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Chez Bernard

A French wine bar and bistro on the Shore at Leith, with more than ninety wines, oysters, croques and planchettes of cheese and charcuterie.

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Chez means at the home of, and Chez Bernard is named after Jonathan's grandfather, Bernard, and the summers spent with him in France around long tables of good food and wine.

Those memories shaped this French wine bar and bistro on the Shore at Leith, a warm, relaxed room made for taking your time. There are more than ninety wines, 26 of them by the glass, from a £5 Ardèche Merlot Syrah to Champagne, and the house red, white and rosé come by the carafe too. To eat, there are croques and galettes, French onion soup, oysters with shallot vinegar, dressed crab and planchettes of cheese and charcuterie, and raclette melted at your table for two or more. On weekday lunchtimes every plat chaud is £8 with a dressed salad. It's open every day from noon until late, and dogs are very welcome, with a little menu of their own.

Round the cornerBarry FishChef Barry Bryson's first restaurant, on the Shore at Leith, with a menu of Scottish fish and shellfish that changes every month.1 min by roadSee itA fillet of fish on greens and green beans in an orange sauce, on a white plate at a table at Barry Fish.
Before you go

Open every day from noon until late.

On weekday lunchtimes every plat chaud is £8, and dogs are very welcome.

Where
38 Shore, Leith, EH6 6QU.
Open
Every day from 12pm: until 11pm on Monday, midnight Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday, and 1am Thursday to Saturday.
Lunch
Monday to Friday, 12pm to 4pm, every plat chaud £8 with a dressed side salad.
Raclette
£30 a head, for two or more.
Booking
Through its own site.
Dogs
Very welcome, with a menu of their own.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance and toilet.
Phone
0131 564 0358

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–11pm
Tuesday
noon–midnight
Wednesday
noon–midnight
Thursday
noon–midnight
Friday
noon–midnight
Saturday
noon–midnight
Sunday
noon–midnight

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Where it is

At 38 Shore, on the waterfront at Leith, EH6 6QU.

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