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Tuesday 12pm - 7pm Wednesday 12pm - 7pm Thursday 12pm - 7pm Friday 12pm - 7pm Saturday 12pm - 7pm Sunday 12pm - 7pm

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31/03/2024

Quick one from us to say a colossal thank you to everyone who came down this week to see us. It’s been a pleasure being here over the last 3 and a half years. We’ve met a lot of sound people and made lots of new pals. We’re eternally grateful for all your support and for being part of our thing here on Bonnington Road. Wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.

We’ll be about this afternoon for a few hours if you missed out on any last wines (there ain’t much left) or if you just wanted to say hi.

Stick with us on here for any potential happenings over the summer 👀

Enjoy the rest of the long weekend ✌🏼 💚🖤

15/02/2024

A little bit of news from us here in our rainy corner of Leith…

We have taken the decision towards the end of last year to sell up and move on from Mistral. Not a decision we took lightly but essentially boiling down to where we want to be and what we want to be doing at this point in our lives, which we decided isn’t here on Bonnington Road (or the U.K. at all in fact!)

So Saturday the 30th of March will be our last shift here before a new custodian takes over and does their thing (it’s in safe hands don’t worry, thanks to )

Lots of time to say farewell in person over the coming weeks, but if we don’t get the chance to, then we want to extend a colossal thank you to everyone and anyone who has come through our doors. We’ve enjoyed our time here immensely and are proud of what we have created here, none of which would’ve been possible without great guests and loyal locals, who we will sorely miss.

So there you have it. 6 or so weeks to go, we hope to see some friendly folk in that time. Big love ✌🏼💚

25/01/2024

Good fun hosting Eric Texier at the bar this afternoon with

Lucky to get an insight into the ever more challenging task of producing wines in a respectful way towards this particular terroir and how the region has changed over his time growing there.

Not to mention the 8 stellar wines on show as well!

09/01/2024

We’ll be back open tomorrow from 3pm.

Look forward to seeing you! ✌🏼

30/12/2023

Just a couple of days left of the year, before we take a short breather to ease ourselves in to 2024 and whatever it holds, for us all!

We’re open as normal today, then tomorrow we’ll open slightly later, at 1pm, to accommodate our later closing time.

Looking like it’ll be nice and full tomorrow night, but we’re always able to squeeze in a few more somewhere if you fancy joining the fun.

We’ll have lots of bubbles open and some special stuff by the glass. Plus lots of bottles big and small if you’re in with a hefty group.

If we don’t see you, we’d like to offer our thanks once more to everyone who’s made it down or ordered online this year. We appreciate it every time 😘

All the best! ✌🏼

#2024

23/12/2023

Shop and bar open as normal today and tomorrow with plenty on offer to celebrate the big man’s arrival. ✌🏼 🎅🏼

07/12/2023

As promised, our festive hours for your diaries…

Pretty straight forward really, open as usual outside of the below dates:

December 25th / 26th / 27th - CLOSED

January 1st - 9th CLOSED

Only exception being Hoggers (NYE) where we’ll be open a bit later. But more on that closer to the time.

As ever get in touch via the usual routes if you want to book, although we are usually able to squeeze in walk-ins if you’re more the spontaneous type. ✌🏼 🎄

01/12/2023

A bit short notice, but nonetheless…

We’ve decided to reintroduce last years Festive Friday Mega-Deal™️ this December.

For those that don’t recall that means:

Every Friday in December between 6pm-9pm, we’re offering 2 x Oysters and a glass of Franck Pascal’s delectable ‘Fluence’ Brut Nature Champagne for £10 (Ten Pounds)

(We’ve chucked on an extra hour for the hell of it)

What a way to see out the year. This deal will be commencing….tonight!

Hope to see you 🥂 ✌🏼

29/11/2023

Afternoon all! We’ve some changes to our opening hours this week which you can find below 👇🏼:

Thursday 30th - Closed from 5pm for a private event.

Saturday 2nd - Closed from 6:30pm for private soirée number 2.

Sunday 3rd - Closed all day!

Still plenty windows of opportunity to pay us a visit outwith these times if you’re thirsty.

We’ll get our festive hours up next week as the party-stretch looms!

✌🏼

15/11/2023

A nice wee drop off some treats on this gloomy Wednesday, in our usual limited numbers.

Got our beady eyes on that festive season that everyone’s getting excited about, expecting more odds and ends of special bits in the coming weeks ✌🏼

05/11/2023

Roland is in town and hosting a tasting tomorrow Monday 6th here at Mistral.

He’ll be pouring through some new vintages from Bencze Birtok, Maurer Oszkar, Szolo and more. Plus some brand new wines freshly arrived from France.

No appointment needed, just drop in between 11am and 2pm.

The tasting is trade only. Hope to see you tomorrow ✌🏼

27/10/2023

Hailing from the Isère region of south-east France (Just like Julie), Saint Marcellin is a soft, gooey cows milk cheese with bags of flavour.

Originating from Dauphiné, the cheese began to appear on market stalls in the town of Saint-Marcellin, from where it quickly inherited it’s name, and as its reputation grew it spread throughout the region, into Lyon and beyond!

With a distinctive, ‘wrinkly’ rind, it offers lots of creamy, nutty and fruity notes from its gooey centre. Absolutely perfect on crusty baguette, another treat for the colder months.

Just got another tray of these in so still rolling if you fancy giving it a go ✌🏼

13/10/2023

As the foliage begins to perish around us and the days get shorter, we’re adding some more autumnal offerings to the mix.

Starting with our go at an Affinity, a scotch and vermouth based classic from the early 1900s that can easily be tailored for the modern ages.

We’ve gone with some

- ‘Homemade’ which offers up bold sweet sherry notes
- Noilly Prat
- Cocchi Vermouth Amaro (gotta squeeze in some Amaro)
- Noix de la Saint Jean walnut vermouth for a bit of warming spice

A dash of angostura and some orange peel and you’re off and running.

Helping to embrace the wintery transition. ✌🏼

12/10/2023

Planning a private shindig in the next few months? Xmas blow-outs or a like?

We have hosted all kinds of parties in our space, which we’re dead flexible on depending on your requirements!

Get in touch if you’d like a chat about how you and your associates can get loose down here this festive period..✌🏼🤶🏼

12/09/2023

We’ll be taking a bit of a break at the end of this week and will be back open on the 29th refreshed and ready for Autumn/Winter ‘23..

Open as normal from tomorrow til Sunday so there’s still time to pay us a visit before we depart, do not panic! ✌🏼

06/09/2023

🍇Tasting with Mick Craven🍇

We’re extremely excited to have Mick Craven in town all the way from South Africa, for a tasting here on Bonnington Road on Friday 6th October.

Mick and his wife Jeanine started their project in 2014 and make a range of site specific bottlings from a number of locations in Stellenbosch.

Not only are the wines obscenely good value for money, they also have their own identity and character, reflective of their specific site. So this is a fantastic opportunity to try through the range and get a whole host of chat from the winemaker himself.

Mick will pour through 5 wines and we will provide some snacks for the table to accompany the wine and stellar patter.

The tasting will run from 6pm - 8pm and tickets are £40 per person, which can be purchased from our website in limited numbers.

We’ll also have the wines on by the glass if you’re unable to snag a ticket, so plenty of opportunity to sample his wares if you miss out! ✌🏼

01/09/2023

Brand new on the slicer from the heart of Tuscany is this full-flavoured Salame Toscana.

Riccardo, Valerio and Leonardo Rosati let their rare breed Cinta Senese pigs roam free over their 55 hectare farm, a stones throw from Montepulciano (The family also make olive oil and wine, but we’re strictly after the meat goods this time).

The intense flavour is enhanced through the animals diet of wild berries, acorns and other natural morsels they find on their travels.

Back fat is mixed in with only the leanest cuts and finished with lots of garlic and black pepper.

Get down and give it a try ✌🏼

25/08/2023

Received a couple of nice random bits today that we’ve been waiting on for a couple of weeks. Online and on the shelf/list already, getting faster at that..

We’re expecting some more odds and ends over the coming weeks which we’re excited about. Including a decent sized Jura drop sometime next month. ✌🏼

16/08/2023

We’ve lots of other bits arrived/arriving this week that won’t be snoozing. All (hopefully) be on the website for perusal in the next day or so.

We’ll be closed this Friday evening from 6pm for a private party, but here for you as normal aside from that.

Come say hi 👋🏼

09/08/2023

Just received a fair whack of new Matassa releases from Some in shorter supply than others. Will give them a little resting time before getting them online/on-shelf.

And here’s a bonus snap of us post pasta lunch many years ago when we visited Tom in Calce.

24/07/2023

We will be closed this coming Saturday and Sunday (29th + 30th) as we will be witnessing the marriage of two stone cold heroes and two of the 21st centuries finest sweethearts (You may have been lucky enough to have been served off them, during one of the many shifts they’ve been roped into over the last couple of years).

Some nice stuff on order for when we’re back open on Wednesday. So if you fancy joining us this week, come on down before the weekend! ✌🏼

06/07/2023

Those eggheads in the gastro-lab have been working overtime again to produce a conjure up a couple more items for our menu.

- Whipped Smoked Cod’s Roe + Focaccia

- Globe Artichoke + Mustard Vinaigrette

- Cod + Potato Croquettes

- Coppa Trentina

All on now and tasting good!

Why not give them a go this week.. ✌🏼

21/06/2023

Back open for another week down here. Lots of chilled options in the fridge and bbq friendly bottles on the shelves if you’re going for it again.

Website fully up to date and free delivery to anywhere EH6 (Gives me some time out in the sun). With speedy delivery everywhere else in the city and beyond!

Some cool spritzes and by the glass options on the board, alongside some tasty snacks for grazing if you fancy coming down.

We’ll be closed this Sunday the 25th and back open next Thursday 29th, so come say hi before then!✌🏼

12/05/2023

Selection of small plates available all weekend. Fire down if you’re feeling peckish 🏃🏽‍♀️

06/05/2023

We’ve decided to do another month of corkage free Sundays, beginning…tomorrow!

All wines off the shelves/list will be available to drink in, minus the tenner, every Sunday this May. We’re pretty well stocked so there should be something for all tastes/wants/needs.

Join us ✌🏼

29/04/2023

Here all weekend if you’re around and about our patch of Leith. Drink/eat in and takeaway available, with the online shop ready and waiting if your housebound..

Have a good one ✌🏼

16/04/2023

We’ll be shutting a bit earlier this evening at 8pm and will be back open on Thursday as normal.

Still plenty of premium drinks and bites to be had this afternoon/evening if you’re about and in the mood. Bottle shop also on hand for takeaway options!

Hope to see you ✌🏼

05/04/2023

Let us help you sort your bank holiday weekend. Whether you’re off somewhere and need liquid supplies, or you’re staying on home turf and fancy an afternoon/evening/entire day of wine and food, or if you’ve no plans at all, we’re here for you!

We’re open as normal til Sunday with restocks on some regular favourites and new things to give a go as well.

Hope to see you ✌🏼

17/02/2023

Slowly updating the online shop..

Bear with us whilst they make their way onto the website. Very limited quantities for some bottles.

Now delivering U.K. wide! 🌚

11/02/2023

Making it’s debut on our slicer this weekend is this dreamy, herby, Tuscan Capocollo.

From Carlo Pieri’s farm and butchery (who also makes the amazing Finocchiona we often have on the menu), it’s made from the neck muscle of his free-roaming, white pigs.

Rolled in lots of black pepper and wild fennel, picked by Carlo’s mother no less, it’s then aged for 4 months to soften and gain extra flavour.

Got a decent amount of this in, so will be on the menu for the next few weeks. A must try for any salumi freaks! ✌🏼

Address

10-12 Bonnington Road
Edinburgh
EH68EN

Opening Hours

Tuesday	12pm - 7pm
Wednesday	12pm - 7pm
Thursday	12pm - 7pm
Friday	12pm - 7pm
Saturday	12pm - 7pm
Sunday	12pm - 7pm

Telephone

+441315540801

Website

http://www.mistral-leith.co.uk/

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