The Gateway Restaurant, Dining Room
Gateway Restaurant, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR -
Up to
190 guests
Offers
catering
About Venue
Located within the heart of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's iconic & unique new John Hope Gateway building is the Gateway Restaurant. With commanding views over the beautiful gardens beyond, the restaurant is the perfect location for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, in the evening this wonderful space turns into Edinburgh's newest and most inspiring event space, available for corporate, business and private events of all types and sizes.
The Garden has to be the perfect location for hosting a family or private event and we have a range of facilities to help meet your requirements.
From a table booked simply in our Gateway Restaurant or a more intimate lunch, dinner or reception in our David Douglas Room or Caledonian Hall to a full blown dinner possibly with dancing in the John Hope Gateway, we have a solution.
Private and family events by their nature are very personal affairs and we therefore make every effort to understand and style your requirements to meet your expectations. Our sales and co-ordination will assist you to plan your event exactly as you wish it to happen and then our event team will ensure everything goes exactly to plan on the day.
Capacity & Layout
Cabaret
up to 190
Facilities & Amenities
Tea
Location
Reviews
- Michael MerrimanMarch 2026
The Gateway Café is a great spot to meet for anything from coffee and cake all the way to a full meal. Set just inside the West Gate of the Royal Botanics in Edinburgh it's a great place to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. I always come back from here feeling refreshed.
- Claudia HoustounFebruary 2026
Don't go! £14.50 for a sausage roll with lettuce on the side! £8.50 for a small sandwich! £7.50 for a small bag of chips and a drink! And, when we went to order, nothing we wanted was in stock! My portion of soup was tiny and left me hungry! The coffee didn't taste good - the espresso shot was clearly burned. Someone isn't training the baristas well. When my friend ordered a pot of tea, she was told they were out of teapots and the server impatiently said 'oh, I could check out the back, if you want, we might have some clean ones' - this shouldn't be an inconvenience, and someone should be restocking the teapots so the checkout people don't have to? How can a place look so gorgeous yet be so poorly stocked with teapots? WHO PICKED SUCH SMALL SOUP BOWLS? WHY IS A SAUSAGE ROLL £14.50?
