A full Scottish breakfast with bacon, fried egg, black pudding, tattie scone, beans and grilled tomato, a small Saltire flag in the middle

Breakfast · Brunch · Lunch

Breakfast doesn't stop at eleven.

A small family-run cafe at the West Port end of the Grassmarket, serving the whole menu from half seven in the morning until five, seven days a week. Since 2008.

Find us 07754 121624

Open seven days · 7:30am – 5pm

The whole menu, all day

Come at half seven. Or at half four.

No breakfast cut-off, no "sorry, the kitchen's changed over". Whatever's on the menu is on the menu, from opening until close.

Full Scottish breakfast with a Saltire flag Porridge topped with banana, berries, grapes and cinnamon Three fruit smoothies in jars with orange slices Full Scottish breakfast with a cup of Carraro coffee and a teapot
Photo · Ethan Cheung
West Port, Edinburgh

Years of first coffees and last orders.

A small room with fairy lights in the window, two minutes from the Grassmarket and five from the Castle. Cooked to order, served by people who remember your usual.

4.7Google rating
1,249Reviews
2008Since
Full Scottish breakfast beside a cup of Carraro coffee and a black teapot
The full Scottish, with a pot of teaPhoto · Evgueny Bendezú
The Coffee Mill Cafe shopfront: a slate sign reading 'The Coffee Mill Cafe, est 2008' beside a window strung with fairy lights
Look for the fairy lightsPhoto · The Coffee Mill
A bowl of porridge topped with fruit, honey and cinnamon
Porridge, properly loadedPhoto · Big Burger
1,249 Google reviews

People come back for the breakfast. They stay for whoever is behind the counter.

iStaff who look after you

The warm welcome and attentive service come up more than anything else in reviews.

iiBreakfast whenever you want it

Guests like that the full menu runs all day, not just first thing.

iiiGenerous plates, fair prices

Portions and value come up again and again, alongside freshly cooked food.

4.7 out of 5 from 1,249 Google reviews. Themes summarised in our own words.

The Coffee Mill Cafe shopfront on West Port, with its slate sign and fairy-lit window
Photo · The Coffee Mill
Find us

Two minutes from the Grassmarket, five from the Castle.

54 West Port
Edinburgh EH1 2LDOpen every day, 7:30am – 5:00pm. The whole menu, the whole time.

Monday7:30am – 5:00pm
Tuesday7:30am – 5:00pm
Wednesday7:30am – 5:00pm
Thursday7:30am – 5:00pm
Friday7:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday7:30am – 5:00pm
Sunday7:30am – 5:00pm
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