Edinburgh Old Town Restaurant, Photos, Dining Recommendations, Buildings
Edinburgh Old Town Restaurants
Eating Out in the Capital : Edinburgh Dining Reviews, Scotland
Restaurants + Cafes + Hotels + Bistros + Brasseries + Inns
This Edinburgh restaurant guide lists architect-designed restaurants & cafes. These restaurants are mostly contemporary. The key classics, such as The Balmoral Hotel and Fishers, are inserted to give depth. Most restaurants are reviewed for surroundings, food & service.
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Edinburgh Restaurants – Reviews
Edinburgh Old Town Restaurants
| * * | Fruitmarket the Cafeteria 45 Market St., adj. Waverley Station, Edinburgh +44 (0)131 226 1843Fruitmarket café by Richard Murphy Architects |
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| * | Pizza Express Restaurant 23 North Bridge, Edinburgh +44 (0)131 557 6411Old Town restaurant by Malcolm Fraser Architects |
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| * | The Tun Bar & Cafe Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh +44 (0)131 557 9297 The Tun |
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| ^ | Borough Hotel – Restaurant 72-80 Causewayside, Edinburgh +44 (0)131 668 225 Borough Hotel by Ben Kelly Architects, designers of Manchester’s Hacienda Nightclub |
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| * * | The Tower Restaurant Museum of Scotland, Chambers St +44 (0)131 225 3003 Tower restaurant – views from the Terrace to Edinburgh Castle and from the restaurant to the Old Town roofscape |
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| * * | The Witchery by the Castle incl. The Secret Garden, 352 Castlehill +44 (0)131 225 5613 Witchery Edinburgh review |
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| ^ | Mills Mount Café Edinburgh Castle +44 (0)131 225 9746see Edinburgh Castle |
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| ^ | Beluga 30a Chambers St, opposite Museum of Scotland +44 (0)131 624 4545 Beluga Restaurant |
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| * | Café Hub The Hub, Castlehill (top of Royal Mile), Edinburgh +44 (0)131 473 2067The Hub |
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Old Town Restaurants List
List of Key Old Town Restaurants
restaurant details correct at time of writing, listed alphabetically:
Revolution
30a Chambers St +44 (0)131 624 4545
Buffet King Restaurant
Nicholson St +44 (0)131 557 4567
Café Hub
The Hub, Castlehill (top of Royal Mile) +44 (0)131 473 2067
Café Marlayne – French restaurant
Old Fishmarket Close, 190 High Street +44 (0)131 225 3838
Also at 76 Thistle Street
Creelers (Seafood) Restaurant
Hunter Square +44 (0)131 220 4447
David Bann’s Restaurant
St Mary’s St +44 (0)131 556 5888
The Doric wine bar and restaurant
15-16 Market St +44 (0)131 225 1084
Dubh Prais Restaurant
123b High St +44 (0)131 557 5732
Elephant and Bagels Restaurant
Marshall St +44 (0)131 668 4404
The Elephant House Restaurant
George IV Bridge +44 (0)131 220 5355
Empires – Turkish cuisine, unlicensed
24 St Mary’s St +44 (0)131 466 0100
The Food Chain Restaurant & Polar Bar
‘Dynamic Earth’, Holyrood Rd +44 (0)131 550 7800
Fruitmarket the Cafeteria
45 Market St +44 (0)131 226 1843
The Green Door – new Edinburgh restaurant 2007
19 George IV Bridge +44 (0)131 225 1740
Herbe Bistro
44-46 George IV Bridge +44 (0)131 226 3269
Iggs Restaurant
Jeffrey St +44 (0)131 557 8184
Jacksons Restaurant
209 – 213 High Street +44 (0)131 225 1793
Kalpna Restaurant
St Patrick’s Square +44 (0)131 667 9890
La Garrigue Restaurant
Jeffrey St +44 (0)131 557 3032
Le Sept
5 Hunter Square +44 (0)131 225 5428
(formerly 7 Old Fishmarket Close)
Legume
11 South College St +44 (0)131 667 1597
Maxies Bistro Wine Bar and Restaurant
5b Johnston Terr +44 (0)131 226 7770
Mills Mount Café
The Castle +44 (0)131 225 9746
Merchants Restaurant
17 Merchant St, off Candlemaker Row +44 (0)131 225 4009
North Bridge Brasserie
20 North Bridge +44 (0)131 622 2900
Off The Wall
105 High St, Royal Mile +44 (0)131 558 1497
Ortegas
38 St Mary’s St +44 (0)131 557 5754
The Outsider Bar & Restaurant
George IV Bridge +44 (0)131 226 3131
Reviewed 13 May 2008
Oxygen
3-5 Infirmary St +44 (0)131 557 9997
Pizza Express Restaurant
23 North Bridge +44 (0)131 557 6411
Prego Restaurant
St Mary’s St +44 (0)131 557 5754
St Giles Cafe Bar
Photo © Adrian Welch
The Tower Restaurant
Chambers St +44 (0)131 225 3003
The Tun Bar & Cafe
Holyrood Rd +44 (0)131 557 9297
The Witchery by the Castle incl. The Secret Garden
352 Castlehill, Edinburgh +44 (0)131 225 5613
Have you visited one of the above Edinburgh Old Town Restaurants? Please mail your review to info(at)edinburgharchitecture.co.uk
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