Noto Wine Bar is a wine bar in New Town, Edinburgh.
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.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Japanese small plates
Tip: Counter seats look at the sushi pass; the wine list is short but unusually well-compiled for sake pairing.
Address: 47a Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DY
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.
Signature pour: Skin-contact whites by the glass from a rotating chalkboard
Wine focus: Naturally made wines from small producers
Food: Seasonal small plates and snacks
Tip: Walk-ins at the bar most nights, table reservations by email; the bottle shop downstairs sells the same wines at retail to take home.
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.
Signature pour: Rotating Old World glasses overseen by sommelier Stuart Skea
Wine focus: Old World wines and smaller producers
Food: Parisian bistro sharing plates
Tip: Bookings 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 on Hamilton Place in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2014, a 30-cover natural wine bar with a cheese-led food list and a vinyl.
Signature pour: Loire valley natural Sauvignon Blanc, by the glass
Wine focus: Low-intervention wines and cheese
Food: Cheese, charcuterie and seasonal small plates
Tip: BYO cheese policy from the deli next door at £5 corkage on a Tuesday. Pours are 100ml or 175ml from a chalkboard list.
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.
Signature pour: Skin-contact whites by the glass from a rotating chalkboard
Wine focus: Naturally made wines from small producers
Food: Seasonal small plates and snacks
Tip: Walk-ins at the bar most nights, table reservations by email; the bottle shop downstairs sells the same wines at retail to take home.
Toast on The Shore in Leith Edinburgh, opened 2019, a daytime-into-evening wine bar pouring biodynamic European producers beside open-fire-toasted sourdough.
Signature pour: Italian piquette by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic wines
Food: Small plates, charcuterie and sourdough
Tip: Wine flights of three pours run a fixed list at £18; lunchtime sandwiches double as a snack-with-wine programme.
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.
Signature pour: Tasmanian Pinot Noir by the glass
Wine focus: Natural wines and growers' Champagne
Food: Cheese, charcuterie, daily snacks
Tip: Sunday is closed for the cellar audit; Tuesday is the new-wine night with growers' tastings every other month.
