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Cafés in Stockbridge

Raeburn Place and St Stephen Street cafés, a Sunday market by the Water of Leith and the Terrace Café at the Botanic Garden.

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Stockbridge began as a small village outside Edinburgh and was absorbed into the city in the 19th century; the present Stock Bridge, a stone span over the Water of Leith, dates from 1801.1 The painter Henry Raeburn developed his Deanhaugh and St Bernard's estates here with the architect James Milne, and named Ann Street after his wife.1

Raeburn Place, the main road, has more cafés than any other street in the area, with Deanhaugh Street next. St Stephen Street, to the south, curves past Georgian basement flats with antique shops and bars at street level.1 Bakeries are part of the mix: Söderberg on Deanhaugh Street, The Pastry Section on Raeburn Place and Patisserie Florentin on North West Circus Place.

Local tip: On a Sunday, start at Stockbridge Market on Saunders Street from 10:00, then walk up to the Botanic Garden, where entry is free and the Terrace Café also opens at 10:00.67

At a glance

32Cafés listed
16With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Books N' Cup, from 07:30 (Daily 07:30–22:00).
  • Closes latest: The Place, until 23:00 (Mon Closed · Tue–Fri 09:00–22:00 · Sat 10:00–23:00 · Sun 10:00–16:00).
  • Most listed streets: Raeburn Place (10), Deanhaugh Street (4), Hamilton Place (3).
  • Most common features: card payment (19%), vegetarian options (19%), outdoor seating (16%).

Books N' Cup

  • 16 Raeburn Place
  • Daily 07:30–22:00
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Toilets
  • Open late
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Toastology

  • 33 Deanhaugh Street
  • Mon 10:00–17:00 · Wed–Sun 10:00–17:00
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Coffee chains in Stockbridge

Raeburn Place and Deanhaugh Street

Artisan Roast at 102A Raeburn Place opens at 08:30 on weekdays and has outdoor seating. Cowan & Sons at No. 33 opens daily 09:00–17:00, Cafe Gallo at No. 96 from 08:30, and Books N' Cup at No. 16 runs from 07:30 to 22:00 every day. The Pastry Section at No. 86 bakes from Tuesday to Sunday.

Söderberg at 3 Deanhaugh Street opens at 08:00 on weekdays and closes at 18:00. Its menu runs to kardemummabulle, Swedish cardamom buns, and kladdkaka chocolate cake.2 Toastology is at No. 33 and Singh Street Cha at No. 13.

Mr Eion and Fortitude on the side streets

Eion Henderson's Mr Eion has roasted at 9 Dean Park Street, on the Comely Bank side of Stockbridge, for more than a decade, and its beans are used in cafés across the city.3 By October 2025 a larger roastery had taken over production, the Dean Park Street shop had started selling takeaway coffee, and on some summer Saturdays the old roaster was fired up again.4

Fortitude Coffee has a Stockbridge café at 66 Hamilton Place, open from 08:30 on weekdays. It pulls espresso with beans from Workshop Coffee, serves long blacks, soups and cakes, and welcomes dogs and buggies.5 Poppy and Skylark Cafe are a few doors along Hamilton Place.

The Sunday market and the Colonies

Stockbridge Market has traded on Saunders Street every Sunday since 2011, all year round, from 10:00 to 16:00.6 North of it, the Stockbridge Colonies are twelve parallel streets of low-cost housing for artisans, built between 1861 and 1911 by the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company.1 Cafe at Glenogle opens on weekdays at 08:00 and closes at 13:30.

On St Stephen Street, KUBO CAFE is at Nos. 37–39. Patisserie Florentin is round the corner at 5 North West Circus Place.

The Royal Botanic Garden and Inverleith

North of Stockbridge, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, founded in 1670 as a physic garden, moved to Inverleith in the early 1820s and covers 28 hectares; entry to the garden is free, with a charge for the glasshouses.7 Its Terrace Café at 10 Arboretum Place opens daily 10:00–17:00 and has outdoor seating. On Inverleith Row, Krem Karamel at No. 68 opens at 08:00 on weekdays.

Sources

  1. Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Edinburgh's Söderberg bakery group to make London debut, Restaurant Online (January 14, 2019), accessed October 2026
  3. Capital Coffee: Mr Eion Trinity, The Edinburgh Reporter (Charlie Ellis, November 1, 2023), accessed October 2026
  4. Capital Coffee: Mr Eion’s evolution, The Edinburgh Reporter (Charlie Ellis, October 2025), accessed October 2026
  5. Cafés and coffee shops, Forever Edinburgh, accessed October 2026
  6. Stockbridge Market, Stockbridge Market, accessed October 2026
  7. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Stockbridge cafés: questions

When is the Stockbridge Market in Edinburgh?

Stockbridge Market trades every Sunday of the year from 10:00 to 16:00 on Saunders Street, and has done since 2011. Raeburn Place, the main road with most of the area's cafés, is close by; Books N' Cup there opens at 07:30 every day.

Is there a café at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?

Yes. The Terrace Café at 10 Arboretum Place opens daily 10:00–17:00 and has outdoor seating. Entry to the garden, founded in 1670 and at Inverleith since the early 1820s, is free; only the glasshouses charge. Krem Karamel on Inverleith Row opens earlier, at 08:00 on weekdays.

Where does Mr Eion roast coffee in Edinburgh's Stockbridge?

Mr Eion's original roastery and shop is at 9 Dean Park Street, on the Comely Bank side of Stockbridge. Production has moved to a larger roastery, and since 2025 the Dean Park Street shop also sells takeaway coffee. Its café in Trinity, on East Trinity Road, opened in 2019.

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