Pickled, poached, grilled and baked the brunch scene at Argyle Place is something to behold. If we trust any nation to conjure up the creamiest porridge, it's the home of the spurtle (aka Scotland) and so you can bet just how tasty the vanilla porridge topped with honey roast peach and toasted hazelnuts at this neighbourhood spot is. Porridge not your thing? Don't fret, the ham benedict is something to write home about. 

The daily ritual at NÀDAIR is drafting the chalkboard menu behind the duck-egg blue tiled walls. To one side various natural wines are scattered across the shells, to the other various dried flowers dangle. This neighbourhood restaurant in Marchmont is a relatively new endeavor began by chefs Alan Keery & Sarah Baldry. The stand out? That almost everything on the ever-changing 5-course set menu has been foraged from Edinburgh’s immediate surroundings, even the in house cocktail infusions. 

A former newsagents now converted to a homely cooking studio which hosts seasonal cookery courses, pop-up dinner parties, markets and creative collaborations, is forever our source of inspiration. On the days that food writer and stylist, Jess Elliott Dennison is bustling around her studio, pop by to browse the Scottish-made jams, pickles and honeys on the shelves, or the scrumptiously delightful ceramics. The phrase "home away from home" has never felt more apt. 

Pomelo is an adorable Chinese restaurant that serves savoury comfort foods. They shine at both, brunch and dinner but the menus are different and constantly changing, so you might as well go for both meals. For brunch, we suggest going for one of their bestsellers: hand-ripped noodles with garlic, chilli and beef or their spectacular crispy chicken sandwich with kimchi. However, their entrees will make you smile and want to take 15 portions home. Their insanely creative cocktails and desserts will capture your attention and appetite too! To try everything (which is a fabulous plan) you must go in a group (their portions are super generous)