Edinburgh Reviews

The Badpiper is not just a finalist at the Australian Got Talent TV show – he’s also performed on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. If you’re a fan you can even buy his CDs from the website. It was quite some performance. Until today you might not have thought it was possible to play Queen’s We Will [...]

Los Cardos is a tex-mex on Leith Walk, opposite Balfour Street and between Jameson Place and Dalmeny Street. It is good to see new business on Leith Walk, the area certainly has suffered in the trams chaos. The restaurant has a reviews section on their website. This review is unlikely to make it. Los Cardos [...]

Dusit is a popular Thai restaurant on Thistle Street in the block between Hanover Street and Frederick Street. Booking ahead of time is recommended. My last trip to Dusit was fairly early on a Thursday night and had we not booked then we would not have got a table. Lunch is easier but can still [...]

On Foursquare, the popular social location network, the most popular tip left on Murrayfield Stadium is one by BBC America. It points out that: This stadium, in Scotland’s capital, holds the recorded for the largest attendance to a rugby match – 104,000 watched Scotland play Wales in 1975. If you’re surprised by the 1975 date [...]

Fascinating Mummies is a newly installed exhibit at the National Museum of Scotland. It’s tucked away in gallery 1 on the third level of the building. This means if you enter from the new main entrance on the corner you have a bit of a walk to get to it – but head for the [...]

Nobles Bar looks fantastic. It has impressive stained glass windows, a combination of dark wood and tiles on the floor, quirky and comfortable furniture. The decorations are fantastic, a little eccentric, but largely in theme with the Port of Leith and the old trading ships that helped keep Edinburgh on the map. Speaking of maps; [...]

The Zizzi in Ocean Terminal, I think, is an important restaurant in the history of the shopping centre. It was the first reason to visit Ocean Terminal if you wanted to have a sit down meal. The other eateries in the shopping centre, before Zizzi arrived, had not quite cracked it and failed to satisfy. [...]

The Waterline is a pub on The Shore in Leith – an area that’s increasingly just seen as The Shore and separate from the rest of Leith. The views from the front of The Waterline are great. Large windows are especially lovely in the summer when the sunlight streams in and the Water of Leith [...]

Illegal Jack’s is a large, clean and pleasant grill serving contemporary Texan Mexican food. It is locally owned and operated. The restaurant is on the busy Lothian Road, near the Bread Street and Morrison Street junction. It is ideally suited for people doing a movie-dinner combo as its near to both the Odeon Cinema and [...]

The Compass Bar is a bright and popular bar on the corner of Constitution Street and Queen Charlotte Street. It has mixed luck with its neighbours; on the downside the twin building across Constitution Street sits in neglect growing dirtier with each winter but on the plus side and across Queen Charlotte Street is the [...]