Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Food Scene

A fantastic all day coffee shop/bistro where you can enjoy a great variety of popular breakfast dishes, excellent baked goods and pastries, delicious and good value lunch meals, smoothies, ice cream and more. We love it for brunch and lunchtime offers are great with £4.50 for soup and generous sandwich.
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Rocksalt
46 Constitution St
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A fantastic all day coffee shop/bistro where you can enjoy a great variety of popular breakfast dishes, excellent baked goods and pastries, delicious and good value lunch meals, smoothies, ice cream and more. We love it for brunch and lunchtime offers are great with £4.50 for soup and generous sandwich.
Great for an evening glass of wine or pint and always our go-to place for a nice evening meal. Good for couples and groups of friends or family dinners. Fresh, seasonal ingredients cooked in a classic way with modern twist. Great drinks menu to go with the great menu.
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Nobles Café Bar & Restaurant
44A Constitution St
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Great for an evening glass of wine or pint and always our go-to place for a nice evening meal. Good for couples and groups of friends or family dinners. Fresh, seasonal ingredients cooked in a classic way with modern twist. Great drinks menu to go with the great menu.
Great coffee and nice laid-back friendly service. Free Wifi and sometimes free table tennis outside and often good design exhibitions within. Nice for a slow-life Sunday coffee stop.
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Williams and Johnson Coffee Co.
1 Customs Wharf
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Great coffee and nice laid-back friendly service. Free Wifi and sometimes free table tennis outside and often good design exhibitions within. Nice for a slow-life Sunday coffee stop.
The best place to 'cake' on The Shore. An amazing selection of cakes and baked goods to satisfy the sweetest of sweet tooths
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Mimi's Bakehouse
63 Shore
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The best place to 'cake' on The Shore. An amazing selection of cakes and baked goods to satisfy the sweetest of sweet tooths
A perfect Sunday brunch spot with excellent menu for an array of tastes and needs. The haggis is award-winning apparently and the home-made ginger beer will cure any hangover. Very popular and booking is advised.
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Roseleaf bar cafe
23/24 Sandport Place
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A perfect Sunday brunch spot with excellent menu for an array of tastes and needs. The haggis is award-winning apparently and the home-made ginger beer will cure any hangover. Very popular and booking is advised.
Great tasting simple street food for the burrito lovers! A no-frills, cheap and cheerful Mexican takeaway with some seating serving tacos, quesadillas and burritos.
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Los Cardos
224 Leith Walk
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Great tasting simple street food for the burrito lovers! A no-frills, cheap and cheerful Mexican takeaway with some seating serving tacos, quesadillas and burritos.
Simply the best pizza place this side of town! Booking advised on weekends as it's extremely popular. An atmospheric pizza restaurant with warm atmosphere and great service.
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Origano pizzeria
236 Leith Walk
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Simply the best pizza place this side of town! Booking advised on weekends as it's extremely popular. An atmospheric pizza restaurant with warm atmosphere and great service.

Drinks & Nightlife

One of Leith's most famous bars with lively atmosphere day and night. A fun place at weekends with music from down the years to keep its diverse array of customers smiling. Sometimes live music on a Sunday.
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Port O' Leith
58 Constitution St
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One of Leith's most famous bars with lively atmosphere day and night. A fun place at weekends with music from down the years to keep its diverse array of customers smiling. Sometimes live music on a Sunday.
Great for a quiet drink, evening meal or Sunday roast - Compass has something for everyone, even sports fans with live sports showing regularly.
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The Compass
44 Queen Charlotte St
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Great for a quiet drink, evening meal or Sunday roast - Compass has something for everyone, even sports fans with live sports showing regularly.
A great big friendly Swedish-owned bar with great selection of cocktails, wines and other drinks. A great place to start the night on the way into the city.
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Joseph Pearce
23 Elm Row
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A great big friendly Swedish-owned bar with great selection of cocktails, wines and other drinks. A great place to start the night on the way into the city.

Parks & Nature

Just ten minutes by bus or car up Easter Road on the weekend and a stunning and moderately challenging hike awaits you. Enjoy great views back down to Leith and across the city from the top.
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I-Arthur's Seat
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Just ten minutes by bus or car up Easter Road on the weekend and a stunning and moderately challenging hike awaits you. Enjoy great views back down to Leith and across the city from the top.
A nice green area close to the property for stretching the legs and taking in some fresh air!
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Leith Links
4 Links Gardens
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A nice green area close to the property for stretching the legs and taking in some fresh air!
A really special place in the city where you can enjoy all the good and green things. One for the nature lovers.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Place
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A really special place in the city where you can enjoy all the good and green things. One for the nature lovers.

Sightseeing

A world famous sight for lovers of all things nautical / and or Royal family related. Easily walkable from our property.
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Royal Yacht Britannia
Ocean Drive
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A world famous sight for lovers of all things nautical / and or Royal family related. Easily walkable from our property.

Getting Around

Nearby car rental making hiring a vehicle super easy without going into the busy city centre.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Edinburgh North
67 Salamander St
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Nearby car rental making hiring a vehicle super easy without going into the busy city centre.

Everything Else

Our neighbourhood coiffeur. Always recommending the great service and good value. Must-book!
Reilly Denholm
26 Salamander St
Our neighbourhood coiffeur. Always recommending the great service and good value. Must-book!
Sunset Nails for manicure and pedicure emergencies. Good value and all the services you'd expect in a city in the local area.
Sunset Nails
246 Leith Walk
Sunset Nails for manicure and pedicure emergencies. Good value and all the services you'd expect in a city in the local area.