Guidebook for Edinburgh
Food Scene
Popular, quality café with a terrace that overlooks the Meadows. Eggs Benedict for breakfast? If not, there is a wide range of dishes on offer, including a bacon sandwich and this café is recommended especially as it is open at 08.00 every day of the week.
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Victor Hugo Deli
26/27 Melville TerracePopular, quality café with a terrace that overlooks the Meadows. Eggs Benedict for breakfast? If not, there is a wide range of dishes on offer, including a bacon sandwich and this café is recommended especially as it is open at 08.00 every day of the week.
For lunch or an evening meal (evening meal £20 to £30 a head without wine) you could try the Rabbit Hole (1 minute from the house) but advisable to book first as it is a popular, quality local restaurant. Next best bet for food is walking to South Clerk Street (about 15 minutes away). There are multiple possibilities on offer!
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The Rabbit Hole
11 Roseneath StFor lunch or an evening meal (evening meal £20 to £30 a head without wine) you could try the Rabbit Hole (1 minute from the house) but advisable to book first as it is a popular, quality local restaurant. Next best bet for food is walking to South Clerk Street (about 15 minutes away). There are multiple possibilities on offer!
Typical breakfast: freshly-ground Obadiah Collective coffee, Pekoetea loose-leaf tea, roasted fruit jams and citrussy curds on sourdough toast, sage-fried and dill-scrambled eggs, bay-roasted cherries, strained yoghurt and toasted nuts.
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27 Elliott's
27 Sciennes Road Typical breakfast: freshly-ground Obadiah Collective coffee, Pekoetea loose-leaf tea, roasted fruit jams and citrussy curds on sourdough toast, sage-fried and dill-scrambled eggs, bay-roasted cherries, strained yoghurt and toasted nuts.
Closest café to the house, good quality coffee and pastries.
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Detour Espresso
39 Argyle PlClosest café to the house, good quality coffee and pastries.
Drinks & Nightlife
Friendly local with student crowd and professionals.
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The Argyle and Cellar Bar
15 - 17 Argyle PlFriendly local with student crowd and professionals.
Parks & Nature
Has a children's playground in the corner heading towards South Clerk Street
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The Meadows
Melville DriveHas a children's playground in the corner heading towards South Clerk Street
Arts & Culture
High quality museum with great Victorian architecture in the original part of the building.
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National Museum of Scotland
High quality museum with great Victorian architecture in the original part of the building.