Sylvesters

About Sylvesters

Popular city centre British restaurant

Sylvesters is a welcoming, family-run restaurant on the Old Town’s West Nicolson Street which launched in the summer of 2013. Serving British and European-inspired dishes, the city centre restaurant is wheelchair accessible, child-friendly and has rapidly become a favourite with theatre goers, tourists and, of course, locals keen on well sourced, simply cooked and delicious food.

Something for everyone & carefully sourced ingredients

Serving British and European-inspired dishes, Sylvesters restaurant is on West Nicolson Street, one of the liveliest streets in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Supplemented by regularly changing specials, the seasonal menus at Sylvesters are just as vibrant. From charcuterie sharing platters and the haggis bonbons to the peat smoked haddock fishcakes via the hot choc orange brownie, there is something for everyone and every time of day at this popular restaurant by Edinburgh University. Whether you choose the wild mushroom risotto or the slow roasted pork belly, you can be sure that the ingredients at Sylvesters have been carefully sourced.

Close to Edinburgh Festival Theatre & transport links

As well as being conveniently close to Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Sylvesters is close to many of Edinburgh’s major bus routes and is well served by taxis. Waverley Rail Station is a fifteen minute walk from Sylvesters on West Nicolson Street. Some pay and display car parking is also available close by.