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.

Dining Room

POA

60% would book it again

Number of guests

Start date

End date

My dates are flexible

Capacity & Layout

Cabaret

up to 190

Facilities & Amenities

Tea

Location

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Reviews

Alexbringsprofit
March 2026
Excellent little cafe, staff was exceptionally friendly. Recommend this place. I got a wonderful lemongrass & ginger tea. Although there are many tea, beverage, coffee options here as well. They also have some pastries and nice hot food, even a vegan option it was a green Thai curry, I did not try this time but it looked fantastic. If you’re nearby give this place a shot, you won’t regret it!
Martin Binnington
March 2026
We reserved a table for the Spring Afternoon Tea event which is running from March 23th to April 12th 2026. We were seated promptly. It was quite quiet when we were there, and reservations are required in advance. Hot drinks were included in the price, and soft drinks or alcohol could be purchased. There was a good selection of savoury and sweet options, and everything tasted fresh. Service was excellent, all servers were friendly and cheerful and had good knowledge of what they were serving (including the tea options, some of which were blended especially for the Botanic Gardens). The only negative was that a tip could not be included when paying by card. Only cash tips were allowed.