Heron is a modern british restaurant in Leith, Edinburgh.
Sam Yorke and Tom Hagger's Henderson Street kitchen in Leith Edinburgh, opened 2021 and Michelin-starred 2024, an open-pass small-plates room.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Aged Scrabster turbot, North Sea brown crab
Must order: Whatever has come off the Scrabster fish auction that morning and the cured-egg-yolk opening course.
Tip: The bar counter takes four walk-up seats from 18:00 if your booking falls through. Same menu, better view of the pass.
Address: 87-91 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.
Signature: Hand-dived scallop, Highland venison with juniper
Order: The full chef's tasting menu; this is a counter-only kitchen designed for the set sequence.
Tip: Counter 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.
Signature: Hand-dived scallop, Highland venison with juniper
Order: The full chef's tasting menu; this is a counter-only kitchen designed for the set sequence.
Tip: Counter 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.
Signature: Hand-rolled tortelloni with brown butter, Aged dairy beef
Order: There is no choice. The fixed seven-course tasting menu is the only option; trust the room.
Tip: Bookings 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.
Signature: Beef tartare with smoked oyster, Roast cauliflower with chickpea
Order: The set lunch on Friday; three courses of the kitchen's best new dishes at half the dinner price.
Tip: Roberta 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.
Signature: Wagyu beef tataki, Charred octopus with miso
Order: The wagyu tataki with truffle and the miso-glazed octopus that anchor the menu.
Tip: Bar 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.
Signature: Whole roast chicken for two, Sourdough with cultured butter
Order: The whole roast chicken to share, and whatever fish has come off the East Coast that morning.
Tip: The 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.
Signature: Hen of the wood with smoked egg yolk, Aged hogget with sea buckthorn
Order: The six-course set menu changes weekly; whatever appears on the harvest board that month.
Tip: The 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.
