The Little Chartroom

Busy week changing dishes!! 😮‍💨

1, roasted halibut, mussel & chorizo sauce, artichokes

2, venison topped with a haggis mousse, beetroots, dandelion, venison sauce with pancetta marmalade and whitecurrants.

3, Choux bun filled with macerated strawberries, roasted vanilla chantilly, strawberry & lime sorbet, brown butter cake 🍓

4, girolle & Isle of Mull cheddar quiche, mushroom ketchup, leaves, truffle 🍄‍🟫

5, chocolate crème brûlée, mascarpone, coffee ice cream

6, Colston Basset Stilton, apricot danish

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JOB ALERT 🔔
A position has come up in the kitchen for a chef at CDP level. 45 hour working week over four days. 👩‍🍳

Email your CV to [email protected] or send us a DM if you have any questions.

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THIS FEELS VERY SURREAL!! 🤗

On the 7th November Roberta will be releasing her first cookbook.

‘The Changing Tides’ is a recipe book for the home cook. Seasonal dishes influenced by Roberta’s childhood sailing holidays on the West coast of Scotland; spending time with her dad at the family business making pies, sausages and bacon; and everything else in between.

There is something for everyone here and we are so excited to share these recipes with you.

Writing this has been an incredible journey and a real pleasure to share it with &

What a beautiful painting by & designed by 🎨

You can pre-order a book through the link below. 🙌🙌🙌

https://ardfern.uk/products/the-changing-tides-a-cookbook-by-roberta-hall-mccarron

FATHER’S DAY LUNCH!! 😍

On Sunday 16th June we’ve got a delicious menu for you to enjoy with your old man!!

£45 per person

- Smoked mackerel pate, treacle soda bread

- Cured halibut, tomato broth, fennel

- Lamb rump, Merguez sausage, black garlic

OR

- Plaice on the bone, cockles, samphire, rouille, shellfish bisque

Both served with

- Seaweed potatoes & Spring Vegetables

- Chocolate & raspberry mousse, pistachio ice cream

Book in through the link in our bio. This menu is only available at lunchtime!

SEAFOOD SUPPER CLUB!! 🐠 🥂

On Saturday 4th May at 6pm as part of The Edinburgh Seafood festival, Roberta will be hosting a supper club in the state-of-the-art kitchen space in Miele’s Experience Centre

Tickets cost £150 and include food and matched wines.

Book now by emailing: [email protected]
We won’t be taking bookings over the phone for this event.

Menu
- Oyster, jalapeño & dill pickle hot sauce
- Trout and ponzu tart
- Hash brown and XO sauce
- Arbroath smokie Thermidor muffin
- Cured scallop, kohlrabi, lovage, smoked almond
- Crab agnolotti, Isle of Wight tomato broth
- Steamed cod, elderflower butter sauce, peas & asparagus
- Chocolate tart, Umai Heritage caviar, roasted vanilla cream

Please note, due to the nature of the event we are unable to cater for dietary requirements. 👌

ARDFERN 🍷

We are excited to announce the newest addition to our family A Cafe, Bar & Bottle Shop opening in Summer directly next door to us in the site currently trading as

This is a bitter sweet announcement as we are obviously very excited to be growing, but also very sad to see our friends Sam and Julie moving on to warmer climates. We want to continue all the great work Sam and Julie have done in creating a much loved neighbourhood wine bar but with the addition of a brunch and dinner service. Think full breakfasts; Beef haggis tattie scones with brown sauce and fried eggs; Fresh doughnuts. And maybe a long overdue return of mushrooms and bacon jam on toast!!

Follow on instagram to keep up to date and join the mailing list at ardfern.uk to be the first to find out about when we launch and exclusive offers!

Big thanks to for all your help with this!! 🙏

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EASTER SUNDAY LUNCH!! 🐣

Join us for lunch on Sunday 31st March when we will be offering a special 3 course set menu for £45 🙌

- Treacle soda bread, Mackerel pate

- Venison carpaccio, wild garlic, pickles, cured egg, caper

- Roast chicken, chicken fat Yorkshire pudding, chicken sauce

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- Plaice on the bone, brown shrimps, lemon

Both dishes are served with hash browns, green goddess & bitter leaves

- Chocolate marquise, mint ice cream, kaffir lime

Book through the link in our bio or give us a call on 0131 556 6600 ☎️✌️

Commis chefs and Chef de Partie’s!! Get in touch if you fancy a change. We’re heading into a busy period here and could do with some extra hands.
Send your CV to [email protected] or send us a DM for more info. 👩‍🍳 🧑‍🍳

Very happy with this!!
Well done to the entire team 👏👏👏co.uk

It’s birthday today!! 🎉
So she is taking it easy and celebrating by going on to cook a few of her favourite dishes from 👩‍🍳
She will be on just before 11.15 this morning!! 🙌🙌🙌

THE PIE is back for another Christmas!! 🎄🎅

Roberta's pie from The Great British Menu will be available for collection on Sunday 24th December between 10am & 12 noon. The pie will feed 3 to 4 people and comes with red wine sauce and a bottle of Chateau Ksara, Reserve du Couvent, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, 2018 to accompany. You will need to prepare your own side dishes for your Christmas lunch.

Braised beef shin, ox tongue & caramelised onion pie

The pie contains Gluten, Dairy, Eggs

Please be aware the pie is only available for collection on the 24th December.

£120 for the pie and a bottle of wine

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With Summer season in full swing and a couple of key players moving on over the next couple of months we are looking to bolster our team in a few positions. Ideal start date is the end of July.

- Chef de partie
- Front of house (wine knowledge helpful but not essential)
- Part-time KP

Please send your CV to [email protected] if you like the idea of working with us and would like to have a chat!

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Braised beef cheek, St Andrew’s cheddar, caramelised onion & wild garlic bun. 🤤

Making an appearance this Saturday and Sunday in the Walled Garden alongside drinks and cakes from

We will also be serving fish finger sandwiches with curried mussel sauce & slaw. And a wild mushroom & wild garlic bun. 🙌

Serving food from 11.30 to 2.30 / sell out. Follow for more info about what’s going on over the weekend.

Roberta has been out and about this week planning some lovely events for the Summer!

If you aren’t already a subscriber to our mailing list then make sure you join through our website, and be the first to hear about the dinners and have access to advanced bookings from 3pm today. 🌿

SUNDAY SET DINNER MENU 🫨

From Sunday 14th of May, and every Sunday after until the end of June we will be offering a 4 course set dinner menu for £49.

There is a few delicious extras that you can also enjoy on the day and we will also be offering a 4 course wine pairing.

MENU FOR NEXT WEEK 🤤

Raw scallop, basil, pine nut, tomato ponzu

Wild garlic soup, salt cod brandade

Merguez sausage, purple sprouting broccoli, buttermilk, green goddess

Burnt Basque cheesecake, raspberries

Link below to book or call us on 0131 556 6600 🎉

https://www.thelittlechartroom.com/reservations-1

A couple of absolute screamers from Monday night with

• Barbecued langoustines from Uist in a guanciale & seaweed butter 🦐
• 58 day aged Mangalitza chops from 🐖

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES!! 📣👨‍🍳📣👩‍🍳

Chefs of all levels, and part-time front of house staff get in touch!! We’ve got a busy Summer ahead of us and positions will be opening up at both & in the weeks ahead.

Send us a DM or an email with your CV.

[email protected]
[email protected]

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We are so excited to welcome on Monday 20th March for the next dinner in our guest chef series, Sally and Roberta have written a beautiful menu!! 🤗

Asparagus, crab & hazelnut tart

Blackfoot ham and Berkswell croquette, Savoie Mustard

Seaweed cracker, oyster mayo, finger lime

Beef tartare, smoked beef fat dressing, caper jam

Goats curd, truffle and wild garlic anolini

Stuffed guinea fowl wing, miso glaze & broth

Cornish monkfish, watercress cream, brassicas and potted shrimp butter

Roast Fallow deer, Fermented red cabbage, pickled blackberries, smoked bone marrow sauce

Lemon Meringue, yoghurt sorbet, caramelised white chocolate, hazelnut

Petit fours

£120 per person

There will be the option of a wine pairing at £90 per person to order on the night.

Due to the nature of the event we are unable to cater for dietary requirements.

You can book through the link in our bio.

We expect this to sell out fast so please email us if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

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has been nominated for best chef food and drink awards!! 🎉🎊 What an incredible shortlist to be included in. 👏👏👏

It’s a real team effort and these sort of things just wouldn’t be possible without the hard work from everyone & 🙏🤗

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UNBELIEVABLY PROUD of this team!! 👏👏👏
Number 31 in the UK Top 100 restaurants list is a huge honour. What a way to kick start the new year. 💥

Got through another year!!!

Thanks to the amazing team, guests, suppliers & chefs who collaborated with us. 🙏

We’re taking a little break and will be back on the 19th January.

Looking forward to getting stuck into 2023!! ✌️

2023 OPENING HOURS!!!

From the 19th January onwards we will be increasing our opening hours. We will be open for dinner on Wednesday evenings and lunch on Friday’s!! 🙌🙌🙌

Wednesday: 6-8.15pm
Thursday: 6-8.15pm
Friday: 1-2.15pm | 6-8.15pm
Saturday: 12-2.15pm | 6-8.15pm
Sunday: 12-2.15pm | 6-8.15pm

Lunch menu available Friday to Sunday.

Jump online and get yourself booked in. ✌️

It was such a privilege to be asked to contribute to this beautiful book alongside some of our favourite chefs!! Thank you for asking to be a part of it. 🙏

We have a small number of books to purchase at the restaurant. (£35) Please send us a DM if you would like us to put one aside for you to come and collect. ✌️