Rising Tide Cafe: An Interview with Catherine.

Rising Tide Cafe is on Portobello High Street, a few minutes’ walk from the beach: a licensed café open seven days a week, with brunch served all day, scones in all sorts of flavours and coffee roasted locally by Cairngorm. It is run by a family, who chose their suppliers one by one and bring in a changing selection of art and events. Catherine, one of its founders, answered our questions about the café and the corner of Edinburgh around it. She sends people to the beach and the promenade after brunch, and twenty minutes on foot to the woods at Newhailes and the Brunstane Burn, which feel a long way from the city. She has a garden in Duddingston to recommend, an idea for when it pours, and good news about parking.

Rising Tide Cafe was born out of a desire to create a welcoming and relaxed space, where lovely food, delicious drinks, and good company can come together.

We are a family based team, who have worked hard to create a nice place where you can enjoy lovely, well curated food and drinks in comfortable, looked after, creative surroundings.

We have hand picked our suppliers and producers with care and attention. We bring you a changing selection of art, creativity, events, and seasonally changing delights.

We are truly grateful for your support. Thank you for coming with us on this journey.

The home of brunch and scone paradise. We aim to delight with our seasonally changing flavours and menu specials, delicious coffee roasted locally by Cairngorm, and flavoursome teas by Shibui. We serve matcha, smoothies and milkshakes along with a vibrant range of soft drinks, eggs a plenty, an ever changing range of cakes, traybakes and pastries, and we are fully licensed, serving alcoholic beverages from 12.30pm daily. Open 7 days!

Portobello beach and promenade has got to be on the hit list for a post brunch stroll. The ever changing light and colours of the sea and sky are always a wonder.

Take a walk along to Newhailes or the Brunstane Burn for that out of the city (but still in the city) feel. It's just a 20 minute walk from the cafe but feels like it's miles away when you are there. Think woodland, vibrant greens, open fields. A great place to walk through the trees when it's pouring with rain. Good for dogs too!

For wet days, how about an escape room..... By the time you get out it might be sunny!

Dr Neil's Garden in Duddingston is a pretty cool spot.

Portobello has free on street parking. Lots of great parks, very dog friendly. It's a great community. Also, check out the Edinburgh Minute and TownSpot to find out what's on locally and across Edinburgh.

Rising Tide Cafe is at 324 Portobello High Street. It opens every day except over Christmas and New Year, from 10am (9am on Fridays and Saturdays) until 4pm, and the kitchen closes at 3.30pm. Dogs are welcome, and tables can be booked on its website.