Biscoff & ice cream
Caramel over the stack, spiced biscuit crumbled across it, and a scoop melting slowly down the side.
The menu
It says pancakes on the window for a reason.
Stacks come loaded — berries and cream, banana and chocolate, Biscoff and ice cream. If you'd rather start the day sensibly, there's porridge, bagels and a proper cooked breakfast too.
Berries & cream
Compote and whole berries piled on, honey zig-zagged over the plate, cinnamon dusted round the edge.
Banana & chocolate
Sliced banana, chocolate sauce in ribbons and a cloud of cream. Best ordered for the table.
Eggs on sourdough
Scrambled, piled with ham and tomato, with avocado fanned along the side.
Porridge & apple
Warm apple through the top and cinnamon over it — the order for a cold Tollcross morning.
Smoked salmon bagels
On the breakfast list from eight. Pictured: the berry stack, in case you can't decide.
- Paninis
- Toasties
- Sandwiches
- Fresh salad
- Couscous
- Soup
- Cakes
- Coffee
- Tea
- Hot chocolate
The pancake toppings and breakfast plates are described from photographs of what's been served. The lunch and drinks list comes from a write-up in The Skinny. No prices here — none are published, and the board changes.
Ten per cent
There's a discount, and you probably qualify.
The Treehouse knocks 10% off for students, NHS staff, and Cameo or Filmhouse members — which, this end of Tollcross, is most of the street. Tap whichever you are:
Pick one above and we'll tell you where you stand.
The place
On the corner, opposite the Links.
Navy paintwork, cream and pink lettering, and a window full of Bruntsfield Links reflected back at you. Inside: light oak, teal banquettes, red plates, and not quite enough tables.
Word of mouth
705 reviews. Here's what keeps coming up.
4.6
Averaged across 705 Google reviews, read on 14 September 2026.
Sentiment below is paraphrased — nothing here is a quotation.
The pancakes
Far and away the most mentioned thing, usually with a note about how much gets piled on top for the price.
Always busy
People describe queueing or waiting for a table, and coming back anyway. Mornings and weekends get named most often.
Portions
A recurring theme is arriving hungry and leaving defeated, which visitors seem to mean as a compliment.
Visit
Corner of Leven Street, Tollcross.
Beside the King's Theatre, a minute from the Cameo, straight across from Bruntsfield Links. Any Tollcross bus drops you at the door.
Checking opening hours…
The Treehouse on FacebookTheir only page online at the moment
44 Leven Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LJOpen in Google Maps
Breakfast from 8am, 9am SundaysKitchen stops before closing — worth ringing ahead
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