Luxury Edinburgh - The Witchery By The Castle


PREMIUM SERVICES

Book with the Luxury Concierge to get the following premium services for The Witchery By The Castle:
  • Take over the whole of the Witchery or Secret Garden exclusively Specially tailored wine tastings from the Witchery's legendary cellar with our award-winning sommelier.
  • Take the whole of The Witchery, for a party to remember
A Witchery Suite


Let's spend the night together

  "Almost as famous as the castle itself"  - Harpers & Queen

If someone suggests the Witchery by the Castle Suites to you, grab their collar and don't let them go until you're over the threshold. But before that, delete anything you ever knew about staying in a hotel, because this is an entirely different experience.

The seven Witchery Suites - Vestry, Library, Inner Sanctum, Old Rectory, Sempill, Guardroom and Armoury - are contained within atmospheric, antique buildings on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, adjacent to their famous sister restaurant, The Witchery by the Castle. They are opulent to the point of decadence, and beyond luxurious, having been kitted out in rich reds and golds, with theatrical swaggery, decorative ephemera, aromatic orchids and an indulgent supply of champagne. With these aphrodisiacal qualities, it will come as no surprise that many guests choose to spend more of their Edinburgh break in their suite than out of it. Continental breakfast, newspapers and mineral water (but only if you want them) are discreetly delivered.

It's not easy to get in to a Witchery Suite - even VIPs sometimes have to wait a bit. But this unforgettable experience is so worth the wait.

Restaurant as theatre

"Is this the prettiest restaurant ever? I think so" - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Moody candlelight, ancient stones and dynamic taste sensations: it could only be The Witchery by the Castle, Edinburgh’s 27-year-old dining institution (0131 225 5613). This conjures an experience and atmosphere that is not easy to replicate, which is possibly why it is more often than not booked out with a lively mix of locals and visiting celebrities (check out the guestbook – a people-watcher’s dream). Nobody does restaurant-as-theatre quite like The Witchery, and there is a certain alchemy to its position on Castlehill, almost within touching distance of Edinburgh Castle.

All this would be so much hocus pocus if the food were not up to matching the location. But over the years it has created some menu classics – steak tartare, seafood platters, lobster – alongside Scottish signatures such as wild salmon and fillet steak cooked to perfection… and it never stands still, posing on its laurels. The Witchery team is constantly looking to source a better ingredient or a more perfect wine to accompany it.

Despite its popularity, the utterly seductive Witchery remains a popular choice for those with a big romantic scene on their agenda.

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