Heron is a modern british restaurant in Leith, Edinburgh.
Editorially verified September 15, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 87-91A Henderson Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ED
Stuart Ralston's Shoreside Leith fine-dining room in Edinburgh, opened in 2024 and Michelin-starred within twelve months, a 14-seat tasting counter.
OrderThe full chef's tasting menu; this is a counter-only kitchen designed for the set sequence.
TipCounter seats numbers 1 and 14 face the open pass directly. Tasting menus only; no a la carte.
Stuart Ralston's Shoreside Leith fine-dining room in Edinburgh, opened in 2024 and Michelin-starred within twelve months, a 14-seat tasting counter.
OrderThe full chef's tasting menu; this is a counter-only kitchen designed for the set sequence.
TipCounter seats numbers 1 and 14 face the open pass directly. Tasting menus only; no a la carte.
Conor Toomey's Marchmont neighbourhood kitchen in Edinburgh, opened in 2018 and Michelin-starred from 2020, a no-choice tasting menu in a 20-seat residential.
OrderThere is no choice. The fixed seven-course tasting menu is the only option; trust the room.
TipBookings open 60 days ahead on the dot at 10:00 GMT. The whole month sells in under an hour. Set a calendar alarm.
Roberta Hall-McCarron's Bonnington Road dining room in Edinburgh, a Michelin Bib-listed neighbourhood kitchen running modern Scottish tasting menus.
OrderThe set lunch on Friday; three courses of the kitchen's best new dishes at half the dinner price.
TipRoberta also runs Eleanore around the corner on Albert Place for walk-in small plates if the Chartroom is fully booked.
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.
OrderThe wagyu tataki with truffle and the miso-glazed octopus that anchor the menu.
TipBar seats look directly onto the sushi pass. Stuart's other rooms, Aizle and Tipo, sit within a four-minute walk.
Lloyd Morse, James Snowdon and Ruairidh Buchanan's Palmerston Place dining room in Edinburgh's West End, opened in 2021 in a former bank, a Michelin.
OrderThe whole roast chicken to share, and whatever fish has come off the East Coast that morning.
TipThe bakery counter sells off the day's bread at 16:00 for the next morning. Sourdough and cinnamon buns go first.
Stuart Ralston's Garden Room kitchen inside the Kimpton Charlotte Square in Edinburgh, opened 2014 (relocated 2020), a no-choice market-driven tasting menu.
OrderThe six-course set menu changes weekly; whatever appears on the harvest board that month.
TipThe hotel terrace is open to walk-ups for a glass of fizz before service. Lunch is half the dinner price and runs the same menu.
