The Black Medicine Coffee Co.

Coffee and food are decent, the soy latte tasted a bit watered down. It’s the great atmosphere though, that makes this a student favorite for working and studying.

craving something peanutty? take the peanut butter crunch. or something with caramel ? take the caramel shortbread . both are very intense! we will definitely come back for more.

Cafe co-owned by JK Rowling’s brother and by rumor the most likely place to meet Rowling herself if you’re lucky... And btw they have delicious sweets 🤓

Nice place to visit just to drink coffee ☕🍰 and rest =) if it's rain outside especially ☔

Good place to stop for coffee and some food if you are getting tired feed. Soup , sandwiches , juices and smoothies - all fresh and natural

Best coffee house in Edinburgh 👍 always a tasty cup of coffee to be had here

Head downstairs with your coffee and snack to say hello to Toothless Hieronymus Dave, the resident axolotl !

Very good coffee . Don’t forget to visit the axolotl downstairs.

Friendly staff , cool atmosphere and delicious gingerbread cappuccino

Very nice place! One of the best independent coffee shops in Edinburgh. Smoothies & croissants ❤️

Get a table seat if your in a group. There are five in all , with the rest being Bar tables. Gets especially busy during the mid-late afternoon

No wifi , but great smoothies , bagels and paninis . Good for grabbing a bite but can get pretty busy and noisy , so not one for relaxing.

Cozy and the coffee is awesome, specially after a heavy lunch at pizza express just down the road also awesome.

A good range of choice of teas and a variety of nice cakes and bread loaves

Try their smoothies . My favourite is a Hippy Ninja with forest fruits , apple juice , ginger & passion fruit juice

Seriously good coffee here, but could be a bit tight for seating so check out the downstairs area

It's friendly and trendy . Very wooden inferior. It has WiFi , when it didn't work they put me on the upstairs one.

Lovely coffee shop with wi-fi and a great variety of drinks and snacks .

Good coffee , but the Mocha was surprisingly sweet. Extra seating downstairs.

Just wonderful coffee . Do I need to say anything else? This is my kind of medical establishment.

Such a cool underground place. Cute waiters too.

Great coffee and atmosphere . Definitely recommended :)

Coffee . Cakes . Banter. Always good banter.

Coconut milkshake is suuuuuper. Nice smooth latte too.

Hot lemon with honey and ginger . £1.60 for the most warming drink ever.

Try their Happy Ninja smoothie . Or any of the other 3 or 4 on their menu.

Great place for a catch up with friends over brunch !

Eh, the shortcakes are delicious. Goes well with a cappuccino

Great smoothies , amazing coffee

Great hideout in old town !

Nice homemade lemonade ! And a really nice place with character! ;-)

Beautiful coffee - bit slow for take out .

Mince pies at Christmas are amazing

Takeaway orders are for 'taking away ' and not to be consumed in shop. Don't forget to get your freebie with a large takeaway coffee .

Excellent selection of filled panini's & bagel 's, cakes & biscuits .

Try the Black Forest Ham Panini's with pesto , sun-dried tomatoes & Swiss cheese .

Good music , awesome coffee . Machiatto kinda small though.

A little bit of Seattle in Edinburgh...

Hilarious notes left around. Good tea and good soup .

It’s a cozy dream in here & feels like a hobbit wouldn’t be out of place

Get the pesto melt, but not on mondays as normally they havent refreshed their bread

awesome smoothies . hot choc could be better though

Nice environment but a bit noisy and feels quite packed.

Got to like the metal straws!

Today's the day for a super chilled Iced Latté !

Very good coffee and atmosphere !

the small soup/half a sandwhich deal is great. lovely smoothies too

Hot chocolates are amazing.

smoothies and milkshakes are a must :-D

Hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows ... mmmmm great!