{"id":609922,"date":"2025-12-03T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/609922\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:08:19","slug":"time-outs-best-restaurant-in-edinburgh-is-becoming-a-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/609922\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Out\u2019s Best Restaurant In Edinburgh Is Becoming A Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time Out\u2019s best restaurant in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/edinburgh\/restaurants\/lyla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyla<\/a><\/strong>, is about to expand into a\u00a0fancy boutique hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Time Out\u2019s Chiara Wilkinson said she was left \u2018speechless<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/edinburgh\/restaurants\/lyla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2019<\/a> by the Scottish resto, which has a focus on sustainably caught seafood and foraged goods.\u00a0Soon guests will be able to stretch out their stay at the Michelin-starred restaurant for as long as they please, as it will become a hotel in the new year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Opened in 2023, Lyla currently has four rooms above its restaurant in the Georgian townhouse where it resides. From February 2026 Lyla will have even more rooms, as it has just acquired the rest of the building.\u00a0The Lyla rooms\u00a0will take over the former 21212 hotel rooms, which closed in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To be restored by Glasgow based interior architects Scarinish Studio, the new rooms will mirror\u00a0Lyla restaurant\u2019s Scottish leanings and calm nature.\u00a0They will\u00a0allow the natural structure of the townhouse to come through, with lofty ceilings and detailed cornicing, large sash windows and light washed oak chevron flooring.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, all\u00a0the rooms will be dressed in Scottish designs with fabrics from the Isle of Bute, cushions by Roros Tweed and throws by Hilary Grant lighting pieces by Tom Dixon and Parisian DCW \u00e9ditions. And the best part \u2013 the minibars will be stocked with\u00a0Lyla\u2019s own batched cocktails, Champagne and caviar,\u00a0perfect for a\u00a0wee high-end getaway.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion will also see the introduction of a new\u00a0private dining room in April,\u00a0which will feature a\u00a0sculptural solid oak table and have\u00a0space\u00a0for 12 guests. The announcement to expand the hotel comes as chef\u00a0Stuart Ralston is pursuing his second Michelin star.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ralson said: \u2018This next chapter means we can give guests the fullest expression of Lyla. The expansion of Lyla allows for another layer to offer our guests, this experience is something I have always wanted us to move towards, and is also us moving into a pursuit of a second star, an opportunity to refine every detail and push ourselves further.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/edinburgh\/restaurants\/the-best-restaurants-in-edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best restaurants in Edinburgh to book in 2025<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>\nPlus:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/edinburgh\/hotels\/the-best-hotels-in-edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the best hotels in Edinburgh<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free Time Out UK newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest UK news and the best stuff happening across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Time Out\u2019s best restaurant in Edinburgh, Lyla, is about to expand into a\u00a0fancy boutique hotel.\u00a0 Time Out\u2019s Chiara&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,11648,1102,4884,11649,712,183,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-609922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-travel","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-news-transport-travel","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}