The city has a wealth of restaurants, cafes and bars to suit nearly every palate and pocket.
Some eateries become well-established, others do not last so long and new ones always seem to be springing up.
Here is a gallery of pictures from the early 1980s, selected from the Evening News archives, showing some of the favourite restaurants in Edinburgh at that time.
Take a look and get a taste of what it was like eating out in the Capital four decades ago.
13. The Buttery, Waverley Market
Staff in The Buttery restaurant/snack bar of the new Waverley Market on Edinburgh's Princes Street, November 1984 | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton
14. Indian Cavalry Club
The proprietors of The Indian Cavalry Club, a new Indian restaurant in Atholl Place Edinburgh, opened it on horseback with a guard of honour in July 1980. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand