6 wine bar places in Edinburgh we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Edinburgh | Wine Bar across every city.
The wine bar has become one of Edinburgh's defining recent formats, often pairing low-intervention bottles with a short plates menu. Stockbridge has emerged as the centre, with Smith and Gertrude, Good Brothers Wine Bar and The Wine Pantry all within a short walk. Spry holds the New Town, while Toast and Vinatura work the Leith end of the city.
Smith and Gertrude ★ 4.8
stockbridge · 26 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh EH3 5BA
Smith and Gertrude on Hamilton Place in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2014, a 30-cover natural wine bar with a cheese-led food list and a vinyl.
Spry ★ 4.7
new-town · 1 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE
Spry on Haddington Place at the top of Leith Walk in Edinburgh, a neighbourhood natural-wine bar and bottle shop with a basement cafe, pouring rotating.
Toast ★ 4.5
leith · 65 The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6RA
Toast on The Shore in Leith Edinburgh, opened 2019, a daytime-into-evening wine bar pouring biodynamic European producers beside open-fire-toasted sourdough.
Good Brothers Wine Bar ★ 4.3
stockbridge · 4-6 Dean Street, Edinburgh EH4 1LW
Joe and Dan Worthington's wine bar on Dean Street in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2015, a brother-run natural wine room with rotating snacks and a 30-deep.
Noto Wine Bar ★ 4.2
new-town · 47a Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DY
Stuart Ralston's Noto on Thistle Street in Edinburgh New Town, opened 2019, a Japanese small-plates dining room with a wine and sake list pairing modern.
Vinette ★ 4.6
canonmills-inverleith · 36 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3SB
Stuart Ralston's Parisian bar a vin on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, opened October 2025 on the former Fhior site, a wine-led restaurant with a rotating.