
Located underneath two of Edinburgh's most iconic buildings.
The finest is Scottish produce
The Gallery Restaurant & Bar offers uninterrupted views across Princes Street Gardens and famous Edinburgh landmarks. It is part of the Playfair Project; a world-class visitor facility linking the Royal Scottish Academy Building and the National Gallery of Scotland.

The restaurant is split across three tiers, defining the creation of a versatile dining space, and magnificent views for all; a large horse-shoe terracotta bar is central to the design providing a focus for the comfortable lounge area located on the top tier of the restaurant.

Open daily 10am - 5pm
The Restaurant is open daily:
Morning Coffee from 10.0am
Lunch 11.45am till 4.00pm,
Afternoon tea 2.30pm till 4.30pm.
The Gallery Cafe is located on the top section of the restaurant.It's open daily from 10.00am till 5.00pm.
The cafe serves hot and cold beverages, light lunches of freshly made soups, sandwiches, cakes & pastries.

We welcome Suzanne O'Connor as head chef of the Gallery Restaurant.
Suzanne comes to us with a wealth of experience. Previously working for Harvey Nichols, Conrans Zinc Bar and Grill, Tigerlily and Taylor Brown.
The restaurant is now open from 10.00am daily. We serve Morning coffee, tea and a wonderful selection of home made pastries,cakes & traybakes all made on site by our wonderful pastry chef.
The new summer menu has been launched!
Why not come and try some of our fabulous new dishes.
The summer exhibition in the National Gallery is Discovering Spain.
We have decided to run a Spanish themed menu to complement the exhibition.
A wonderful selection of tapas, with Spanish wines to accompany.
Or why not try the Spanish dish of the day!
This menu will be launched in August.