City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd

City Cabs Edinburgh Ltd

About this app

Download the City Cabs Edinburgh App and start booking, tracking and paying for your taxis with just a few clicks.
Our simple user friendly app allows you to:
• Confirm, Cancel and Edit Bookings
• Track your Cab using GPS
• Pay by cash or debit/credit card
• Save favourite addresses to allow quicker booking
• Book jobs to and from Edinburgh Airport
• Select vehicle type (All vehicles are wheelchair accessible but please request this option in settings)
• Use voucher codes
• Manage booking history
• Set up call backs
• Book account journeys (must have City Cabs account number)


Our app has the added functionality of a ‘Buddy Phone’ service. Include your buddy’s number to your booking and we’ll send them a notification so that they can track your taxi. We can even send them a text to let them know you’ve arrived safely.

City Cabs have been operating since 1925 and boast a fleet of over 440 taxis with around 1200 drivers who have all passed ‘The Knowledge’ test of Edinburgh.

For a fast, efficient, reliable and more importantly safe taxi journey, book with City Cabs.

The City Cabs App is intended for U.K use only, and therefore all addresses are restricted to within the U.K.
This App allows you to book a Licensed Taxi from City Cabs.

Ratings and reviews

App showed £15 for my journey, then driver wanted to charge me £23. You definitely won't pay what is being shown. Reached out to City Cabs and while they offered a £5 discount code, I definitely won't use this service again. Past 3 rides(regardless I used the app or not) I got ripped off. Two stars, because they are at least reliable, turning up and quick.

Don't book in advance! if you do, add 10 minutes for the driver to get to you, as it's only assigned at your booked time. I just came outside ready for my pre-booked taxi, and watched three empty taxis drive past me one after the other (two I saw go the other way dropping people off). Would have been faster to not bother pre-booking.

app was good although didnt appear to be a manual override for address so unless on list it was hard to select. my example is new vault city location in eh260bf. also felt like the cabby app didnt take in to account road closures

What’s new

To make it simpler and more reliable for you, we update the passenger app as frequently as we can. This release brings an improved booking experience and support for Android 15 to ensure better stability and performance.