Explore our list of standout restaurants in the city, each chosen for its unique offerings and consistent quality. Experience good food, thoughtful pairings, and the local culinary scene at its best.
David Bann is a celebrated vegetarian and vegan restaurant that offers a unique dining experience. The menu creatively blends Scottish traditions with global influences, with options to suit all occasions and tastes. With a minimalist design and a welcoming atmosphere, it's a great spot for any occasion.
David Bann is a celebrated vegetarian and vegan restaurant that offers a unique dining experience. The menu creatively blends Scottish traditions with global influences, with options to suit all occasions and tastes. With a minimalist design and a welcoming atmosphere, it's a great spot for any occasion.
Nestled on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, The Black Grape blends inventive, globally influenced small‑plate dining with a relaxed yet stylish wine and cocktail bar. From raw oysters and beef carpaccio to wild‑mushroom spring rolls, seared scallops, seabass and house‑seared steak, the menu draws on Scotland’s larder to offer a thoughtfully curated mix of seafood, meat, vegetarian and vegan dishes. With a carefully chosen wine list and creative cocktail selection, the venue balances culinary flair and convivial atmosphere — perfect for sharing dishes and enjoying a memorable meal in the heart of the city.
Nestled on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, The Black Grape blends inventive, globally influenced small‑plate dining with a relaxed yet stylish wine and cocktail bar. From raw oysters and beef carpaccio to wild‑mushroom spring rolls, seared scallops, seabass and house‑seared steak, the menu draws on Scotland’s larder to offer a thoughtfully curated mix of seafood, meat, vegetarian and vegan dishes. With a carefully chosen wine list and creative cocktail selection, the venue balances culinary flair and convivial atmosphere — perfect for sharing dishes and enjoying a memorable meal in the heart of the city.
Located on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, Wedgwood the Restaurant offers a premier Scottish dining experience focused on seasonality and innovation. Founded by Paul and Lisa Wedgwood, the restaurant is celebrated for its use of foraged ingredients and local produce, showcased through imaginative à la carte and tasting menus. The atmosphere is elegant and refined yet entirely unpretentious, creating a space where guests can truly relax.
A mainstay in the Michelin Guide, Wedgwood has earned numerous accolades, including SLTN’s Restaurant of the Year. With a passion for wild Scottish flavors and precise culinary skill, it remains a must-visit destination for food lovers in the capital.
Located on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, Wedgwood the Restaurant offers a premier Scottish dining experience focused on seasonality and innovation. Founded by Paul and Lisa Wedgwood, the restaurant is celebrated for its use of foraged ingredients and local produce, showcased through imaginative à la carte and tasting menus. The atmosphere is elegant and refined yet entirely unpretentious, creating a space where guests can truly relax.
A mainstay in the Michelin Guide, Wedgwood has earned numerous accolades, including SLTN’s Restaurant of the Year. With a passion for wild Scottish flavors and precise culinary skill, it remains a must-visit destination for food lovers in the capital.
Set within the historic Edinburgh Grand, Lady Libertine is a multi-floor destination where Art Deco elegance meets a high-energy, subterranean soul. While the ground-floor Café Bar offers a sophisticated space for light bites, the moody basement restaurant serves as the heart of the experience. The menu is a bold exploration of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine, focusing on fragrant, charcoal-grilled dishes and vibrant small plates. Highlights include rich lamb hummus, harissa-spiced cauliflower, and succulent ox cheek fritters. It is a stylish sanctuary prioritising communal dining and exotic spices, making it a standout for flavour-driven explorers.
Set within the historic Edinburgh Grand, Lady Libertine is a multi-floor destination where Art Deco elegance meets a high-energy, subterranean soul. While the ground-floor Café Bar offers a sophisticated space for light bites, the moody basement restaurant serves as the heart of the experience. The menu is a bold exploration of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine, focusing on fragrant, charcoal-grilled dishes and vibrant small plates. Highlights include rich lamb hummus, harissa-spiced cauliflower, and succulent ox cheek fritters. It is a stylish sanctuary prioritising communal dining and exotic spices, making it a standout for flavour-driven explorers.
Located on the historic, bustling Rose Street in the heart of Edinburgh's city centre, Tamil Teru brings the bold, sun-drenched energy of South Indian street food culture to Scotland. Its name directly reflects its identity, Tamil honoring the language of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, and Teru translating to "street", seamlessly capturing the spirit of a vibrant coastal restopub. The interior beautifully weaves together two worlds. A sprawling, bright mural lines the staircase, playfully mixing Scottish icons like Greyfriars Bobby and Tunnock's Tea Cakes with the silhouette of the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai. The layout transitions from a lively ground-floor street-dining space to a cozy, green-hued private dining room upstairs, creating a venue that feels both modern and deeply rooted in tradition. The vibe is exceptionally warm, friendly, and unhurried, channeling the Omotenashi-like hospitality of southern India where meals are shared generously. Rather than generic curries, the focus is entirely on coastal South Indian street food meant for casual, communal grazing. Guests can tear into crisp dosas and flaky parottas, or sample punchy, scratch-made small plates infused with fresh pandan and curry leaves. Complete with a vibrant bar serving Indian draft beers and signature botanical cocktails like the Saffron Old Fashioned, it is a soulful city sanctuary built for celebration and conversation.
Located on the historic, bustling Rose Street in the heart of Edinburgh's city centre, Tamil Teru brings the bold, sun-drenched energy of South Indian street food culture to Scotland. Its name directly reflects its identity, Tamil honoring the language of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, and Teru translating to "street", seamlessly capturing the spirit of a vibrant coastal restopub. The interior beautifully weaves together two worlds. A sprawling, bright mural lines the staircase, playfully mixing Scottish icons like Greyfriars Bobby and Tunnock's Tea Cakes with the silhouette of the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai. The layout transitions from a lively ground-floor street-dining space to a cozy, green-hued private dining room upstairs, creating a venue that feels both modern and deeply rooted in tradition. The vibe is exceptionally warm, friendly, and unhurried, channeling the Omotenashi-like hospitality of southern India where meals are shared generously. Rather than generic curries, the focus is entirely on coastal South Indian street food meant for casual, communal grazing. Guests can tear into crisp dosas and flaky parottas, or sample punchy, scratch-made small plates infused with fresh pandan and curry leaves. Complete with a vibrant bar serving Indian draft beers and signature botanical cocktails like the Saffron Old Fashioned, it is a soulful city sanctuary built for celebration and conversation.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance on this site. Sales, cancellations, and other changes close 43 hours before the tour starts. After payment, you can find your ticket in our free app.
1After purchase, your account and our app show 1. Your ticket 2. Your allergies and dietary notes 3. The restaurants Your 'route' is the order in which you visit the restaurants. You can add or change dietary notes and change your route up to 43 hours before the tour starts.
2The Tour starts at noon. Present your ticket and enjoy your meal. Once done, no need to wait for anyone: you can proceed to the next restaurant. At each stop, show your ticket, relish the dish and drink, and then continue to the next. The kitchens close at 5pm.
3Change or cancel up to 43 hours before the tour starts
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The cost of The Restaurant Tour is £79-£99 per person, depending on location. This includes six dishes, each paired with a suitable wine (or occasionally an alternative beverage). These will be served across six unique restaurants during the tour. Plus, you'll have access to the "Restaurant Tour" app.
No, The Restaurant Tour is self-guided. The complimentary app provides a list of all the restaurants you'll visit, presented in the correct sequence.
Once you've made your purchase, your ticket is automatically linked to your email address. Simply log into our app using that email, and your ticket will be available there.
After ordering, you can add or change allergies and dietary notes per person from your account or the app. This is possible until 43 hours before the tour starts. If something is not listed, email us at info@restauranttour.co.uk.
Yes, but it depends on the route's capacity. You can choose a route when you buy the ticket, or adjust it afterward in the app.
You may cancel without incurring any charges up to 43 hours before the tour starts. For Sunday tours, that means Friday at 4 PM UK time. Beyond this point, we can't accept cancellations due to the preparations the restaurants will have made in anticipation of your visit.
Yes, you can change the date of your ticket up to 43 hours before the tour starts. After this deadline, we can't make any changes as the restaurants will have already prepared for your visit.
Customer
What a wonderful, sociable way to spend a Sunday afternoon, sampling different restaurants that we probably wouldn’t have tried, but will definitely visit again now👍Something for everyone, walking, talking, great fun, clever app, will definitely be booking again. Thank you🙏🏻
Bristol
I didn't really know what to expect as there were not many reviews out there when I booked but it was great fun. I visited parts of Bristol and restaurants that were previously unknown to me. The venues were great, as was the food. We felt very welcome and great effort had been made to provide us with interesting and tasty food and drink. Food was so plentiful that we took the last meal home in a doggie bag because we were stuffed and didn't want to waste it
Glasgow
My husband and I went in the Glasgow Merchant City Restaurant Tour. At each restaurant the food was wonderful and we got drink for each course too. We could tour as quickly or as slowly as we wanted and we had plenty of time to visit all restaurants. We definitely plan to go on another tour and will know it is so good to buy as a gift! I have recommended this tour to friends and colleagues who have also taken the opportunity to go on a food tour!
Birmingham
This was an amazing tour. It was our first time and we enjoyed having the freedom of no guide and on our own timescales.
Manchester
We had a great day. Every restaurant was very friendly and very well organised. Just trying a sample of their delicious meals is enough to make us want to visit them again. The variety in the dishes was brilliant, from Indian tapas, sliders, Spanish, Vietnamese, pizza and cheese & crackers, we had it all, together with the lovely drink accompaniments. Would highly recommend to anyone, great value for money.
Customer
What a wonderful, sociable way to spend a Sunday afternoon, sampling different restaurants that we probably wouldn’t have tried, but will definitely visit again now👍Something for everyone, walking, talking, great fun, clever app, will definitely be booking again. Thank you🙏🏻
Bristol
I didn't really know what to expect as there were not many reviews out there when I booked but it was great fun. I visited parts of Bristol and restaurants that were previously unknown to me. The venues were great, as was the food. We felt very welcome and great effort had been made to provide us with interesting and tasty food and drink. Food was so plentiful that we took the last meal home in a doggie bag because we were stuffed and didn't want to waste it
Glasgow
My husband and I went in the Glasgow Merchant City Restaurant Tour. At each restaurant the food was wonderful and we got drink for each course too. We could tour as quickly or as slowly as we wanted and we had plenty of time to visit all restaurants. We definitely plan to go on another tour and will know it is so good to buy as a gift! I have recommended this tour to friends and colleagues who have also taken the opportunity to go on a food tour!
Birmingham
This was an amazing tour. It was our first time and we enjoyed having the freedom of no guide and on our own timescales.
Manchester
We had a great day. Every restaurant was very friendly and very well organised. Just trying a sample of their delicious meals is enough to make us want to visit them again. The variety in the dishes was brilliant, from Indian tapas, sliders, Spanish, Vietnamese, pizza and cheese & crackers, we had it all, together with the lovely drink accompaniments. Would highly recommend to anyone, great value for money.
Liverpool
My partner and I booked on to the Castle street restaurant tour in Liverpool and it was possibly our favourite date we have ever been on! It was well organised, good value for money and a great opportunity to try new restaurants around our city which we have since visited regularly. I would definitely like to try one of the other tours.
Birmingham
Good value for money. Something fun for a Sunday. Good opportunity to see restaurants you'd not necessarily normally visit.
Customer
Fantastic experience. Visited great restaurants I wouldn't have gone to otherwise.
Glasgow
Fantastic day out in Glasgow on the Restaurant Tour. We had not expected the portions to be so generous, full size mains, and what a nice surprise for the matched wines to be equally generous, and in most cases of a very high quality! It was good to have the restaurants spaced out enough to walk off the meal before digging into the next one! And all the venues were beautifully appointed, the ambiance just perfect for not one but six meals fit for a couple of princesses!!
Birmingham
Really really well organized and some fantastic places to visit. The difference between the best and worst place on the tour was quite vast, but 5 of our 6 stops were incredible and the variety actually made it more interesting and enjoyable. Would definitely recommend!
Liverpool
My partner and I booked on to the Castle street restaurant tour in Liverpool and it was possibly our favourite date we have ever been on! It was well organised, good value for money and a great opportunity to try new restaurants around our city which we have since visited regularly. I would definitely like to try one of the other tours.
Birmingham
Good value for money. Something fun for a Sunday. Good opportunity to see restaurants you'd not necessarily normally visit.
Customer
Fantastic experience. Visited great restaurants I wouldn't have gone to otherwise.
Glasgow
Fantastic day out in Glasgow on the Restaurant Tour. We had not expected the portions to be so generous, full size mains, and what a nice surprise for the matched wines to be equally generous, and in most cases of a very high quality! It was good to have the restaurants spaced out enough to walk off the meal before digging into the next one! And all the venues were beautifully appointed, the ambiance just perfect for not one but six meals fit for a couple of princesses!!
Birmingham
Really really well organized and some fantastic places to visit. The difference between the best and worst place on the tour was quite vast, but 5 of our 6 stops were incredible and the variety actually made it more interesting and enjoyable. Would definitely recommend!
