2026 Best Restaurant in Scotland: Timberyard

The National Restaurant Awards were launched in 2007 to celebrate the UK eating-out scene. The Top 100 is produced from an academy of more than 200 chefs, restaurateurs, food writers: the UK is split into 11 regions, voters nominate seven restaurants they have visited in the previous 12 months, those weighted votes form the national ranking. The specialist awards sit alongside that ranking and identify category leaders in service, drinks, sustainability, regional excellence, notable new openings. For the 2026 Best Restaurant in Scotland page, Pearl treats Timberyard as a single-winner specialist award rather than a ranked list. Timberyard also won Cocktail List of the Year in 2026. Opened by Andrew and Lisa Radford in 2012 and now led by the next generation of the family, the restaurant is known for seasonal Scottish ingredients, in-house preservation, a strong sustainability ethos inside a former warehouse near Edinburgh Castle.

The 2026 Best Restaurant in Scotland page on Pearl captures the single official specialist-award winner, Timberyard, links that recognition back to a live restaurant profile.

In the 2026 National Restaurant Awards, Best Restaurant in Scotland went to Timberyard in Edinburgh. Timberyard also won Cocktail List of the Year in 2026. Opened by Andrew and Lisa Radford in 2012 and now led by the next generation of the family, the restaurant is known for seasonal Scottish ingredients, in-house preservation, a strong sustainability ethos inside a former warehouse near Edinburgh Castle. Pearl uses this page for searchers who are looking for the specific award category, the winning restaurant, the broader 2026 National Restaurant Awards context.