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At Dùthchas they offer a tasting menu inspired by seasonal Scottish ingredients, and they use the best quality produce from the British Isles and outer Hebrides. It is a lovely casual fine dining experience.

They work closely with local farmers, suppliers and producers to give a strong emphasis on the quality of the produce year-round.

Their bespoke six-course tasting menu starts with a few canapés, and you can look at their amazing wine list or lovely cocktails offered.

The exquisite food is presented by both the front of house team and chefs who give you a description of the idea and ingredients used in the dishes. This is the nature of dùthchas.

Dùthchas Edinburgh

The intimate vibe of the space painted dark green has some fun and brightly colored artwork. Throughout our dinner we got to hear A-Ha and Depeche Mode. There is a full bar for all alcoholic and non-alcoholic offerings.

Dùthchas Edinburgh Dinner

The main offering is the six course version, for £95pp, which is what we chose to go with. They also offer a smaller verison, which is £65/pp for three courses. Both options are started by canapes and end with petit-fours. You can also add a wine pairing of regular wines for £55/pp or a premium tasting of £95/pp. There is also an addition course of cheese, biscuits and chutney you can add before dessert for $12/pp, but we chose not to do so.

We started off with their cocktails, a clarified butter Old Fashioned and the Buckthorn. The Buckthorn was theatrical in its’ presentation and tasting.

The canapes started to arrive, one right after the other. They started with two, a tomato | cucumber | Brassica, and ham | piccalilli | parsley.

The next two canapes were trout | chickpea | watercress and sea bass | beetroot | fennel. All were tasty little bites highlighting Gaelic voices.

There were two milk breads in the bread and butter course, a haggis milk bread and milk bread tiny loaves. These were accompanied by a Bloody Mary Butter.

We then had the following courses throughout the meal, and enjoyed each more than the last I think. A crab, corn and clams dish which was rich and tasty. Then a pork, carrot and potato dish which was hearty and warming for sure.

Then we continued the meal with a cod, spinach and artichoke dish that was my favorite of the night. I love cod, and fresh cod is lovely and flavorful.

The final entree was a pigeon, broccoli and celeriac course, in which the meat was cooked to perfection.

And then the first of two delicious dessert courses was an apricot, cherry and almond dish, followed by a raspberry, honey and oats dish. This last dessert was a modern take on a Scottish Cranachan, and was definitely our favorite sweet.

We finished the meal by being presented with a wooden box, filled with cocoa nibs (don’t eat them) and petit fours.

Dùthchas Edinburgh Information

They can offer vegan, vegetarian or dairy-free options, they just ask for some notice for the chefs to prepare those choices. They also have the ability to offer gluten free, nut free and pescatarian. If you have any questions, please ask them when making your advanced booking.

You can make reservations for 1 to 4 guests online. They do require you to call or email for reservations for 5 or more. They also don’t allow any children under the age of 6.