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Christmas At The Red Bus Bistro, Christmas @Red Bus Bistro

Location pin

Bus Stop XF Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3BH - 

  • Users

    Up to
    28 standing

  • Table with chairs

    Offers
    catering

We provide Afternoon Tea tours around Edinburgh, offering customers both a sightseeing tour and a full afternoon tea aboard our vintage routemaster buses. We are fully licensed and sell alcohol and gin cocktails on our tours.

We are also booking for our Christmas tours, which consists of a two and a half hour tour with a three course Christmas dinner with wine provided. It is a great event for exclusive hires and regular customers alike.

It’s the time of year to begin making plans to come together with colleagues, friends and family to celebrate the magic of Christmas.

Marvel in the sights of either Glasgow or Edinburgh whilst tucking into a delicious three course Christmas dinner prepared aboard our vintage Routemaster bus.

Capacity & layout

Dining

Dining

up to 28

Catering & drinks

Catering facilities

Catering facilities

Refreshments

Refreshments

Alcohol

Alcohol

Amenities

Public transport

Public transport

Audio & visual

Sound system

Sound system

Microphone

Microphone

Location

Reviews

  • Amy Peters

    February 2024

    This was a cracking experience. The three of us opted for the gin tea and it was jolly good fun. Our attendant (didn’t catch his name but he was on the 12pm tour on 04/02/2024) was so friendly, attentive and definitely went the extra mile! It can be a little bumpy and the seats are a little neat but all part of the experience and what a feed you get! Thank you for a great time.

  • Elliott D'Souza

    January 2024

    Food was fine but nothing special. We were asked to move to 12pm because we were the only people booked on the 3pm tour which wasn’t ideal as we had to move some other things around. The staff were nice. Worth noting that it isn’t a ‘tour’ - they mention a couple of facts and that’s about it. Worst part was that the windows were fogged up - so when they did mention something ‘to your left you’ll see x’ you couldn’t actually see anything because the windows were so badly fogged! It’s worth mentioning that their team clearly know this is an issue because one staff member came round (once only) and wiped all the windows, which helped for about 10 mins. I left with a wet jumper sleeve due to constantly having to wipe the window. Music is good (80’s hits), when not interrupted by adverts. It’s clear that they use basic Spotify playlist or YouTube which plays ads in between - VERY budget. They had two stops - one for a loo break in the first 15 mins (which is very pointless for a 1.5 hour tour) and another to take photos of being in the driver’s seat - this again is really poor. Funnily enough nobody wanted to do this because we aren’t children!! So those two stops probably wasted at least 20-30 mins of the ‘tour’. If you’re looking for a tour, I highly recommend you don’t book onto this. For how much it was worth, you are far better off just buying some snacks for £5, putting some headphones on, and hopping on a random local bus where you can see through the windows - you’ll have a higher chance of seeing more of the city. Very disappointing.