Cannonball Restaurant & Bar

You're walking up Castlehill towards the Castle, and Cannonball pulls you in with its grand stone facade and the promise of something better than the usual Royal Mile tourist trap. Inside, it's all dark wood, candlelight, and that feeling of eating somewhere that actually matters—the kind of place locals book for birthdays and anniversaries, not somewhere you'd stumble into on holiday. The kitchen takes proper Scottish ingredients seriously: think venison, fish from the west coast, and game done right. It's the kind of restaurant that respects its diners enough to keep the menu focussed rather than throwing everything at the wall.