Guidebook for Edinburgh

Jake
Guidebook for Edinburgh

Food Scene

they do excellent bread
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Bakery Andante
352 Morningside Rd
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they do excellent bread
award-winning cheese shop - well worth a look if you love your cheese!
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IJ Mellis Cheesemongers
6 Bakers Place
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award-winning cheese shop - well worth a look if you love your cheese!
used to be an old church - now pizza restaurant. Very close to the flat (4 minutes)
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Pizza Express
1 Deanhaugh St
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used to be an old church - now pizza restaurant. Very close to the flat (4 minutes)
ice cream parlour - very popular with the kids (and adults). There is a family friendly restaurant upstairs.
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S Luca
16 Morningside Rd
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ice cream parlour - very popular with the kids (and adults). There is a family friendly restaurant upstairs.
authentic take-away pizza. My kids reckon this is the best pizza place in town
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La Favorita Delivered Morningside
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authentic take-away pizza. My kids reckon this is the best pizza place in town
For me, this is my favourite bakery - the baguettes are to die for. They also do a very good quiche lorraine...
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La Barantine
202 Bruntsfield Pl
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For me, this is my favourite bakery - the baguettes are to die for. They also do a very good quiche lorraine...
excellent tasty and healthy lunches - a great new addition to the Bruntsfield eatery scene.
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Honeycomb & Co.
1 Merchiston Pl
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excellent tasty and healthy lunches - a great new addition to the Bruntsfield eatery scene.
Nepalese restaurant. Very reasonable. Another of our favourites. We often go here for a quick meal before heading to watch a film at the Dominion cinema
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The Gurkha
128 Morningside Road
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Nepalese restaurant. Very reasonable. Another of our favourites. We often go here for a quick meal before heading to watch a film at the Dominion cinema
good for lunch. reasonably priced
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Salt Café & Bar
54-56 Morningside Rd
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good for lunch. reasonably priced
because it isn't Starbucks, Costa or Cafe Nero! (and it's very close!)
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Blackwood Coffee
235 Morningside Rd
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because it isn't Starbucks, Costa or Cafe Nero! (and it's very close!)
family run Italian restaurant. Get the poor chap to read everything on the menu - it takes a while but is fun! Lots of good fish here. And do tell them it's your birthday - you will be in for a treat.
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Nonna's Kitchen
45 Morningside Rd
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family run Italian restaurant. Get the poor chap to read everything on the menu - it takes a while but is fun! Lots of good fish here. And do tell them it's your birthday - you will be in for a treat.
another lovely food store/cafe with local (and not so local) food.
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181 Delicatessen
181 Bruntsfield Pl
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another lovely food store/cafe with local (and not so local) food.
German cakes and coffee. Always busy. Always good.
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Falko Konditormeister
185 Bruntsfield Place
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German cakes and coffee. Always busy. Always good.
Lovely authentic French restaurant - book early!
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Maison Bleue Le Bistrot
372 Morningside Rd
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Lovely authentic French restaurant - book early!
another French cafe with lovely cakes
Karine Epicerie Fine Patisserie
376 Morningside Rd
another French cafe with lovely cakes

Drinks & Nightlife

old fashioned pub with unusual decor - it's a Morningside institution
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Canny Mans
237 Morningside Rd
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old fashioned pub with unusual decor - it's a Morningside institution
a reasonable pub
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The Hermitage Bar
1-5 Comiston Road
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a reasonable pub
an old fashioned honest pub for the "locals". Some of the drinkers here look are part of the furniture!
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Bennets of Morningside
1 Maxwell St
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an old fashioned honest pub for the "locals". Some of the drinkers here look are part of the furniture!

Parks & Nature

there are great views of the city from here, and it takes a lot less time than you think to get to the top (10-15 minutes if you are relatively fit!)
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Blackford Hill and Pond
4 Charterhall Rd
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there are great views of the city from here, and it takes a lot less time than you think to get to the top (10-15 minutes if you are relatively fit!)
walk through here to get to the Meadows, and then on to the Royal Mile....
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Bruntsfield Links
Melville Drive
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walk through here to get to the Meadows, and then on to the Royal Mile....
you must climb Arthur's Seat (30 minutes from the bottom) to have wonderful views of the city, East Lothian and you can se the new Forth Road crossing to Fife.
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Arthur's Seat
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you must climb Arthur's Seat (30 minutes from the bottom) to have wonderful views of the city, East Lothian and you can se the new Forth Road crossing to Fife.
beautiful park with lots of interesting plants - a lovely walk and some cafes to boot.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Place
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beautiful park with lots of interesting plants - a lovely walk and some cafes to boot.

Entertainment & Activities

Old fashioned and indecently owned cinema - miles better than your normal multiplex
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Dominion Cinema
Newbattle Terrace
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Old fashioned and indecently owned cinema - miles better than your normal multiplex
excellent facilities here - a 50 metre pool and large gym. Soft play park for the kids and cafe for the mums.
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Royal Commonwealth Pool
21 Dalkeith Rd
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excellent facilities here - a 50 metre pool and large gym. Soft play park for the kids and cafe for the mums.

Essentials

5 minutes from the flat
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Waitrose & Partners
Burghmuir Road
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5 minutes from the flat
3 minutes from the flat
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M&S Edinburgh Morningside Simply Food
212-216 Morningside Rd
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3 minutes from the flat
2 minutes from flat
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Sainsbury's Local
45 Bernard St
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2 minutes from flat

Shopping

lovely home furniture shop - well worth a look
Time & Tide
225 Morningside Road
lovely home furniture shop - well worth a look
another home furnishing shop
Acanthus
201-203 Bruntsfield Pl
another home furnishing shop
independent run bookshop - excellent helpful staff who know their stuff and great with kids.
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The Edinburgh Book Shop
219 Bruntsfield Pl
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independent run bookshop - excellent helpful staff who know their stuff and great with kids.

Sightseeing

iconic castle - and the tour is surprisingly good. Fabulous views of the New town too. Well worth paying for.
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Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
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iconic castle - and the tour is surprisingly good. Fabulous views of the New town too. Well worth paying for.