We won!!! So thrilled for everyone involved – the hard work has paid off!! Officially the best UK hotel restaurant & bar at the Restaurant & Bar Awards 2016 – The Printing Press – Bar & Restaurant a worthy winner mixing a wonderful architectural legacy with the comfort and best of modern design.

About The Printing Press

The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen opened on Thursday 22 October and marked the arrival of a new restaurant for the city. The menu makes full use of seasonal, Scottish produce. “We set out to create seasonal dishes that are bursting with the flavours of local produce,” says Executive Chef Colin Fleming. “The world-class quality ingredients in Scotland are at the heart of our menus in The Printing Press”

The restaurant on George Street nods to the capital’s rich literary heritage. Number 25 was home in the 1780s to the acclaimed novelist Susan Ferrier, the equal of Jane Austen according to Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Burns was a frequent visitor. Late in 1840, records show one John Oliphant living there – and Oliphant’s and Ferrier’s descendants founded Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, one of Scotland’s most prestigious publishing houses.

The opening of The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen on Edinburgh’s George Street marks the significant restoration of a listed Georgian townhouse and the creation of an elegant, destination restaurant as part of the multi-million-pound investment in The Principal Edinburgh George Street. Sara Cosgrove, Design Director on the project, has worked with award-winning interior architects Goddard Littlefair and restaurateur Des McDonald on every detail of the scheme, from architectural restoration to paint finishes, lighting design to final touches such as the vintage typewriters and classic Scottish novels.