Thriving Leith Walk Pub | Kitchen | 300 SQFT

The kitchen was last operated by a chef who ran a modern Scottish menu — haggis bon bons, cullen skink, venison burgers — and built a strong following on Deliveroo before relocating to a standalone site on the Shore. All equipment stays, and the extraction system was installed to meet Edinburgh Council's strict flue requirements for residential tenement buildings. The discharge point is above the eaves of the neighbouring property, fully compliant. Scottish licensing differs from England — the pub holds a premises licence under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, which includes food preparation as part of its operating plan. This means you don't need a separate Sui Generis planning application as long as food remains ancillary to the pub's primary licensed trade. That's a significant advantage in Edinburgh, where the council actively restricts new hot food takeaway consents. The Deliveroo Editions site in Newhaven is a ten-minute drive, which gives you a sense of how the platform views this corridor's order density. Edinburgh's Low Emission Zone is now in force and the boundary runs through the city centre south of this location. Delivery riders approaching from Princes Street or the New Town must use LEZ-compliant vehicles. Most operators on Leith Walk use LEZ-compliant vans for supply deliveries or arrange morning drops before peak enforcement hours. Cargo bikes are increasingly common for last-mile delivery in this corridor.