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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
Male left
10+
Female left
10+
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
Male left
10+
Female left
10+

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.

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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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Viktoryia Verified Attendee
Posted: 20/07/2025
Helen Verified Attendee
  Good - good host, well organised with clear comms, generally very nice people Poor - venue was too loud, was really hard to hear what people said. Would have been nice to have some way to remember who people are. Maybe two shorter breaks would be good. Could afford to go up to 5 minutes per person?  
Posted: 20/07/2025

Original Dating reply

Thanks so much for your constructive feedback Helen. This was a busy night so it's a touch loud. Hopefully you are able to identify everyone you met from their photo on our private matching system.

Karina Verified Attendee
Posted: 20/07/2025
Alan Verified Attendee
Posted: 20/07/2025
Janice Verified Attendee
  It was a great event and the location was ideal. Aaron was so helpful and organised. Even helped me with registering my online profile.  
Posted: 19/07/2025
Michal Verified Attendee
  Super nice event!! Did not want it to end.. 🫶🏽  
Posted: 19/07/2025
Farzin Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/07/2025
Raul Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/07/2025
Abuzar Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/07/2025
Viktoryia Verified Attendee
  Everything was pretty much well organised  
Posted: 19/07/2025
Andy Verified Attendee
  Host was good, got music quietened down.  
Posted: 19/07/2025
Owen Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/07/2025
Nicola Verified Attendee
  An enjoyable evening.  
Posted: 19/07/2025
Phil Verified Attendee
  Some nice people to talk to in a safe environment. A shame it it so rushed.  
Posted: 19/07/2025
Christopher Verified Attendee
  Kind friendly hosting staff. Aaron was attentive and made me feel very welcome. The anthologist is very comfortable and classy venue with one of the nicest toilets to be found in a bar. Met some very warm, friendly people and enjoyed plenty of conversation.  
Posted: 19/07/2025
Jamie Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
shaun Verified Attendee
  Great event, lovely ladies.  
Posted: 18/07/2025
Sabina Verified Attendee
  Simple format , 4 minutes is a good amount of time. Met a wide variety of people none appealed to me from a romantic viewpoint but they were nice to meet. The host was very cute.  
Posted: 18/07/2025
Simon Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
Ravi Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
Vinay Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
Vinay Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
Alex Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
Tristan Verified Attendee
  Good venue, very cheap drinks for Rose Street! Very difficult to make effective notes though. It would be good to get a note of which woman was sat at which table number after the event.  
Posted: 18/07/2025
Victoria Verified Attendee
  A nice, relaxed atmosphere to meet new people!  
Posted: 18/07/2025
Yoana Verified Attendee
  The organiser was very friendly:)  
Posted: 18/07/2025
Theresa Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
John Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
Skye Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/07/2025
David Verified Attendee
  There was a great mixture of different people and personalities, the format was relaxed and informal , my only negative was the room itself was very hot  
Posted: 17/07/2025
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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.