CuisineWine bar
Price£££
NeighborhoodNew Town
HoursTue-Sat 17:30-23:00, closed Sun-Mon
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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.

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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: 47a Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DY

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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.

Good Brothers Wine Bar ★ 4.3

£££ Wine barNew Town

The Sutherland brothers' natural wine cafe and cellars, moved from Stockbridge to Northumberland Street in the New Town, with growers by the glass and snacks.

PourTasmanian Pinot Noir by the glass

WineNatural wines and growers' Champagne

FoodCheese, charcuterie, daily snacks

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

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Vinette ★ 4.6

£££ Wine barCanonmills Inverleith

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

£££ Wine barStockbridge

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.

Good Brothers Wine Bar ★ 4.3

£££ Wine barNew Town

The Sutherland brothers' natural wine cafe and cellars, moved from Stockbridge to Northumberland Street in the New Town, with growers by the glass and snacks.

PourTasmanian Pinot Noir by the glass

WineNatural wines and growers' Champagne

FoodCheese, charcuterie, daily snacks

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

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