
Day trip · 1 day
Edinburgh: Stirling, Whisky & St Andrews Tour in Italian
Visit the medieval city of Stirling, historical St Andrews and a whisky distillery on this comprehensive day trip from Edinburgh. Travel with an expert Italian tour gu...
Contini George Street is an italian restaurant in New Town, Edinburgh.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.

Day trip · 1 day
Visit the medieval city of Stirling, historical St Andrews and a whisky distillery on this comprehensive day trip from Edinburgh. Travel with an expert Italian tour gu...

Guided tour · 3 hours
Explore Edinburgh’s Georgian 200 year-old New Town on a food walking tour. Enjoy a Scottish gin cocktail, smoked salmon canapes, port and chocolate, haggis, ice cream ...

Guided tour · 3 hours
Explore Edinburgh’s rich history through its iconic cuisine! Taste, learn, and feel the soul of Scotland on our unforgettable Secret Food Tour through the heart of the...
Address: 103 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3ES
Chef David Bann's vegetarian dining room on St Mary's Street in Edinburgh, opened in 2002, the city's reference vegetarian fine-dining kitchen.
OrderThe Sri Lankan coconut curry and the spinach and feta filo parcel.
TipPre-theatre two-course at £22 runs to 19:00; the wine list is genuinely thought through.
Edinburgh Larder bistro on Blackfriars Street in the Old Town of Edinburgh, opened in 2009, an all-day cafe-restaurant serving Scottish-provenance breakfast.
OrderThe Larder breakfast with Stornoway black pudding and the daily soup with sourdough at lunch.
TipCloses by 16:00 most days; the original cafe on Blackfriars Street is the calmer of the two rooms.
Valvona and Crolla's caffe-bar on Elm Row in Edinburgh, opened in 1934 (the bistro since 1996), the back-of-deli dining room for Scotland's longest-running.
OrderThe carbonara made with house-cured pancetta and the Pugliese antipasto board.
TipThe deli at the front sells the same dry pasta and tinned tomatoes the kitchen uses; shop while you wait for your table.
Peter Adshead's restaurant in the 1836 William Playfair stone cottage at Royal Terrace Gardens in Edinburgh, opened May 2026 on the former Gardener's Cottage.
OrderThe £25 two-course lunch by the kitchen garden door; available Friday to Sunday from 12:30.
TipLunch sittings 12:30-14:30 Friday to Sunday are the casual entry point; evening flips to a fixed five or seven-course set.
Leith Walk's converted police-box coffee counter in Edinburgh, opened 2016 inside a 1950s Glasgow-style box, serving filter coffee and seasonal pastries.
OrderA flat white and the cardamom-and-pistachio cake.
TipThere is no seating; coffee in hand on Leith Walk's central reservation is the local move. Cash only most days.
Lloyd Morse, James Snowdon and Ruairidh Buchanan's Palmerston Place dining room in Edinburgh's West End, opened in 2021 in a former bank, a Michelin Bib.
OrderThe whole roast chicken for two and the sourdough with cultured butter.
TipThe bakery counter sells off the day's bread at 16:00. Sourdough and cinnamon buns go first.