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The bright yellow front of Tiger Dragon at 87 St Leonard's Street, its sign reading Chinese Traditional Pancake, with a white bench under the window.
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Tiger Dragon

A small cafe on St Leonard's Street making jian bing, the savoury street pancakes of Tianjin in northern China, open Monday to Saturday.

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Tiger Dragon is a small, bright yellow cafe on St Leonard's Street that does one thing above all: jian bing, the savoury Chinese pancakes sold from street stalls in Tianjin.

The sign over the door says Chinese Traditional Pancake, and the pancakes are freshly made and folded round their fillings, which makes them perfect for a quick, filling lunch. In 2026 the Good Food Guide picked it out as one of the places to go for lunch in Edinburgh. There's breakfast as well, and you can sit in or take your pancake away. It opens from 10am to 8pm on weekdays and from noon to 8.30pm on Saturdays, and it's closed on Sundays. Holyrood Park is a few minutes' walk east, so take a pancake with you and eat it on the grass below Salisbury Crags, with the whole of Arthur's Seat ahead of you for the afternoon.

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Before you go

Open from Monday to Saturday, closed on Sundays.

No booking: sit in, or take it away.

Where
87 St Leonard's Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9QY.
Open
Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm; Saturday 12pm to 8.30pm. Closed Sunday.
Food
Jian bing and other dishes, for breakfast and lunch, to sit in or take away.
Phone
0131 662 8266

Opening hours

Monday
10am–8pm
Tuesday
10am–8pm
Wednesday
10am–8pm
Thursday
10am–8pm
Friday
10am–8pm
Saturday
noon–8.30pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On St Leonard's Street, on Edinburgh's south side below Salisbury Crags, EH8 9QY.

Close bySt Leonard's, Holyrood Park and the south side.
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