Valentine’s Day date ideas in Edinburgh

As the sun sets in the harbour and night falls, eyes meet across the candlelight. The waves in the ceiling shimmer, and soft music plays as dishes like works of art arrive, tasting almost too good to share with your Valentine.

Fall in love with Fingal’s Valentine’s Tasting Menu, which include Orkney scallops, Loch Fyne halibut and roasted Devon duck breast, served with paired wines.

Please note they we are unable to offer dietaries for the tasting menu.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a truly romantic dining experience at Contini George Street. Set within the beautiful main dining room, with its warm, elegant interiors and intimate ambiance, it’s the perfect backdrop for a night dedicated to love.

Begin your evening with a complimentary Amore cocktail (non-alcoholic cocktail available), before enjoying a menu crafted to delight every sense. End your evening on a sweet, relaxed note with complimentary petit fours.

Dietary requirements must be detailed on your booking.

Bring home a taste of the good stuff with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s beef, haggis and pancetta wellington with whisky kit. Available for two or four people on the weekend of 14 February, get it for Valentine’s Day, Galantine’s soirees, or a post-rugby Sunday roast.

A whisky cream sauce completes the dish. All you need to do is collect your kit and finish it off at home with a side or two (not included).

If you’re ordering for two, you’ll enjoy a three-dram flight (3 x 50ml), while orders for four include a 35cl half bottle of whisky. Both variations feature their one-of-a-kind, limited edition single malts.

Order deadline is 06 February. Please see allergens before ordering.

Treat your loved one to a sharing-style feast at 1802 Lounge & Grill.

Enjoy a Tomahawk sharing steak for two, served with 2 portions of fries, peppercorn sauce, onion rings, a side salad, and tomatoes and mushrooms. Finish with chocolate-dipped strawberries to sweeten the night.

Spoil that special someone this Valentine’s with Volcano Fall’s Love Birdie.

The package includes 1 game on the golf course, a sharing pizza, and one drink each (choose from the Valentine’s special love bug cocktail, prosecco, beer or soft drink).

Book online. Walk-ins also welcome.

Open late from 6.30pm to 9.30pm, join Book Lovers Bookshop for their Galentine’s Shopping Night, where all readers will receive 20% off their purchase during the event.

Plus, special guest Author Annabelle Slator will be there to sign copies of her rom-coms, The Launch Date and Risky Business.

Recommended for readers aged 18+years.

Ghosted is an interactive gameshow where you’ll help a ghost navigate the harsh world of modern dating and (hopefully) find love.

Play on your own, with a partner, or in a small team. The evening’s entertainment involves some creative arts and crafts, some skill-based minigames, a quiz and a short scavenger hunt.

Flight Club, the lively fairground-inspired cocktail and Social Darts bar, is calling all those focusing on friends this Valentine’s to round up their gang of guys or girls and celebrate platonic love with its Galentine’s Brunch.

What could be better than gathering all your BFFs together for flowing drinks, good food, and some competitive fun to toast the single life and more time for your besties!

The two-hour bottomless brunch includes a welcome cocktail, followed by a bottle of Prosecco or four beers each, live DJ sets and bottomless sourdough pizza paddles. The two hours are split with 60 minutes at the oche and the second hour at a bar table to polish off the pizza and Prosecco post-Social Darts.

This special Valentine’s edition of Intimate Lives tour looks at the history of sex in Edinburgh.

Not for the easily embarrassed, this in-depth tour of Gladstone’s Land includes some very crude (but historically correct) language.

Recommended age is 16+years.

This adult-only evening event at Edinburgh Zoo includes a candlelit three-course meal and bottle of wine before enjoying the after-dark Giant Lanterns trail.

The stunning surroundings of St Giles’ Cathedral is the perfect place to experience romantic opera classics, candlelight, and musical elegance.

With a variety of musical events taking place, choose from Valentines Night at the Opera by Candlelight (Feat. Nessun Dorma) performed by the outstanding musicians of The Piccadilly Sinfonietta, or Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight, featuring an exquisite programme of romantic piano masterpieces. Or be swept away by the beautiful Vivaldi by Candlelight – The Piccadilly Sinfonietta.

Celebrating the music of the very best boy bands of the 90s, this tribute show has all the swoon-worthy charisma you crushed on back in the day!

Sing, scream, and dance along to hits from Take That, Boyzone, Westlife, NSYNC, Blue, 5IVE and Backstreet Boys.

This Valentine’s Day, celebrate LGBT+ History Month with Our Martin in the Background: the queer love story Noël Coward didn’t write.

Fresh from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, Mark Kydd’s solo show turns the spotlight onto a supporting artist with his own surprising tale of first, forbidden love.

Recommended age is 16+years.

The first-class crew aboard the UK’s most romantic floating hotel will be stepping into the role of ‘Romance Concierge’ to elevate the guest experience this Valentine’s Day weekend.

Guests can select their own favourite memory-evoking scents to fill the cabin; fresh flowers to add a touch of natural beauty; bespoke cocktails crafted to delight; or champagne under the stars to create an atmosphere of pure enchantment.

For couples in search of an extraordinary immersive experience, Fingal’s Chef’s Table is staged exclusively in the ship’s former captain’s command room. This is a unique opportunity to engage with the ship’s team of chefs and enjoy a Scottish tasting menu tailored to the season with paired wines selected by Fingal’s Sommelier.

Open to residents an non-residents, Fingal also offers a choice of private dining booths in its award-winning Lighthouse Restaurant & Bar.