3 japanese rooms in Edinburgh we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Edinburgh | Japanese across every city.
Japanese cooking in Edinburgh is a smaller but serious field, focused on a handful of committed kitchens rather than chain sushi. Noto brings a sharp, contemporary izakaya register to the New Town, while Harajuku Kitchen works the Bruntsfield and Morningside end of the city.
Noto ★ 4.5
new-town · 47a Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DY
Stuart Ralston's Thistle Street dining room in New Town Edinburgh, opened in 2019, a Japanese-inflected small-plates kitchen in a former townhouse basement.
Harajuku Kitchen ★ 4.4
bruntsfield-morningside · 10 Gillespie Place, Edinburgh EH10 4HS
Kaori Simpson's Bruntsfield Japanese kitchen on Gillespie Place in Edinburgh, opened in 2013, a family-run kaiseki and izakaya room cooking authentic Tokyo.
Noto ★ 4.5
new-town · 47a Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DY
Stuart Ralston's Thistle Street basement in New Town Edinburgh, opened 2019, a Japanese-inflected small-plates kitchen with sashimi, rice and fermented sides.