Hing Sing
Joins edinburgh to leith, so the top half is in the new town, and the bottom half is in leith. despite having been invaded by an array of polish grocers polski sklep of late, and the reduction in trade caused by works on the tram project, leith walk still has an amazing variety of independent shops. locals claim there is nothing you can't buy somewhere on leith walk even if it's illegal!. have fun trying to prove this wrong!
Food items from across South-east Asia, as well as some crockery and cooking utensils. Great for those hard-to-find ingredients but even items also stocked by the mainstream supermarkets are usually significantly better value here.
Ocean Terminal
There is a huge undercover shopping centre at Ocean Terminal (http://www.oceanterminal.com/) with many of the usual High Street chain shops Debenhams, BHS, Gap, Top Shop, Waterstones, etc and one or two more unusual options, plus bars, restaurants and a multi-screen cinema.