Edinburgh Reviews

Tapa is tucked away, 19 Shore Place, just around the corner from the Shore. It is worth finding though – especially if you’re a fan of Spanish food. The restaurant is large; with two distinct sections. I once had a pleasant dinner almost unaware there was a large group of diners in the second section [...]

Update: June 25th 2012 Edinburgh Zoo want to distance themselves from this video. They have good reason to do so as this footage isn’t from Edinburgh Zoo after all. In addition, the zoo has a policy of keeping all animal/kepper interaction to a minimum. Where is this footage actually from? This is from Glasgow Zoo. [...]

The Olympic Torch arrives in Edinburgh on the 13th of June. The flame also passes out of Edinburgh on the 14th on its way to Duddingston, Musselburgh and then Dalkeith. There are a number proposed road closures in Edinburgh because of the Olympic Torch. They are; Castlehill Ramsay Lane Ramsay Garden Mound Place (except event [...]

The Carriers Quarters (pictured) is one of a dozen or so Leith venues supporting this year’s Leith Jazz and Blues festival. The three day programme runs from June 15th to June 17th and will feature the likes of Wendy Weatherby, Tom Findlay, Hamish MacGregor, Dougie Urquhart, Ged Brockie, Black Diamond Express, Barry Gordon Blues Explosion, [...]

We arrived at the Bella Italia discussing that this would be an interesting time to visit. The place is brand new, just opened, and restaurants like Bella are at their worst when they’re brand new, staff are inexperienced and the system is still finding its feet. We left Bella Italia safe in the knowledge that [...]

I’ve been to the original Leith Lynx a few times and this new, re-opened, Leith Lynx a few times and rather strangely they feel different. The décor is the same and the cook is the same so the change in ambience is hard to pin down. When the Leith Lynx re-opened I asked the waitress [...]