I’ve been informed that this restaurant is now closed: ‘For Sale’ sign, I’ve been on line and the message is ‘Moving to new premises’. When and Where??
Who knows??
Who knows??
After a long day at a very rainy and muddy Royal Highland Show we deserved a nice dinner and some glamour. May, from SlowFoodKitchen, booked the The Mulroy which is located at basement of a period building about five minutes walk from Princes Street, Edinburgh. My friend and I arrived at the restaurant about 15 minutes late to meet May. Edinburgh city center ongoing major road works meant no cabs could get through to that part of town so we had a lovely walk from the hotel to the restaurant. When we arrived no one was at the reception, eventually front of the house came to greet us. We were shown to our table, where May was already waiting for us, once seated we were given the menus by a pleasant waiter. There was a good twenty minutes pause till the waiter came back to take down our orders. By then, we had decided not to have wine and we ordered three a la carte menu.
The Mulroy has been refurbished by the Patron Clemens Hoss-d’Estenfeld-MacDonald’s wife, Patricia who used to run an interior design business in London for many years. The place is divided in three rooms, the reception where you can have a pre-dinner drinks, and the other two rooms are the fine dining rooms. The deco is elegant country house with lots of silver, impeccable white crispy linen, candles and other decorative ornaments. They have created a bright, airy and relaxing atmosphere.
a la Carte Menu
£39.50 for three courses / £34.50 for two courses
Beautiful silver service |
watercress soup |
starters
Border beef oxtail ravioli ‘a la Provencal’, ceps and burgundy snail fricassee, dry pancetta |
Seared Gigha Scallops, parsley root, curry and coriander salad, a very sharp green apple vinaigrette, watercress, rice tuile |
Mains
Fillet of Sea Bream, courgette, black olives and confit tomatoes, lemon chutney, Northumberland potato and fenel ‘tian’ – pretty!
My Desert |
Fresh apricot and pistachio frangipane tart, fantastic rhubarb sorbet, vanilla creme anglaise |
The Bill |
The French head chef, Damien Rolain, has provided outstanding dishes using seasonal, fresh, locally sourced and the finest Scottish produce. The food is very imaginative French with a Scottish twist. It was delicious and elegantly presented. The service was adequate to begin with but then it all went a bit weird, with some long pauses in between orders. Not sure what happened but we had to wait over twenty minutes to get our bill in an almost empty restaurant. After another long wait for May’s change, we headed to the front desk and got it on our way out. No the ideal end to a delectable meal.
The chefs menu at £48.50 for 5 courses and The Petit Menu £16.50 for two courses : Luncheon: Monday – Saturday 12:00pm – 2.30pm and pre-theatre available for 30 mins on Thursday-Saturday: Pre-Theatre: Monday & Wednesday 5:30pm – 6:30pm & Thursday – Saturday 5:30pm – 6:00pm
The Mulroy (closed)
11a-13a William Street
Edinburgh EH3 7NG
Tel: 0131 225 6061