Best cafés around the University and Meadows

• Eating and Drinking Guide
• 28 April 2017

Peter's Yard Café Quartermile

Where to head for coffee and snacks around Edinburgh University and the Meadows

Young professionals mix it with the students and academics over single-origin coffee, free-from baking and even bacon rolls in between lectures, or when it's too early/cold for cider on the Meadows, at these cafés and wee places around the university.

August_21 Coffee House
89 Causewayside, EH9 1QG
Cool little neighbourhood cafe serving colourful sandwiches, free-from baking and good coffee.
facebook.com/August21CoffeeHouse | read our review of August_21 Coffee House

Cult Espresso
104 Buccleuch Street, EH8 9NG
Hip, split-level venue with a laser-focus on coffee – and a decent bacon roll.
cult-espresso.com | read our review of Cult Espresso

Earthy Market Café
33–41 Ratcliffe Terrace, EH9 1SX
The Causewayside original outpost of calm and wellbeing promoting seasonal, local, organic and free-range eating.
earthy.co.uk | read our review of Earthy Market Café

Filament Coffee
38 Clerk Street, EH8 9HX
Cool coffee hangout with great coffee, excellent cakes and decent pastries too.
filamentcoffee.com | read our review of Filament Coffee

Peter's Yard Café Quartermile
27 Simpson Loan, EH3 9GG
Lovely light-filled space with loads of outdoor seating, due to rebrand to Söderberg at some point this summer.
petersyard.com | read our review of Peter's Yard Café Quartermile

Victor Hugo Delicatessen
26–27 Melville Drive, EH9 1LP
Lively, classic deli-café-takeaway on the edge of the Meadows with a firm focus on the nicer things in life.
victorhugodeli.com | read our review of Victor Hugo Delicatessen