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Artisan Roast Leith Walk — Coffee Shops in Edinburgh

Artisan Roast Leith Walk

Coffee ShopsEdinburgh, SCT

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3(277 reviews)

Quick info

72-74 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5HB, United Kingdom

About Artisan Roast Leith Walk

On Leith Walk, Artisan Roast Leith Walk serves as a coffee shop from the Artisan Roast roasters, with granola for breakfast and focaccia sandwiches for lunch alongside pastries and homemade cakes. The counter also sells matcha, with granola toast, pain au chocolat, and almond croissant on the menu, and a vegetarian range that includes cheese options. Lattes come without flavored syrups. For customers without a grinder at home, the shop offers to grind freshly roasted coffee beans to take away. Orders are placed on a walk-in basis, and a queue can form when the room fills up. Seating is available on site, and the space is offered for social events, yoga or dance classes, and art events by arrangement.

Good to know

“Artisan Roast Coffee Roasters latest cafe. Leith! Offering pastry, homemade buns and cakes. Granola for breakfast, focaccia sandwiches for lunch. This cafe is an ideal space for any social event, yoga or dance class, art events and much more. Get in touch for more information. email: jakub@artisnaroast.co.uk”

  • Reservations
    Walk-in only
  • Accessibility
    Wheelchair: entrance, restroom, seating

Reviews

4.3/5
277 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention freshly roasted coffee beans, pastries and croissants, almond croissant and granola toast with peanut.

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185
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34
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28
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Customer Review Summary

Complaints recur around service and consistency. One regular reports repeated rudeness from the same staff member toward a large weekly group, contrasted with friendlier colleagues. Others describe long waits, with coffee arriving after food, and one reviewer found the espresso "overly strong and sour" alongside a poorly presented hot chocolate. Seating draws mixed notes too, called "a bit old dated looking" with tables needing cleaning, and one visitor found the coffee thin with a "unique" flavor. Despite this, one longtime customer says the staff's positivity and consistency over three years made every visit feel exceptional.

Featured reviews

  • Google user
    “Have been going there for three years, and it has been consistent and great! Wide selection of freshly roasted coffee beans. If you don’t own a grinder at home, the staff offers to grind it for you. All coffee drinks are brewed to PERFECTION! Each location (even the St James’ one) has seating available. My local one if Leith, and shout out to the staff for always been positive and making my day! Delicious matcha, pastries, and sandwiches! So sad I am moving out of Edinburgh, because will miss having exceptional coffee at every visit!”
  • Google user
    “We regularly come to the cafe after gym classes during the week, and particularly on a Saturday morning- bringing 10-15 paying customers to the cafe. While I appreciate that handling a large number of orders at once can be challenging, I do not feel that it excuses the level of rudeness that we have repeatedly received from the same female member of staff. She makes it completely clear, that our presence is a massive inconvenience and it’s very obvious she would rather be elsewhere. The other members of staff here are always friendly and welcoming, however they are let down by their colleagues blatant disregard for basic manners. I appreciate that everyone has a bad day, but as this has happened on multiple occasions now, I felt I had to leave a review to highlight the problem to management. I hope that this can be addressed before we take our business to one of the many other local cafes that would happily welcome us in on a weekly basis.”
  • Google user
    “Artisan Roast staff were very kind and helpful to us this afternoon, going way beyond to accommodate us and make us feel welcome and comfortable. Great coffee, great atmosphere, and great food, with fabulous cakes - best coffee house in Leith!”
  • Google user
    “Wanted to like this more. It has a nice chill vibe but overall place looks better than it is. It was hard to get a seat - food and coffee took quite a long time to arrive too. Coffee arrived after the food. There are better spots in Edinburgh.”
  • Google user
    “Pros: • Friendly service and despite a a que it wasn’t long Cons: • for me personally I like syrups and they don’t do it so the latte was too strong but luckily at home I have my own monin ones so I head home to have it • I sat in for a little while until I decided to drink it at home and although a fair amount of seating it is a bit “old” dated looking. Some tables were needing to be cleaned. Personally I wouldn’t go back but some may enjoy it if you don’t mind syrup free lattes etc I never had food so can’t comment on it.”

Amenities

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Accessibility· 2
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Location

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