We have been hosting birthdays since the day we opened, and one of the things I have learned over that time is that there is no single version of a birthday at Nectar. There are several, and which one you get depends almost entirely on how many people are coming. This is not a complaint and it is not a constraint. It is simply how the evening works, and understanding it in advance makes planning considerably easier, whether you are booking a table for two or asking us to hold

There is a moment on the last Friday of every month, somewhere around half past eight, when the room at Nectar changes. It is subtle at first. More people coming through the door than a normal Friday would bring at that hour. Tables that were having a quiet dinner start wrapping things up a little earlier than they otherwise might. And in the corner, DJ Leo is setting up. For the first hour, you would barely notice anything different. The music is quiet, the volume sits under

Private dining in Edinburgh tends to mean one of two things. A hotel function room where the carpet does not match the chairs and the food arrives under silver cloches from a kitchen you will never see. Or a curtained-off corner of a restaurant where you can still hear the table next to you ordering dessert. Nectar is neither of those things. When you hire a space at Nectar, you are hiring a proper cocktail bar and Greek kitchen on one of Edinburgh's most characterful indepen