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A breakfast roll with fried egg and cheese and two scones with jam and butter on a table at Preacher's Patisserie.
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Preacher's Patisserie

A small home bakery, coffee shop and sandwich bar on Lady Lawson Street, off the Grassmarket, open for breakfast and lunch.

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Just round the corner from the Grassmarket, on Lady Lawson Street, a bright blue shopfront promises a home bakery, coffee shop and sandwich bar, and Preacher's Patisserie is all three.

It's a small, welcoming place for a Scottish breakfast done simply and well: a filled morning roll, a warm scone with butter and jam, a sausage roll or a pastry from the window, with a cup of coffee alongside. At lunchtime there are sandwiches and hot toasties, and there's always something sweet on the counter for later. There are only a few seats inside, so most people take theirs away, which makes it a handy stop on the way up to the castle or before a wander round the Old Town and the West Port's bookshops. It's open from 8am to 2pm, Monday to Saturday, and closed on Sundays, so come in the morning while the baking is fresh.

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Before you go

Open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 2pm, for breakfast and lunch to eat in or take away.

Closed on Sundays.

Where
24-26 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh EH3 9DS, just off the Grassmarket.
Open
Monday to Saturday, 8am to 2pm. Closed Sunday.
Seats
Only a few inside; most people take theirs away.
Children
Welcome.
Phone
07810 898476

Opening hours

Monday
8am–2pm
Tuesday
8am–2pm
Wednesday
8am–2pm
Thursday
8am–2pm
Friday
8am–2pm
Saturday
8am–2pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

At 24-26 Lady Lawson Street, just off the Grassmarket and the West Port.

Close byLady Lawson Street, the West Port and the Grassmarket.
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