# Best restaurants in Edinburgh

Modern Scottish cooking, seafood in Leith and dinner by the Castle: the Edinburgh restaurants visitors and food writers recommend.

- 45 votes · 12 items
- Aug 13, 2026 · menuhunter.midnight
- https://even.best/en/l/1089/best-restaurants-in-edinburgh

## Top 10

1. **The Kitchin** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Tom Kitchin's 'from nature to plate' Michelin-starred restaurant in Leith.
2. **Café Royal** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Victorian oyster bar with stained glass and Doulton tiles.
3. **Contini George Street** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Italian dining in a former banking hall.
4. **The Witchery by the Castle** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Gothic candlelit dining rooms at the top of the Royal Mile.
5. **Ondine** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Seafood restaurant near the Royal Mile with an oyster bar.
6. **The Outsider** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Affordable modern dishes with views of the Castle.
7. **Dishoom Edinburgh** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Bombay café in a former department store on St Andrew Square.
8. **The Palmerston** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Bakery-restaurant with nose-to-tail cooking in the West End.
9. **The Scran & Scallie** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tom Kitchin's gastropub in Stockbridge.
10. **Wedgwood the Restaurant** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Scottish produce on the Royal Mile.
11. **Mother India's Cafe** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Indian tapas near the university.
12. **Timberyard** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Seasonal tasting menus in a converted warehouse.

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