When Jay Rayner leaves a positive review, you know it must be good. Leftfield isn't just any seafood bistro. Begone, small plates! Here, the portions are hearty, the food is marvellous and the atmosphere embodies all of that renowned Scottish cheer. 

With so much to try one visit to Yamato is simply not enough. This intimate dining experience serves authentic Japanese cuisine and perhaps some of the best sushi in Edinburgh. 

The daily ritual at NÀDAIR is drafting the chalkboard menu behind the duck-egg blue tiled walls. To one side various natural wines are scattered across the shells, to the other various dried flowers dangle. This neighbourhood restaurant in Marchmont is a relatively new endeavor began by chefs Alan Keery & Sarah Baldry. The stand out? That almost everything on the ever-changing 5-course set menu has been foraged from Edinburgh’s immediate surroundings, even the in house cocktail infusions. 

Refined and elegant though wonderfully unfussy. Timberyard is a family-run affair, where the food is served with love and passion.  The setting makes this experience all the more memorable as you dine within a 19th century costume store and warehouse.