GREAT ESCAPES
WHY IT’S GREAT If you want to pretend you’re a resident, at one with Edinburgh’s granite boldness and towering architecture, that you ken its people’s history and arty urban thrills – this restaurant with five rooms is the place to play “I’m a (well-heeled) local”. This discreet Georgian townhouse is on the Royal Terrace at the foot of Calton Hill to the east of Princes Street and – once you’ve nodded to the playful statuary in reception, made the balustraded ascent to your bedroom for the evening and had a sip of the welcoming sloe gin – you’ll feel as at-home as Jean Brodie in her prime.