MIRIN in Edinburgh, City of

Small place with a great food! I like the decor of the place. The staff is friendly and helpful. I like the idea of when food is ready it’s on the table in random order. Small place but selection of different dishes is great so definitely we’ll be back to try more of it. If you’re a fan of Asian food this place is a must visit on your culinary journey.

Incredible restaurant from people clearly passionate about Japanese food - you can't skip out on this place

Outstanding food, super friendly service from Will and the team and all in a small intimate place. A great night out. Highly recommended. We will be back!

Small space with nice decor - small plates and easy to share. Both spicy and clean tastes and just order widely. Loved the pigon - the toast - the spicy nudles - the sandwich

2024 update: This place is still TOP even accommodating for allergies and making reccomendations on stuff they weren't sure about. All the food was incredible 100 out of 10, a must visit!

An incredible unique experience tucked in a teeny little restaurant on leith walk! The menu was so inventive and every bite was more and more flavourful.

Brilliant food… One of the best meals I’ve had in Edinburgh! The waiters were really friendly, too. It was just perfect!

Came for dinner and loved it. Small, intimate venue with good chat from the team working. Maybe a sign on the door saying no tables available would be useful as literally every 5 minutes someone came in only to be turned away - but that can only be a good sign right!? 100% worth a visit.

Top 3 restaurants I have been to anywhere in the world. Monkfish is a must!

Love love love the new menu. Their shoyu is my favourite ramen in all of Edinburgh. Service is always amazing. You should probably book ahead as I have never seen this place empty

A must try, staff extremely friendly and look after you well. Everything we had was utterly delicious. 100% will be back. The hand ripped noodles with wild bore and black pudding will live rent free in my mind for months! 🤤

Good service and extremely good food. One of the best in Edinburgh and super creative. I can't give 5 starts as some plates are ridiculously small for the prize. Eg. a small 3-bite monkfish & guanciale skewer for £14.

I had the best meal of my life in this place. All the dumplings, the hand ripped noodles and monkfish are out of this world.

Really hate to leave such a negative review. Third time here, delicious food but the service (and reservation system on previous visits) is baffling. Heard two tables in our proximity also had issues. Our inital course of dumplings we were given the wrong ones. We should have complained however it was clear the female member of staff was under pressure/ unwilling to assist. To add to it we ordered an Orange wine (the only one on the menu- as stated by the waitress) to be given white with no explanation. Really hope things improve. An extremely rushed and negative experience. It does not mirror the efforts of the kitchen.

We were a bit disappointed because they don't do the ramen in the pictures anymore, but the new menu is still amazing. Nice quality food, great dishes, and charming service. Portions are a bit small, but not too expensive, so you can try more things! My partner and I had beef dumplings, chicken yakitori, shoyu noodle soup and chili noodles. 50£.

Food: INCREDIBLE Service: AMAZING

Absolutely gorgeous food. Rollercoaster of flavours, everything absolutely rocking your pallet. Each dish is a banger. Broccoli, mackerel and beef dumplings deserve a special mention! Lovely staff as well.

One of the best restaurants in Edinburgh! Every dish was absolutely incredible! Staff were very lovely and attentive. We can’t wait to come back and try more dishes!!

The best food in Edinburgh, every single bite is incredible! So good that we came for our last meal before moving away after 5 years living here

Absolute class, best dining experience and food in town

Mirin in Edinburgh - A Delightful Culinary Adventure! Our visit to Mirin in Edinburgh was an absolute delight! From the moment we walked in, we were greeted with warm smiles and a welcoming atmosphere that set the tone for the evening. The food was nothing short of spectacular; each dish felt like a mini adventure, bursting with unique and vibrant flavours. The sake selection complemented our meal perfectly, adding an authentic touch to the dining experience. The service was impeccable, with attentive staff who made sure we were well looked after throughout our meal. We found that two dishes per person were just right for a light to normal meal, but if you arrive with a hearty appetite, three dishes will certainly satisfy. Overall, our experience at Mirin was top-notch. It's a must-visit for anyone looking to enjoy exceptional food and great service in Edinburgh. Highly recommended!

Love it! Each dish is a delicious creation in it’s own right. Definitly worth a visit.

the hype around the broccoli dish is super-justified! absolutely delicious and so were the vegetarian dumplings. excellent service, the perfect balance of casual and attentive.

Second time here, having explored Gulp’s delightful Ramen offering. New menu is a cracker and fantastically assembled. Strong flavours and aromatic sauces complement dishes superbly. Staff are great and give you space. Overall there’s a relaxed vibe but you get the sense the people running the place are very serious about what they do. Sake, wine and beer work with most dishes. Enjoy

One of the best meals I've had out in a while! All dishes were excellent and delightfully interesting. I thought the flavours were well balanced and not overpowering. Service was brilliant too. I liked the music also. Highly recommended if you can get a reservation!

The dishes were exceptionally delicate and an enjoyment to eat. What a unique and cute menu! I like small plates for trying many different things. The two ladies serving us were very friendly and polite. I had everyday brew tea and it tasted fantastic in a lovely tea cup. I like the interesting wall art and colourful chopsticks. Although it was a Monday evening, there were many diners enjoying their meal and talking, which created a cozy and relaxing atmosphere. A gem stone in Edinburgh!

Small plates absolutely packed with big flavour. Friendly casual vibes and a nice selection of wines and sake.

Unfussy place where all the focus is on turning out great tasting, creative dishes. I had the dumplings which were great, specifically because the broth was phe-nomenal 🤩 I also enjoyed the chilli honey crispy beef which was great and the smoked mackerel which was good but a bigger portion than I needed. Definitely recommend visiting 🙌🏽

Wow this was incredible!! Definitely book, they are super busy. Cannot miss the veggie dumplings, katsu sliders and the hand ripped noodles, all incredible. Highly highly recommend. Service was great and nice chill vibe inside. Definitely going back

Good food is good. MIRIN is very good. Quality of ingredients is there. Fresh and strong flavours. All combined into wonderful plates of just the right size of helpings. Lucky enough to receive the Mackerel Wonton. Now, I like mackerel, but this was superb. Recommended. We went for a combo of 4 ‘starters’ and 2 mains. All excellent. Then it would be rude not to have dessert. Both light and sweet. Staff add to an excellent night. Friendly and busy. Would recommend for a visit.

Waitress was great and the food was alright (although overpriced). Very disappointed by the management. Overall not a pleasant experience. Significantly better service and quality can be found in other places near by.

Fantastic food, atmosphere and playlist.

Food will be familiar to anyone who has ever been to a David Chang place. It's 2010s east Asian fusion, but everything is just too extreme - umami plus, plus. There's no balance. Almost every dish was too salty - good bar snack food with a beer, but a whole meal? It's overwhelming, like eating the bottom of a pack of crisps. The only dish I really enjoyed was the venison. Meat was top quality, but it's literally a bowl of meat under a foam. Am I a bodybuilder? I also find the portions and sizes weird. Are they for sharing? Some physically can't be shared, like the soups and the slider, which was so tall you had to break it all apart, which sort of defeats the purpose of a hamburger. Japanese and Korean food is very balanced. This restaurant should take some notes from the source.

Best dumplings I've eaten in Edinburgh, and the broth they come in is unreal. Been a few times and they seem to have a rotating seasonal menu, all local ingredients. Really cool Western/Asian fusion.

Excellent Asian fusion restaurant- could be seen as tapas style though there are a few larger plates on the menu. The food is lovely and visually stunning. Highlights were the broccoli dish and the dumplings. Only minor quibble was we felt the monkfish cheek was a little too salty but only a tiny point. Menu changes quite frequently.

Cozy little place with excellent asian food. We had ramen, dumplings and cheesecake, and all three dishes were really good. You can taste they are cooked with care and love 💕

I will dream of the slider till the day I die. The place is just perfect. Amazing food, superb staff and lovely atmosphere. Can't wait to be back. Highly recommend

Amazing flavours, attentive staff and a lovely chilled atmosphere where nothing is too much trouble!

Very tasty food, had the Katsu sando and could have eaten about 10 of them. So good. Dumplings were great as well, also the BBQ broccoli was out of this world (ordered it twice)

Food was decent, but not enough to justify the prices (£60 total, 4 dishes between us, 2 soft drinks). The portions are tiny, I understand it's a small plates place but you end up paying the price of a full-size main for each plate. Not including VAT was a kick in the teeth too. It's a shame, I visited when this was Gulp Ramen- even though it was a bit expensive then, it was justifiable as the ramen was so good. It feels like now they're just charging more for much less (beyond the inflation other restaurants have also faced).

Delicious food. Some of the best flavours. Would highly recommend

The most delicious ramen in the UK!!!

Great food (we ordered almost everything from the menu) - dumplings were outstanding! Small, cute place. Highly recommended.

Unbelievable, food was amazing, staff were so lovely, really enjoyed our evening

It’s chill, unpretentious, and basically feels like you’re hanging out at a buddy’s place – if your buddy was a wizard in the kitchen. And speaking of food, the dumplings here are next level. The staff are super friendly and chill, adding to the whole relaxed, no-fuss atmosphere of the place.

Excellent meal. Great, inventive cooking, very tasty dishes!! Great service! Highly recommend.

We had an absolutely excellent meal here! The staff are super nice and the menu is really interesting. We ended up sharing 5 things which was the right amount of food. Key highlights were the fried gochujang chicken and the noodles with wild boar ragú.

Cute place with huge flavours. The room is comfortable and cosy, owners super-nice and welcoming, menu long and so appealing that choosing is challenging! All the dishes we had were outstanding, perfection. Risky flavours, ingredients and combinations that they pull off every time. Can't wait to go back.

Absolutely tremendous. Been on my list for ages. Never made it to gulp sadly. My girlfriend treated me as an early valentines meal. Everything we ate was amazing. The mallard Nduja dumplings... Wow! Staff are super cool and very friendly. Thanks guys. We appreciate all the effort x So good. We will be back very soon. Amazing!

Possibly the best meal I've ever had, anywhere - absolutely immense. We had two types of dumpling, crispy chilli beef, hand-pulled noodles, hot chicken, and the tonkatsu slider (a highlight for me). Such incredibly tasty food. Lovely service also. A must visit.

Great food, incredible noodles and small plates, but really uncomfortable bar seating and stools. Get a table if you can.

Absolutely fantastic, such delicious food, will be dreaming about the chicken noodle soup. Super friendly service, a must visit!

What a fantastic experience at Mirin. This may be my new favourite restaurant in Edinburgh! My partner and I came in to this unassuming wee restaurant with high expectations, a lot of people had recommended I try the food here, and they were spot on. Standout dishes were the roe deer dumplings, the hand pulled noodles with hogget curry and the tonkatsu slider which was a sublime combination of flavours and textures. One of the best things I've ever eaten I think. The lady who served us gave us a great rundown of the menu and some good advice, and after ordering I think 5 or 6 dishes to share, we were off. We left with our souls and stomachs nourished and smiles on our faces and I loved it so much I'm headed back with a friend less than a week later. Thank you Mirin!

Typical fusion Japanese restaurant. If you expect authentic Japanese food, you may be not satisfied. But I really enjoyed their menus. I strongly recommend Shoyu ramen.

Very welcoming host and some of the most flavourful food I've ever had. We will be back!

Excellent and friendly service, really cozy restaurant with delicious small dishes!

Expensive but worth it. Best food I've had in edinburgh.

As someone familiar with Asian cuisine, I would not advise to visit this restaurant. The restaurant wants to blend Eastern and Western flavors, but it turns out the dishes are lack of the authentic taste expected. The ramen, for example, was surprisingly sour and excessively salty, and is different from the traditional Japanese ramen. Overall, my dining experience left much to be desired, and I believe there are better dining options available that offer both a more authentic Asian food and better value.

Incredible. Have wanted to try this place for awhile after they switched from gulp to mirin. Unreal. Every dish was so good. Now my favorite restaurant in Edinburgh, above Eleanor (also fantastic) or even noto which was delicious but actually imo less interesting. We ordered the deer dumplings, broccoli dish, tuna dish, hand ripped noodles, two pork sliders, mallard black pudding dish. All so good with the tuna being our favorite, but really everything was great.

Delicious food, friendly staff and a place that isn't afraid of spice!

Loved the food, service and atmosphere. Just would love more time as we were enjoying ourselves and wanted to eat more! It was heavvving busy on a Monday night - and now I can understand why. Will be back!

The food is amazing, brilliant prepared with alot of great flavours,textures combinations. We had the ramen, the katsu brill with curry and pork belly with blueberry, everything tasted amazing. As everything is small plate, so I can't recommend if your a big eater or extremely hungry as you will be ordering alot....and the bill will be big. But as casual bite with a drink, it is a great experience with many things on the menu, looking forward to try in the future.

Tous les plats sont excellents, je recommande vivement. Il vaut mieux réserver.

One of the must go to restaurants in Edinburgh.

A great lunch friends today at this recommendation by a Leith friend. Great interesting food in a small cosy venue with personal customer service

Fabulous dinner at Mirin. Lovely choice of food and everything was delicious and a bit different! Great service and stories

Very nice place! Good food, had a variety of dishes which all tasted nicely and quite delicious. We ordered around 6 dishes, as they are on a smaller size, and we wanted to try a bit of everything. Liked the internal decor of the place as well. The downside to the experience was that 2 of the dishes took quite a long time to be made, and we had to ask for them at least 3 times. Given that the other 4 dishes were made quite quickly, it was an expectation of all dishes to be served quickly, but it wasn't the case. If Broccoli and Hot Chicken take a while to be served, it would be nice to have a disclaimer on the menu or be told so in person. Felt like maybe there was miscommunication during order stage, but it also felt like we were given lies to when we asked about the dishes and when they would be done, instead of saying that they forgot, or unless it quite literally took some time to make. P.S. Michael was very nice and respectful. Wonderful person!

Lovely chilled out space, amazing food. Would highly recommend

Delicious food and excellent service!

Amazing good food with East Asian influences was very delicious. Each dish had its own speciality and surprise. It was difficult to choose my favourite. I loved all the dishes I had there. Highly recommended. Definitely coming back to the restaurant soon.

Great food but pricey for the portion. Also chicken dish too hot, couldn't taste anything after 1 bite 😔

Incredible flavours (mushroom dumplings were phenomenal). Really friendly staff. Just wish there were more veggie options

Cosa dire di questo piccolo ristorante dalle note orientali? Eccezionale. Ho mangiato benissimo: dumplings (ravioli cinesi) buonissimi, zuppa di noodles ai funghi strepitosa e consigliatissimo il Tuna Cheeseburger con pane tipo mantou. Servizio molto cordiale, gentilezza estrema tipica degli scozzesi. Per una porzione di ravioli cinesi, un primo, un cheeseburger e un video di mele ho pagato 40 Sterline e ne valevano la pena. Ci tornerò senz’altro.

Best restaurant staff!!! Went on saturday and the food is absolutely unbelievable and all of our waiter's advice hit the spot - super nice chill folk!

Without doubt this was THE best food I’ve ever tasted Beyond good Amazing variety of superb cooking - incredible depth of flavour It looks like a small ordinary Japanese cafe But what comes out of the small kitchen is magical Front of house in the friendly hands of one partner The husband does things in the kitchen that are wondrous My dining companion and I are used to great food but we gazed at each other and the food in absolute amazement as each dish appeared Can’t wait to return !!!

Amazing restaurant!! Everything we tried was so so good!!! Service was great too. Must try

Tiny portions of decent but quite inauthentic food at massively overblown prices, and bad service - one of the waiters was extremely rude to my table and the one next to us. I was a huge fan of Gulp Ramen, it’s a shame that this is the update

Je n'ai rien à redire sur le service, mais après avoir mangé de nombreux ramens dans ma vie, je n'ai pas aimé ceux de ce restaurant. En tout cas, ils ne valent certainement pas le prix que nous avons payé ! Le bouillon est très très salé, la portion est minuscule, il n'y a pas du tout de viande. Le menu mentionne de prendre plusieurs plats pour être rassasié, mais les prix ne s'alignent pas sur ce principe. Très décevant !

Situated in Leith walk, Gulp Ramen, now called Mirin, offers the warmness and coziness with the food. Their noodle is quite firm compared to other ramen shop giving the new sensation. It’s chewable but harder. Tonkatsu is their signature dish which is very creamy but can be salty. The pork is good. The prices can be a little bit pricey. Booking the table in advance is a better choice as the shop is pretty small otherwise you might not get in. Also Its a Dog friendly restaurant , many customers bring their dogs here.

Cute cozy Japanese ramen shop. Enjoyed the small plates. The ramen was not my favourite, the broth was good but the charsiew wasn’t as authentic. Friendly service and cute interior. Has two tables outside for walk-ins.

Outstanding food and cheerful service.

Excellent food - we ate dumplings with scottish influence (deer and macquerel dumplings) - and some crispy duck with black pudding - just marvelous taste for a very original combination - and some good French wines to pair with!

buzzy little place with loud music. trendy vibe

Este restaurante nos sorprendió muchísimo! Estábamos buscando un lugar para comer cerca de nuestro alojamiento en Edimburgo y nos acercamos y comimos allí. El chico que nos atendió fue muy amable y atento y luego la mujer que nos sirvió más tarde también majísima. Nosotros pedimos 'dumplings, shoyu noodle soup y tonkatsu slider'. Todo estaba INCREÍBLE, el caldo del shoyu noodle soup estaba riquísimo, los dumplings picaban un poquito pero era el caldito que los acompañaba y el tonkatsu slider era como una hamburguesa de tonkatsu con brioche que estaba realmente buena. Cuando volvamos a Edimburgo volveremos para probar más cosas! :)

Apparently focused on ramen before. Japanese inspired small plates were incredible. We had a great time. Go

Now MiRiN - Nice food & cool vibes. Really friendly but slow service - made to wait outside for some reason even though we arrived at the exact time of our booking and there were empty seats inside - we had to stand on the pavement until one table had finished eating... good thing it wasn't raining yet. Later there was a walkin that got those same empty seats right away. Maybe they have a system but we were confused. Didn't get water until all the other tables that had arrived after us did. I'm not really one to be too fussed about service but was left feeling quite uncomfortable. The crispy duck with cherry and black pudding was amazing. The katsu slider was small but pretty tasty. Chicken yakitoti was decent even though it was ￡5 for a single stick but was actually quite large. The charred cabbage with curried butternut squash was better than expected but the flavor was quite overpowering. Rice was incredibly small (possibly the tiniest serving I have seen in a restaurant) and wasn't brought to the table until all the other dishes almost got cold despite having asked for it a couple of times. Perhaps they thought some people eat plain white sushi rice on its own. I don't know - maybe they were busy but it really could've been better 🙃. There were seats for 14-16 and 2 waitresses - one's a social butterfly who immediately forgets what you've asked for after enthusiastically nodding, leaving you waiting until you ask the other one for the same thing again.

The food was very good. The staff was very helpful

A small very personal Japanese food restaurant. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

One of the best veggie ramen I've ever had. Staff were super friendly and attentive. Wish there was more veggie options in the future!

Visited again over the weekend and it was as good a ever! This time we had the Yakatori, prawn dumplings, pork slider and ramen and it was all amazing!! Thanks so much Best ramen I’ve ever had. We also chose the prawn toast, chicken skewer and octopus all of which were fab. Staff very efficient and helpful. Nice friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Will def go back 😁

The starters were lovely! We had shrimp dumplings and beef with asparagus, both super tasty. For our main course; the tonkatsu ramen. It was my first time trying ramen and it was definitely not my cup of tea. I'm guessing that's on me rather than Gulp though, based off of how delicious the starters were! I found the taste very plain and overbearing at the same time: sweetcorn and slimey slivers of mushroom in thick, foamy chicken broth (that just tasted like forever cooked chicken, no spices) topped with pork meat cooked to mush. The meat reminded me of the Swedish dish 'kalops' without flavour. Like I said; not my cup of tea. But that's probably how ramen is supposed to be? The staff will make it a big deal if you leave food on your plate, so I felt pretty ashamed of myself for not finishing. Perhaps not the best place to try ramen for the first time. They will add 10% serving fee on top of everything so It was rather pricey, but I'd gladly pay for (and eat) the starters again!

food was excellent,fast service pleasant staff, only downside very small so limited numbers

The texture and flavour of the noodle are so good! Recommend the hand crafted noodles!

This is a small restaurant off Leith Walk. We’ve noticed it before and been meaning to try it for a while. Yesterday we finally booked a table for dinner (you will have to book in advance on weekends as I heard the service turn down some walk-ins). The atmosphere was great, not too loud so you could chat calmly and comfortably. Me and my partner did not fancy ramen as it was a warm day outside so we opted for small plates: the highlights were the dirty rice and the slider. We would have liked to order a cured egg yolk on the side to dip the small plates in (especially the yakitori). Our friend had spicy chicken ramen and he said it was lovely. Will definitely come back!

One of the best bowls of ramen I've ever had, and certainly the best in Edinburgh. Not the cheapest, but honestly, not unreasonable, and the quality is excellent. Staff are lovely too!

What to say about this place... Best ramen in Edinburgh and is one of these places where you can "taste" the passion chefs put into their dishes. Staff are also very passionate about the business which makes me come back every now and then.

Absolutely amazing. The pistachio crusted pigeon breast with black pudding and daikon might be the best thing I've ever eaten. Everything else was merely brilliant. Go here, you won't regret it.

For the price of £16 I was expecting a really solid ramen but have to admit it was very over complicated and over priced. The broth was solid but was drowned out by the amount of other ingredients and that's excluding the mushrooms. I wouldn't recommend it to other Ramen lovers

Sitio muy agradable, comida muy buena y servicio excelente. ¡Sin duda volveré!

Went to this wee place twice and both times I had the shoyu ramen. I loved the cooking point of the noodles, the crispy and flavoursome chicken and the perfect cooked egg. Even the pak choi is incredibly good, not the usual boiled veggie thrown in the broth. I found the broth too salty and I couldn’t finish it because of this, but that’s the only downside. Service is lovely too! Can’t wait to be back ☺️