Bartender pours a dark liqueur over crushed ice onto a cocktail garnished with mint and blackberry

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Restaurants and Bars in Edinburgh's New Town

Behind the Georgian front doors of the New Town are some of Edinburgh's best restaurants and oldest bars. From Victorian oyster bars to townhouse tasting menus, these are the ones worth finding.

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Updated 22 September 2026. Across Edinburgh.

Behind the Georgian front doors of the New Town are some of Edinburgh's best restaurants and oldest bars. Victorian oyster bars with tiled portraits on the walls, townhouse dining rooms doing five courses, and basements where the cocktails are as good as anywhere in the country.

We've picked out our favourite New Town restaurants and bars, most of them within a few streets of each other. These are the ones worth finding, and most of them are worth booking ahead.

Bartender pours a dark liqueur over crushed ice onto a cocktail garnished with mint and blackberry

Open until 1amMore infoEdinburghBramble BarRestaurant

Ornate ceiling and leather booths inside a pub with a "Cask Ales" sign

Open until 1amMore infoEdinburghCafé RoyalRestaurant

Shelves of bottled cocktails at Bramble, including Affinity, Six Cylinder and Brooklyn Cocktail

Open until 1amMore infoEdinburghLucky Liquor CoRestaurant

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Bar stools face shelves of spirits lit above a patterned tiled floor

More infoEdinburghNumber 1 at BalmoralRestaurant

Ornate terracotta facade of Browns restaurant between narrow townhouses on a city street

Open until 11pmMore infoEdinburghBrowns Brasserie & BarRestaurant

Pan-seared salmon with roast potatoes and tomato salsa, plated among fishing nets and floats

More infoEdinburghFishers in the CityRestaurant

Booth seating and framed portraits line a dark-panelled restaurant wall

Open until 12amMore infoEdinburghDishoomRestaurant

Baguette sandwiches with soft filling, secured by cocktail sticks, beside bowls of soup

Open until 1amMore infoEdinburghLe MondeRestaurant

Voodoo Rooms

The Dogs Restaurant

Corinthian columns wrapped in fairy lights with a red-bowed wreath at the entrance

Open until 12amMore infoEdinburghThe Dome EdinburghRestaurant

Sesame bun burger with charred patty, frilly lettuce and red sauce

Open until 10pmMore infoEdinburghHoly CowRestaurant

Printing Press Bar & Kitchen

Wooden bar with glass shelves lined with spirits and beer taps

Open until 10pmMore infoEdinburghKinRestaurant

99 Hanover Street

Cut-glass tumbler with orange peel garnish beside a lit copper candle

Open until 3amMore infoEdinburghNightcapRestaurant

Hoot the Redeemer

Man standing outside The Street bar, with rainbow murals and pavement seating

Open until 3amMore infoEdinburghThe Street BarRestaurant

Two red cocktails with dried orange garnish poured beneath bar taps

Open until 1amMore infoEdinburghTonicRestaurant

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