Here are 10 amazing Edinburgh restaurants perfect for a post-lockdown slap up celebratory meal - and when they are reopening
Tough lockdown restrictions mean that 2021 has been a tough year for most of us, but now that our freedoms are slowly being restored we can finally go out for a meal again.
Nicola Sturgeon has now announced that restaurants will be able to serve alcohol indoors from Monday, May 17.
While social distancing rules and curfews will still be in force, going out for lunch or dinner will feel more normal than it has for a long time.
So, why not splash out on a visit to one of Edinburgh’s best restaurants and have a great time while supporting local businesses?
Here are 10 eateries that may not be cheap but which are certain to serve you up a meal to remember.
So, why not splash out on a visit to one of Edinburgh’s best restaurants and have a great time while supporting local businesses?
5. Paul Kitching 21212
Another of Edinburgh's Michelin-starred restaurants, Paul Kitching’s 21212 reopened to diners in April. Situated in a listed Georgian townhouse in Royal Terrace, the regularly-changing menu offers contemporary French cooking, perfectly served. Photo: Google Maps
Stockbridge's Purslane will reopen on Wednesday, May 19, to once again offer a fine dining experience that has won chef Paul Gunning plaudits for his freshly prepared dishes "delivering an intense, high quality of flavour with every mouthful". Photo: Google Maps
Reopening on Wednesday, May 19, Wedgewood offers Seasonal Scottish produce and foraged herbs prepared with occasional Asian touches on the city's Canongait. Photo: Google Maps
Currently open for outdoor eating only, Gaucho will open indoors from Monday, May 17. The Argentinan steak restaurant on St Andrew Square is a carnivore's paradise. Photo: Google Maps