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Inside the Palmerston, a high-ceilinged former bank with bentwood chairs, a patterned tiled floor by the bar, globe lights and tall arched windows.
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The Palmerston

A restaurant and bakery in a former bank on Palmerston Place in the West End, butchering whole animals in-house and changing its European-style menu every day.

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The Palmerston is one of Edinburgh's best-loved neighbourhood restaurants, in a former bank on the corner of Palmerston Place in the West End.

The old banking hall makes a gorgeous dining room, with tall arched windows, a patterned tiled floor and bentwood chairs around the bar. The kitchen buys whole animals and butchers them in-house, works with farmers, growers and fishermen around Scotland, and writes a European-style menu that changes every day. Its own bakery makes the bread and pastries daily, so come from nine for coffee and a pastry, or settle in for lunch, with a set menu from Tuesday to Friday. It's on the Good Food Guide's list of Britain's 100 best local restaurants for 2026, and in the Michelin Guide. Dogs are welcome, so just mention yours when you book. The Palmerston is cashless, is closed on Mondays, and takes bookings through Resy from its own site.

Round the cornerJeannie's BakeryA small bakery on Morrison Street near Haymarket, opened in February 2026 by the baker behind Pie Dolly, with pies, sausage rolls, buns, scones and coffee.1 min by roadSee itThe counter at Jeannie's Bakery, with muffins, blueberry and cardamom buns and a glazed cinnamon bun on brown paper above their labels.
Before you go

Coffee and pastries from 9am, lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday, and lunch on Sunday; closed on Mondays.

Book through Resy from its own site.

Where
1 Palmerston Place, in the West End, EH12 5AF.
Open
Coffee and pastries from 9am Tuesday to Sunday (takeaway only from 11am); lunch Tuesday to Saturday 12pm to 2.30pm and Sunday 12pm to 3.30pm; dinner Tuesday to Saturday 6pm to 9.30pm. Closed Monday.
Set lunch
Tuesday to Friday, two or three courses.
Booking
Through Resy; the largest table seats twelve.
Dogs
Welcome; mention them when you book.
Paying
Cashless: card or contactless only.
Phone
0131 220 1794

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9am–11am, noon–2.30pm, 6pm–9.30pm
Wednesday
9am–11am, noon–2.30pm, 6pm–9.30pm
Thursday
9am–11am, noon–2.30pm, 6pm–9.30pm
Friday
9am–11am, noon–2.30pm, 6pm–9.30pm
Saturday
9am–11am, noon–2.30pm, 6pm–9.30pm
Sunday
9am–11am, noon–3.30pm

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Where it is

On the corner of Palmerston Place in the West End, EH12 5AF.

Close byThe West End and Haymarket.
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