Edinburgh Restaurants: Cafes

These are recently added Edinburgh restaurants. See also our latest Edinburgh Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name	Type	Description
Beirut	Lebanese, Cafes	Sleek, modern restaurant offering both a traditional and creative approach to Lebanese cuisine.
Blue Parrot Cantina	Brunch, Cafes, Mexican	For long a great place to stop and drink tea, this small, informal, basement cafe now specialises in Mexican food. Look for the blue parrot and head downstairs.
Broughton Delicatessen	Breakfast, Brunch, Cafes, Scottish, Takeaway	Eclectic meals based on taste, quality, and seasonality. Sit-in cafe, with local artists exhibiting, and takeaway (office lunches and the like).
Cafe Rouge	Breakfast, Cafes, French	Only two of the French restaurant chain's 121 Cafe Rouges are in Scotland. This is one of them (the other is in Glasgow).
Circle Cafe	Breakfast, Brunch, Cafes, Scottish	Fresh, seasonal, interesting, affordable, stylish, hand-made food, served in a comfortable, informal and contemporary space.
City Cafe	American, Breakfast, Brunch, Cafes	Under new management in 2010, the City Cafe has taken on a Fifties American diner theme complete with jukebox and kids' activities. Open late.
Coco on Broughton	Cafes	High quality chocolate heaven has arrived to tempt Broughton Village!
Coffee Angel	Cafes	Friendly, relaxed cafe offering soups, on-site sandwiches, cakes, and selling award winning teas and fair trade coffees. Local ingredients are sourced where possible.
Diner 7	American, Breakfast, Cafes	American-style diner in Leith specialising in chargrilled burgers and steaks. There is also a daily specials menu, a full Sunday breakfast menu and a selection of desserts and ice creams.
Elephants and Bagels	Breakfast, Brunch, Cafes, Vegetarian	As the name suggests, a cosy, breakfast and all-day cafe with a distinctive elephantine theme. Serves an array of bagel sandwiches.
Eteaket	Cafes	Central tea boutique and cafe that has a tea for every occasion it would seem.
Fredericks Coffee House	Cafes	Offering a range of teas, coffees, soft drinks, soups, salads and paninis in a bright, pleasant atmosphere.
Hard Rock Cafe	American, Cafes, Pub-grub	Scotland's only Hard Rock serves up all American burgers, fries, and smokey Southern BBQ'd cooking with classic rock memorabilia surroundings.
Hectors	Brunch, Cafes, English, Pub-grub, Scottish	Popular local, attracting mix of people. Primarily a well-stocked bar, Hector's also has a range of bar food and coffee. Best-known for its Saturday and Sunday brunch and Sunday roast.
Le Cafe Gourmand	Breakfast, Brunch, Cafes, French, Takeaway	Café, creperie, croques, macarons, pastries, and cakes.
Leo's Beanery	Cafes	Basement café in Edinburgh's New Town offering coffee, tea, sandwiches and baked goods.
Petit Paris	Cafes, French	Grassmarket restaurant offering a little bit of the French Capital in the Scottish Capital, complete with iconic mini, delivery van.
Piece Box	Breakfast, Brunch, Cafes, Scottish	Reasonably priced variety of home made sweet and savoury food served in a bright, cheery atmosphere.
Spoon Café Bistro	Cafes	Across from the Festival Theatre and neighbours with Royal College of Surgeons, this daytime eaterie is catering to those looking for the casualness of a cafe and the formality of a restaurant.
The Engine Shed	Cafes, Scottish, Vegetarian	Friendly, informal setting, in a tastefully renovated old building, for cheap veggie nosh supplied by members of the Garvald Centre, for people with learning diff