This 3.5-hour food tour focuses on locally sourced Scottish food and takes patrons to four different Old and New Town restaurants or pubs, with around 30 to 40 minutes of walking in total and roughly 15 minutes between venues.
Instead of small samples, guests dine on full meals, and depending on the time you select this may be brunch, lunch or dinner, which the Scots call tea. Meals may include smoked salmon, Cullen skink soup, haggis, black pudding, sticky toffee pudding, or the very Scottish creamy dessert cranachan. The small-group format leans into a more personalised experience where dietary requirements can be handled.
What to Expect
Rather than nibbling tasters, you sit down to full-sized plates at four venues across the Old and New Town. The walking is gentle: about 30 to 40 minutes total, roughly a quarter of an hour between each stop, so it doubles as a light city walk between courses.
Because it is timed as brunch, lunch or dinner depending on your slot, treat it as your main meal for the day rather than a top-up.
What Is Included
Four full courses at four different restaurants or pubs are included. The exact dishes rotate with the season and venue, but the line-up leans hard into Scottish classics.
- Smoked salmon
- Cullen skink soup
- Haggis
- Black pudding
- Sticky toffee pudding
- Cranachan
Who It Suits
This one suits travellers who would rather eat proper meals than graze on samples, and who like a small group where the guide has time for questions and dietary swaps. If you want lighter tasting portions and a secret course instead, the Edinburgh Secret Food Tour is the better fit.
Practical Tips
- Come genuinely hungry: these are full meals, not samples
- Pick your slot by appetite: brunch, lunch or dinner timing
- Tell them dietary needs in advance so venues can prep
- Expect light walking of about 30 to 40 minutes total
- Book early: small groups fill quickly
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these full meals or small samples?
Full meals. Eat Walk Edinburgh serves proper sit-down courses at four Old and New Town venues rather than tasting-size portions, so it works as your main meal for the day.
How much walking is involved?
Only around 30 to 40 minutes in total, roughly 15 minutes between each of the four venues, making it an easy walk between courses.