Right before we head to National Museum of Scotland, we stumbled upon the Elephant House- the birthplace of Harry Potter. Even we were not sure from far, it was confirmed when we approached closer to the cafe frontage, in English and Chinese! We went in and had an impromptu brunch here.
When J. K. Rowling was writing her series of Harry Potter at the beginning, she was in a needy stage, that she found it cheaper to buy a cup of coffee and wrote in the cafe the whole day than paying heater bill at home.
It was not too crowded when we were here. Nice surprise and I like the coziness of the ambiance. The cafe publicises quite a lot of JK Rowling's articles, quotes and photos on the walls, besides rescuing elephants. The toilet, the toilet walls and doors were full of graffiti that i was astonish at and forgotten to take a picture of it.
We had a breakfast set, hot chocolate and a cuppa, which costed us £11.65. In my opinion, food was not too bad, but not to SC.
Address: 21 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 EN, UK. As I was saying, the Elephant House was just minutes away from National Museum of Scotland. If you are walking on George IV Bridge, from the direction of Royal Mile, you would miss the red facade of the shophouse on your right.
If you are keen, visit its Website for the official opening times, and menus.
How cool... Thanks so much for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteSOOOO cool!! As a Potterhead, that should so be on my bucketlist!! Thanks for sharing and linking up! Happy Thursday!!
ReplyDeleteOooo.. You went to the birth place of Harry Potter! How cool! I better pin this up so I remember to go if I ever make that trip to UK.. Okay, WHEN, not IF.
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