Edinburgh New Town is a wonderful place to dine all year round but during the Festival is when it really comes alive. Here are ten Edinburgh new town restaurants to try during festival season. EH2 Tempus An elegant space with high...
[][1]The Aperol Spritz Garden in St Andrew Square is a party hub. Edinburgh Fringe is running at full throttle and nowhere is partying harder than the Aperol Spritz Garden in St Andrew Square. To help your festival go with a swing...
On Hanover Street in Edinburgh’s New Town, Grand Cru is a modern bar restaurant popular with shoppers, workers and locals. If you’ve never been, here’s a peak at their food and our top 5 must-try dishes. 1. Grilled...
[][1]Calistoga sells a great range of Californian wines. The 5pm Dining blog loves a birthday party. Especially when the treats on offer are rather more interesting than jelly and ice cream. In Edinburgh, the Californian restaurant...
Get to know Edinburgh with 5pm’s expert Edinburgh New Town restaurant guide Arguably, the Castle, perched high on its volcanic plug and visible from most of the city, is the defining feature of Edinburgh. However, the New Town and...
[][1]The Aperol Spritz Garden in St Andrew Square is getting ready to party. Edinburgh Fringe roars into life this weekend and we can help you make the most of the fun thanks to a series of competitions which we are running with our...
Love ling? Hot for haddock? Mad for monkfish? If you answered yes to any of the above then you may well fall hook, line and sinker for Fish Eatery which opens to the public today on Edinburgh’s Picardy Place. The new venture is headed...
[][1]The Shetland Fiddlers will be at One Square on Sunday. Edinburgh Military Tattoo gets underway on Friday and One Square at The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa is getting into the spirit of things with two Sunday events. On Sunday 3rd...
[][1]Some of Scotland’s top artisan producers will be selling their wares at Street Food Sundays. Edinburgh’s street food scene is bubbling along nicely at the moment. In anticipation of the Festival, members of the Street Food...
[][1]The Signet Library is hosting the Pommery pop-up again. August is nearly upon us which means that it must be time for the Pommery Champagne Cafe Bar to pop up again in the magnificent Signet Library on the Royal Mile. Back for a...
[][1]Aperol: tastes so sunny you’ll need shades. The Edinburgh Fringe officially gets underway in one week and the city is going into overdrive as it readies itself for the onslaught. Likely to be popular is the Aperol Spritz Garden...
Naturally, the Commonwealth Games mean that the 5pm Dining blog has focused a lot on Glasgow recently. But fear not, Edinburghers, we are keeping a weather eye on developments at the other end of the M8. As you may have noticed, the...
Just minutes from Princes Street in the heart of the theatre district, Edinburgh’s West End is home to some of the city’s liveliest bars, many of which serve up top quality food. We’ve listed our picks of the best gourmet...
[][1]Plans for Contini Caffe are taking shape. As we noted on the 5pm Dining blog back in June, Victor and Carina Contini are planning to extend their Edinburgh empire with the opening of a third outlet towards the end of July. Contini...
Lovers of Japanese food must give YummyTori on Edinburgh’s Lothian Road a try. It adds a different spin to the cuisine by specialising in Japanese tapas and we’ve picked some of our favourites below. Yakiniku...
When Edinburgh’s Sheraton Hotel & Spa invited us along to their Festival Square hotel for a gin afternoon tea, they had us at gin and afternoon tea. The hotel wished to show off their summer take on the classic British afternoon...
