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Speed Dating in Edinburgh

The Granary, Edinburgh, Leith

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Thu 21
AUG

Tickets

£20
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Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
23-35
Home Edinburgh Speed Dating in Edinburgh

Speed Dating in Edinburgh

The Granary, Edinburgh, Leith

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Thu 21
AUG

Tickets

£20
?
Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
23-35
This is a past event, please click here to see future events in Edinburgh.

About the event

Original Dating is proud to bring our unique brand of speed dating to Edinburgh.

If you're looking to meet new people on a fun night out and enjoy the best cocktails in town, then you've come to the right place! Our lively speed dating events at the Granary deliver exactly that, and we've hired the private area of the restaurant.

This trendy establishment is not your run of the mill venue and provides our events with an incredible dating experience, with a huge range of handcrafted cocktails.

You'll have the chance to meet a lot of people for short 4 minute dates, which is the perfect amount of time. There's also plenty of time before, during and after for a wee drink and a mingle.

After the event you'll have access to our bespoke matching and messaging system where you'll be able to stay in touch with anyone you matched with and be lining up those dates before you know it.

If you want to meet loads of new people and have a cracking night out book now!

Important information

The host will meet you on arrival.

- Doors open 7.00 pm
- Event starts 7.30 pm
- Speed dating finishes approximately 9.30 pm
- Venue closes 11.30 pm

It’s essential that you arrive before 7.25 pm in order to take part. We might not be able to allow entry if you are late.

Price: £20

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Where

Exposed brick decor lit by candles create a relaxed vibe in this Scottish cafe-bar with live music.

Address  32-34 Shore, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6QN

Nearest station  Edinburgh Waverley

Tel  01315549465 – Please note this is not a booking line

Venue website  https://granaryleith.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: Advance booking is essential and no tickets will be available to purchase on the door. Online booking is simple and very secure. Our payments are handled by Stripe, one of the world's largest payment processors using the highest grade security currently available.

Reviews

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Harry Verified Attendee
Posted: 12/12/2025
Alex Verified Attendee
Posted: 12/12/2025
John Verified Attendee
Posted: 12/12/2025
Vivian Verified Attendee
Posted: 12/12/2025
Cara Verified Attendee
  This was my first speed dating, or any other dating, event & I really enjoyed the whole process. Name badges are the only thing that I would add  
Posted: 11/12/2025
James Verified Attendee
  I actually have to say I enjoyed this experience because of the fact I felt very satisfied with interacting with people who I probably wouldn’t have done in a online or random old school way, , all the women I met each made me smile and had a very unique attractions in ways that I never imagined I would have seen before, ,  
Posted: 11/12/2025
Dale Verified Attendee
  Fantastic intimate event, could have been a few more people but great otherwise  
Posted: 11/12/2025
Alf Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/12/2025
Alan Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/12/2025
Masud Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/12/2025
Steven Verified Attendee
  It was a good experience and friendly atmosphere. I enjoyed meeting a wide variety of people.  
Posted: 11/12/2025
Dave Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/12/2025
Alfio Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/12/2025
Peter Verified Attendee
  Nice to meet new people but the room echo was too loud, struggled to hear the conversations.  
Posted: 11/12/2025
Neil Verified Attendee
  Tristan was a great host, nice venue, lovely fun evening, good conversations  
Posted: 11/12/2025
Jamie Verified Attendee
  Nice way to meet new and interesting people.  
Posted: 11/12/2025
Matt Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/12/2025
Toni Verified Attendee
  Nice venue and nice host made for an enjoyable evening.  
Posted: 06/12/2025
Richard Verified Attendee
Posted: 06/12/2025
Ricky Verified Attendee
  My first experience with speed dating. Very fun but lots of no show's however the weather was horrendous that evening  
Posted: 06/12/2025
Jurate Verified Attendee
  It was my first experience in event like this and I thoroughly enjoyed it.6 minutes was just enough time to have a glimpse at a person next to you. The venue itself was beautiful. Thank you!  
Posted: 06/12/2025
Costa Verified Attendee
Posted: 06/12/2025
Amandaa Verified Attendee
  Scott the host was sensitive,very welcoming and professional I hope to attend more events hosted by him :) Venue was nice! Good turn out of the genders everyone was friendly and at ease No awkward/ forced conversations! Thank you OD!  
Posted: 06/12/2025
Stefan Verified Attendee
Posted: 06/12/2025
Saad Verified Attendee
Posted: 05/12/2025
Scott Verified Attendee
Posted: 05/12/2025
Alan Verified Attendee
Posted: 05/12/2025
Robyn Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/12/2025
Natashia Verified Attendee
  Ben was a great host and it was a fun evening 🤗  
Posted: 04/12/2025
Stewart Verified Attendee
  Great time and host was great  
Posted: 04/12/2025
Kirk Verified Attendee
  Pretty much as expected, just no match for me this time.  
Posted: 15/08/2025
Neil Verified Attendee
Posted: 15/08/2025
Tam Verified Attendee
Posted: 15/08/2025
Laura Verified Attendee
  The venue and atmosphere were lovely but I'd have preferred a more even male:female balance. A really nice group of people.  
Posted: 14/08/2025
Silvia Verified Attendee
Posted: 14/08/2025
Heather Verified Attendee
  Really nice evening, interesting way to meet new people!  
Posted: 08/08/2025
Tristan Verified Attendee
Posted: 08/08/2025
Kumar Verified Attendee
Posted: 08/08/2025
James Verified Attendee
Posted: 07/08/2025
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HOW IT WORKS

The beauty of Speed Dating Edinburgh lies in its no-nonsense approach. You take an equal number of single girls and guys, put them in a room and give them a few minutes to chat with every other member of the opposite sex.

When you get there

Original speed dating events in Edinburgh normally begin at 7.30pm. You will need to register with our hosts and to begin with they will issue you with a score sheet. This will help you to keep track of the singles that you would like to meet again and perhaps go on a date with. After a short period of mingling, your host for the evening who will run through detailed instructions and give you your starting position if you are a guy or table for the event if you are girl.

Meet & Mingle

An Edinburgh speed dating event is split into two halves, each lasting around an hour, there will be an interval at half time of about 15 minutes. You will have between 4 and 5 minutes with each person, after which you need to tick a box on your score sheet - "yes, I would like to meet this person again" or "no. Thanks but no thanks". Or "friend" if you'd like to get to know them platonically. Make sure that you do this after each date to keep track. Afterwards there is an opportunity for everyone to meet and mingle informally - this is often where the real action begins, so make sure you don't disappear too quickly.

Complete your score sheet

After the event you simply tick who you liked on the Original Dating website and the site works about your matches automatically. If the dates you have ticked as a "yes" have reciprocated you have a match. You will be able to view the first names and message them via our site online without revealing your email address until you are ready to. You'll be having proper first dates in no time.