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Leith Restaurants : Dining Reviews

Eating Out in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

post updated 3 July 2023

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
* fair
** good
*** excellent
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Edinburgh Restaurants 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.
* 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
restaurant reservations +44 (0)131 468 5003

Malmaison hotel

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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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