Williams & Johnson at Waverley Mall As we highlighted in our post about the 25 Best Things to Eat and Drink This August, Williams & Johnson have recently opened a branch in Waverley Mall, bringing their coffee excellence to the city centre. With their roasting base of operations and first cafe at Custom Lane, W&J …

The Register Club I’ve had a couple of solid moans about the arrival of St Andrew Square’s so-called ‘cuisine quarter’ in recent times and remain yet to be convinced that good outweighs bad from the development. However, the arrival of The Edinburgh Grand, with a new offering from the Bon Vivant group along with a …

Cosmo I had offered the no-expense-spent opportunity to the winners of the first season of Spottersbadge League to join me for an all-you-can-eat feast at Cosmo to recognise their achievement. Bizarrely, they were reluctant to immediately take this up. It took until recently for me to get round to planning another visit.Exterior I was joined …

Stocks Urban Bistro I’d visited Stocks Urban Bistro shortly after it opened and found it off to a pretty shaky start. Dishes lacked finesse and the space, which previously traded as the very poor Broadsheet Bistro – and blink and you’ll miss it as Henderson’s – felt like it needed a good bit of time …

24 Royal Terrace When I was off on my jaunt to Gran Canaria, I missed a little launch event for the bar at the 24 Royal Terrace hotel. I’d popped in for a late drink shortly after my return and made a note to come and have a proper look at it in the daylight. …