Harajuku Kitchen
One Bruntsfield Japanese kitchen now runs three ways: the bistro on Gillespie Place, a second room in the OMNi Centre, and market stalls at Stockbridge and the Grassmarket on selected weekends.3
Why go
The Skinny's guide to Tollcross, Bruntsfield and Marchmont calls it well-crafted Japanese cuisine
and puts it in the same paragraph as Hendersons and Decanter.1 Edinburgh's own tourism board describes a kitchen that combines traditional family recipes with creative flair
.2 Those two short lines are the whole independent record on the cooking. The house prints its own accolade strip on its front page, listing AA Rosettes for 2024, 2025 and 2026 along with mentions from The Scotsman, Conde Nast Traveller and the Sunday Times Food 100, and every one of those is a claim by the venue that nobody has verified at the awarding body.3
Good to know
- Address: 10 Gillespie Place, at the Bruntsfield end of Tollcross. The second site is in the OMNi Centre on Leith Street, EH1 3AU.3
- Hours: the bistro runs Monday to Sunday, midday to 10.30pm, and the house says hours vary daily. The OMNi Centre site runs midday to 10pm.3
- Markets: Stockbridge Market and the Grassmarket on selected weekends.3
- Booking: the house runs both a book-a-table and an order-takeaway flow.
- Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme Pass, inspected 26 March 2026, FHRSID 662871. Four months old.4
- Same postcode, different business: Authentic Ethiopian Cuisine at 8 Gillespie Place holds Improvement Required from March 2025. It is a separate premises under a separate operator and the rating does not transfer.
Verdict
could-visit — One Japanese kitchen in Bruntsfield has grown into three operations: the bistro at 10 Gillespie Place, a second site in the OMNi Centre on Leith Street, and market stalls at Stockbridge and the Grassmarket on selected weekends. The Skinny's Bruntsfield guide calls the cooking well-crafted Japanese cuisine and the city's own tourism board describes traditional family recipes handled with creative flair. Those are two short descriptive lines and they are the entire independent record. The house prints a strip of accolades on its front page, including AA Rosettes for 2024, 2025 and 2026, and every one of those is the venue's claim until somebody reads the awarding body. The register passed the bistro in March 2026, four months ago, which is as fresh as this file gets. Go for a neighbourhood sushi dinner in Bruntsfield, and hold the accolades lightly until they are pinned.