On the bow of the boat Permanently berthed at Alexandra Dock in Leith, Fingal is a luxury floating hotel with a storied past—and a shimmering present. Originally commissioned by the Northern Lighthouse Board in 1963, the vessel was acquired in 2014 by The Royal Yacht Britannia Trust. Following a £5 million transformation, this former lighthouse tender reopened to the public in 2019 as a superyacht-style retreat, complete with the 2 AA rosette The Lighthouse Bar & Restaurant

Rodney Wages Avery is a Michelin-starred restaurant in Stockbridge , Edinburgh, celebrated for its bold, creative tasting menus that fuse Asia-influenced Californian cuisine with the best of Scottish produce. It’s a singular dining experience—refined, intimate, and quietly theatrical. Chef Rodney Wages relocated his acclaimed San Francisco restaurant to Edinburgh after falling hard for the city. “I started in London and worked my way up the country,” he tells me. “When I got

Alan Keery and Sarah Baldry As we come to the end of the year, I’ve started writing my bucket list of food places to try by 2026.  The first restaurant I tick off is Nàdair (nature in Gaelic), a contemporary neighbourhood spot in the heart of Marchmont. Selected as one of Condé Nast Traveller’s UK Top New Restaurants 2024 , it offers creative cooking that celebrates local Scottish produce and foraged ingredients. The interior is warm and minimalist — white tiles line the wal

Links House at Royal Dornoch If you enjoy whisky and a taste of the high life, consider a luxurious stay at Links House at Royal Dornoch to make the most of this year's Dornoch Whisky Festival. What to Expect at the Dornoch Whisky Festival 2025 The Dornoch Whisky Festival is an annual must-attend weekend for serious fans of the water of life, which takes place between Friday 24th and Sunday 26th October. In its 10th year, the festival programme boasts a whole series of events

A site of murder Deep in the heart of the Knipoch House hotel is a dining room unlike any other I’ve been in. Ancient exposed stone...

The view from reception St. Fillans is a picturesque village in Perthshire, a few miles west of Comrie. It sits at the edge of Loch Earn,...

The view There is a muted elegance in the Baronial castle that is the five-star Cameron House by Loch Lomond, built by William Spence in...

(Left to right, Emma Hemy, Restaurant Manager and Chef de Cuisine Mathew Sherry)   On Monday, 16th June , Chef de Cuisine Mathew Sherry...

A Luxury Escape at The Pine Trees in Pitlochry

Head Sommelier Callum McCann One of Edinburgh’s most celebrated restaurants, Number One , has been awarded 2 Californian Stars by The...

The Seafood Ristorante has a unique structure and setting T he Seafood Ristorante , one of Scotland's premier dining destinations,...

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum dressed for the occasion As soon as it was announced that Glasgow was to host the prestigious Michelin...

Chef Graeme Cheevers Hot on the heels of news that he’d retained a Michelin Star for his Glasgow restaurant Unalome for a third year...

Cured halibut, blue spirulina Stockbridge is certainly having a moment, as is Edinburgh, which was voted the Most Exciting Food Destination ahead of London in the respected Good Food Guide in January.   As the gastronomic stars align around our city, the newly opened Moss shines as brightly as Sirius. This farm-to-table restaurant, owned by Chef Director Henry Dobson, boasts over 90 products sourced directly from Dobson’s Scottish family farm in Angus. His family venture and

Paul Green at the famous Colbodst location The Three Chimneys on the Isle of Skye has appointed a new head chef to lead its kitchen...

Henry Dobson has worked at several Michelin starred restaurants Moss, a new farm-to-table restaurant owned by Chef Director, Henry Dobson is set to open in Stockbridge on 29th January with over 90 products sourced directly from Dobson’s Scottish family farm.   The 26-cover scandi-inspired minimalist dining room has been designed by Henry and his artist wife, Akiko, featuring their homemade textured paint, using ash from farm-sourced hardwood, that gives the impression of expo

Mackerel This shoebox-sized restaurant has a red neon sign alerting diners to a basement setting that housed the Blue Parrot Cantina for decades in St Stephen’s Street, Stockbridge.  The once terracotta and indigo interior has been painted black otherwise the layout is unchanged with a small reception/bar/open kitchen and outside cludgie.  There are separate food, wine and cocktails menus and one dessert. The sparing menus nod to the kitchen's size, but also to Skua’s ethos.

Gilda Pintxo One-star Michelin’s Timberyard has recently opened a sister restaurant/wine bar in Montrose Terrace in the Abbeyhill neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The new venture ‘Montrose’  offers two different experiences: fine dining on the top floor and a wine bar with a kitchen on the ground floor. Mrs Bite and I booked the bar for a Saturday lunch to try the food offer (wine will be tasted later this Spring.) The decor is neat and Scandic-inspired with pale colours and esse

Flatbreads, Duck Liver Parfait, Salted Redcurrant Past the Turkish kebab shops and barbers, past Harburn Hobbies and Vittoria – I trundle...