Chaophraya – Breakfast with a View
There’s no end of places to eat breakfast in Edinburgh but where do you go if you want one with a view and something just a little bit different?
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Vegetarian & vegan round-up, summer 2017 – take 2
When I wrote a vegetarian round-up a couple of months ago, I asked you to tell me what I’d missed. As a result, I have three restaurants to add. Thank you to everyone who made recommendations!
The Tayberry at Kinnettle’s Hotel – luxury close to St Andrew’s old course
We don’t often do travel posts, what with being Edinburgh-focused. Sometimes, though, we get offers that are too good to turn down. Last week I started my holiday by going to St Andrews for a night at Kinnettles Hotel, and having dinner at The Tayberry restaurant. It was a great…
Copper Blossom – cocktails and food off George Street
George Street is a busy place, especially this time of year: tourists and shoppers walking, eating and drinking day and night. Copper Blossom has been in its basement location at the corner or George Street and North Castle Street for a couple of years and has carved out a space…
Cucina: contemporary Italian cuisine in the heart of Edinburgh
I have often popped into the G&V for a drink during the festival en route to see a show in George Square, but for some reason I have never made it to the hotel’s restaurant offering – Cucina. This all changed last week when my husband and I had a…
Vegetarian & vegan round-up, summer 2017
Edinburgh’s a student town with a wide and varied population. One positive side-effect of this is that we’ve always had decent vegetarian options. Now there seems to be a growing trend towards eating vegetables and going vegan, there are even more options. We’ve done a couple of vegetarian round-ups in…
Juniper: Street food and cocktails with a view
On a June day when it bucketed it down with 84cm of rain in one day, more typical of the monthly average rainfall , I visited Juniper, the stylish sister bar to Twenty Princes Street, at Hotel Indigo, to try their new Street Food menu and cocktails.
Ishka – a new food & cocktail destination on Morrison Street
‘Every time I walk down Morrison Street, it has changed completely’ a friend said the other day. It is a street of rapid change, especially in the middle. When I heard that a cocktail bar and restaurant was opening opposite EICC, I was intrigued. I was pleased to get an…
Chaophraya – come graduate in style
Chaophraya’s views over the city makes the restaurant a glamorous place for drinks or dinner. Especially now in the light summer nights. This week, I went to try out their graduation dinner and found myself reminiscing about my own university days over a glass of prosecco and a plate of…
The Dining Room at 28 Queen Street – a sublime dining experience
Readers will know I’m a huge fan of whisky and last year when I attended the relaunch of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society on Queen Street, I dropped subtle hints to my friends and family that I’d love a membership for my forthcoming big birthday. Sadly it never materialised but…