The Playfair - JD Wetherspoon

You'll find The Playfair tucked into the Omni Centre on Leith Walk, right in that stretch where the neighbourhood gets properly interesting. It's a Wetherspoon, so you know what you're getting—solid food, predictable but decent, and prices that won't make you wince. The kind of place where you can grab a full breakfast for under a tenner or a pint without the craft beer markup. It's all straightforward here: decent coffee during the day, proper lager when the sun's out, and the sort of no-frills atmosphere where locals actually want to drink.