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Speed Dating in Edinburgh

The Granary, Edinburgh, Leith

Thursday, 28 August 2025

Thu 28
AUG

Tickets

£20 £15
?
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
30-45
Next booking, £5 off!
Last tickets
Fantastic venue
Great location
Home Edinburgh Speed Dating in Edinburgh

Speed Dating in Edinburgh

The Granary, Edinburgh, Leith

Thursday, 28 August 2025

Thu 28
AUG

Tickets

£20 £15
?
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
30-45
Next booking, £5 off!
Last tickets
Fantastic venue
Great location
Next booking, £5 off!
Last tickets
Fantastic venue
Great location
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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 space in 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: £15

Sorry, this event has sold out

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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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Craig Verified Attendee
Posted: 08/09/2025
Rachel Verified Attendee
  Great chance to meet some interesting people definitely better than online dating.  
Posted: 06/09/2025
Owen Verified Attendee
Posted: 06/09/2025
Gideon Verified Attendee
  calm smooth and not overly officious.  
Posted: 06/09/2025
Clem Verified Attendee
  Really enjoyed the evening. Great venue, right number of people ie not too many and giving people 10 mins each allows you to have a proper conversation. Also host was great. Could perhaps provide a name tag for each person saved having to keep asking people their name.  
Posted: 05/09/2025
Rebecca Verified Attendee
Posted: 05/09/2025
Jessica Verified Attendee
Posted: 05/09/2025
Juan Verified Attendee
Posted: 05/09/2025
Jane Verified Attendee
Posted: 05/09/2025
Scott Verified Attendee
  Good event. Nice venue, and met lots of very nice people. Numbers were on the low-ish side (7 women & 8 men) but the longer dates (10 mins rather than the usual 4.5 mins) meant that it wasn't an overly short evening. My only real complaint was that there was no break.  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Amanda Verified Attendee
  Was a nicer venue at the Falstaff and slightly less packed, as always lovely to meet new people and enjoy having sociable conversations with people I wouldn't get to talk to otherwise.  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Alexander Verified Attendee
  Was good fun - if this doesn't pan out would do again.  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Jan Verified Attendee
  Good and nice to meet people  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Ollie Verified Attendee
  Lovely atmosphere  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Colin Verified Attendee
  I liked the host, all the people, I can honestly say I had a good time and I didn't necessarily expect to as much as I did. I thank the host and the venue staff for this, nice people.  
Posted: 04/09/2025
David Verified Attendee
  Was good but only 7 ladies turned up which is disappointing.  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Jen Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/09/2025
Ben Verified Attendee
  A good balanced mix of people, and well attended. I had fun, and Steph is a great host as usual.  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Adam Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/09/2025
Rowan Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/09/2025
Maisie Verified Attendee
  Good first experience  
Posted: 04/09/2025
Bethany Verified Attendee
  Nicely organised. Great location. Steph event manager was great. Felt safe. Kept on time. Was good to be able to mingle after.  
Posted: 03/09/2025
Victor Verified Attendee
Posted: 03/09/2025
Pep Verified Attendee
  Steph is a f**king great host!  
Posted: 03/09/2025
Saffron Verified Attendee
  Steph was great. Really fun evening  
Posted: 03/09/2025
David Verified Attendee
  Fun place, good host and a great vibe!  
Posted: 03/09/2025
Georgia Verified Attendee
Posted: 03/09/2025
Jonny Verified Attendee
  Host was really good, would have liked more time with each person  
Posted: 03/09/2025
Alastair Verified Attendee
Posted: 03/09/2025
joshua Verified Attendee
  Good exprince  
Posted: 03/09/2025
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.