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Edinburgh: Leith Saturday Guided Food Tour
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Visit a local roastery for coffee and a Danish pastry then sip locally-made gin
Explore Leith’s waterfront through a three-hour guided food tour of local dishes and historic venues. The route begins at a quay-side roastery with coffee and a handmade Danish pastry, then continues to smoked haddock kedgeree, Cullen Skink, locally made gin and Spanish cheese grilled with sugar. At the Farmer’s Market, tastings include lobster rolls and craft beer from Lost in Leith Brewery; afternoon tea with scones, jam and cream is also included.
What's Included
- Live guide
- Guided food tour
- Food tastings
- Gin tasting
- Afternoon tea with scones, jam, and cream
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Edinburgh: Leith Saturday Guided Food Tour:
1 Customs Wharf Edinburgh
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Schedules
Start Time: 12:00:00
Average Duration
Duration: 03:00
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation allowed up to 24 hours before the event.
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Additional Information & Description
Edinburgh’s Leith Saturday Guided Food Tour explores the waterfront through local specialities and places with working histories. A live guide leads the route, connecting the food on your plate with the neighbourhood’s culinary past. The stops range from a quay-side roastery to pubs, a former bonded warehouse and the Farmer’s Market.
Coffee, pastries and Scottish fish dishes
Begin at a local roastery on the quay with coffee and a handmade Danish pastry. The next stop brings smoked haddock kedgeree in the old waiting room of Teuchtars Landing, where boats from Aberdeen once docked. Here, the setting gives the meal a direct connection to Leith’s maritime history. Continue to one of the oldest pubs in Leith for creamy Cullen Skink, a fish soup. These stops introduce two distinct preparations of fish, with a bakery breakfast to start the route.
Local gin and a warehouse turned Spanish bar
The tour also looks at the modern revival of old trades, including local gin and whisky distilling. At a nearby gin joint, you’ll sip locally made gin as part of the included gin tasting. The food then takes a different direction at an old bonded warehouse, now a Spanish bar, where you’ll try Spanish cheese grilled with sugar. This stop brings a different flavour to the route while showing another use for one of the waterfront’s historic buildings.
Market flavours and afternoon tea
A visit to the Farmer’s Market adds lobster rolls and craft beer from Lost in Leith Brewery to the tasting route. Alongside these savoury stops, the tour includes afternoon tea with scones, jam and cream. Food tastings are included, so the programme brings together individual dishes, a local brewery’s beer and a traditional tea service rather than focusing on a single meal.
Duration, language and arrival
Allow three hours for this Saturday food tour. The guiding language is English, and the starting point is 1 Customs Wharf in Leith, Edinburgh. Tickets are delivered instantly, and smartphone tickets are accepted.
Frequently Asked Questions about Edinburgh: Leith Saturday Guided Food Tour
Stops feature coffee and a handmade Danish pastry, smoked haddock kedgeree, Cullen Skink, locally made gin, Spanish cheese grilled with sugar, lobster rolls and craft beer from Lost in Leith Brewery. Afternoon tea with scones, jam and cream is also included.
You’ll visit Teuchtars Landing’s old waiting room, where boats from Aberdeen used to dock, and try smoked haddock kedgeree there.
The guided food tour lasts three hours.
It starts at 1 Customs Wharf in Leith, Edinburgh.
The live guide conducts the tour in English.
Yes. Smartphone tickets are accepted, and tickets are delivered instantly.
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