A fantastic Turkish café with a great breakfast and lunch menu, offering both familiar favorites like the full Scottish breakfast and authentic Turkish options like sujuk. There also a wide range of cakes and treats. Most importantly the coffee is consistently excellent! The staff are always respectful and friendly, creating a welcoming atmosphere and clearly valuing their regular customers. A special mention to Megan, who is always warm and attentive, going the extra mile to make sure we are well looked after. Highly recommended for a relaxed breakfast, lunch or coffee stop ☕🥐✨
Turkish breakfast in Edinburgh, all day
Turkish sujuk, poached eggs on yoghurt, flatbreads and Turkish coffee in Morningside.
Sadet Gül and her husband Cemal have spent thirty years opening cafes, bistros and restaurants in Kazakhstan and Istanbul, including Bistro Rose and a decade of patisserie. They opened the first La'Telve in 2004, and Morningside is the newest. For a Turkish breakfast in Edinburgh, the Turkish side of our menu covers breakfast plates, poached eggs on yoghurt, flatbreads and coffee. Everything is cooked fresh to order, and breakfast runs all day.
Absolutely wonderful brunch spot! Relaxed and very cozy. Visited the place twice during a very short weekend stay in Edinburgh. We especially liked shakshuka and Mediterranean breakfast. Excellent service and a lovely setting overall. Highly recommend!
The gozleme was delicious, and the service was super fast! The atmosphere was lovely, fresh, and cozy. Definitely a great spot!
Lovely people. Awesome food. Yesterday I had the porridge which was goldilocks perfect. Today the classic Scottish my wife had the Mediterranean. So good.
Gorgeous place, perfect for any time of the day for a meal or a snack! If you go in for a brunch, you should definitely give the Turkish breakfast a go! Many vegetarian options and some vegan, and a very long menu in which I am sure you will find your new favourite snack! Edit: came back as part of my usual Edinburgh route, still gorgeous and delicious! The waiters were super nice, thanks in particular to Adam! Could not recommand any other breakfast over this one in all of Edi 🤌
Amazing food I had the Mediterranean breakfast and they were able to make it gluten free. Lovely service as well, we were served by Adam who was very helpful and kind, definitely coming back! 5 stars all round
The friendliest neighbourhood cafe with a great selection of tasty food and coffees. Adam and the team offered friendly and attentive service. From the amazing variety of scone flavours to Shakshuka, paninis and more, every dish is served with a smile and packed full of flavour.
My first breakfast in Edinburgh was here, and it was absolutely delicious! I fell in love with every dish, and the latte was amazing. I highly recommend all the dishes. Some of the staff were Turkish, which was really helpful when it came to understanding which options were halal. As a Muslim, it felt very comfortable and welcoming. I’d definitely come back to this place on my next visit to Edinburgh!
Hot eggs, cheese and honey
On our menu it is called the Mediterranean Breakfast. The kitchen cooks the hot parts fresh to order, including Turkish sujuk, a crispy cheese roll and an omelette made with two free-range eggs. Those sit alongside cold dishes of feta, mixed olives and honey. Like the rest of our breakfast menu, it runs all day every day.
Mediterranean Breakfast £15.50
Omelette, 2 free-range eggs
Feta cheese
Turkish sujuk
Mixed olives
Grilled halloumi
Honey
Tomato and cucumber
Butter
Crispy cheese roll
Toast
Turkish eggs with toast
People often call this dish Turkish eggs, and on our menu it is listed as Cilbir Turkish Style. We poach two free-range eggs fresh to order and set them on garlicky yoghurt. Each plate is topped with smoked paprika butter and served with sourdough toast on the side. It is a vegetarian dish and runs all day here in Morningside.
Cilbir Turkish Style (V) £12.25
2 poached eggs on garlicky yoghurt, topped with smoked paprika butter and served with sourdough toast.
Smoked paprika butter
2 poached eggs
Garlicky yoghurt
Sourdough toast
Gozleme made fresh all day
Gozleme is a traditional Turkish flatbread. We make five kinds: feta cheese with mixed herbs, feta cheese with spinach, Turkish sujuk with cheese, vegetarian with spinach, mushroom, sundried tomato, cheddar cheese, feta cheese and onion, and vegan with spinach, mushroom, onion and sundried tomato. All five come with homemade sauce and mixed salad.
Feta cheese with Mixed Herbs (V)
£10.50Feta cheese with Spinach (V)
£12.50Gozleme Vegan (V,VG)
£12.50Gozleme Vegetarian (V)
£12.50Turkish Sujuk with cheese
£12.50Traditional Turkish flatbread. Served with homemade sauce and mixed salad.
More from the kitchen
We also cook Shakshuka with Feta cheese, made with chunky onion, peppers, spicy tomato and two eggs cooked through in the dish. There is Hummus and Turkish Sujuk with smoked paprika butter on sourdough toast, plus baklava on the cake counter. See the full menu.
Shakshuka with Feta cheese (V)
£12.25Chunky onion, peppers and spicy tomato, mixed with 2 eggs cooked through in the dish and sourdough toast and butter
Hummus and Turkish Sujuk
£13.25Hummus, grilled Turkish Sujuk, smoked paprika butter, on sourdough toast and butter.
Baklava
£5.00We also serve Full Scottish breakfast and pancakes all day, plus soup and salads for lunch. Our own kitchen makes birthday and celebration cakes.
Turkish coffee, tea and our name
We serve Turkish coffee and Turkish black tea all day. Our cafe takes its name from the coffee cup. La'Telve is half Italian and half Turkish. The first part, La', is Italian for go there. Telve is the Turkish word for the thick grounds left at the bottom of a cup of Turkish coffee, the ones you turn the cup over on and read your fortune from.
Turkish Coffee
£4.50Turkish Black Tea
£4.50telve
What people ask us
Where can I get a Turkish breakfast in Edinburgh?
La'Telve serves a Turkish breakfast all day in Morningside, Edinburgh. You can find our family-run cafe at 163-165 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4AX. We are open Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00, Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00 · kitchen from 09:00, and the kitchen cooks everything fresh to order. Dogs are welcome inside too.
What is in the Mediterranean Breakfast?
The Mediterranean Breakfast comes with a two-egg free-range omelette, feta cheese, grilled halloumi, Turkish sujuk, tomato and cucumber, mixed olives, honey, butter, a crispy cheese roll and toast. Everything is cooked fresh to order and served all day.
What are Turkish eggs?
Turkish eggs are a dish called cilbir. On our menu as Cilbir Turkish Style, it is two free-range poached eggs on garlicky yoghurt, topped with smoked paprika butter and served with sourdough toast. It is vegetarian and cooked to order.
Do you have vegetarian and vegan Turkish dishes?
Yes. Vegetarian and vegan dishes are marked (V) and (VG) on the menu. We serve vegetarian Cilbir Turkish Style, Shakshuka with Feta cheese, and vegetarian gozleme, plus a vegan gozleme with spinach, mushroom, onion and sundried tomato.
Can I book a table for breakfast?
Yes. You can send a booking request online at /book/ and we will confirm your table by phone or email. Weekend brunch gets busy, so booking is recommended. For same-day tables, please phone us on +44 (0)131 447 8642.
Do you serve Turkish coffee and tea?
Yes, we serve both Turkish coffee and Turkish black tea all day, alongside baklava from the cake counter. Even our name comes from Turkish coffee: telve is the Turkish word for the thick grounds left in the cup.
Where to find us
163-165 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4AX
Open Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00, Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00 · kitchen from 09:00
+44 (0)131 447 8642