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Bottomless Brunch in Edinburgh: The Best Spots for Big Groups

Bottomless brunch is the hen-do institution: food, fizz and a two-hour window to make a lot of noise before the day has really started. Edinburgh does it well, especially for big groups, as long as you book ahead. One quick note first: Scottish licensing law means nothing is truly unlimited, so "bottomless" always means a set number of drinks or a fixed time window. Now, the good ones.

For a proper party

  • Coyote Ugly on South Charlotte Street is a rowdy Western saloon built for hen dos, with bar-top dancing and table packages. Books up weeks ahead.
  • Brewhemia near Waverley is a huge, lively hall with weekend boozy brunches and drag and Broadway shows. Great fun, though very big groups may get split across tables.
  • Manahatta on Rose Street is a Manhattan-themed bar with DJs and private-hire spaces, and it markets straight at hen groups.

For something glam

  • Tigerlily on George Street is the stylish boutique-hotel option: an arrival cocktail and a couple of hours of prosecco. A long-standing hen favourite, so book early.
  • The Alchemist does a theatrical cocktail brunch with its smoke-and-colour-change drinks, in a big venue that takes group bookings.
  • The Botanist in the St James Quarter is a floral bar with live music and a terrace, a slightly more upmarket pick.

Brunch plus a game

If you want the brunch to also be the activity:

  • Boom Battle Bar pairs a 90-minute bottomless brunch with axe throwing, darts and street food, with hen packages where the hen goes free.
  • Flight Club does darts with bottomless pizza and prosecco, which is a brilliant way to get a big group competing.

Booking tips

  • Reserve weeks ahead for a weekend, especially for the party venues.
  • Expect a deposit for a big group.
  • Ask about private spaces if you are ten or more, so you are not scattered across the room.

Make it the centrepiece of the day and build the rest around it. See our hen do ideas and afternoon tea guides, or let us fold brunch into a full package. Get a quote or talk to a planner.