The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo may be sold out for 2014, but why not kill two birds with one stone and combine the epic experience of the Tattoo with a delicious meal?

Taking place upon the Castle Esplanade, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a mainstay of the Edinburgh Festivals, and is a perennial highlight with its celebration of Scottish music, ceremony, theatre and dance.

It isn’t nicknamed the greatest show on earth for nothin’, though, and this year's run is completely sold out. However, there are still great value packages available through Heritage Portfolio, which combines a ticket for the Tattoo – at its face value of £38 – with a three-course meal and champagne cocktail for only £75 (£77 for Saturday performances).

Returning to the Fringe for a fourth consecutive year, The Pommery Champagne Café Bar, located within The Signet Library, hosts the event, and the meal itself will be informal and catered by the award-winning Heritage Portfolio.

As the Signet is only a stone's throw from the Castle Esplanade, where the Tattoo takes place, those attending the meal will be personally escorted to the Tattoo at just the right moment (no standing in queues!). Attendees will arrive full of food and in merry mood to enjoy all the action.

So come and make a night of it, and enjoy world class dining at the Pommery Champagne Café Bar and world class entertainment at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.