Fairly central (Thistle Street is parallel to Rose St); http://www.cafemarlayne.com/
Nice and close to you in St Andrew Square: http://www.caferoyaledinburgh.co.uk/
This is a good pub which does food (just round the corner from the Cafe Royal): http://guildfordarms.com/
As for "must-sees" - there's the Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse if that is your kind of thing. The walk between them down the Royal Mile will give you your dose of tourist tat (DO NOT go to the Scotch Whisky Experience...)
Go and climb Arthur's Seat and count how many different languages you hear spoken on the top. Calton Hill is less strenuous and also has good views.
Do museums/art galleries interest you? There's http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/ plus art galleries.
(If you are actually staying nearer Haymarket I can recommend a bunch more places (that's the end where I live) but they're a bit far from St Andrew Square.)
Nice and close to you in St Andrew Square: http://www.caferoyaledinburgh.co.uk/
This is a good pub which does food (just round the corner from the Cafe Royal): http://guildfordarms.com/
As for "must-sees" - there's the Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse if that is your kind of thing. The walk between them down the Royal Mile will give you your dose of tourist tat (DO NOT go to the Scotch Whisky Experience...)
Go and climb Arthur's Seat and count how many different languages you hear spoken on the top. Calton Hill is less strenuous and also has good views.
Do museums/art galleries interest you? There's http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/ plus art galleries.
(If you are actually staying nearer Haymarket I can recommend a bunch more places (that's the end where I live) but they're a bit far from St Andrew Square.)
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Good food in a lovely place and it doesn't cost the earth 
