r/Edinburgh

I recently changed jobs, and my salary increased from 26k to 32k. I was obviously very happy with this increase as it's a noticeable amount extra every month. The first few months I had a couple hundred I could put into savings (which i could never do before, because of rent) which felt great. After some time, though, my rent went up, council tax went up, food appears to be going up (though im not buying any more or better brands), and i had some emergency spending (like having to replace my phone that completely died on me - and i only bought a cheap second hand one).

Despite initially thinking I finally started to make enough to save for a flat of my own, I now feel like I'm in exactly the same financial position as before my salary increase, in terms of having anything leftover after essential costs. It feels so deflating, that even when in theory things should be getting better, it just seems to be just as hard.

I genuinely used to think 30k+ salary was like upper middle class, and its been very a very eye opening experience to realise thats not the case at all. How much does someone actually have to earn in Edinburgh to actually live comfortably, and have a bit left over to save?

Looks like in 2026 we'll have a new Sainsbury's and a Chic fil A...

What type of business or experience do you think would actually survive there?

Hey just looking for a bit of advice/recommendations😊

I’m thinking of going for a couple of solo drinks before the cinema tonight and was considering Slug & Lettuce as it’s handy for the cinema

Has anyone been there alone before / would you say it feels okay for solo drinks?

Open to other recommendations around the Omni / city centre too if there’s anywhere better for a woman on her own.

I have 0 friends😂 so trying to get out and do things myself a bit more

Anyone know of any wrestling discussion groups in the city? Or even if you yourself are a fan and would like to chat about it, that'd be great as well. Ideally, an interest in non-WWE stuff would be particularly good. Feel free to pm me.

Does anyone know where I can buy Lapsang Souchong teabags in Edinburgh? Waitrose Morningside used to stock them, but don't anymore, and I haven't seen them anywhere I've looked. Thanks!

I live in EH4, but would be interested in anywhere in Edinburgh that has a strong community feel and supports local initiatives.

Any recommendations appreciated!

Are there any places that serve hookah/shisha in Edinburgh? I really miss my home country and shisha is one of the things I miss really bad, but I don’t have a space to smoke it at my home. I googled some places, but the information is outdated because I called some of the restaurants and they said they don’t serve shisha anymore.

I’ve heard about Urban Lounge, but it opens pretty late and I would prefer places that I could go to for lunch and have hookah.

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Thank you!

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Anyone know a good service to user for a home fire safety check in Edinburgh?

The fire service used to do this (https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/contact-us/home-fire-safety-visits/) but now it's only available to the vulnerable.

There do seem to be private services offering this ("fire risk assessment" seems to be the phrase to google). Many of them are aimed at businesses but some of them do seem to do homes as well: this mostly seems to be aimed at landlords/HMO, but I suppose it would also apply to home owners. Anyone used one of these that was good?

We've just moved into an old flat. It has a crazy old-looking but apparently functional mains-connected fire alarm system that I'd like to get someone to advise about.

It's also on the top floor and the only way out is through the stairwell, would love some advice on what to do if one of the flats below has a fire and the stairwell fills with smoke.

And also just what we should have in terms of fire extinguishers, fire blankets, etc.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been trying to find a full-time role in IT/support/ Network for a while now but haven’t had much luck, and honestly it’s getting quite tough to manage in this economy.

Is anyone else going through something similar right now?

At this point I’m just trying to find work however I can, so I’m also looking for part-time jobs in cafés around Edinburgh. I’ve worked as a chef and front-of-house before, so I’ve got experience in both.

If anyone knows of anything or has any recommendations, I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks 🙏

looking for a good hairdresser or barber for a scissor cut cus im trying to grow my hair out but its looking crazy now cus its at the point where the length is starting to pile on. short by hairdresser standards and long for a barber so thats the sorts middleground im having to deal with

I got some USD exchanged at no1 currency and thanks to my ADHD brain I forgot I needed to get $100 dollar bills (for travel to South America), and was given 20 dollar bills. I’m outside of Edinburgh so it’s not super easy to come into the centre. Has anyone had any success with having them exchange them to a different note? I tried M&S currency exchange today and despite going to purchase more USD, they wouldn’t exchange the 20s for 100s