*POST UPDATED OCTOBER 2026
Warning: this post contains a lot of recommendations about, funnily enough, drinking & eating. It will likely make you hungry, thirsty for a beer, and perhaps intrigue you into looking up flight prices. Read on at your own peril.
At the end of July of this year, Boyfriend & I celebrated our two year anniversary. Our ideal way to celebrate anything is to eat ridiculously good food, & lots of it. My ideal way to celebrate any new day ever is to get out & go travelling. So, we planned a weekend to Edinburgh & filled our days with copious amounts of food, alcohol, & doughnuts. It was glorious. Can I tell you about it?
where to stay
Buccleuch Street // we ended up staying in an apartment we found on AirBnB. Neither of us would recommend the apartment itself — but it had a good location! A great base for wandering around to every corner of the city, which is handy if you’re willing to walk as far as we are for a good meal!
where to get coffee
Wellington Coffee // good coffee is one of the first things I investigate in a city & this place was near the top of a few lists. We actually stumbled across it by accident; it’s this tiny blink & you’ll miss it half-underground café where everything is squished together in the cosiest way. The vibe inside was pleasantly hipster-y, and the coffee was fantastic! Would recommend. Address: 33A George St, Edinburgh EH2 2HN
Press Coffee // literally less than a one minute walk from our apartment, we stopped here daily for our morning coffee fix. It was strong, punchy, and exactly what we were looking for! We also ventured in for breakfast one morning, I had a delicious scone the size of my face, while Boyfriend had a wonderful plate of scrambled eggs & toast! Bonus: the walls are so yellow it’s impossible not to feel happy inside. Would recommend. Address: 30 Buccleuch St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9LP
Brew Lab // a real deal kind of coffee place that makes the hipsters in Wellington Coffee look like fakers. There’s a slightly intimidating coffee menu, but you can do this, it is so worth it. I had a kick-ass flat white that knocked my socks off. We got ours to-go & sat on the cute bench outside. Address: 6-8 S College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA
*2024 UPDATE: sadly, now closed.