSPL Photo: Crauford Tait
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11. Dalkeith water tower
Exterior of the water tower at Eskbank in Dalkeith. Built in 1879, it was converted into a luxury house and restaurant by architect and Masterchef winner Gerry Goldwyre in the late 1980s. Picture taken April 1986. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
12. Raj Indian restaurant
Restaurateur and hotelier Tommy Miah (left), and waiters in the Raj Indian restaurant in Leith, March 1986. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton