The story
From tollgate,
to riverside table.
The Tollhouse takes its name from what stood here first — a toll point on the Water of Leith, where levies were once collected on goods carried up from Leith’s port to the city.
The building
A tollgate. A ruin.
Then a restaurant.
The little stone building on Brandon Terrace has worn a few lives. First a tollgate on the riverbank. Later, a derelict block left to the weather. What remained was the setting — a two-storey stone house on the Water of Leith, with a view the city had all but forgotten.
Restored and reopened, it became The Tollhouse: spacious and bright, on the banks of what was once Edinburgh’s most vital waterway.
The kitchen
A Michelin-starred
pedigree, kept relaxed.
The Tollhouse is one of the Dine Family of Edinburgh restaurants, from Stuart Muir — the youngest Scottish chef to win a Michelin star — and his business partner Paul Brennan.
The kitchen here is led by Jamie Cochrane with Group Chef Martin Orr: serious cooking, worn lightly. Michelin credentials in the background; a warm riverside room in the front.
The community
At the heart of
the neighbourhood.
A business rooted in Canonmills — sourcing quality, sustainable produce from local butchers, fishmongers and grocers, and changing the menu with the seasons.
And giving back to the river that gives the room its view: 50p from every Water-of-Leith cocktail goes to the Water of Leith Conservation Trust.
“From tollgate, to a table on the water — the river was always the point of the place.”
Reservations
Come and see it for yourself.
Lunch and dinner, seven days a week, on the Water of Leith at Canonmills.
Or call us on 0131 224 2424