Nightlife

Some of Edinburgh’s best restaurants are off the beaten track. Here’s how to find them.

One of Edinburgh’s main public spaces will be transformed into an outdoor food, drink and entertainment arena for two months to accommodate an expansion of the city’s jazz and blues festival, university graduation celebrations and the Fringe.

REGGAE superstar Sean Kingston is heading to Shhh Sundays at ATIK Nightclub, West Tollcross, next month.

The photo is enough to put you off your dinner

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay festivities are world famous, but if you aren’t in the mood for the Street Party this year, there are plenty of other celebrations going on across the city.

Emotional, that’s how publican John Martin feels about the Harbour Inn winning the Evening News Pub of the Year competition.

SCOTTISH rock heavy ­hitters Fatherson have been ­announced as the headlining act for the Alternative Peers Ball, a leading multi-arts festival entering its second year.

Leith’s trading heritage is at the heart of new community pub the Nauticus which has opened in the former Parlour pub on Duke Street.

Revellers didn’t let the rain dampen their spirits when it came to partying at Linlithgow Palace over the weekend.

The team behind Gardener’s Cottage - which AA Gill dubbed ‘exceptional’ - have revealed the name for their third restaurant.

Sir Tom Jones kicked off the Edinburgh Summer Sessions in style as the Welsh icon gave fans a show to remember.

A LATE-NIGHT Fringe show has been forced to move from Stockbridge after the unique venue booked by promoters was deemed to be “unsafe”.

Love Island winner Jack Fincham is to visit the Capital.

AUGUST is always a busy time of year in the Capital as wide-eyed, open-mouthed visitors descend on the city for the festival.

MUSIC and beer, what better way to spend a bank holiday.

NOTHING screams summer more than an expertly crafted cocktail, except when it boasts the flavours of the eastern Mediterranean, so as the sun comes out, where better to head than at Baba, on George Street.

IT’S one of the finest and best loved seafood restaurants in Leith and now, after a £550,000 refurb The Ship On The Shore is set to prove to be a bigger draw than ever before.

British drinkers purchased more than 47 million bottles of gin last year.