The formula at this perennial Old Town favourite has a simplicity bordering on genius. Create a basic Italian menu (antipasti, risotto, panini, pasta) and...

Summer 2009 saw the former Claremont Bar transformed into a brighter and breezier café-bar featuring quirky art, bare brick, banquettes and a more feminine...

This popular café draws everyone from skiving students to grannies out with the grandkids. The food menu runs to salads, baguettes and savouries; some of...

Up a short flight of steps from the pavement on one of Leith Walk's terraces, Embo is a small but well-run establishment. If you're in the area and fancy a...

Based in a former train maintenance depot, this vegetarian/vegan wholefood café may have limited opening hours, but it's a good pit-stop if you've been...

Named for its founders, an Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman. E:S:I is a modern, spacious brasserie that arrived in Leith in 2008, serving three-course...

Locals walking along Frederick Street at Christmas 2008 were confronted by a wholly new concept for Edinburgh: a tea boutique. Eteaket is the street-trading...

This German bakery and café is just the place to sit down with a generous lump of Black Forest gateau and a strong coffee to cut through the sweetness. The...

The city's independent arthouse cinema has been around since the 1980s and continues to draw a loyal crowd of cinephiles. With coffee, snacks, light meals...

The MacRae brothers, from the Isle of Skye, opened this bistro on unfashionable Dalry Road in 2003, and it's been an oasis of decent cooking ever since. The...

The nautical theme in the decor and fittings at Fishers, one of the city's leading seafood restaurants for two decades, is justified by the fact that the...

The owners of the long-established Fishers in Leith ventured into the city centre in 2001 with this smart, modern seafood eaterie. Hardy perennials include...

Even the anti-fashion brigade admit that Harvey Nicks' fourth floor restaurant and brasserie are pretty good. The views are tremendous, the interior design...

This modern art gallery (see main gallery) challenges the viewer to ponder what they've seen long after they've left the exhibits. Just as well, then, that...