Dining Experience - 4 Course Dinner with Exclusive Exhibition Viewing and Paired Wines
Enjoy exquisite four course dining with Roberta Hall-McCarron and explore the trailblazing work of Linder: Danger Came Smiling in an exclusive after-hours escape to the garden. Only at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Thursday 24 July.
Sit back, relax, and savour the taste of summer on 24 July with a delicious four course dining experience presented by our award-winning chef partner, Roberta Hall–McCarron.
Start your evening in style with a bespoke botanical cocktail in hand on our lawn, overlooking the city skyline, before exploring artist Linder's trailblazing retrospective in an exclusive after-hours viewing of Linder: Danger Came Smiling in Inverleith House Gallery. Discover our newest dining space, the Arboretum, as you head down for dinner to enjoy a bespoke menu carefully inspired by seasonal onsite produce from our Kitchen Garden and Linder's increasingly botanical and floral photomontage artistry.
Make your evening extra special by choosing our paired wines package, carefully crafted to enhance each course.
Please note, all bookings are for a two hour sitting, as well as a one hour exhibition viewing.
If you would like to be seated for dinner directly without viewing the exhibition, please book your arrival time as when you would like to be seated and we will happily take you straight through.
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Menu
Canapes
Sunflower seed hummus with chicory
Pea and garlic croustade
Bread
Milk bread with a Kitchen Garden herb butter
Starter
Hot smoked mackerel with gooseberries, apple, and cucumber
Middle
Stuffed courgette flower with goats curd, olive, romesco, and hazelnuts
Main
Lamb saddle with Merguez sausage, bulgar wheat, jalapeño, BBQ runner beans, nasturtium, and apricot
Dessert
Buttermilk bavarois, strawberry, and elderflower
Petit Four
White chocolate and lemon verbena fudge
Note: Some menu items may be subject to change dependent on availability. If you have any concerns regarding dietary requirements please contact us before buying: +44 (0) 07795 911196.
Roberta Hall-McCarron
Roberta Hall-McCarron opened her first restaurant, The Little Chartroom in June 2018, followed by Eleanore in 2021 and a third restaurant, Ardfern, in 2024.
Working in professional kitchens since the age of 16, Roberta moved to Burj Al Arab, Dubai, before returning to Scotland to work at Michelin-starred The Kitchin. Roberta was offered the opportunity to be on the opening team at Castle Terrace by Dominic Jack, where she remained for six years, three of which were spent as head chef.
It was at Castle Terrace where Roberta met now husband and front of house at The Little Chartroom, Shaun McCarron. To date, she has won accolades including Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Restaurant Awards, 2019; YBF Best Chef 2018; Eating & Drinking Award from The List Magazine; entries in Michelin Guides 2019 and 2020; UK’s Top 100 at Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2020, 2022 and 2024; Breakthrough Chef of the Year at the Food and Travel Awards; Good Food Guide 2020; 100 Most Influential Women CODE. Roberta has been shortlisted for GQ Best Chef 2022 and in 2023 she became Squaremeal’s Female Chef of the Year.