Restaurants
Dionika
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This Spanish restaurant, on the edge of the Edinburgh New Town and near the Royal Botanic Garden, serves some most excellent sea food. The exterior and plain interior disguise a restaurant of
Skippers Bistro
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If you want to go to a fish restaurant with good "fishy" ambience then try Skippers Bistro. It is on the dockside so you can have a stroll to whet your appetite before you eat.
The Engine Shed
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Friendly, informal setting, in a tastefully renovated old building, for cheap veggie nosh supplied by members of the Garvald Centre.
City Cafe
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Reliably good barista-made coffees and the diner layout with enclosed booths, as well as the Old Town location, make this a good place for tête-à-têtes during the day, while at night this
Sheep Heid Inn
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It may not look it, but the Sheep Heid Inn in Duddingston may be the oldest surviving public house in Scotland, dating possibly from around 1360.
Scotch Whisky Experience
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Whisky themed visitor centre, with a five-star rating from the Scottish Tourist Board, that offers a tour through 300 years of whisky history.
Cafe Royal
In spite of its proximity to Princes Street and Waverley Station, Cafe Royal is not a pub you stumble upon easily. That's both a pity, but it's also part of the appeal.
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The Voodoo Rooms
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Attractively refurb'ed restaurant, bar, live music, and club venue housed in a 200 year-old building above Cafe Royal (just off the East end of Princes Street).
Gusto Restaurant and Bar
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Formerly known as Est, Est, Est, launched under the new Gusto brand in November 2007 as an Italian restaurant concept "based on the
The Jam House
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Live music and dining across from Queen Street Gardens, with diners being entertained with an acoustic set followed by a live band from about 10pm.
Baraka Resto Bar
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Formerly Oxygen and since 2006 a restaurant and cafe-bar in one. Close to the university and the Festival Theatre.
Est, Est, Est
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80 Queen Street
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Good place for a reasonably priced meal with pleasant suroundings and occasional live jazz.
El Barrio
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A bar, restaurant and a night club all in one, El Barrio specialises in Tex-Mex and Latin standards.

