Eleanore
It sits in the 2026 MICHELIN guide at selected standing, and Time Out puts a meal here at around GBP 75 a head.1
Why go
The guide's 2026 Edinburgh list has Eleanore at selected, which is the listing rung rather than a star or a Bib Gourmand.1 It is the middle room of three from the same chef-owner pair: The Skinny describes Ardfern as turning the pedigree of Eleanore and The Little Chartroom onto breakfast.3 Time Out has it fifth on its 2026 Edinburgh list and puts the room at the top of Leith Walk.2
What locals & experts say
- Time Out, best restaurants in Edinburgh 2026, on what it is:
Relaxed neighbourhood dining and wining at the top of Leith Walk
, alow-key but irresistible jaunt from chef Roberta Hall
where the room isall industrial Scandi-esque neutrals with lots of light and a healthy hum of chatter and clatter
and the food isdone to a mouth-wateringly high standard with a reasonable enough price tag for what you're getting (£75 per person
.2 A round-up entry rather than a scored single review.
Good to know
- Price: around GBP 75 per person per Time Out's 2026 list. A round-up figure, not a printed menu price.2
- Booking: nothing published on policy, and a guide-listed neighbourhood room is one to book.
- Hours: nobody publishes them. Unknown here rather than guessed.
- Getting there: 30-31 Albert Place, at the top of Leith Walk.
- Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme Pass, inspected 5 March 2026, FHRSID 1551264. Five months old, well inside the bound.4
- Not to be confused: three other Albert Place premises hold Improvement Required ratings, at numbers 1, 7-8 and 26. Different operators, different premises.4
Verdict
should-visit — A neighbourhood room at the top of Leith Walk that sits in the 2026 MICHELIN guide at selected standing, from the kitchen behind The Little Chartroom and Ardfern. Time Out's 2026 Edinburgh list has it fifth and describes the register precisely: relaxed dining and wining, industrial Scandi neutrals, a lot of light, a hum of chatter, and food held to a high standard at around GBP 75 a head. That last part matters, because it is the price at which a guide-listed room stops being an occasion and starts being a place you can actually use. Go for dinner and book. What keeps it off must-visit here is evidence shape rather than doubt: guide standing without a star, a round-up rather than a scored critic review, and a full List review that this pass did not fetch.