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Dining Room at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Name: Dining Room at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Address: 28 Queen Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH2 1JX, U.K.
Rating: 4.2

5 reviews

28 Queen Street, EH2 1JX

New Town, Edinburgh

Cuisine: French, Scottish, Modern

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About Dining Room at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Food: 5

Ambience: 4

Service: 5

Value: 5

Scotch malt whisky society-excellent food and service

Everything from entering the front door to leaving was first class.The staff were really helpful and obliging and the food and the whisky were wonderful.

william jamieson - dined in restaurant 19/03/2019
Food: 4

Ambience: 3

Service: 4

Value: 4

Nice lunch

Good food appreciated help with my elderly mother.

marian gillard - dined in restaurant 03/09/2019

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Modern European cooking in Edinburgh city centre

Part of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Dining Room at 28 Queen Street serves some of the capital’s finest food. Situated on the first floor of the Society’s townhouse, the elegant dining room enjoys views over Queen Street Gardens and the New Town. Along with spacious Georgian proportions, The Dining Room features bold contemporary furniture and striking, whisky-themed art. Private dining rooms, a Charles Heidsieck Champagne table and the superb range of single cask whisky in the ground floor Kaleidoscope Bar add to the appeal.

Clever, seasonal menus

The Dining Room offers three menus: an a la carte; a three course menu du jour and a five course Taster Menu which can be paired with wines or whisky. Seasonal Scottish ingredients are used extensively and Chef James Freeman is enthusiastic about the use of foraged ingredients such as seaweed and lovage.

The presentation is deceptively simple while the flavour combinations are innovative without being eccentric. An example might be the roast cod served with Jerusalem artichoke and smoked cod brandade, trompette de la mort, hazelnuts, and roast chicken juices.

Edinburgh transport and attractions

The Dining Room is in The Scotch Malt Whisky Society on Queen Street in the centre of Edinburgh. There is restricted on-street parking. The nearest pay car park is at Castle Terrace. Waverley train station is a fifteen minute walk. The National Portrait Gallery, Princes Street Gardens and shops of George Street and Multrees Walk are a ten minute walk.

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Cheese Board

Served with oatcakes, red onion confit and quince jelly £2 supplement
Durrus
Raw cow’s milk, traditional rennet. A semi-soft cheese from County Cork in Ireland. Its rind is washed with brine which gives it a rich flavour on the outside and a nutty, buttery flavour in the middle.

Lanark Blue
Raw sheep’s milk, vegetarian rennet. A lovely light flavoured blue cheese with hints of slate and a mineral finish. One of Scotland’s finest cheeses.

Landana 500
Pasteurised cow’s milk, traditional rennet. Aged for 500 days, this is a Gouda style cheese from the central Netherlands. Sweet and nutty with crystals throughout, this cheese is spectacular.

Auld Reekie
Raw cow’s milk, traditional rennet. A two-day curd cheese from Royal Deeside near Aberdeen it starts life as Cambus O’May and is then lightly smoked over whisky barrel shavings. Light and buttery with a melt in the mouth texture.

Landana Rosso
Pastuerised goat’s milk, traditional rennet. A lovely hard goat’s cheese that has flavours of berries.

Rachel
Raw goat’s milk, vegetarian rennet. A semi-firm goats cheese from Somerset with fruity, floral notes.

Manchego
Made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the manchega breed. well-developed notes of rich butter, raw brazil nuts and grassy pastures, the finish is round and long lasting with a touch of lanolin lingering on the palate.

4 cheese board £2.00 supplement
5 cheese board £4.25 supplement
6 cheese board £6.25 supplement
7 cheese board £8.25 supplement

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