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A platter of sushi and sashimi at Harajuku Kitchen.
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Harajuku Kitchen

A Japanese restaurant on Gillespie Place in Bruntsfield, where chef Kaori Simpson cooks family recipes, holder of an AA Rosette.

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On Gillespie Place, a short walk from the King's Theatre where Tollcross turns into Bruntsfield, Harajuku Kitchen serves Japanese food cooked from family recipes.

The chef is Kaori Simpson, and her kitchen has held an AA Rosette three years running; The Scotsman has named it the best Japanese restaurant in Edinburgh.

The room is calm and simple, with stone walls, wooden tables and benches, and a small beckoning cat on the counter. The menu runs from hand-folded gyoza and crisp tempura to bento boxes and beautifully arranged plates of sushi and sashimi. There is sake to drink alongside.

Harajuku Kitchen opens every day, for lunch on most days and for dinner every evening. Tables can be booked online or on 0131 285 8182, and the kitchen also runs a stall at the Edinburgh Street Food market.

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Before you go

Open every day, most days for lunch and dinner.

Tables can be booked online or on 0131 285 8182.

Where
10 Gillespie Place, Edinburgh EH10 4HS.
Telephone
0131 285 8182.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–2.15pm, 5pm–9.15pm
Tuesday
5pm–10pm
Wednesday
5pm–10pm
Thursday
noon–2.15pm, 5pm–9.15pm
Friday
noon–2.15pm, 5pm–9.15pm
Saturday
noon–9.45pm
Sunday
noon–3.15pm, 5pm–9.15pm

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Where it is

On Gillespie Place, between Tollcross and Bruntsfield.

Close byBruntsfield and Tollcross.
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  5. Wooden shelf of books in a dimly lit café interiorThe Edinburgh BookshopAn independent bookshop on Bruntsfield Place since 2007.Under a mile 2 min by road
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