18-07-2025
Much-loved 90s restaurants in Scotland
These photos take you back a quarter of a century to show the nation's best-loved places to eat at the time.
Celebrity chefs and some famous diners, from DJs to footballers, feature in this retro photo gallery, which also shows the hard-working staff who contributed to the restaurants' success.
Some of the restaurants pictured are still going strong, but many have sadly closed over the intervening years.
Have you dined at any of these places, and which lost restaurant from the 90s would you most like to see reopen? Let us know in the comments section.
1 . McEwan's
esley McEwan at McEwan's The Mugwump restaurant on Stafford Street, Edinburgh, in 1999 | TSPL Photo: Paul Raeburn Photo Sales
2 . Golden Dragon
Mr C C Chan, owner of the Golden Dragon Chinese restaurant on Castle Street, Edinburgh, pictured in 1999 | TSPL Photo: Bill Henry Photo Sales
3 . Banks
Chef Peter Banks pictured at the Banks restaurant, of which he is patron, on Newington Road, Edinburgh, in December 1999 | TSPL Photo: Susan Burrell Photo Sales
4 . Jolly Restaurant
Vito Alongi at the Jolly Restaurant, Elm Row, Edinburgh, pictured next to his wood-burning pizza oven, in 1999 | TSPL Photo: Jon Savage Photo Sales
