Edinburgh, City of
The Little Chartroom

The Little Chartroom

United Kingdom, EH6 5JD, Edinburgh, City of

French • British • European • Scottish


"First time here for lunch on a Saturday. Lovely vibe in the small dining room with a view into the calm open kitchen. Background music helped create a good ambience although my dining companion, who is slightly hard of hearing, found it a little too loud. The short 3 choices for each of 3 courses is highly original placing ingredients rarely seen on menus at the heart. A venison carpaccio with tiny crispy crunch capers and buckwheat flakes was a triumph, accompanied by blobs of egg yolk and micro herbs. A hispi cabbage starter was equally successful and compelling, with an exquisite cheese foam topping some fermented grains and a yogurt sauce. The main course of fillet of hare with a filo-pastry encrusted homemade hare boudin, deep fried, and served with a deep, rich jus, some creamed celeriac and a slightly underbaked candied celeriac slice was also excellent. Very imaginative in design and extremely well executed. Desserts came with perfectly matched dessert wines. The bay leaf infused crème caramel was absolutely spot on; wonderful texture of smooth deliciousness; the bay did not dominate, in fact it was so subtle it was barely there. The accompanying deep fried doughnut was amazing. The orange-infused cranberries were good but perhaps slightly overwhelmed the crème. The rice pudding dish was served warm, with some chopped fig and diced stem candied ginger, with a ginger ice cream on the top. Although this was the dish I had most anticipated, it fell a little short of expectations and didn’t have quite the ‘wow’ factor of all the other dishes. Service was first class. Exemplary in every way. Would strongly recommend and will definitely return."