[][1]Bar Soba on Hanover Street in Edinburgh: the quiet before the storm The 5pm Blog is tipping its hat to Edinburgh’s Bar Soba after the Hanover Street venue has pulled off an audacious Fringe coup. As the Edinburgh Festivals prepare to...
[][1]Foraged foods are all the fashion at Edinburgh Larder Bistro Edinburgh Larder Bistro, a 5pm Restaurants member, on Alva Street is celebrating its first birthday with a complete refurbishment. Currently closed, the West End bistro...
[][1]The Inn on the Mile is set for a busy summer season As usual in Edinburgh during the run-up to the festivals, there has been a flurry of new bar and restaurant openings. In the last week, The Inn on the Mile; Port of Siam in the New...
[][1]The Bread Street Brasserie at Edinburgh’s Point Hotel has been refurbished The Bread Street Brasserie, part of Edinburgh’s Point Hotel, has just had a top to toe makeover and is looking rather swish. A preview at the...
[][1]The Kitchen crew at Cook and Indi’s Bishopbriggs The 5pm Restaurants blog is always keen to blether about hot dogs/ceviche/pickles/whatever being the latest hot trend on the food front. But while we get all excited about...
[][1]Getting ready to cook Peruvian style The 5pm blog had a fun afternoon yesterday at a ceviche master class run by Martin Morales at Mark Greenaway’s restaurant in Edinburgh. Mr Morales is the founder of the Ceviche Peruvian...
[][1]Scottish langoustine: best food ever? Did anyone else see the story about the Dorset beach hut which is for sale at a cool £200,000? Now the 5pm restaurant blog likes to be beside the seaside as much as the next salty old seadog but...
[][1]The lights are being switched on at Glasgow’s Little Urban Achievers Club There are lots of new restaurants and bars popping up all over the Central Belt – must be something to do with all the sunshine. Over on...
[][1]Andy Murray: first a Wimbledon champion and now a burger Here at 5pm Restaurant HQ, we knew it would only be a matter of time before Andy Murray’s Wimbledon triumph was commemorated in food form. To be honest, we’re...
[][1]Check out the chandelier at EH2 Tempus The 5pm blog recently spent a fun night at EH2 Tempus in Edinburgh’s George Hotel. The George Street restaurant was launching its new summer menu with a tasting of the key...
[][1]Your blogger in holiday gear Not normally one for delayed gratification, the 5pm blog is not going on holiday until much later in the year. While my fur might not feel the warmth of Spanish, French or Asian sunshine this summer,...
[][1]Live cook stations are part of the appeal at the new Cosmo in Edinburgh Chinese and Indian food have been easy to find on British high streets for well over fifty years but, until recently, other Asian foods were harder to track...
[][1]The scene is set for Burgher Burger to return to The Signet Library in Edinburgh The run-up to the Edinburgh Festival is always a lively time for the capital’s eating and drinking scene. Existing businesses scrub up for the crowds of...
[][1]The Centotre bar tenders are ready to rock the cocktail list Centotre on Edinburgh’s George Street re-opened last night after a refresh of its interior. The popular Italian restaurant is celebrating its tenth year in business...
[][1]Not for triskaidekaphobes There are a number of cities in the world which are real drinkers’ cities and Edinburgh is one of them. From ancient howfs hidden down dark closes to the shiny cocktail emporiums of George Street, the...
[][1]Dennis Malcolm: there isn’t much he doesn’t know about whisky The 5pm blog had a memorable night recently at a whisky dinner for Dennis Malcolm, a man who was happily celebrating half a century in the whisky...
