International CafÉ
Here in Edinburgh, we want to make every international student feel welcome! Through weekly sharing, chats over tea, and an optional bible study. We seek to build relationships with our international friends and to offer them the best gift we can – the gospel of Jesus Christ!
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International Churches
There are loads of churches in Edinburgh with some that do services in languages other than English- to find out what services each Church runs just click the name to go the their website.
Living in Edinburgh
Some helpful information about the facilities and services in Edinburgh such as shopping, banks, travelling, storage, and health.
Health
You can apply for the University Health Service at http://www.health-service.ed.ac.uk/
You can only book for an appointment with the doctor once you have registered with the GP at the University. Make sure you do this in the first week of university!
If you want to be registered with a dentist then Vitality Dental and Optical is one of the closest- located inside Potterrow, Central Campus of Edinburgh University.
Banks
RBS (Edinburgh University) 61 Forrest Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2QP T. 0131 226 6061 RBS (Edinburgh North Bridge) 31 North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1SF T. 0131 556 2499 HSBC Bank (Edinburgh - Princes Street) 118 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AA T. 0845 7404404 Barclays Bank (Edinburgh) 10-15 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AN T. 03457 345345 Bank of Scotland (Head Office) The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ T. 0845 7801801 NatWest Bank (Edinburgh) 8 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2SB T. 0845 366 1965 Santander (Edinburgh Newington Road) 82 Newington Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1QN T. 0845 765 4321
Travel
If you will be using buses a lot then the bus pass (ridacard) could be worth considering. Be careful to compare the price of the card with the price of adult single tickets. For example, the 4 week pass only saves you money if you make more than 28 journeys.
For bus routes and ticket prices see lothian buses website.
Alternatively, if you plan to travel around the UK by train, a rail card will be very handy. Remember to choose the correct Rail Card type (the 16-25 railcard is usually the best one for students).
www.thetrainline.com/railcards
Storage
Lovespace Tel.: 0800 802 1018 Big Yellow Tel.: 0131 453 5769 SafeStore Tel.: 0800 444 800 Edinburgh Self Storage Tel.: 0131 337 7277
Shops
Asian Grocery Stores
PCY Oriental Chinese supermarket 199, 201 Leith Walk Closes 5PM · +44 131 554 0358 星光便利 Starlight Chinese Supermarket 25-29 Clerk St Closes 8PM · +44 131 667 8951 Superior Oriental Asian grocery store 84-86 S Clerk St Closes 8PM · +44 131 667 6667 Aihua Supermarket Chinese supermarket 36 W Crosscauseway Closes 7PM · +44 131 662 8888 百兴行 Passion Hut Chinese Supermarket 68 Dalry Rd Closes 9PM · +44 7402 680767 南洋亚洲华人超市，中国超市 Nanyang Chinese Supermarket Quartermile, Lister Square, 6 - 7 Simpson Loan Closes 7:30PM · +44 7921 854932
Nina's Mini market Asian grocery store 18a Brougham St Closes 10PM · +44 131 261 4792 Thai@Haymarket Asian grocery store 39 Dalry Rd Closes 8PM · +44 131 313 4888 Janatha Food Store Indian grocery store 34-36 Montrose Terrace Closes 8PM · +44 131 661 8000 Matthews Foods Chinese supermarket 36 Inglis Green Rd Closes 5PM · +44 131 443 8686 Hing Sing Chinese supermarket 310 Leith Walk Closes 6PM · +44 131 554 4333 Junction Food Store Asian grocery store 33 Great Jct St Closes 10PM
Maqbools Supermarket Grocery store 36 Potterrow Closes 9PM · +44 131 667 1778 Hut Bazar Asian grocery store 160 - 162 Great Jct St Closes 9PM · +44 131 554 2877 Hua Xing Chinese Supermarket 48-50 Ratcliffe Terrace Closes 7PM · +44 131 662 9892 Edinburgh Trading Ltd Supermarket 125 Lauriston Pl Closes 7PM · +44 131 477 2534 星光便利 Starlight Chinese Mini Market 268-270 Gorgie Rd Closes 6PM · +44 131 346 7998 朗御 LangYu Chinese supermarket Capability Scotland Closes 6:30PM
Halal Stores
Ijaz Halal Market Grocery store · 53 Nicolson St +44 131 667 4375 Halal Meat 66 Gorgie Rd +44 131 346 2244 Al Halal Butcher shop · 42 Polwarth Cres +44 131 221 9569 Al Medina Grocery store · 10 Nicolson Square +44 131 668 4704 Bismillah Food Store Grocery store · 3 Nicolson Square +44 131 662 4308 Maqbools Supermarket Grocery store · 36 Potterrow +44 131 667 1778
Continental Food Grocery store · 368 Gorgie Rd +44 131 346 2185 Crescent Foods Butcher shop · 2 Strachan Rd +44 131 332 7806 Akdeniz Mediterranean Supermarket Grocery store · 82-90 Leith Walk +44 131 467 3980 Rajah's Supermarket Supermarket · 33 Albert St +44 131 555 1619 Kebab Mahal Indian · 7 Nicolson Square Cult halal curry house & takeaway +44 131 667 5214 Roti Indian · 42 South Bridge +44 131 557 8820
Zaza's Coffee House Coffee shop · 21 Grassmarket +44 131 226 5635 Elfalafel Middle Eastern · 15 Bristo Pl +44 131 477 2455 Beirut Lebanese · 24 Nicolson Square +44 131 667 9919 Kezban Mediterranean Restaurant Mediterranean · 9-10 Commercial St +44 131 553 1078 Laila's Mediterranean · 63 Cockburn St +44 131 226 5097 Hanam's Middle Eastern · 3 Johnston Terrace +44 131 225 1329
Polish Stores
Taste Of Poland Grocery store 352 Leith Walk Open ⋅ Closes 8PM Edinburgh Supermarket Żabka Sklep 251 Leith Walk
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