Leith, Vegetarian Restaurant Guide

This pioneering venue, just off Holyrood Road, was founded back in 2002, and even with far more competition locally these days has kept its crown as the city’s best-known veggie; the “very enjoyable” food (“even for non-vegetarians”) combines Scottish traditions with influences ranging from the Med to Japan (think veggie haggis alongside tofu stir fries).

Barrie Henderson’s three-year-old near Bruntsfield Links has a far longer history, having started life way back in 1962 under his grandmother Janet, before her original Hanover Street venue (the UK’s oldest veggie) became a casualty of the pandemic. In its second incarnation, the “lovely neighbourhood vegetarian restaurant” (replete with an eye-catching botanical installation on the ceiling) turns out “fabulous homemade salads, pastas and burgers”, some of which have been carried over from Janet’s days, and “the lunch deal menu at £10 is really good value” too.