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    The Kitchin

    4.4 (102 reviews)
    Ultra High-EndBritish, Modern European
    Closed 12:30 pm - 2:00 PM, 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Romantic
    Classy
    Upscale

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    Paul D.

    Was the food good? Yes. Could it have been better? Yes. We visited to experience their lunch menu on a Friday afternoon, and although there were dishes which obviously had that 'wow factor' to them, however, two out of nine of the dishes were not at the standard we expected. One party in our table ordered asked for a vegetarian alternative to the lunch menu options and we were unimpressed with what was served - it was effectively a plate of different cheeses and salad. The second disappointment was a beef dish which was tough, and not tender as it was supposed to be. Perhaps the full tasting menu provides a more 'out of this world' experience.

    Carlos V.

    I traveled to Edinburgh for my birthday and planned to eat at The Kitchin for my birthday dinner. From the moment we walked in, Tom Kitchin and his team were exceptional. The restaurant is beautiful and cozy. His service team is extremely nice and so proper. I sat down and had a birthday card from Tom Kitchin wishing me Happy Birthday which was the start of an incredible meal. Then they brought over a map that tells you where all the ingredients were sourced. The five-course tasting menu was amazing from start to finish. During the meal, Tom Kitchin came over to say hello and took us on a tour of his kitchen. To end my experience he brought over a special lemon poppy seed cheesecake with a candle. The Kitchin was awesome!!!! Thank you to everyone at The Kitchin! Oh yeah. the scallop dish was the wow of the tasting menu! How you bake the puff pastry around the shell is wild but such a nice touch. Scallops melted in your mouth!

    Smoke cocktail
    Alan L.

    Delicious! Where to start? Everything was outstanding. The Smoke cocktail was perfectly balanced, showcasing the peaty flavor of the Ardbeg Whisky. The Scallops might have been our favorite course of the tasting menu - although everything was memorable. The small printed map of Scotland with the source of every ingredient reinforced the farm to table orientation. The service was attentive and helpful.

    Justin R.

    This place was absolutely amazing. From the level of service, the quality of food, and the added fact that even the little details are treated like big ones. My wife and I took a wonderful vacation to Scotland and decided to dine here on our last night and we were not disappointed. The restaurant its self is beautiful and has a great atmosphere. I could not recommend this restaurant enough. My advice would be to just know you're gonna spend a lot of money. So save it for a special occasion. But I promise you won't be disappointed.

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    Scott I.

    A fantastic lunch from nature to table. The food and service were both wonderful. We started with champagne and light appetizers and then moved effortlessly through the meal. We enjoyed scallops, grouse and venison each dish was fantastic Ly prepared and cooked to perfection. We finished with a lovely soufflé. Definitely a place to savor and enjoy one's meal with friends wine and wonderful food!

    Lobster dish (prestige)
    Molly H.

    We came to the Kitchin on our second night in Edinburgh and it was nice to see a new part of town - Leith. The restaurant is beautiful and very big, especially for a Michelin restaurant. I got the classic tasting menu and my husband got the prestige. Our cocktails were delicious - the blood orange with egg whites was a standout. We got the same amuse bouches - the smoked mackerel bite was delicious and pea puréed soup was good but different. We also had sourdough bread and homemade butter which is always nice. We each got 6 courses (after the 2 amuse bouches) and the best courses on the classic menu were the first and last dish, but the middle 4 were definitely better on the prestige menu. Classic review - the scallop dish was a showstopper both in presentation and taste. The asparagus dish was good, but the gnocchi was an odd addition (though they were delicious). The monkfish was cooked perfectly but drowning in a butter sauce which ruined the dish for me (especially while I watched my husband eat his lobster dish) and they used the same gnocchi. I've never seen a Michelin restaurant repeat elements like that before. The lamb was also cooked perfectly and I enjoyed the sauces, but the spinach and tomato dollops weren't great. They also added some delicious shredded lamb on the plate but covered it up with lettuce when it was presented. Why?? Show that off! We both had the yogurt sea buckthorn dessert which was a showstopper - wow it was fresh and so delicious. I also loved my strawberry cheesecake dessert with fresh strawberries and mint. Prestige - razor clams were good but the scallop was better (classic menu). The asparagus course had the best sweetbreads my husband has ever had. He also said the lobster dish and the waygu filet/beef cannelloni dish were each delicious. He got the caramel apple soufflé for dessert which was cool to try something that's so hard to make but liked my strawberry dessert better. Overall the prestige menu is better but we would switch in the scallops dish and the strawberry dessert for a perfect meal. Service was good but not as attentive as some other Michelin restaurants we've been to.

    Angela R.

    This Scottish Michelin star restaurant owned by Tom Kitchin of Edinburgh, did not disappoint! The service was impeccable, the food clean and delicious in a contemporary, relaxed ambiance. We arrived for our lunch reservation and were warmly welcomed and immediately seated. Our server greeted us with a daily menu, recommended favorite dishes complete with cocktails/wine pairings. The baked scallops were presented in a scalloped shell and served steaming hot in a creamy white wine sauce. The scallops were fresh, large and tender without a trace of sand/grit. That being said-- you were tempted to throw your head back, and drink the very last drop of gourmet cream sauce straight from the shell! The cheese tray offered an array of tasty morsels with a depth of flavor complimentary to our meals. Ahh-- and the desserts were lovely! They were pretty and delicate... leaving us with 'sweet' summer memories! I'm happy to share, the food and experience were both so good, I simply forgot to take photographs until dessert arrived! The expertise of the chefs, blended with the personable professionalism of the front of the house, made our dinning experience five star. When the chef visited our table to inquire if we enjoyed our courses... we knew we would visit again! Thank you...

    Jennifer G.

    Absolutely fantastic. We were fortunate to get a table for 4 for lunch. From entry to the restaurant to the walk back along the water of Leith it was a great experience. The physical space was lovely with the natural wood elements on the walls and the tartan backed booths. The service was professional and kind. We ordered the fixed menu with wine pairing. I enjoyed the ravioli, beef and lemon soufflé while our party similarly enjoyed the mussels, venison and strawberry dessert. The wine pairings were delicious. Tom Kitchin was in the restaurant and made the rounds through the dining room. Which was the cherry on top of the experience. Highly recommend.

    Sandy B.

    Make your reservation months in advance. Consider yourself fortunate, if you didn't have to. Tom Kitchin and his wife, Michaela, run this world famous, and generously awarded establishment. The staff is super friendly and not st all pretentious. The atmosphere is cozy and tastefully done. There was no way we could chose for ourselves so we chose the Chef's choice. A vegan and regular option. We also do the wine paring. Unbelievable, what a difference that makes. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Everything was exquisitely done. You may feel like you can't eat any more, but you surely, can't leave it on your plate.

    Extremely excited to be here since seeing it on Men in Kilts!
    Denise S.

    This was a big splurge but I'm so glad we did it! I saw it on the show, Men in Kilts. We all had the Surprise tasting menu with wine pairing. My favorite dish was the scallops served in the shell sealed with delicious puff pastry. Everything else was delicious too! Service was excellent. Shout out to Zoey, Steve, Quentin and Evan! Be aware though. This is a very long dinner. It was 4 hours. We had 8pm reservations and left at 12am. I would have been ok with a 3 hr. Max.

    Chris R.

    Food 5/5 Service 1/5 Ambiance 4/5 Let me just start by saying the food here is incredible! We ordered one prestige menu and one standard menu to try food from both. The prestige menu food was definitely worth the extra cost with things like caviar and wagyu beef in the courses. Both menus tasted completely different from each other but equally delicious. The food was Michelin star quality food but the service was not. The service is where our meal completely fell flat. I have eaten at many Michelin starred or bib gourmand rated restaurants and they all aim for around 3-3:30 hour service time. We had a table of 4 and it took us just a few minutes shy of 5 hours for our meal. We would be sitting at an empty table 30 minutes in between courses before our next course arrived. My glass of water was only filled twice and remained empty almost the entire night - I had to ask for it to be filled. We saw almost every other table the the restaurant get seated get their food and leave before we were done. I have never encountered such a slow service before, it was definitely not worthy of a Michelin star service level. We didn't know who our waiter was because we had 4 different people wait on us throughout the night as if we weren't assigned a waiter like every other table was. I loved the food but with such a terrible service experience I cannot recommend this restaurant as there is a certain level of service quality expected with a Michelin star that was not delivered on for our group.

    Lobster with chanterelles and crispy pancetta
    Phong N.

    Best meal I've ever had ... Bar none!! Texture, fresh ingredients, presentation, creativity, taste, service, wine list... value for what you get. We ordered the Classic and Premium tasting menu. I actually think the Classic was better. I didn't think having the lobster and the wagyu beef made the difference, though they were delicious!! The sauces were ridiculously complex, beautiful, colorful and soooo good!! Bravo to the staff, Tom Kitchin and the fresh ingredients that Scotland provided... AMAZING meal. I can't find ANY faults... and I am picky. Food plus wine and gratuity was 500$ for 2. Quite worth the trip!!

    Had the chefs surprise tasting menu and it was amazing. Absolutely delicious. Service was great and we would definitely go back.

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    4.1(252 reviews)
    2.2 miOld Town
    ££

    I was so excited to try this place after seeing good reviews but our experience was terrible. There…read morewere gnats everywhere that we were killing at our dusty booth. When our food arrived we finally asked to move spots but the back of the restaurant was just as bad. I can't believe other families weren't complaining. We also found a hair in our appetizer and the mains were subpar. My husband complained about his fries and burger and the manager was combative. They comped us for one whiskey and we left as quickly as possible. The shepherds pie was very salty and the side of veggies was very clearly from frozen.

    **RACIST & DISCRIMINATORY** The young blonde hair girl in…read moreher maybe late-20s hostess, bartender or server (not sure which) was super rude! We came in excited about this place, and the restaurant had open tables at about 6:50pm on a Friday ... we had just walked all day and were starving with a 2-year old and an elderly after walking all over town and sightseeing all day long. However, was told by this girl that they didn't have a seat for us. Although there was no wait, no one ahead of us and empty tables. I told her she could seat us in that booth, we didn't mind since our 2 year old wouldn't be eating. However, she cut me off and said that would not work. I thought that was weird but that should have been That it would take them about 30 minutes to get us a table. We walk around in the cold, come back to the restaurant ... there are plenty of open tables. My husband takes my 2-year old inside to wait so she is not in the freezing rainy cold (especially since she was sniffling). The hostess then says it's going to take longer and that we must wait outside the restaurant. We tell her it's cold, and we've been waiting. She then says ... "This isn't going to work, I'm not serving you. You guys can leave." She did not want to serve of us this entire time! She could have told us when we first walked in, but made us wait and walk around outside in the cold rain with a 2-year old and an 88-year old ... then decides she doesn't want to serve us. We walked in at 6:50pm, came back at 7:30pm, waited until 7:45pm when she told us she wouldn't serve us. By this time all the other restaurants were fully reserved or with 1-2 hour waits. We ended up not able to have dinner that night, and got snacks from the grocery store. DO NOT COME HERE UNLESS YOU WANT HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! NEVER TREATED THIS BADLY BY A RESTAURANT!

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    Mums - Kind of cute interior.

    Kind of cute interior.

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    The Cellar Door

    3.9(28 reviews)
    2.1 miOld Town
    £££

    Had 7 pm reservation. Showed up on time. Plenty of seats. They put us at the table by the door…read morewhere everyone would bump into us passing by us getting to their table. I said for the size of our group can we get the other tables towards the back. There were other tables available and all right behind us. The hostess said no absolutely not guests were to be assigned to their tables. There were people behind us but they were after us; plus they were of smaller size than ours, clearly our skin color is the main issue. They sat us down, and quite a few minutes pass, others trickle in and promptly everyone bumps into me. At which point I told the hostess this is not acceptable. They sat 2 people at a table for 4, in the back while this table of 4 is really too small for 4 people. One thing stood out to me, we were the only non whites. When the last group again bumped into me, I asked to be moved; she then said due to short of staff they cannot change the seating but seeing seriously everyone is bumping into me, she begrudgingly moved us to a corner table with no lights - and not surprisingly no service. I understand the importance of trying to make the white people feel comfortable about not being seen with non whites - the best way is tuck the non whites away - but this is 2022. I am from California and no, this is absolutely unacceptable. Like MLK junior or Rosa Parks, we protected, first by requesting to be moved away from the hallway, then by my two teens and I walking out of the restaurant and finding more tolerant non racist restaurant to eat, and we spent a lot of money on the other restaurant. You too can make a decision to either eat or not eat at this place. The choice is entirely up to you. And this will define who you are.

    Made a reservation via Fork. Evening started well drinks…read morewere excellent Order sparkling water never came to the table neither did a pitcher of tap water. We stared at empty water glasses all night. I order the carrot risotto d arrived so under cooked it had to be sent back It took more than 20 minutes to clear our table ams another 15 minutes to produces dessert menus All in all a very disappointing evening The bottom line-go somewhere else!

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    The Cellar Door - Great restaurant

    Great restaurant

    The Cellar Door - Very nice and open

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    Scran

    4.3(29 reviews)
    1.9 miOld Town, Royal Mile
    ££

    The desk agent at my hotel recommended Scran for a full Scottish breakfast. He was not wrong…read more First, finding the place was a little challenge. It's not on the main road, but off through a covered alley. You'll see their sign if you look. I ordered the full breakfast consisting of a fried egg, pork sausage link, uncured bacon, fried breaded sausage patty, sourdough bread, potato scone, haggis and blood sausage fried crispy, and baked beans. I'd never tried haggis or blood sausage, but I wanted to say I'd at least tried it. I was shocked to find I really liked both. Not gamey at all. They tasted like well seasoned sausages. Don't fear the haggis! I also had a mimosa and a latte to wrap up the meal. Totally unhealthy, but totally delicious. Service was also great. Slow but steady, and very attentive. If I make it back to Edinburgh, I'll definitely eat at Scran again.

    Can I give more than 5 stars because I absolutely would!!!! I have been dreaming about this cookie…read morebutter French toast with fresh berries ever since I had it. By far the best breakfast I've had... in my entire life!? I found this gorgeous restaurant on Instagram and thought it might an over-hyped spot. Not at all!!!! The food was delicious! AND gorgeous! The latte art was perfect, and delicious. I booked on Open Table and requested a table with a great view. They seated us under the sign and it was just perfect! I highly recommend scran! The servers were so kind and even helped with our group photos.

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    Scran - Eggs Florentine

    Eggs Florentine

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    French toast

    The Kitchin - british - Updated July 2026

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