Chaakoo Bombay Cafe: evoking the atmosphere of Fifties Bombay. As we mentioned on the 5pm Dining blog yesterday, Chaakoo Bombay Cafe is set to open at 79 St Vincent Street tomorrow. It is a couple of doors down from its Mexican sister...
Tiffin boxes will be on the menu at the new Tuk Tuk in Glasgow. A little under a month ago, 5pm Dining blogged about Tuk Tuk Indian restaurant expanding from its Tollcross base in Edinburgh and opening another branch in Glasgow. Word has...
Cocktails in the City will see Edinburgh’s top shakers mix it up. The run up to the festive period can be a long slog of dark nights, damp weather and the never ending task of managing the Christmas card mailing list. One of the key...
Cadiz: one of the stops on the Moveable Feast. Regular readers will know that we have scribbled about the Edinburgh Restaurant Festival a couple of time in the last week. One of the Festival’s most popular events is the Moveable...
Dessert at The Pompadour by Galvin was a highlight of the Moveable Feast. For the third year, Edinburgh’s Restaurant Festival is up and running with a packed programme of special dinners, selfie-powered lunch giveaways and wallet-friendly...
It’s stein time at WEST on the Green. Look out your lederhosen and dust off your dirndl. WEST on the Green, the independent German brewery in Glasgow’s East End, is hosting a series of Oktoberfest party nights every Friday...
Many of the city’s most exciting restaurants are taking part in the Festival. Pic: Maverick Photo Agency. Edinburgh’s Restaurant Festival gets underway for a third time today. Running until the 16th of October, the festival...
Wahaca is a colourful new edition to Edinburgh’s restaurant scene. After yesterday’s brief digression on the subject of the Michelin Guide, the 5pm Dining blog is back in the churning waters of new openings. Today we are back...
Today’s blog was going to be about new restaurants opening in Edinburgh but yesterday’s launch of the new Michelin Guide in the UK has prompted a change of plans. To be honest, there is little in it which is hugely newsworthy...
‘What time is dinner?’ is never a question at Finsbay. This 5pm Dining blogger is back in the saddle after some holidays and we’re catching up on recent openings. Today, we will look at new restaurant openings in Glasgow...
Steaks take pride of place in the new Marco Pierre White Steakhouse in the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton hotel. The Marco Pierre White Steakhouse has been sizzling along nicely in Glasgow’s Indigo Hotel for a couple of years. It has now...
The Spanish Butcher: new kid on the butcher’s block. We see from the job ads that a new Spanish restaurant is taking shape in the Merchant City. The Spanish Butcher on Miller Street is the brainchild of the Rusks. The team already...
Cadiz: casting a net out on George Street. The Dine Out Edinburgh promotion is a great way to enjoy a meal out in the capital. Until 2nd October, over 30 of the capital’s restaurants are offering two or three course menus, sometimes with...
Will diners get an ‘Ooooh’ with Chaakoo Bombay Cafe? The team behind the Topolabamba Mexican restaurants don’t let the grass grow under their feet. Mere weeks after opening the Edinburgh Topolabamba, they are hard at...
This blogger is on his hols at the moment so this week’s 5pm Dining blogs have all been written in advance. As such, a number of them have involved a certain amount of staring into the office crystal ball and trying to figure what...
Asturian tapas are coming to Glasgow. All being well, Ibérica will open the doors to its first Scottish restaurant on St Vincent Street in exactly one week. Currently in the soft opening phase of development, the casual dining restaurant...
