Timberyard

With its discreet red and black frontage it’s hard to imagine what you’ll experience once you get inside this rather fascinating restaurant. Once a wood merchants’ warehouse, and originally built in the 19th century as a prop and costume store, the dining room is a beautiful example of the industrial shabby chic aesthetic, all rusty details and painted brick walls, soaringly slender iron columns supporting the open ceiling, wooden floors and simple, straightforward furnishings with a woodburning stove to keep things cosy on colder days. You can see the timber/wood association throughout – bare tables and wooden platters give the place a cool Scandinavian feel, and the lighting is extremely flattering. It’s a wonderful space. Staff are knowledgeable and professional, and the garden provides the restaurant with eggs, herbs and salad. There’s a small bar area for when you arrive, and the tasting menus are constantly changing and evolving. A three-course lunch menu has also been added. An excellent, expansive wine list offers food pairings (there’s a non-alcoholic option, too), and some great cocktails. The food here is modern, with innovative flavour combinations, paying full attention to the opportunities afforded by the Scottish larder. Liver mousse with honey preserved carrots and duck fat toast is a wonderfully harmonious starter, the mousse light and served at the perfect temperature, the contrasting crunch and sweetness of the carrots, the toasted sourdough and ‘buttered’ duck fat working precisely to make this a really exciting dish. Perfectly timed monkfish is enhanced by elderflower butter, the richness cut with the acidity of tomato making for a satisfying main course. There might be more elderflower at dessert – elderflower syrup and granite is refreshing, frozen crème fraîche is indulgent and thin sheets of wafer add snap and texture to what really is the ideal finish to a meal on a hot summer’s day.

Awards, accolades & Welcome Schemes

3 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence

AA Notable Wine List