Creelers Edinburgh Restaurant Re-opens

After a short winter break, Creelers Restaurant in Edinburgh’s Old Town is open again.

We have introduced an exciting new bistro-style menu, offering our customers the choice of our exceptional fixed-price 2 or 3 course set menu, now available at any time, lunch and dinner. Alternatively a selection of old favourites is now offered in large and small portions to suit everyone’s appetite and budget. Please click on “Menus”.

There will also be daily specials from our by-catch source, when available. As always, all our seafood, game and produce has as far as possible a local sustainable provenance.

NEW - Opening Times. We are now open 7 days a week, open for lunch on Thursday and Friday and all day Saturday. For details click here.

Creelers Restaurants on Arran and in Edinburgh's Old Town on Arran were founded by Tim and Fran James, who run them personally. Tim also looks after the Arran Smokehouse and the sourcing of the seafood sold by the restaurants.

Tim and Fran have been associated with the west of Scotland all their lives. Tim started work as a fisherman twenty-five years ago and more recently founded the Arran Smokehouse. This produces the highest quality smoked products and trades separately under the name of Arran Smoked Products, selling through its shop, by mail order and in selected retail outlets (see Smokehouse and Shop).

The restaurants are both called Creelers, the name originating from the fact that much of the shellfish is caught in creels, often from their own boat the Julie-Ann, in the seas around Arran. All the seafood is brought fresh to the restaurants daily by Tim, who also sells the produce at Farmers Markets in Edinburgh and Stirling (see Farmers Markets).