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Bonnie & Wild

A food hall of Scottish food and drink on Level 4 of the St James Quarter, with ten kitchens including Julie Lin's Tacos Lah, three bars and a bottle shop.

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Bonnie & Wild is a big, bright food hall on Level 4 of the St James Quarter, across the road from Waverley Station, and it's one of the easiest places in the city to feed a group who can't agree.

It's given over to Scottish food and drink, with ten kitchens and a café, three bars and a bottle shop under one roof. You'll find fish and seafood at Creel Caught by Gary Maclean, Sri Lankan street food at Kochchi, Chinese cooking at Leith Woks, New York-style pizza at Flùr and stuffed cookies at Chulo's. The newest kitchen is Tacos Lah from chef Julie Lin, who turns Malaysian street food into tacos, rice bowls and burritos, from lemongrass beef to sambal pork with pineapple salsa and a spiced haggis taco. You order at each counter, take a buzzer and pick up your drinks at the bar. There's no need to book, even for a big group, and it's cards only.

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Before you go

Open every day from 9am until midnight, with breakfast from 9am and the kitchens from noon.

There is no booking: walk in, find a table, and order at each counter.

Where
Level 4, St James Quarter, 415-417 St James Crescent, Edinburgh EH1 3AE, across the road from Waverley Station.
Open
Every day, 9am to midnight. Food until 9pm, and 9.30pm on Friday and Saturday.
Inside
Creel Caught by Gary Maclean, Kochchi, Leith Woks, Flùr, Chooks, Salt & Chilli Oriental, Soup & Caboodle, Eusebi Bakery, Chulo's Stuffed Cookies, illy Caffè, and three bars.
Tacos Lah
Julie Lin's tacos, rice bowls and burritos, 12pm to 9pm, and 9.30pm on Friday and Saturday.
Booking
Not needed, even for large groups.
Children
Welcome, with high chairs and baby changing. Under-12s must be with an adult, and all children leave by 11pm.
Dogs
Guide dogs only inside; dogs are welcome at the outside tables by the front doors.
Paying
Cards and contactless only.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance, toilet and seating, reached by lift.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–midnight
Tuesday
9am–midnight
Wednesday
9am–midnight
Thursday
9am–midnight
Friday
9am–midnight
Saturday
9am–midnight
Sunday
9am–midnight

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Where it is

On Level 4 of the St James Quarter, across the road from Waverley Station and at the east end of Princes Street.

Close byThe St James Quarter and the east end of the New Town.
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