Tom’s guidebook
Recommended restaurants
Iranian cuisine. Great if you like grilled meat dishes and meze. Bring your own bottles of wine / beers.
Toranj
20A Leopold PlIranian cuisine. Great if you like grilled meat dishes and meze. Bring your own bottles of wine / beers.
Very good kitchen that is reasonably prized. Bring your own bottle of wine / beers.
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The Walnut
9 Leith WalkVery good kitchen that is reasonably prized. Bring your own bottle of wine / beers.
Turkish restaurant. Very good again for grilled meat dishes. More saucy than Toranj. They serve wine / beer.
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Ada Restaurant
9a Antigua StTurkish restaurant. Very good again for grilled meat dishes. More saucy than Toranj. They serve wine / beer.
Very nice and long-established Indian restaurant. They've recently changed owners but we think you need to still bring your own bottles of alcohol.
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Kahani Indian Restaurant
10/11 Antigua StVery nice and long-established Indian restaurant. They've recently changed owners but we think you need to still bring your own bottles of alcohol.
A relatively new restaurant that was opened by a chef who became a star in Chicago. It's more pricey than the others but it's very good.
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Le Roi Fou
1 Forth StA relatively new restaurant that was opened by a chef who became a star in Chicago. It's more pricey than the others but it's very good.
Perhaps not the best Italian restaurant on the planet but an established one in the area with a great choice of pastas and pizzas.
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Vittoria on the Walk
113 Brunswick StPerhaps not the best Italian restaurant on the planet but an established one in the area with a great choice of pastas and pizzas.
Belongs to the Vittoria group. Here the pizzas are a bit nicer but the atmosphere is a bit more rushed.
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Taste Of Italy
9 Baxter's PlBelongs to the Vittoria group. Here the pizzas are a bit nicer but the atmosphere is a bit more rushed.
Very good, hip, and trending. Only recently opened but already very well received.
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The Little Chartroom
14 Bonnington RoadVery good, hip, and trending. Only recently opened but already very well received.
Recommended pubs
Jeremiah's Taproom
7-8 Elm RowGreat choice of beers and lively atmosphere.
The Black Fox
17 Albert PlA cool place with a good beer selection.
One of Edinburgh's oldest purpose-built pubs. Good beers and very nice atmosphere.
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The Barony Bar
81-85 Broughton StreetOne of Edinburgh's oldest purpose-built pubs. Good beers and very nice atmosphere.
When you're this part of town it's worth popping by for one of their real ales. An old-fashioned bar that one is with very nice staff and a great beer selection.
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The Bow Bar
80 W BowWhen you're this part of town it's worth popping by for one of their real ales. An old-fashioned bar that one is with very nice staff and a great beer selection.
It's worth going to Stockbridge to encounter another neighbourhood. If you go, worth visiting the Stockbridge Tap - a neighbourhood pub in this well-heeled part of town.
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The Stockbridge Tap
2-6 Raeburn PlIt's worth going to Stockbridge to encounter another neighbourhood. If you go, worth visiting the Stockbridge Tap - a neighbourhood pub in this well-heeled part of town.
Recommended attractions
You'll have heard of the castle, Holyrood Palace and all that so we'll only mention lesser known attractions.
Find out what it was like to live in one of the New Town's houses when the New Town was built in 1820 or so. This is Tom's favourite attraction.
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Indlu ye-Georgian
7 Charlotte SquareFind out what it was like to live in one of the New Town's houses when the New Town was built in 1820 or so. This is Tom's favourite attraction.
I-Nelson Monument
32 Calton HillWorth going up for the views of Edinburgh.
Again, worth going up for the views you have of the city. Quite a steep climb up in narrow stairs - be aware.
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Isakhiwo seScott
Again, worth going up for the views you have of the city. Quite a steep climb up in narrow stairs - be aware.
Recommended shops
A guide to shops in the area for either grocery shopping, things you might need as a traveller or for gifts.
A good selection of high-quality Scottish gifts. Perhaps more for girls than guys though the cards they sell are funny for all.
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The Cats Miaou
36 Elm RowA good selection of high-quality Scottish gifts. Perhaps more for girls than guys though the cards they sell are funny for all.
Tattie Shaws
35 Elm RowGo here for fruit and vegetables
Twelve Triangles
90 Brunswick StGo here for breads and coffee. It's very good.
The area's best wine and beer shop. Especially good for if you're interested in local beers.
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Cornelius Beer & Wine
18-20 Easter RdThe area's best wine and beer shop. Especially good for if you're interested in local beers.
Britain's number 1 department store has everything you might need from travel adapters and other travelling utensils as well as everything else.
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John Lewis & Partners
60 Leith StBritain's number 1 department store has everything you might need from travel adapters and other travelling utensils as well as everything else.