Edinburgh’s seven Michelin stars and five Bibs, priced and picked

Three courses at lunch in Martin Wishart’s dining room on The Shore cost £68. Across town, a twelve-seat room on Salisbury Place charges £170 for a single menu it won’t describe until the plates arrive. Both hold one Michelin star, as do five other Edinburgh and Leith restaurants, and five more have a Bib Gourmand. The stars are all the same size. The bills are not, so this guide starts with the price.

How we chose: every Edinburgh and Leith restaurant with a Michelin star or Bib Gourmand in the 2026 list, priced from each restaurant’s own menus.

Leith’s three stars

Restaurant Martin Wishart

Martin Wishart has cooked on The Shore since 1999, and his three-course lunch is the gentlest way into his dining room: £68, or £88 for four, Wednesday to Saturday. The inspectors describe Scottish produce such as grouse and Orkney scallops treated with classic French technique and nothing extra on the plate. In the evening the market menu is £130 and the tasting menu £155.

The Shore, Leith · three-course lunch £68 · lunch Wed–Sat · book

The Kitchin

Lunch is the way into Tom Kitchin’s flagship on Commercial Quay too: a set three courses for £69. If you are paying for the full à la carte (a three-course minimum, £135), order the loin of Hebridean hogget, which arrives with hot pot, haggis, neeps and tatties and a Glenfiddich 12-year-old sauce. Ask for a table by the big window into the kitchen. Head chef Lachlan Archibald runs the pass.

Commercial Quay, Leith · set lunch £69 · Tue–Sat · book (£45 a head for a late lunch cancellation)

Heron

Across the Water of Leith on Henderson Street, Heron opened in 2021 and won its star two years later, with Tomás Gormley, who went on to open Skua and Cardinal, among its founders. The inspectors single out sea trout and Fife berries and say the tasting menu shows the kitchen best; sit at the counter or at a window over the river. Heron publishes sample menus without prices. Its no-show charge of £85 a head gives the scale.

Henderson Street, Leith · no-show charge £85 a head · Wed–Sun · book

The other four stars

Timberyard

Behind a big red door on Lady Lawson Street, the Radford family has run Timberyard since 2012, and it holds a Green Star alongside its star. The 2026 National Restaurant Awards named it Best Restaurant in Scotland. Book the £55 set lunch: the one dated 30 September ran squid with sweetcorn, then partridge with crown prince squash and salted Kampot pepper, then mirabelle with bitter almond. Add the Gloucester Old Spot charcuterie (£16) from the snacks. Four courses are £135, the tasting menu £165.

Lady Lawson Street, West Port · set lunch £55 · Thu–Sun · book; children welcome at lunch

Lyla

Stuart Ralston’s tasting-menu restaurant fills the Royal Terrace townhouse that used to hold 21212, and won its star in 2025. Dinner is ten courses for £185, built on line-caught fish and shellfish from the islands, and it starts upstairs with snacks plated by chefs at a central counter. Friday and Saturday lunch is five courses for £79 or seven for £105. It can’t cook for vegetarians or vegans, and tables stop at four.

Royal Terrace · five-course lunch £79 · Wed–Sat · book

Condita

A former shop on Salisbury Place in Newington seats twelve at round tables, and everyone eats one surprise menu at £170 a head. The only clue is a hand-drawn bookmark showing some of the ingredients. The inspectors’ example of what the kitchen does is kohlrabi with goat’s curd. Children aren’t served, and the deposit goes if you cancel inside 72 hours.

Salisbury Place, Newington · surprise menu £170 · dinner Tue–Sat · book with a deposit; no children

Avery

Rodney Wages ran a starred Avery in San Francisco, then moved the restaurant and his family to a Georgian townhouse on St Stephen Street in 2024; the star followed in 2025. He cooks Scottish produce with a Californian lightness, as in Orkney scallop dressed with pineapple jus, and the drinks flight ends on a single malt. Tables are sold only through Tock, where the menu is priced at booking.

St Stephen Street, Stockbridge · dinner Tue–Sun, lunch Sat–Sun · book on Tock

Bib Gourmand: starred cooking for a weeknight

Noto

Ralston named this Thistle Street room after Bob Noto, a former flatmate from his New York years, and filled it with small plates. Start with the bing bread with sweetcorn butter and chilli (£10) and the lobster and prawn toast (£18). The biggest plate is lamb rump with aubergine XO at £32.

Thistle Street, New Town · bing bread £10 · closed Mon · book (£50 a head no-show charge)

tipo

Round the corner on Hanover Street, the Ralston group’s pasta room takes its name from the 00 flour it rolls. Order the bigoli cacio e pepe (£18) or the strozzapreti with Calabrian sausage (£19). From Monday to Thursday, lunch is two courses for £25.

Hanover Street, New Town · two-course lunch £25 Mon–Thu · open daily · book

Skua

Gormley’s basement sits across St Stephen Street from Avery, with dark walls, candles and sharing plates of British produce that change daily. Natural wines by the glass go up on a blackboard. The bar runs to midnight midweek and 1am on Friday and Saturday, so it is the one to try after 9pm.

St Stephen Street, Stockbridge · restaurant Tue–Sat 5–10pm · book

The Scran & Scallie

Kitchin’s pub on Comely Bank Road butchers whole animals and fillets its own fish, and the two dishes the inspectors name are the two to order: haggis, neeps and tatties (£14.75) and the fish pie (£21.75). Children have their own menu at £9.50 a main, and £1 from every bill goes to Cash for Kids.

Comely Bank Road, Stockbridge · fish pie £21.75 · book

Ardfern

Roberta Hall-McCarron opened this café, bar and bottle shop next door to her Little Chartroom on Bonnington Road, and the Good Food Guide put it on its 100 Best Local Restaurants list for 2026. Go in the evening for the hash browns with whipped feta and jalapeño ketchup, which the inspectors call a particular treat, and a plate of beef tartare (£14).

Bonnington Road, Leith · beef tartare £14 · open daily from 9am · book

Which one to book

For a birthday, The Kitchin’s Prestige surprise menu at £220, which the inspectors call the most complete experience in the house. For a first visit to the city, Timberyard’s £55 set lunch, because it is the cheapest way to eat at the restaurant the national awards rate highest in Scotland. Under £35 a head, a weekday tipo lunch at £25 or the Scran & Scallie’s haggis at £14.75.

Checked October 2026.