[][1]Eat in season or Tony Singh will come and get you As you may have noticed, after a brilliant summer, the sun seems to be taking a bit of a break; it’s raining more often and the leaves on the trees are beginning to turn. After many...
[https://www.youtube.com/embed/74WEwUnmH-Y?feature=oembed] On Tuesday night, the 5pm Dining blog pulled on its increasingly tight dinner jacket and toddled along to the premiere of Sunshine on Leith. A feelgood, family-friendly hit, the...
[][1]Gran Caffe in Edinburgh’s Signet Library: definitely not a caff Anyone who dropped in to the Pommery Champagne Café Bar in Edinburgh’s Signet Library during the Fringe may be chuffed to learn that a permanent cafe is now...
[][1]Rock and Oyster aims to win over Aberdeen with fine seafood in a casual setting Over the last couple of months, 5pm Dining has been busy widening the number of east coast restaurants on the site. Lots of great places in both Dundee...
[][1]Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted: has won more awards than most of us have had hot dinners Like beer? Fond of food? Guess what? They go brilliantly together. That, my friends, in a nutshell, will be the gist of the beer and...
[][1]Jeff and Chris Galvin: Michelin-starred chefs Last week the 5pm Dining blog had a chat with Chris Galvin who, along with his brother Jeff, runs The Pompadour by Galvin and the Galvin Brasserie de Luxe in The Caledonian, a Waldorf...
[][1]Social and Cocktail can help you shake up your parties The 5pm Dining blog has seldom fought shy of a rip-snorting cocktail. The trouble is that while well trained bar staff can make it look the simplest thing in the world, whipping...
[][1]The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are just one of the bands playing at this weekend’s Bowfest You know what your weekend probably needs? Pipers, whisky, venison, Fyne Ales and a bouncy castle. Not all at once, obviously, but that...
[][1]Hervè the food truck is at the heart of Loving Food If you are in Stirling on Saturday then you might want to head along to Feast-ival, Stirling’s first street food festival. It will take place at Stirling’s Old Town Jail yard. Along...
[][1]Angus Young of AC/DC: much admired for his unorthodox approach to dress sense. Pic by Matt Becker, www.melodicrockconcerts.com Having had a brilliant time at the birthday party of Edinburgh’s Hard Rock Cafe earlier this year, the 5pm...
[][1]The elegant interior of The George Street Bar and Grill Having launched at the beginning of August, The George Street Bar and Grill is carving itself a comfortable niche at the Charlotte Square end of what may well be one of...
[][1]Martin Lawrence, General Manager of the Marine Hotel (l) and Ryan James, proprietor of Two Fat Ladies (r), check the dishes from Andrew Beattie, head chef of the imminent Two Fat Ladies at The Marine While stoically resisting the ‘Two...
[][1]The bar at the recently launched Hope on Waterloo Street Maclay Inns have been busy boys and girls of late. Hot on the heels of opening Munro’s and relaunching the Tullie Inn, Balloch, the firm have just opened the doors of The...
[][1]With over 400 Scotch whiskies available, SCOTCH at The Balmoral will thrill malt-lovers To The Balmoral in Edinburgh where the five star hotel has just unveiled SCOTCH – its new whisky bar. With over 400 Scottish whiskies for sale, it...
[][1]Chris and Jeff Galvin with Craig Sandle, Executive Chef at The Pompadour by Galvin What are you doing on Wednesday? Fancy dinner from some of the UK’s top chefs? Chris and Jeff Galvin, the chefs behind The Pompadour by Galvin, as...
[][1]Andy Warhol: captured for posterity in pizza form We’ve mentioned Domenico Crolla and his pizza art before on the 5pm Takeaway blog. If memory serves, the owner of Bella Napoli in Glasgow’s Southside had just recreated the Mona Lisa...
