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The Pantry

4.2 (51 reviews)
ModerateBritish, Scottish
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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What's the vibe?
Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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Kyle N.

Very happy we took a half day to get out of central Edinburgh and to find this awesome place. You first come in and you're welcomed by the staff. They are very helpful and very nice. The ambiance is very chill and a nice separation place to take your time and eat and forget you're in the city. The food was very delicious and I love the tater tots. A great place to start your day when walking around Stockbridge, circus lane, and dean bridge

Sunshine on Stockbridge
Cat C.

The Pantry was so fresh and filling. With around a 45 minute wait, we strolled around the corner for a chai (grow urban was incredible!). The sunshine on stockbridge was a perfect meal, accompanied by a side of sourdough toast. I highly recommend eating here!

Aparna B.

Beautiful brunch spot with interesting menu and warm decor. This place was great for brunch and friendly staff; they also dogs so we had some fun restaurant mates by us. My husband ordered the full Scottish with vegan haggis and I opted for the Stockbridge brunch which had eggs, sweet potato, courgette and a yummy roasted red pepper sauce. Their coffees were super delicious too.

Waffle with blueberry compote
Daniel S.

By far my favorite breakfast/brunch spot in Edin. The location is next to the Stockbridge farmers market and the shopping district, with great seating and large windows. There's excellent seating for single diners (which is sometimes hard to find), but also for large groups. Great service.

Pantry Waffles with a side of 3 scrambled eggs.

Excellent! We ordered the Pantry Waffles and the Sticky Toffee French Toast. Both were delicious, with beautiful presentation and good portion sizes. Of the two, the toast made a bigger impression and was more unique, though! They had friendly service and plenty of seating as well. Highly recommended.

Eggs Benedict
Wei C.

Came here at the recommendation of a food YouTuber but clearly they didn't know what they were talking about. We waited about 20 minutes to be seated and thankfully they were able to text us when our table was ready so we had the chance to walk around. When we got to our table, we ordered Eggs Benny and a duck dish. It was past 11 AM so we couldn't order from their breakfast menu. The eggs Benny were alright, nothing really to brag about other than plating and presentation. The duck dish was lackluster at best. The flavors were non existent. The only thing that saved us were the side order of chips (hash browns) that we ordered.

Eggs Benedict
Carl L.

All around good choice for breakfast, but not so sharp around the edges. Though they serve the classics well (eggs Benedict, French toast, and so on) each dish was lacking in overall flavor and execution. A bit sloppy. Coffee was good, ambience was great, service was friendly as well.

Matcha latte with oat milk and black house coffee
Maddie J.

I would recommend this place to anyone that wants to have exceptional food, stellar service, and inspiring and hip atmosphere! My boyfriend and I are visiting Edinburgh, and we stopped here for brunch. This is hands-down the BEST meal we have experienced here! The staff is very friendly and kind people. We were given lots of space to enjoy our meal, yet not neglected at all. The menu is very creative yet cohesive, while the food is clearly made with quality ingredients! I ordered the Matcha Made in Heaven (pictured), and my boyfriend ordered the No Small Fry (pictured) as well as a side of the breakfast chips. If you find yourself in the Edinburgh area, I highly recommend stopping in!

Waffles delivered (photo from www.sandlblog.com)
S And L.

Our lockdown brunch delivery! You must make sure you place your order at least 48 hours in advance on their website to get a delivery slot. If you stay within Edinburgh city, the Pantry allows you to choose which day (Friday - Sunday) to have your brunch delivered on. However, if you live a little further outside the city, they do offer delivery to the Lothians, but will only deliver on specific days (so best to double-check before ordering, so you don't miss out!). When your delivery date finally arrives, the delivery is made (contactless of course!) earlier in the morning to allow you to have it all ready in time for brunch that same day! We each received our own portion along with personalised instructions on how to heat them up. Since the Pantry had done most of the hard work for us already, all we had to do was warm the waffles and bacon through. We put them in the oven at 180ºC for around 5 - 10 minutes. Before ordering, we had worried that the food wouldn't be up to the same standards that you would have in the restaurant; that the freshness wouldn't be there, that the ingredients wouldn't taste the same or that warming it at home would overcook everything, but luckily we were wrong! The waffles tasted amazing, the bacon still crispy and the blueberry compote mixed perfectly with the maple syrup to create a taste so close to the Pantry magic we have always loved. Although the menu is limited, there is something for everyone - we guarantee you won't be disappointed. To read our review in full, please visit: https://www.sandlblog.com/post/brunch-delivered-the-pantry

Waffles

We had just arrived from a red eye flight from the US, and this establishment was divine! Service was excellent and the food was absolutely delicious. Not to mention great area and adorable shop.

Chantelle T.

So I've been meaning to try this place for ages but its always so busy I've struggled to get a table. But alas. My time had come. I made it through the door (technically I ate outside because it was a rare sun-shiny kinda day) but you get the idea. I had the vegetarian breakfast with chorizo and a coffee. And I was not impressed. I mean, the coffee cups are super cute, the coffee itself was not impressive. My breakfast almost felt like a breakfast for giants- and no, not because it was a huge serving (its actually pretty reasonable) but each item put on my plate was just LARGE. Like, two tomato halves, big chunks of mushroom, huge chorizo links sitting atop a mound of bread. I would have been happy with a slice of toast. Honestly, I spent so much time trying to cut my food into pieces I just quit. Each item on its own was nice. Didn't reallyix well together and the dtrip of haloumi was my favourite part of the meal. After eating here, I don't understand the appeal. Sure, the exterior is super funky and staff are lovely, but when I think of eating or drinking a coffee here again I just think 'why would I do this to myself?' Sorry guys. Just not a fan on my end.

The Veggie Breakfast
Mo S.

What a wonderful breakfast and lunch spot ! Everything tasted so greasy, the presentation was excellent and the service is first class. I highly recommend coming here and trying everything on the menu.

Mushrooms, pancetta, poached eggs and truffle oil! Yuuuuuuuum

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All-a-round exquisite food for an affordable price! I'll definitely be returning often and with friends.

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The cappuccino was really really good and the breakfast was the best thing I have ever tasted I will be back for sure.

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Huge breakfast, delicious waffles, mine was bacon ( about 6 rashers) and 2 perfectly poached eggs.

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The Outsider

The Outsider

(275 reviews)

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Grassmarket, Old Town

Three of us stumbled upon The Outsider while out looking for a place for dinner. It was so good we…read morewent back with 2 more friends a few nights later. Nice pleasant room with good size tables and very helpful, friendly courteous wait persons. Very good steaks, and fish, and affogato for dessert. Go to read the creative food descriptions on the menu!

My wife has been following The Outsider on the socials for a bit. So as we find ourselves in…read moreEdinburgh, this was a must. Tonight's dinner destination. We got here at 6 with no reservation. We were able to be seated upstairs. This place is busy (much busier when we were finished for sure). So if you can, I'd suggest reserving a spot. It's a bit loud in here. Not out of the ordinary for a busy place. We started with the pressed pork belly app. Perfect crisp. Could've used more of the celeriac puree bed. The confit shallots were so good and nicely sweet. Black pudding cubes (small. More of these!). Candied pears. Mmm. Great start. Wife got the char grilled venison on a butternut squash purée and spicy daikon planks (I didn't find the heat, she did tho!). It was excellent and perfectly prepared. Not gamey at all. I got the 35 day aged hangar steak. This is hands down one of the best steaks I have had out in a very long time. So well seasoned! Which was such a pleasant surprise as it left me wanting for nothing to add flavor. The hand cut fries were good but did need some salt. No dessert as, well, our server was scattered a bit all night. We asked for the dessert menu. She brought us dinner menus and we didn't see her for 10 minutes. So we opted to leave, a bit disappointed at the end. We would come back tho. Thats for sure.

Mums - Shepherds Pie Vegan

Mums

(252 reviews)

££

Old Town

I was so excited to try this place after seeing good reviews but our experience was terrible. There…read morewere gnats everywhere that we were killing at our dusty booth. When our food arrived we finally asked to move spots but the back of the restaurant was just as bad. I can't believe other families weren't complaining. We also found a hair in our appetizer and the mains were subpar. My husband complained about his fries and burger and the manager was combative. They comped us for one whiskey and we left as quickly as possible. The shepherds pie was very salty and the side of veggies was very clearly from frozen.

**RACIST & DISCRIMINATORY** The young blonde hair girl in…read moreher maybe late-20s hostess, bartender or server (not sure which) was super rude! We came in excited about this place, and the restaurant had open tables at about 6:50pm on a Friday ... we had just walked all day and were starving with a 2-year old and an elderly after walking all over town and sightseeing all day long. However, was told by this girl that they didn't have a seat for us. Although there was no wait, no one ahead of us and empty tables. I told her she could seat us in that booth, we didn't mind since our 2 year old wouldn't be eating. However, she cut me off and said that would not work. I thought that was weird but that should have been That it would take them about 30 minutes to get us a table. We walk around in the cold, come back to the restaurant ... there are plenty of open tables. My husband takes my 2-year old inside to wait so she is not in the freezing rainy cold (especially since she was sniffling). The hostess then says it's going to take longer and that we must wait outside the restaurant. We tell her it's cold, and we've been waiting. She then says ... "This isn't going to work, I'm not serving you. You guys can leave." She did not want to serve of us this entire time! She could have told us when we first walked in, but made us wait and walk around outside in the cold rain with a 2-year old and an 88-year old ... then decides she doesn't want to serve us. We walked in at 6:50pm, came back at 7:30pm, waited until 7:45pm when she told us she wouldn't serve us. By this time all the other restaurants were fully reserved or with 1-2 hour waits. We ended up not able to have dinner that night, and got snacks from the grocery store. DO NOT COME HERE UNLESS YOU WANT HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! NEVER TREATED THIS BADLY BY A RESTAURANT!

The Cellar Door

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(28 reviews)

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Old Town

Had 7 pm reservation. Showed up on time. Plenty of seats. They put us at the table by the door…read morewhere everyone would bump into us passing by us getting to their table. I said for the size of our group can we get the other tables towards the back. There were other tables available and all right behind us. The hostess said no absolutely not guests were to be assigned to their tables. There were people behind us but they were after us; plus they were of smaller size than ours, clearly our skin color is the main issue. They sat us down, and quite a few minutes pass, others trickle in and promptly everyone bumps into me. At which point I told the hostess this is not acceptable. They sat 2 people at a table for 4, in the back while this table of 4 is really too small for 4 people. One thing stood out to me, we were the only non whites. When the last group again bumped into me, I asked to be moved; she then said due to short of staff they cannot change the seating but seeing seriously everyone is bumping into me, she begrudgingly moved us to a corner table with no lights - and not surprisingly no service. I understand the importance of trying to make the white people feel comfortable about not being seen with non whites - the best way is tuck the non whites away - but this is 2022. I am from California and no, this is absolutely unacceptable. Like MLK junior or Rosa Parks, we protected, first by requesting to be moved away from the hallway, then by my two teens and I walking out of the restaurant and finding more tolerant non racist restaurant to eat, and we spent a lot of money on the other restaurant. You too can make a decision to either eat or not eat at this place. The choice is entirely up to you. And this will define who you are.

Made a reservation via Fork. Evening started well drinks…read morewere excellent Order sparkling water never came to the table neither did a pitcher of tap water. We stared at empty water glasses all night. I order the carrot risotto d arrived so under cooked it had to be sent back It took more than 20 minutes to clear our table ams another 15 minutes to produces dessert menus All in all a very disappointing evening The bottom line-go somewhere else!

Scran - BISCOFF French toast!

Scran

(29 reviews)

££

Old Town, Royal Mile

The desk agent at my hotel recommended Scran for a full Scottish breakfast. He was not wrong…read more First, finding the place was a little challenge. It's not on the main road, but off through a covered alley. You'll see their sign if you look. I ordered the full breakfast consisting of a fried egg, pork sausage link, uncured bacon, fried breaded sausage patty, sourdough bread, potato scone, haggis and blood sausage fried crispy, and baked beans. I'd never tried haggis or blood sausage, but I wanted to say I'd at least tried it. I was shocked to find I really liked both. Not gamey at all. They tasted like well seasoned sausages. Don't fear the haggis! I also had a mimosa and a latte to wrap up the meal. Totally unhealthy, but totally delicious. Service was also great. Slow but steady, and very attentive. If I make it back to Edinburgh, I'll definitely eat at Scran again.

Can I give more than 5 stars because I absolutely would!!!! I have been dreaming about this cookie…read morebutter French toast with fresh berries ever since I had it. By far the best breakfast I've had... in my entire life!? I found this gorgeous restaurant on Instagram and thought it might an over-hyped spot. Not at all!!!! The food was delicious! AND gorgeous! The latte art was perfect, and delicious. I booked on Open Table and requested a table with a great view. They seated us under the sign and it was just perfect! I highly recommend scran! The servers were so kind and even helped with our group photos.

The Pantry - british - Updated May 2026

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