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 to 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 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
HSBC Bank 76 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EL T. 0345 740 4404 Barclays Bank 10-15 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AN T. 03457 345345 Bank of Scotland 112 St James Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3AD T. 0345 602 0000 Bank of Scotland 30 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DL T. 0345 724 2424 NatWest Bank 109 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JW T. 0345 788 8444 Santander 31 Hanover St, Edinburgh, EH2 2EB T. 0800 085 1491
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
Janatha Food Store Indian grocery store 34-36 Montrose Terrace Closes 8PM 0131 661 8000 Maqbools Supermarket International supermarket 36 Potterrow 9AM-8PM 0131 667 1778 Hut Bazar Asian grocery store 160 - 162 Great Jct St 9.30AM-8PM 0131 554 2877 Spice of Asia International supermarket 398 Gorgie Rd 9AM-9PM 0131 337 5699 Superior Oriental Asian grocery store 84-86 S Clerk St 11.30AM-9PM 0131 667 6667 Amall Supermarket Asian supermarket 125 Lauriston Pl 10AM-8.30PM 0131 477 2534
Matthews Foods 萬富行 Chinese supermarket 36 Inglis Green Rd 9.30AM-5PM 0131 443 8686 Hing Sing Chinese supermarket 310 Leith Walk 10AM-6PM 0131 554 4333 Hua Xing Chinese Supermarket 48-50 Ratcliffe Terrace 10AM-7PM 0131 662 9892 朗御 LangYu Chinese supermarket Capability Scotland 9.30AM-8:30PM Aihua Supermarket Chinese supermarket 36 W Crosscauseway 10AM-9PM 0131 662 8888 南洋亚洲华人超市 Nanyang Chinese Supermarket 6 - 7 Simpson Loan 11.30AM-7.30PM 07921 854932
Sanpo Yoshi Asian grocery store 268 Gorgie Rd 10.30AM-7PM 0131 347 1304 Thai@Haymarket Thai grocery store 39 Dalry Rd 11AM-8PM 0131 313 4888 Maycheelin Asian Supermarket 67 Holyrood Rd 11.30AM-8.30PM 0131 629 1101 PCY Oriental Chinese supermarket 199, 201 Leith Walk 10AM-6PM 0131 554 0358 星光便利 Starlight Chinese Supermarket 25-29 Clerk St 10AM-8PM 0131 667 8951
Halal Grocery 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
EUROPEAN grocery Stores
Touch Of Poland Grocery store 66 S Clerk St 10AM-7:30PM Taste of Europe Grocery Store 106B Dalry Rd 8AM-8PM Taste of Poland Grocery Store 352 Leith Walk 10AM-8PM Edinburgh Supermarket Żabka Sklep 251 Leith Walk 10AM-10PM
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