You want burgers, shakes and good times? Head for The Rotunda Bar and Diner. There are new restaurant openings afoot on both sides of the M8. In Glasgow, The Rotunda Bar and Diner is dishing up American-style favourites on Tunnel Street...
Celino’s: multiple winner at the Scottish Italian Awards. Italian restaurants on 5pm Dining were very well represented at the recent Scottish Italian Awards. Set up to celebrate up the contribution of Scotland’s Italian restaurants...
Mark Greenaway wants to cook you lunch. Pic: Paul Johnston Copper Mango At the risk of our eyes going a little misty, the 5pm Dining blog has fond memories of a time when lunch was often more jolly than a meagre meal deal at the office...
Edinburgh Gin will be running tutored tastings. The good people at Bite magazine have put together a Festive Fancies Xmas Fair which will take place in Edinburgh’s Counting House on Saturday 22 November from 1pm to 5pm. Among many others,...
Carters bar and restaurant at the new look Busby hotel. As always, the ever enterprising restaurateurs of the Central Belt have been hard at work planning, building, launching and refurbishing new restaurants. In Clarkston, The Busby...
A warm welcome awaits diners at the Terrace Restaurant in the Crowne Plaza Edinburgh – Royal Terrace. Yesterday, the 5pm Dining blog havered about the first Edinburgh Restaurant Festival which kicks off today. Keen readers may...
Get your forks poised to pounce as the inaugural Edinburgh Restaurant Festival gets underway from Wednesday. Running until the 23rd of October, some 60 of the capital’s restaurants are running events. From special menus at restaurants...
[][1]Chocs away at One Square. As many of you are no doubt aware, Chocolate Week takes place from 13th to 19th October this week. Edinburgh’s One Square aims to mark the event by offering a Chocolate Orange Afternoon Tea experience during...
Pinto will start feeding Edinbiurgh with burritos today. Pinto, the fast casual Mexican restaurant group which launched in Glasgow, opens their first branch outside the city today. Edinburgh’s Lothian Road will play host to the...
Like pan-Asian street food? Then point your chopsticks towards Saiko, a new takeaway and sit-in place which opened last week on Roseneath Street in Marchmont, Edinburgh. You can start your day with a little breakfast of Asian omelette...
[][1]The sirloin steak at Osso is hard to refuse. There’s lots going on in terms of new and recent openings so, deep breath, here we go: In the Borders, Ally McGrath has been winning lots of new friends since he opened Osso in Peebles...
[][1]Roast monkfish tail from Shetland is one of the specials at Hutchesons. Lots of 5pm Dining restaurants are offering special menus or running different menus during Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight. Among them, Maggie May’s...
The 5pm Dining blog has often enjoyed a dram as a splendid way to round off a good meal. Thanks to our friends at Glengoyne, 5pm customers can also enjoy the same treat at a number of tremendous restaurants across Scotland. We have...
The Tollcross area of Edinburgh possibly offers diners the greatest choice of different cuisines in the entire city. By our reckoning, you could eat Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Greek, Southern Indian, Polish, Punjabi or pizza all within a...
The University of Edinburgh plays a big role in pretty much every district of Edinburgh but none more so than in the Southside. As well as being the centre of the Uni’s administrative offices and much of its teaching facilities, the...
Edinburgh’s Haymarket has long been home to many an interesting restaurant and the recent, rather eye-catching refurb of the railway station has played a part in encouraging new businesses to set up there. The Jolly Botanist is taking...
