[][1]Nick Nairn is to open a new restaurant in Aberdeen According to The Herald, Nick Nairn is to open a new restaurant in Aberdeen. Like the Kailyard in The Doubletree by Hilton at the Dunblane Hydro, his new venture will be part of a...
[https://www.youtube.com/embed/yWYP3s296SY?feature=oembed] Every now and then, this 5pm Dining blog writer goes to a cocktail demonstration, a tasting or a drinks master class. More often than not, I’ll come away convinced that I too can...
[][1]Jeremiah’s Taproom: craft ale at the top of Leith Walk Edinburgh’s Leith Walk is changing fast. In fact, it has been for a while. Gentrified may not be quite the right word but the rougher edges are slowly being smoothed...
[https://www.youtube.com/embed/KLGhTmOqTNY?feature=oembed] The 5pm Dining blog is looking forward to the first episode of The Incredible Spice Men which is being broadcast on BBC2 tonight. Starring Cyrus Todiwala and Leith’s own Tony...
[][1]Karen Higgins: Head Chef at Channings Karen Higgins is the Head Chef at the four star Channings hotel in Edinburgh. Part of The Edinburgh Collection, Channings prides itself on being like a Scottish country house in the city. Located...
[][1]Afternoon tea has an international flavour at One Square during August One Square bar and restaurant on Festival Square is getting into the Festival mood with a new seasonal afternoon tea. During August, they are running an...
[][1]Afternoon tea could get a little strange at Turquoise Thistle Edinburgh, as you may have noticed, is currently full of the weird and the wonderful. From hard-hitting plays to gag-cracking clowns, the entire city has become a...
[][1]Hardeep Singh Kohli will be demonstrating his mastery of the spice rack In August, most of the nation’s clowns, comics and jokers migrate to Edinburgh. However, as the Fringe draws to a close on Monday 26th of August, they fly off...
[][1]Down tools and have a pint at The Potting Shed One of the more interesting bars to open in Edinburgh of late is The Potting Shed. It’s on Potterrow, in a site which, over the years, has had many names including Native State and...
[][1]The Radisson Blu is on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile Apart from those have been living under their duvets for the last two weeks, most Edinburgh residents and the city’s many visitors will have realised that several of the...
[][1]Pickles of Broughton Street: purveyors of pies, pate and much else beginning with P Edinburgh’s ever buzzy Broughton Street has a new culinary resident. Pickles of Broughton Street has replaced L’epicerie which used to...
[][1]Silvano has opened on Great Western Road The 5pm Restaurant blog would like to extend a hearty welcome and a firm handshake to Silvano, a new Italian restaurant on the Great Western Road. It’s towards the Byres Road end of the...
[][1]Steak is on the menu at Twenty Princes Street The 5pm Restaurants blog is delighted to see that Edinburgh’s joiners, plumbers and sparkies have been kept busy creating lots of new bars and restaurants recently. Hoping to make a big...
[][1]Glasgow will be jumping during Piping Live! If the sound of the pipes and the whiff of haggis in the air get your blood racing then you’re in for a treat over the next few days. Starting on Sunday, Piping Live! is taking over Glasgow...
[][1]The Thinking Drinker’s Guide to Alcohol: a comic cocktail The 5pm Restaurants blog enjoys listening to stand-up comedians examine their navels as much as the next man. However, there comes a time during every Edinburgh Fringe...
[][1]The crisp ‘n’ crunchy prawn tempura at Nippon Kitchen The 5pm blog’s attention may have been focused on festival shenanigans in Edinburgh over the last week or so but, as ever, Glasgow’s eating out scene...
