Chef Nico Simeone to bring ‘most personal’ restaurant to Edinburgh as Six by Nico closes branch

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Opening on Queensferry Street on the site of Six by Nico, Lennox is billed as a ‘more personal expression’ of Simeone’s cooking and moves away from the format-driven approach of Six by Nico, which served a six weekly changing tasting menu.

At the heart of Lennox Edinburgh will be a fully visible kitchen, dry-ageing cabinets for meats on display and a bespoke barbecue-grill forming the centrepiece of the kitchen.

The restaurant's design will reflect the now-distinctive Lennox aesthetic, combining raw materials, steel, concrete, and low lighting to create an intimate, atmospheric space where the food remains the focal point.

Chef Nico Simeone said: “Launching Lennox has been a really exciting next step in my career. The positive feedback and response we've seen in Manchester and Glasgow has been incredible, and opening in Edinburgh feels like a natural next step for the concept.

“Lennox allows me to cook instinctively and personally. It's about stripping everything back to what matters most: great ingredients, great technique, and food that people genuinely want to eat. Edinburgh has long been a huge part of my journey as a chef, and I’m really excited to be able to bring this next step to one of the first cities I opened in many years ago.”

The menu draws inspiration from timeless classics, reimagined through contemporary techniques with dishes such as buratta, stone bass and pork tomahawk designed to be shared.

Lennox Edinburgh will open at 40 Queensferry St, Edinburgh EH2 4RA, transforming the current Six by Nico Edinburgh West. Six by Nico's Edinburgh flagship restaurant on Hanover Street will continue to operate the six-course, ever-changing tasting menu.

Find out more and book via the Lennox website.