[https://www.youtube.com/embed/74WEwUnmH-Y?feature=oembed] On Tuesday night, the 5pm Dining blog pulled on its increasingly tight dinner jacket and toddled along to the premiere of Sunshine on Leith. A feelgood, family-friendly hit, the...
[][1]Jeff and Chris Galvin: Michelin-starred chefs Last week the 5pm Dining blog had a chat with Chris Galvin who, along with his brother Jeff, runs The Pompadour by Galvin and the Galvin Brasserie de Luxe in The Caledonian, a Waldorf...
[][1]Social and Cocktail can help you shake up your parties The 5pm Dining blog has seldom fought shy of a rip-snorting cocktail. The trouble is that while well trained bar staff can make it look the simplest thing in the world, whipping...
[][1]Hervè the food truck is at the heart of Loving Food If you are in Stirling on Saturday then you might want to head along to Feast-ival, Stirling’s first street food festival. It will take place at Stirling’s Old Town Jail yard. Along...
[][1]Martin Lawrence, General Manager of the Marine Hotel (l) and Ryan James, proprietor of Two Fat Ladies (r), check the dishes from Andrew Beattie, head chef of the imminent Two Fat Ladies at The Marine While stoically resisting the ‘Two...
[][1]The bar at the recently launched Hope on Waterloo Street Maclay Inns have been busy boys and girls of late. Hot on the heels of opening Munro’s and relaunching the Tullie Inn, Balloch, the firm have just opened the doors of The...
[][1]With over 400 Scotch whiskies available, SCOTCH at The Balmoral will thrill malt-lovers To The Balmoral in Edinburgh where the five star hotel has just unveiled SCOTCH – its new whisky bar. With over 400 Scottish whiskies for sale, it...
[][1]Andy Warhol: captured for posterity in pizza form We’ve mentioned Domenico Crolla and his pizza art before on the 5pm Takeaway blog. If memory serves, the owner of Bella Napoli in Glasgow’s Southside had just recreated the Mona Lisa...
[][1]Champagne Central has injected some fizz into their cocktail line-up The 5pm Dining blog is delighted to report that we are being flooded with drink-related news. Few things perk up the post-Festival torpor quite as effectively as...
[https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yp-S7E0-bXs?feature=oembed] The Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight gets underway from Saturday. Over the next fourteen days, organisers expect there to be over 200 food and drink related events held...
[][1]Craig Sandle is Executive Chef at The Pompadour by Galvin and Galvin Brasserie de Luxe, both new entrants in The Good Food Guide Scottish restaurants have a good showing in the latest edition of The Good Food Guide which is published...
[][1]Black Cow Vodka is made in West Dorset Some readers may recall the Knorr stock cube ads which involved a hapless bloke marvelling at the mysteries of his wife’s soup. The dim-witted husband was perplexed as to how his wife could...
[][1]Ong Gie Korean restaurant is broadening the choice of cuisines available in Edinburgh The 5pm Dining blog had an enjoyable meal at Ong Gie earlier this week. It is a new Korean place which has opened on Brougham Street in Edinburgh’s...
At 5pm we really do have some brilliant deals, even if we say so ourselves. We believe you don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy a good meal in a top quality restaurant – and thanks to us, you don’t have to. Here’s...
[][1]The Steampunk Cafe will be pulling into Drury Street on Saturday The 5pm Dining blog is always delighted to see people try out previously unexplored niches when it comes to opening bars and restaurants. Taking the niche concept to a...
[][1]The Castle view from the Sky bar in the Point Hotel As we noted earlier this week, Sunday will see the end of this year’s International Festival in Edinburgh. Once more, the event will be marked with a spectacular fireworks...
