Date :
11/02/2014
Founder of Rabbie’s Small Group Tours, Robin Worsnop, is set to launch a brand new hospitality venture in the coming weeks.
Rabbie’s Cafes will be developed at all Rabbie’s UK departure points in London, Dublin and Glasgow, in addition to a ‘second terminal’ in Edinburgh. In the future, the company plans to open cafés in key UK cities then develop tours from those locations.
Robin says, “The café is an extension of our clients’ experience. By offering hospitality to Rabbie’s travellers as well as other visitors, we are extending the overall Rabbie’s offering. On our tours, we promise to deliver a unique and memorable experience to last a lifetime. The café enables us to extend this experience through outstanding local food, drink and hospitality.”
The first Rabbie’s Café will have its home at 6 Waterloo Place in Edinburgh and will sell coffee, freshly made smoothies, gluten-free foods and locally-sourced food all day. Fittingly, the baristas will be renamed 'Rabistas'!
Opening of the Rabbie’s Café comes at a time when businesses and other organisations are keen to see an improvement in the quality of the visitor experience on high streets, longer opening hours and a more diverse range of uses; particularly more cafes and restaurants.
In addition to the café, the 750 square metre building will include a stunning room on the first floor which will be available for private hire. With three-metre high floor-to-ceiling picture windows the newly renamed ‘Burns Room’ affords outstanding views the length of Princes Street right to the west end – possibly the only room in Edinburgh with this view.
Robin adds, “Rabbie’s Café will be one of the few independent locally-run businesses in the area. We will be open longer hours and will provide the best hospitality that Scotland can offer. It would be fantastic if Rabbie’s Café was a pioneer in the resurgence of Princes Street”.
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