Eating out in Edinburgh

Edinburgh is a great city for the food lover. There is a massive selection of eateries scattered throughout every part of the city. All tastes, prices and styles are catered for in the same way that you would expect from any other large European City. The are a large selection of takeaways, fine restaurants and pubs where food is served; also Edinburgh is joining the rest of the UK that is currently seeing a boom in the Cafe Culture. I think there are currently five Starbucks in the city.

There is a selection of traditional (and not so traditional) Scottish foods that you should try. These include:

• Scottish Salmon
• Aberdeen Angus steak
• Haggis
• Fruit pudding
• Deep-fried Mars bar (only the Scots could do this!!)

As well as the centre of Edinburgh it is also worth checking out Leith and the West End when looking for a place to eat. Both of these places are out of the centre of the city but hold a large number of places to eat. A list of specific places that are recommended follows:

• For good traditional Scottish The Witchery by the Castle (http://www.thewitchery.com), Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh (0131 225 5613) is highly recommended as is Oloroso (http://www.oloroso.co.uk) (0131 226 7614) - albeit a little pretentious, and A Room in the West End (http://www.aroomin.co.uk/westend).
• Edinburgh hosts a number of excellent Indian restaurants including Suruchi (http://www.suruchirestaurant.co.uk) (0131 556 6583), Namaste (0131 225 2000), Britannia Spice (http://www.britanniaspice.co.uk) (0131 555 2255), City Spice (http://www.cityspice.net) (0131 476 1593), The Bombay Bicycle Club (0131 229 3839) and The Far Pavilions (http://www.thefarpavilions.co.uk) (0131 332 3362).
• Vegetarians are catered for with David Bann's (http://www.davidbann.co.uk) vegetarian restaurant. 56-58 St Mary's Street (0131 556 5888), info@davidbann.co.uk. Imaginative and tasty vegetarian food, some courses are suitable for vegans. Main courses cost about £10. Also worth a mention is Black Bo's (http://www.blackbos.co.uk) (0131 557 6136) just off the Royal Mile.
• Edinburgh also has a number of fine fish restaurants ones to try include: Fishers Bistro (http://www.fishersbistro.co.uk) (0131 554 5666), The Mussel Inn (http://www.mussel-inn.com) (0131 225 5979) and Maxi's (0131 343 3007).
• Other personal favorites include Jacques (http://www.jacquesbistro.co.uk) (0131 229 6080), Maison Bleue (http://www.maison-bleue.co.uk) (0131 226 1900), First Coast (http://www.first-coast.co.uk) (0131 313 4404), Izzi (http://www.izzi-restaurant.co.uk) (0131 466 9888), Tijuana Yacht Club (0131 220 1208) and The Outsider (0131 226 3131).
• Edinburgh's first Michelin-starred restaurant is Restaurant Martin Wishart (http://www.martin-wishart.co.uk/), which is on The Shore at Leith. Highly recommended, but maybe not for every night of the week!

Originally published at http://wikitravel.org/en/Edinburgh

Comments

[Suruchi Restaurant]

Hi, thanks for the link to Suruchi Restaurant but our website address changed to http://www.suruchirestaurant.com/

I'd appreciate it if you could update it. Thanks

[self catering scotland]

Nice information. Thanks a lot for sharing to all.