Gordon's Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Gordon's Guidebook for Edinburgh

Arts & Culture

Event venue close to apartment
45 locals recommend
The Queen's Hall
85-89 Clerk St
45 locals recommend
Event venue close to apartment
A few minutes walk from apartment
154 locals recommend
Festival Theatre
13-29 Nicolson St
154 locals recommend
A few minutes walk from apartment
Another local venue, display of old musical intruments
Reid Concert Hall
Bristo Square
Another local venue, display of old musical intruments
Great museum on your doorstep, must see.
1378 locals recommend
National Museum of Scotland
1378 locals recommend
Great museum on your doorstep, must see.
Free guided tours, advance booking required: call 0800 092 7600 or book via email sp.bookings@scottish.parliament.uk
314 locals recommend
Scottish Parliament Building
314 locals recommend
Free guided tours, advance booking required: call 0800 092 7600 or book via email sp.bookings@scottish.parliament.uk
Recently refurbished / attractive gallery, good cafe etc.
523 locals recommend
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen St
523 locals recommend
Recently refurbished / attractive gallery, good cafe etc.
Contemporary art gallery with good cafe by the Station.
103 locals recommend
Fruitmarket Gallery
45 Market St
103 locals recommend
Contemporary art gallery with good cafe by the Station.
Good collection of contemporary art spread over two sites across road from each other, good cafe in Modern Art One, giant Landform sculpture by Charles Jencks, the father of Post Modernism.
1010 locals recommend
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 locals recommend
Good collection of contemporary art spread over two sites across road from each other, good cafe in Modern Art One, giant Landform sculpture by Charles Jencks, the father of Post Modernism.
Tapestry studios housed within converted municipal baths. Good cafe on ground floor.
39 locals recommend
Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary St
39 locals recommend
Tapestry studios housed within converted municipal baths. Good cafe on ground floor.
Labyrinthine arts venue / watering hole....aka The Royal Dick
161 locals recommend
Summerhall
161 locals recommend
Labyrinthine arts venue / watering hole....aka The Royal Dick
Municipal museum with lots of information about the City housed in a historic building, free entry
72 locals recommend
The Museum of Edinburgh
142-146 Canongate
72 locals recommend
Municipal museum with lots of information about the City housed in a historic building, free entry
Municipal museum with the story of the the City told via dioramas, housed in a historic building, free entry
35 locals recommend
People's Story
163 Canongate
35 locals recommend
Municipal museum with the story of the the City told via dioramas, housed in a historic building, free entry
Municipal museum about the lives of Burns, Ferguson and Scott, free entry
37 locals recommend
The Writers' Museum
Lady Stair's Close
37 locals recommend
Municipal museum about the lives of Burns, Ferguson and Scott, free entry
1961 locals recommend
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
1961 locals recommend
114 locals recommend
Surgeons' Hall Museums
Nicolson Street
114 locals recommend
Concert venue and display of musical instruments.
St. Cecilia's Hall, The University of Edinburgh
50 Niddry St
Concert venue and display of musical instruments.
What it says on the tin!
114 locals recommend
National Galleries of Scotland
The Mound
114 locals recommend
What it says on the tin!

Drinks & Nightlife

Across from the apartment, good local beer and 'bar' food served until late.
19 locals recommend
Greenmantle Bar & Kitchen
44 W Crosscauseway
19 locals recommend
Across from the apartment, good local beer and 'bar' food served until late.
Good 'bar' food. Family friendly till 8pm.
29 locals recommend
56 North
2 W Crosscauseway
29 locals recommend
Good 'bar' food. Family friendly till 8pm.
Traditional music every evening
144 locals recommend
Sandy Bell's
25 Forrest Rd
144 locals recommend
Traditional music every evening
Traditional partisan music, tiny (3's a crowd) local bar.
62 locals recommend
The Royal Oak
1 Infirmary St
62 locals recommend
Traditional partisan music, tiny (3's a crowd) local bar.
Good local bar with no-shoe back room
34 locals recommend
Brass Monkey Drummond Street
14 Drummond St
34 locals recommend
Good local bar with no-shoe back room
Romantic bar with nice dining room, bar less expensive to eat than smart room, live music sometimes.
275 locals recommend
The Shore Restaurant
1 Shore
275 locals recommend
Romantic bar with nice dining room, bar less expensive to eat than smart room, live music sometimes.
Authentic/artisan French bakery…short walk away/warm baguettes 11am
22 locals recommend
The Wee Boulangerie
67 Clerk St
22 locals recommend
Authentic/artisan French bakery…short walk away/warm baguettes 11am
Traditional roomy island bar with good local atmosphere, c/w Listed interior NB tiled portrayals of inventors; expensive restaurant adjoining.
125 locals recommend
Cafe Royal
19 W Register St
125 locals recommend
Traditional roomy island bar with good local atmosphere, c/w Listed interior NB tiled portrayals of inventors; expensive restaurant adjoining.
Subterranean bar/nightclub located underneath South Bridge
12 locals recommend
The Caves
8-10 Niddry St S
12 locals recommend
Subterranean bar/nightclub located underneath South Bridge
Studenty bar with function room above, large outdoor screen for major sport events.
66 locals recommend
The Peartree
38 W Nicolson St
66 locals recommend
Studenty bar with function room above, large outdoor screen for major sport events.
Basic bar with traditional music and local characters in situ
43 locals recommend
Captains Bar
4 S College St
43 locals recommend
Basic bar with traditional music and local characters in situ
Great traditional Edinburgh bar, good selection beer and whisky. Cosy 'secret' snug on left on way in.
67 locals recommend
Bennets Bar
8 Leven St
67 locals recommend
Great traditional Edinburgh bar, good selection beer and whisky. Cosy 'secret' snug on left on way in.

Food Scene

Great vegetarian restaurant, not your typical fare.
41 locals recommend
Kalpna
2-3 St Patrick Square
41 locals recommend
Great vegetarian restaurant, not your typical fare.
Good Sudanese food, decor v basic
24 locals recommend
Nile Valley Cafe
6 Chapel St
24 locals recommend
Good Sudanese food, decor v basic
Great curries, decor v basic
40 locals recommend
Kebab Mahal
7 Nicolson Square
40 locals recommend
Great curries, decor v basic
Good south indian cusine
36 locals recommend
Tanjore
6-8 Clerk St
36 locals recommend
Good south indian cusine
Good coffee + hearty breakfasts, including haggis.
80 locals recommend
Kilimanjaro Coffee
104 Nicolson St
80 locals recommend
Good coffee + hearty breakfasts, including haggis.
Great home cooked Korean food, around corner
30 locals recommend
Kim's Mini Meals
5 Buccleuch St
30 locals recommend
Great home cooked Korean food, around corner
Traditional tea room, home baking
29 locals recommend
Clarinda's Tearoom
69 Canongate
29 locals recommend
Traditional tea room, home baking
Good food, service variable
156 locals recommend
The Outsider Restaurant
15-16 George IV Bridge
156 locals recommend
Good food, service variable
Clever vegetarian cuisine...albeit on pricey side
117 locals recommend
David Bann Restaurant
56-58 St Mary's St
117 locals recommend
Clever vegetarian cuisine...albeit on pricey side
Artisan curry at reasonable prices, hidden through a pend in back court / basement of Old Chapel House + nearby rival of same name illustrated above
66 locals recommend
The Mosque Kitchen
31-33 Nicolson Square
66 locals recommend
Artisan curry at reasonable prices, hidden through a pend in back court / basement of Old Chapel House + nearby rival of same name illustrated above
Flavoursome eats
257 locals recommend
TING THAI CARAVAN Teviot Place
9 Teviot Pl
257 locals recommend
Flavoursome eats
Amazing, booking recommended as is teeny
134 locals recommend
Bodega
62 Elm Row
134 locals recommend
Amazing, booking recommended as is teeny
Great bread, cakes and coffee
126 locals recommend
Söderberg The Meadows
27 Simpson Loan
126 locals recommend
Great bread, cakes and coffee
Authentic French cuisine on a budget.
100 locals recommend
Chez Jules
109 Hanover St
100 locals recommend
Authentic French cuisine on a budget.
Authentic Scottish cooking
Howies Restaurant
Authentic Scottish cooking
Whisky & haggis(?), quite the combo..!
80 locals recommend
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
28 Queen St
80 locals recommend
Whisky & haggis(?), quite the combo..!
Haggis on the menu here.
The White Hart Inn
32 Grassmarket
Haggis on the menu here.
Fine dining including haggis.
132 locals recommend
Wedgwood The Restaurant
267 Royal Mile
132 locals recommend
Fine dining including haggis.
Great gelato / interesting flavours
131 locals recommend
Mary's Milk Bar
19 Grassmarket
131 locals recommend
Great gelato / interesting flavours
Scottish fayre with a twist
48 locals recommend
The Grain Store
30 Victoria St
48 locals recommend
Scottish fayre with a twist
Classy venue, slightly out of the way but worth it, on expensive side
35 locals recommend
Prestonfield House
Priestfield Road
35 locals recommend
Classy venue, slightly out of the way but worth it, on expensive side
Authentic Tibetan food.
10 locals recommend
Himalaya Centre, Tibetan Cafe
20 S Clerk St
10 locals recommend
Authentic Tibetan food.

Everything Else

2nd hand clothes store.....wild
88 locals recommend
Armstrongs Vintage
81-83 Grassmarket
88 locals recommend
2nd hand clothes store.....wild

Shopping

Vinyl den, if they don't have it well...give up
Backbeat Records
31 E Crosscauseway
Vinyl den, if they don't have it well...give up

Sightseeing

City monument to the author Walter Scott, great views from the top if you can manage the steps
302 locals recommend
Scott Monument
302 locals recommend
City monument to the author Walter Scott, great views from the top if you can manage the steps
City monument to Admiral Lord Nelson great views from the top if you can manage the steps...'if open'
15 locals recommend
Nelson Monument
32 Calton Hill
15 locals recommend
City monument to Admiral Lord Nelson great views from the top if you can manage the steps...'if open'

Essentials

130 locals recommend
Tesco Metro
Colinton Road
130 locals recommend