Urban Angel
A working Edinburgh bartender picked this Hanover Street breakfast room in a 2023 trade guide, and the kitchen has held a failing hygiene rating since February 2026.12
Why go
Writing a bartenders' guide to Edinburgh for the trade magazine CLASS in May 2023, Sian Buchan put it in the New Town morning: breakfast spots Papii and Urban Angel are both on Hanover Street and excellent
.1 That is a working bartender's pick rather than a listing, and it is three years old, which matters because the hygiene rating above is newer than the recommendation.
Good to know
- Hours: nobody publishes them, so check before you go.
- Getting there: 121 Hanover Street, in the New Town.
- Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme IMPROVEMENT REQUIRED, inspected 24 February 2026, FHRSID 60217, with NewRatingPending false as at 7 August 2026, meaning no re-inspection is queued. Recorded here as a fact for you to weigh.2
- Not to be confused: Six by Nico at 97 Hanover Street holds its own separate Improvement Required. Different operator, further down the street.
Verdict
could-visit — A Hanover Street breakfast room that an Edinburgh bartender, writing for the trade, picks out alongside Papii as the New Town's morning options. That is the kind of recommendation worth having, because it comes from someone who works in the city's hospitality rather than from a listicle. The thing that sits against it is current and specific: the premises holds a Food Hygiene Improvement Required from 24 February 2026 and nothing is queued for re-inspection as of August. The endorsement is from 2023 and the rating is from 2026, so the newer fact is the one to weigh.