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Bruntsfield Links · Edinburgh · Since 2017

Neighbourhood bistro serving seasonal good food and minimal intervention wines.

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Hand-dived scallop served in its shell beside house pickles and a blush cocktail, on a sunlit oak table

Listed in the Michelin Guide

Dinner Thu–Mon from 17.00  ·  Lunch Fri–Sun from 12.00

The story

On the left corner of the Links

Leftfield sits on the left corner of Bruntsfield Links, in the ground floor of a Victorian terrace, its picture window looking straight onto the green. The name is a map reference — and a nod to the cooking: classical technique, taken slightly left of expected.

Chef Phil White and Rachel Chisholm took the keys in March 2017 and opened Leftfield that August. Phil cooks seasonal, Scottish seafood-leaning food with a Mediterranean accent; Rachel runs the room. Next door sits Margot, their sister restaurant.

In May 2025 they let the light back in — dark green walls out, warm lime plaster in — with a new menu, a longer list of minimal intervention wines, and a small bottle shop so a favourite can go home with you.

  • Michelin Guide listed
  • Couple-run since 2017
  • Sister to Margot, next door
A booth beside Leftfield's picture window — gold pendant lights, warm plaster walls, cherry blossom on the Links beyond
The picture window, blossom on the Links
Hake with cockles in beurre blanc, a glass of white wine raised above the table

The wine

Small producers, minimal intervention

The list leans on small producers and bottles made with as little intervention as possible — curated by our wine manager, Lola, and grown longer since the refurb.

Found one you love? The bottle shop means it can leave with you.

The dining room after the 2025 refurbishment — warm lime-plaster walls, white panelled booths, oak tables and a palm by the glazed door
The room, relit — May 2025

Downstairs

A private room for eight

Downstairs, we kept the old dark-green walls. Eight seats around an oval table of Brazilian green marble — one long, unhurried evening behind a closed door, for birthdays, reunions and small occasions that deserve it.

Talk dates with Rachel — rachel@leftfieldedinburgh.co.uk

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Tables go quickly at the weekend — booking ahead is kindest to everyone, but if the window seat is empty, it's yours.

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Hours

Dinner · Thu–Mon
from 17.00 · last table 20.45
Lunch · Fri–Sun
from 12.00 · last table 13.30
Tue & Wed
closed

Find us

12 Barclay Terrace
Edinburgh EH10 4HP
0131 563 1792
hello@leftfieldedinburgh.co.uk

The small print, kindly: plans change — we just ask for 24 hours' notice for tables of 1–4 and 48 hours for 5–8; no-shows are charged £50 a head. Under-13s are very welcome at lunch; dinner is grown-ups only, and the room is too small for highchairs and buggies. Groups of more than four: rachel@leftfieldedinburgh.co.uk.