Greggs

£1.20 sausage rolls and filter coffee before security

Greggs at Edinburgh Airport sits landside, before security, so it works for both departures and arrivals. It’s the same blue-sign high-street Greggs you know, just with airport queues and slightly higher prices. Expect the usual bakes, breakfast rolls, and sweet pastries, plus hot and cold drinks you can carry through to the check-in area.

Opening hours typically track early departures, with shutters up before many 06:00 flights start boarding; still, the exact time shifts by season, so don’t bank on it for a 04:30 check-in. Prices sit below most airside options: a sausage roll is around £1.20–£1.40, a steak bake hovers near £2, and a basic coffee usually under £3, which is cheap by UK airport standards.

The food line-up stays familiar: steak bakes, sausage and bean melts, vegan sausage rolls, breakfast bacon rolls, and the usual doughnuts and yum yums. Hot food normally comes from the same heated cabinets you see on the high street. If a tray looks picked over at 15:00, ask what’s just gone in; fresh bakes hold up better on a cramped Ryanair seat than something that’s sat under heat lamps since lunch.

There’s minimal seating around this Greggs and it fills quickly in the 07:00–09:00 wave, especially when multiple easyJet flights show on the boards. Treat it as grab-and-go more than a place to linger. With a 3.5-star feel overall, expectations should stay in “reliable chain” territory, not café highlight of the trip.

Practical tip: if you want Greggs but your flight departs soon, buy cold items like sandwiches or doughnuts here landside, then head straight through security and eat at the gate instead of trying to find a spare table by the storefront.