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Stuart Smith

Chef · Owner / operator — Seafood cooked over fire, and the Edinburgh rooms he eats in on his own time.

Listed with the chefs in Edinburgh.

Stuart Smith is chef-patron of the kitchen the Good Food Guide named Scotland's Best Local Restaurant in 2024, and he talks about technique in specifics. His published answers argue salt as curing, preservation and fermentation, and name a whole market fish on the bone as the house dish.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• The Good Food Guide ↗their pick · 2026-01-17
  • MIRINLeith

    “My wife and I love Mirin on Leith walk. It's our very close friends who own it but as much as we love to go to support them (which we do regularly), our main reason for going is that the food is absolutely delicious…”