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The hall at Brown's of Leith under its timber roof, with the Haze counter on the left, a round steel table and people at tables by the tall windows.
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Brown's of Leith

A food hall in the old George Brown & Sons engineering works on the Shore at Leith, with Haze, Asu, ShrimpWreck's Shuck Bar and Civerinos inside.

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Brown's of Leith fills the old George Brown & Sons engineering works on the Shore, where the firm worked for 130 years before moving to East Lothian in 2024.

The Custom Lane team opened it in November 2025 as a home for food, drink and the arts, and the great industrial hall, with its high timber roof, steel tables and tall windows, is a lovely place to while away an afternoon. Haze, from the makers of Timberyard and Montrose, runs the all-day bar and counter, with coffee, small plates, wine and spirits. Around it, Asu brings Asian-influenced cooking from the team behind Five March in Glasgow, the Shuck Bar from ShrimpWreck serves Scottish oysters and local seafood, and Civerinos bakes New Haven-style pizza. There is a whisky studio here too, and makers have their workshops upstairs. It's open from Thursday to Sunday, 9am to 10pm, dogs are welcome, and tables for fewer than eight are walk-in only.

Round the cornerWilliams & Johnson Coffee CoA coffee roastery and café at Custom Lane on the Shore at Leith, where every coffee is single origin and roasted a few feet from the counter.1 min by roadSee itFairy lights strung above a cobbled courtyard with wooden benches and stone buildings
Before you go

Open from Thursday to Sunday, 9am to 10pm.

Tables for fewer than eight are walk-in only, and dogs are welcome.

Where
4-6 The Shore, Leith, EH6 6QS.
Open
Thursday to Sunday, 9am to 10pm. Closed Monday to Wednesday.
Inside
Haze's all-day bar and counter; Asu; the Shuck Bar from ShrimpWreck; Civerinos pizza; a whisky studio.
Booking
Walk-in only for fewer than eight; larger groups by email through its page.
Dogs
Welcome.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance and toilet.
Phone
0131 510 7571

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
9am–10pm
Friday
9am–10pm
Saturday
9am–10pm
Sunday
9am–10pm

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Where it is

On the Shore at Leith, in the former George Brown & Sons engineering works, EH6 6QS.

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  5. The round stone watchtower on the Shore at Leith, with Fishers' blue and white restaurant front at its foot on a cobbled corner.Fishers in LeithA seafood restaurant at the foot of a seventeenth-century stone watchtower on the Shore at Leith, the original Fishers, open since 1991.Under a mile 2 min by road
  6. The dining room at The Kitchin, with grey stone walls, dark beams and blue-green chairs at tables laid for dinner.The KitchinA restaurant with a Michelin star in a converted whisky bond on Commercial Quay in Leith, opened by Tom and Michaela Kitchin in 2006.Under a mile 4 min by road
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