CuisineWine bar
Price£££
NeighborhoodNew Town
HoursMon-Wed 15:00-22:00, Thu-Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-19:00
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Food program: Cheese, charcuterie, daily snacks

Tip: The retail cellars double as the drinking list, and online orders deliver free across Edinburgh; tastings run from the same room.

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Georgian Edinburgh New Town Food Tour

Guided tour · 3 hours

Georgian Edinburgh New Town Food Tour

Explore Edinburgh’s Georgian 200 year-old New Town on a food walking tour. Enjoy a Scottish gin cocktail, smoked salmon canapes, port and chocolate, haggis, ice cream ...

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Location

Address: 34 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh EH3 6LS

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Noto Wine Bar ★ 4.2

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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.

PourAged Junmai sake or Mount Etna red

WineModern Italian and Japanese sake

FoodJapanese small plates

TipCounter seats look at the sushi pass; the wine list is short but unusually well-compiled for sake pairing.

Spry ★ 4.7

£££ Wine barNew Town

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.

PourSkin-contact whites by the glass from a rotating chalkboard

WineNaturally made wines from small producers

FoodSeasonal small plates and snacks

TipWalk-ins at the bar most nights, table reservations by email; the bottle shop downstairs sells the same wines at retail to take home.

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Noto Wine Bar ★ 4.2

£££ Wine barNew Town

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.

PourAged Junmai sake or Mount Etna red

WineModern Italian and Japanese sake

FoodJapanese small plates

TipCounter seats look at the sushi pass; the wine list is short but unusually well-compiled for sake pairing.

Vinette ★ 4.6

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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.

PourRotating Old World glasses overseen by sommelier Stuart Skea

WineOld World wines and smaller producers

FoodParisian bistro sharing plates

TipBookings via vinette.co.uk; for an aperitif first head one floor down to sister cocktail bar Vivien before sitting at the table.

Smith and Gertrude ★ 4.8

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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.

PourLoire valley natural Sauvignon Blanc, by the glass

WineLow-intervention wines and cheese

FoodCheese, charcuterie and seasonal small plates

TipBYO cheese policy from the deli next door at £5 corkage on a Tuesday. Pours are 100ml or 175ml from a chalkboard list.

Spry ★ 4.7

£££ Wine barNew Town

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.

PourSkin-contact whites by the glass from a rotating chalkboard

WineNaturally made wines from small producers

FoodSeasonal small plates and snacks

TipWalk-ins at the bar most nights, table reservations by email; the bottle shop downstairs sells the same wines at retail to take home.

Toast ★ 4.5

£££ Wine barLeith

Toast on The Shore in Leith Edinburgh, opened 2019, a daytime-into-evening wine bar pouring biodynamic European producers beside open-fire-toasted sourdough.

PourItalian piquette by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic wines

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie and sourdough

TipWine flights of three pours run a fixed list at £18; lunchtime sandwiches double as a snack-with-wine programme.

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