Edinburgh, for
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The Fishmarket
Solid · Restaurant · Leith · $$
book ahead
The fishmonger who supplies this kitchen trades out of the unit next door on the same pier, and the same firm sells to The Kitchin.
Kate's?
Solid · Bakery · Newington · $
walk-in
Kate Murphy put the kitchen at the back of the room so she could bake and welcome people at the same time, and the counter changes with whatever is in season.
Pierinos
Listed · Fish and chips · Leith · $
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Perino and Lucia Crolla opened this counter in 1983 as The Tally Tower Fish & Chicken Bar, named for the Martello tower in Leith Docks, and renamed it after the first refit in the early nineties.
Chennai's Marinajust added!
Listed · Restaurant · Southside · $
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Peter Simpson of The Skinny read the menu's chilli marking as a warning, and when this kitchen says two chillies it means two chillies.
Civerinos Forrest Rd/Meadows
Listed · Pizza by the slice · Old Town · $$
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Two dough clocks run behind this counter: 72 hours for the panuozzo and, on the group's own account, 96 for the New Haven pies.
Kebab Mahal!
Listed · Kebabs · Southside · $
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The tandoor on Nicolson Square has been turning out halal Punjabi food since 1979, from a room that sits beside the Central Mosque and about two minutes' walk from Bristo Square.
Fortitude Coffee Stockbridge?
Listed · Coffee · Stockbridge · $
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Seven harvests running, the same Rwandan washing station has sold this roastery its coffee.
Bonnie & Wild's Scottish Marketplace
Listed · Scottish · New Town · $$
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Julie Lin folds Malaysian tacos at Tacos Lah, Gary Maclean works Scottish seafood at Creel Caught, and the 400 seats between them will take a party of eight with no booking.
Oink Victoria Street
Listed · Restaurant · Old Town · $
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Two Borders farmers built their own roasting oven after the 1999 pig price crash, and the pig you can see through this window has been in it for fourteen hours.
Cairngorm Coffee Melville Place!
Listed · Specialty coffee · West End · $
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Four espressos on the bar every day and a batch brew that rotates, off beans roasted a short walk from Portobello beach.
Alby's Leith
Listed · Restaurant · Leith · $
walk-in
Every sandwich comes on focaccia and the fillings change week to week, so order what is on the board today rather than what you read about.
Pronto Slice?
Listed · Roman pizza al taglio · Old Town · $
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A pizza counter opened by a street-food operator whose test kitchen was a five-month dough factory in Portobello.
Oink Scottish Hog Roast?
Listed · Restaurant · Old Town · $
walk-in
The shop makes the haggis that goes in the roll, and the pig it goes on has been in the oven for fourteen hours.
Taco Libre!
Listed · Mexican · West End · $
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The Skinny has run the same line on this kitchen two years running: the tacos are some of the very best around.
Papii
Listed · Brunch · New Town · $
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In April 2025 a news agency reported this cafe was leaving Hanover Street by 6 September; sixteen months on, the hygiene register, Companies House and the cafe's own site all still put it at number 101.
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