Places to meet in Edinburgh
122 places to meet in Edinburgh: cafés, restaurants, parks and more. Plan a meet-up on NearMeetup.
Culture
- Edinburgh Castle · Museum · City of Edinburgh
- Scottish National Gallery · Museum · City of Edinburgh
- National Museum of Scotland · Museum · City of Edinburgh
- National Library of Scotland · Library · Edinburgh
- HMY Britannia · Museum · City of Edinburgh
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery · Museum · City of Edinburgh
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art · Museum · City of Edinburgh
- Usher Hall · Theater · City of Edinburgh
- Camera Obscura and World of Illusions · Exhibition · Old TownAn attraction of optical illusions and a camera obscura with views over the Old Town.
Outdoor
- Forth Bridge · Scenic spot · Fife
- Forth Road Bridge · Scenic spot · Fife
- Edinburgh Zoo · Park · City of Edinburgh
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh · Park · City of Edinburgh
- Princes Street Gardens · Park · City of Edinburgh
- Queensferry Crossing · Scenic spot · Fife
- Grassmarket · Public square · City of Edinburgh
- Holyrood Park · Park · City of Edinburgh
- Calton Hill · Scenic spot · BroughtonA public hill in central Edinburgh with monuments and city views.
- Cramond Beach · Beach · CramondA beach and village at the mouth of the River Almond, with a causeway walk to Cramond Island.
Food & drink
- Café Praline · Cafe · Leith LinksA café on Leith Walk.
- Cairngorm Coffee · Cafe · West EndA specialty coffee shop with its own roasted coffee.
- Clarinda's Tearoom · Tea house · HolyroodA small traditional tearoom on the Royal Mile's Canongate stretch.
- Contini George Street · Restaurant · New TownAn Italian restaurant on George Street.
- Dishoom Edinburgh · Restaurant · New TownAn Indian restaurant in the style of a Bombay cafe, on St Andrew Square.
- Dovecot Studios Café · Cafe · AbbeyhillA café inside the Dovecot tapestry studios in a former Victorian bathhouse.
- Fortitude Coffee · Cafe · StockbridgeA specialty coffee shop in Stockbridge.
- Howies (Waterloo Place) · Restaurant · BroughtonA Scottish restaurant on Waterloo Place.
- Kalpna · Restaurant · NewingtonA long-running vegetarian Indian restaurant near the University of Edinburgh.
- Lovecrumbs · Cafe · GrassmarketA cafe known for homemade cakes and coffee, open since 2012.
Sports
- Murrayfield Stadium · Football pitch · City of Edinburgh
- Easter Road · Football pitch · City of Edinburgh
- Tynecastle Park · Football pitch · City of Edinburgh
- Royal Commonwealth Pool · Swimming pool · NewingtonA large public swimming and diving pool complex built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games and since modernised.
Nightlife
- Café Royal Circle Bar · Pub · New TownA Victorian pub with tiled murals near the east end of Princes Street.
- Leith Depot · Pub · LeithA pub on Leith Walk.
- Oxford Bar · Pub · New TownA small, traditional New Town pub.
- Panda & Sons · Bar · New TownA cocktail bar on Queen Street.
- Sandy Bell's · Pub · AbbeyhillA small traditional pub known for nightly folk music sessions.
Entertainment
- Cameo Picturehouse · Cinema · TollcrossA historic art-deco cinema showing mainstream and independent films.
- Dominion Cinema · Cinema · MorningsideA family-run art-deco cinema with sofa seating.
- Filmhouse · Cinema · TollcrossAn independent arthouse cinema on Lothian Road.
- Roxy Lanes · Bowling · New TownA bowling venue on Rose Street with pool and karaoke booths.