Inside Rocksalt: an ornate plaster ceiling with a white chandelier and pendant lamps, deli shelves of jars and bottles, and a wall papered in a teal and mustard pattern of Leith ships, anchors and lighthouses.

Photo: Stephanie Taylor via Google Maps

Est. 2012 · Constitution Street

Café & deli, Leith

Breakfast seven days a week under a proper Leith plaster ceiling — eggs piled onto sourdough, full breakfasts, good coffee, and deli shelves stacked to the cornice.

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4.4★659 Google reviews
7 daysa week
8amweekday start
46Constitution St

On the plate

Eggs, every which way.

Going by what people photograph here, the poached eggs are the thing: on sourdough, over avocado, with a chilli butter drizzle and pomegranate on top. All of this is described from diners' own photos.

Two poached eggs on sourdough with avocado, grilled halloumi and mushrooms, under chilli butter and a tangle of pea shoots, on a deep teal plate.
Brunch

Poached eggs & halloumi

Sourdough, smashed avocado, mushrooms, grilled halloumi, chilli butter and shoots.

Photo: Isabella Melking
Poached eggs over smoked salmon and avocado on toast, with chilli oil, pomegranate seeds and micro herbs.
Brunch

Salmon, avocado, eggs

Smoked salmon under two poached eggs, chilli oil and pomegranate.

Photo: Eliza Veitch
Two full breakfasts from above in morning sun: bacon, sausage, black pudding, haggis, tattie scone, hash brown, beans, mushrooms, tomato and eggs, with sourdough toast and coffee.
Breakfast

The full Scottish

Black pudding, haggis, tattie scone, hash brown, beans, mushrooms — and sourdough.

Photo: Sorina Mihaila
A table spread from above: pancakes with banana, berries, chocolate and passion fruit; a crispy chicken burger with fries and slaw; a toasted panini with salad; and a baked pasta dish in a brass-handled pan.
Lunch

A table for four

Pancakes with banana and passion fruit, a chicken burger, a toasted panini, baked pasta.

Photo: Rocksalt Cafe
A salad in a pale green bowl: frisée, radicchio, red onion, tomato, cucumber, olives and cubes of feta with chilli flakes and a balsamic drizzle, by the window.
Lighter

Feta & olive salad

Frisée, radicchio, olives, feta, red onion, chilli flakes and balsamic.

Photo: Rocksalt Cafe
A latte with latte art of a sleeping cat with its paws on the rim, next to a black coffee and a bottle of water.
Coffee

Latte, with a cat in it

Someone behind the machine takes latte art seriously.

Photo: Nicky Hayward
The Rocksalt room: plaster ceiling, chandelier, pendant lamps, deli shelves and the patterned tile wall.
Photo by Stephanie Taylor, via Google Maps. Tap the numbers.

The room

Old Leith bones, deli shelves to the cornice.

  1. 1That ceilingDeep plaster cornicing and coffered beams, a white chandelier, and a row of pendant lamps.
  2. 2The deliShelves of jars, oils and tins behind the counter, and crates of crisps and bottles below it.
  3. 3The Leith wallTeal and mustard paper covered in ships, anchors, lighthouses and coffee cups — the colours on this page are borrowed from it.
  4. 4The placematsBig block letters spelling out the name, in the same tiles as the wordmark up top.

Word of mouth

659 reviews, and a lot of photos.

4.4

Averaged across 659 Google reviews, read on 14 September 2026. Rather than quote anyone, here's what diners chose to photograph and post to the listing.

Eggs

Poached, on toast

Four of the first eight photos on the listing — dressed up with chilli, pomegranate, salmon or halloumi.

Full

The big breakfast

Plates loaded with black pudding, haggis and tattie scones, usually in the morning sun by the window.

Room

The ceiling

People photograph the space itself, which says something about a café.

Visit

Constitution Street, in the middle of Leith.

Halfway between the Foot of the Walk and the docks, a short walk from the Shore. Open every day of the week.

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