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Leith Restaurants : Dining Reviews
Eating Out in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
post updated 22 February 2025
Restaurants + Cafes + Hotels + Bistros + Brasseries + Inns
This Leith restaurant guide lists architect-designed restaurants & cafes. These Leith restaurants are mostly contemporary. The key classics, such as Skippers and Fishers, are inserted to give depth. Most Leith restaurants are reviewed for surroundings, food & service.
Leith Restaurant Information
Leith restaurant recommendations
restaurant recommendations: service + interior + food & wine
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Lothian Dining Reviews:
| * * * | Fisher’s 1 The Shore, Leith, Edinburghv: needs prior booking +44 (0)131 554 5666 Darkly atmospheric pub with celebrated food – under the former 17thC Signal Tower. Fisher’s Restaurant is a Leith institution and one of the famous Edinburgh restaurants. Booking advised in advance. |
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| ^ | Skipper’s 1a Dock Pl, Leith: needs prior booking +44 (0)131 554 1018 Quiet – again, non-contemporary – seafood restaurant. Skipper’s is tucked away near the Waterfront Bistro: included due to great reputation, but it’s pricey |
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| * * * | Martin Wishart 54 The Shore, Leith: best to book +44 (0)131 553 3557 Opened in 2000 in small, discreet premises: for sumptuous food in calm surroundings, excellent sensitive service. A rare Edinburgh restaurant to be Michelin-starred. Martin Wishart restaurant has recently been refurbished and expanded. |
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| * | Raj Restaurant 87-91 Henderson St, Leith +44 (0)131 553 3980 Great view down Water of Leith; quality Curry House, neighbours with Allan Murray Architects’ Coalhill Housing. Ordinary interior, authentic North Indian cuisine. |
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| * * | Malmaison Hotel The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 468 5000 Former Seaman’s Mission, restored in 1994 to make what has become a well known Edinburgh restaurant, and hotel. The Malmaison Hotel Leith Interior when reviewed first in 2000 let this establishment down, especially the heavly-ornate darkwood island bar. Malmaison Hotel Edinburgh Review Cafe Bar / Brasserie – please call for bookings brasserie +44 (0)131 468 5002 |
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List of Key Leith Restaurants
restaurant details correct at time of writing, listed alphabetically:
bigos restaurant
277 Leith Walk, Edinburgh +44 (0)131 554 6539
Britannia Spice restaurant – Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese & Thai
150 Commercial St, Ocean Drive +44 (0)131 555 2255 [email protected]
Café Truva – Turkish cafe
77 The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 554 5502
Cameo Bar
23 Commercial St, Leith +44 (0)131 554 9999
Compass Bar & Grill
44 Queen Charlotte St, Leith +44 (0)131 554 1979
D’Antonio’s – Italian Restaurant
63 The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 467 7746
Daniel’s Bistro
Commercial Quay, Leith +44 (0)131 553 5933
Fisher’s
1 The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 554 5666
Giuliano’s on the Shore – Italian Restaurant
1 Commercial St, Leith +44 (0)131 554 5272
International Starters
82 Commercial Quay, Leith +44 (0)131 555 2546
Iso Bar
7 Bernard St, Leith +44 (0)131 467 8904
Khublai Khan – Mongolian
43 Assembly St, Leith +44 (0)131 555 0005
The Kitchin
78 Commercial Quay +44 (0)131 555 1755
Ma Potters Chargrill Restaurant & Bar
Ocean Terminal – 2nd Flr, Leith +44 (0)131 555 6700
Nobles Bar and Restaurant
44a Constitution St, Leith +44 (0)13 561 8219
Malmaison Hotel + Brasserie
The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 468 5000
Martin Wishart – Michelin Star restaurant
54 The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 553 3557
Plumed Horse
50-54 Henderson St, Leith +44 (0)131 554 5556
Raj Restaurant
87-91 Henderson St, Leith +44 (0)131 553 3980
The Shore Bar & Restaurant
3 The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 553 5080 [email protected]
Skippers Bistro – Seafood Bistro
1a Dock Pl, Leith +44 (0)131 554 1018
Smoke Stack – Chargrill Restaurant
19 Shore Place, Leith +44 (0)131 476 6776
Suruchi Too Restaurant
121 Constitution St, Leith +44 (0)131 554 3268
The Lighthouse – Scotland’s Style Bar of the Year Award 2004
32-34 The Shore, Leith +44 (0)131 554 9465
The Vintners Rooms Restaurant – Southern French cuisine
87a Giles St, Leith +44 (0)131 554 6767
one of the oldest buildings in Edinburgh
Waterfront Wine Bar & Grill
1c Dock Pl, Leith +44 (0)131 554 7427
Ye Olde Peacock Inn
Newhaven +44 (0)131 552 8707
Zinc Bar & Grill
Ocean Terminal, Leith +44 (0)131 553 8070
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