City Cafe

City Café is the ideal place to start your night and don't they just know it. Flyers for clubs pile up on your table after buying a round, but if you'd rather use them as beer mats or tear them into rude shapes, the professional bar–staff and 'out–there' DJs are the ones to ask when you don't know where to start. The happy hour between 5pm–8pm raises a smile among the regulars – mainly because the drinks prices are extortionate at all other times – and the all–day breakfast is commendable. There's even a pool table at City Café to bring the cafe up to full marks, as long as you ignore the grumpy old–timers sitting about waiting for the 50s to come around again. <i><b><a href='http://www.itchycity.co.uk/shop/' target='_blank'>Click here to buy Itchy Edinburgh, the UK's best–selling pocket–sized guide to what's on in Edinburgh, including restaurants, clubs, bars, hotels and shopping. </a></b></i>

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