9 places for to eat in Edinburgh, chosen by Liv and checked by the editors.
Leith
Chef Martin Wishart's French restaurant on The Shore at Leith, in the same place since 1999 and holding a Michelin star.
LivFrench cooking on the water. Book it for the night after the Shore.
Leith
Tom Kitchin's Michelin-starred modern Scottish restaurant on Leith's Commercial Quay, cooking with the Scottish seasons.
LivThe Scottish season, straight onto the plate. Walk out along the quay.
Leith
A bright, uncluttered Michelin-starred corner restaurant just off The Shore in Leith, cooking seasonal Scottish produce.
LivPlain walls, so you just look at the plate.
Leith
A seafood restaurant in a seventeenth-century watchtower on The Shore, serving Leith since 1991.
LivFish under a seventeenth-century watchtower. Good after a swim.
Old Town
A family-run restaurant cooking with local growers and foragers, awarded a Michelin star in 2023 and a Green Star in 2026; the menu changes weekly.
LivOnly what the fields and woods give. Ask for the small-producer wine.
Old Town
An all-day café, bar and restaurant opened in May 2026 in a 250-year-old building on Victoria Street, with coffee and pastries in the morning and Scottish bistro dishes later.
LivTake the spiral stair. Stop before the bottom of the hill.
Old Town
Chef Paul Wedgwood's restaurant on the Canongate, cooking seasonal Scottish produce with foraged herbs, with foraging courses in spring and summer.
LivThey cook with foraged herbs. Come down off Arthur's Seat and stop here.
Stockbridge
A Stockbridge gastropub from Tom Kitchin's group, serving pub classics with a modern twist; all meat and fish are bought whole and butchered in-house.
LivEverything comes in whole and is butchered here. Order the pub classics.
Broughton
A family-run French bistro and wine bar on Broughton Street led by chef Fred Berkmiller, with a seasonal blackboard menu of French classics.
LivChoose from the blackboard. It changes with the season.
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