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Restaurant Martin Wishart
One for a very special occasion. Leith's first Michelin Star. The food and service are both outstanding.
The Kitchin
Just a couple of hundred yards from Leith's first Michelin star, here is its 2nd. Only established in 2006 and has already racked up several awards.
Leith has become the top foodie destination in Edinburgh and among the best in the UK. In 2010, The Shore was voted as runner-up in the "Best Foodie Street" category in the UK Google Street View awards (http://www.google.com/lan...). Include the adjacent Bernard Street, Commercial Street and Henderson Street and you will find an enormous choice of places to eat within a very small area. Fish and chip shops, Italian trattoria, curry-houses and traditional pub grub rub shoulders with some of the best seafood in the UK, some unusual ethnic cuisines and there's even a couple of Michelin-starred fine-dining establishments for good measure.
Word of Mouth Bistro
Not quite a restaurant but definitely more than a cafe, Word of Mouth offers breakfasts, coffees and sandwiches, along with some more substantial hot options. The deal where you pick 5 options from the Mezze menu for £15 and get a bowl of chips thrown in is a great option for a value lunch for two. You might find it hard to resist spending another couple of pounds on one of the broad range of home baked cakes to follow it though - if you can fit one in. Free WiFi and even the gentâs toilets have interesting decor. It's probably a good thing they don't have rooms or you'd never want to leave!