Pantry's green shopfront and outdoor seating line a sandstone Edinburgh street.
Edinburgh

The Pantry

A brunch café on the corner of North West Circus Place in Stockbridge, opened in 2012 by Chris and Charlotte Thompson, cooking with local, seasonal produce.

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Welcome

On a corner of North West Circus Place, a green-painted front with a wooden sign reading Pantry hangs over stools and tables set out on the pavement, where people wait their turn on a busy morning.

Inside it is narrow and cheerful. Marble-topped tables and mismatched chairs line a dark green wall hung with framed illustrated posters, beside a panelled wall of wooden slats, and bistro tables run along a teal and black wall beneath white grid tiles and a looping pink neon sign about a kiss. The plates are brunch at its most generous: poached eggs with burrata and roast tomatoes, pork belly with a poached egg, avocado on toast, and rhubarb with sorrel and crumble. Arrive early, or put your name down and wander Stockbridge until the message comes.

Before you go

Breakfast, brunch and lunch.

There are no bookings: at busy times you join a queue online and get a message when the table is ready, rarely more than fifteen or twenty minutes. There is a second Pantry in Bruntsfield.

Where
1 North West Circus Place, Stockbridge.

Opening hours

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Monday
9am–3pm
Tuesday
9am–3pm
Wednesday
9am–3pm
Thursday
9am–3pm
Friday
9am–3pm
Saturday
9am–3pm
Sunday
9am–3pm

Did you know

A cup of latte art sits on a dark wooden table.
Did you know

From the classroom.

Before the Pantry, Chris Thompson taught biology and Charlotte worked in events. He cooks; she runs the front of house.

Plates of brunch dishes and a water carafe are set on a wooden table beside a booth.
Did you know

Five years in the making.

It opened in December 2012, after five years of planning, saving and research.

A sign reading 'Pantry' hangs above outdoor tables and stools on a green-painted Edinburgh shopfront.
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Found on a walk.

They spotted the empty shop on a walk just before their first son was born, rang the number on the door, and were agreeing the rent with a newborn in their arms.

Plates of poached eggs, burrata and toasted bread with rhubarb sit together on a wooden table.
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Reason enough.

The Sunday Times called its eggs Benedict reason alone to come to Edinburgh.

A plate of pork belly, poached egg and roasted tomato sits beside a small pot of sauce.
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Changed day by day.

The menu follows local and seasonal produce, so it can change from one day to the next.

A sign reading 'Pantry' marks a green-painted shopfront with outdoor stools and tables.
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