An avid festival goer of many years and an Edinburger, my hot tip for the Festival has to be the Mussel Shack at the Spiegel Tent venue. It's an outdoor seafood bar, lit up with sparkly fairy lights, in picturesque Princes Street gardens at the foot of historic Edinburgh Castle. You really are amid the spirit and energy of the festival and Edinburgh itself.
Try mussels marinere with fresh homemade breads or with frites, hot-smoked salmon in a crusty roll and oysters on ice with fresh lemon or tabasco. All washed down with cider or chamagne! Or you can sit at what feel like impromptu candlelit tables, taking in the atmosphere in the heart of the festivals greatest venue.
This year at Assembly at Princes Street Gardens. A stone's throw from Waverly train station.
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