Our Beer Woman’s Verdict Guys, it’s simple. Hidden Door is cool and you should go. Oh, you want to know more? Okay. So some lovely people from Edinburgh and beyond who like art, theatre and music did this awesome thing last year where they turned a disused space – the vaults on Market St – …

ExteriorIt’s always a bit of a challenge to get enough reviews done in the first part of the Festival so that people can sample the wares of places before the month is out. Diner 42, the evening incarnation of Appetite Direct, on Howe Street, has popped-up for the month, to lure in lucrative Festival trade. …

Over the past week, I’ve set up semi-permanent residence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, not least as I’m doing a little work for The Istanbul Review, following the release of Issue 1, earlier this month.Interior The main hive of eating and drinking activity is in the Guardian Spiegeltent. Festival goers will understand what a …

Blythe’s Verdict There was a time when Lunchquest was dominated by a carefully crafted plan of attack, which often involved restaurant reservations made months in advance. These days, for one reason or another, we’re taking things as they come, a little more. This often leads us to interesting new places, and this was how things …

To be helpful to our visiting friends, here to sample the joys of the Festival City, we thought we’d put together a bumper blast of likely lunch spots, to help you out when hunger strikes. These are the collated thoughts of some of our readers, based on their experiences over recent times. Full reviews of …