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After the “heart-breaking decision” to walk away from their much-lauded Leith restaurant Norn, Scott and Laura Smith launch this new venture in Edinburgh.
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Summary
Scott Smith’s “intricate and exquisite cooking” and “amazing use of ingredients” produces “some pitch-perfect seafood, fish and vegetarian courses” from, in the evening, a seven-course menu for £85 per person (or a nine-course option for £105 per person) – delivered via his wife Laura’s “absolutely brilliant, knowledgeable, professional, relaxed and fun service” at their ultra-seasonal venue: a follow-up to their equally vaunted Norn in Leith. Scott grew up in rural Aberdeenshire, and grows much of the produce in his own kitchen garden.
Summary
This “fun, stylish and super-friendly restaurant” from chef Scott Smith and his wife Laura has a very serious mission – to showcase ultra-seasonal Scottish ingredients, many of them grown in their own kitchen garden. The cooking is of “superb quality”, and “the tasting menu beautifully thought through, so each course feels as though it belongs after the previous one”. Fhior, meaning ‘true’ in Gaelic, is the Smiths’ follow-up to their highly regarded debut Norn, in Leith.
Summary
This ambitious and ultra-seasonal take on modern Scottish cuisine produces “really enjoyable” meals, served in the form of multiple-course tasting menus in a minimalist city-centre venue. Launched three years ago by chef Scott Smith and his wife Laura as the follow-up to their highly regarded Norn in Leith, it has put its early unevenness behind it and these days puts in a consistently strong performance. Scott grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and now has a kitchen garden outside Edinburgh to grow specialist ingredients. The name derives from the Gaelic for ‘true’.
Summary
This two-year-old from ambitious chef Scott Smith and his wife Laura follows the closure of well-regarded Norn in Leith, and presents his take on modern Scottish cuisine in a minimalist city-centre setting – the name derives from the Gaelic for ‘true’. Feedback has been limited so far, and splits between praise for “a really interesting tasting menu” and dismissal of an experience that’s “just unmemorable… apart from the bill!”
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36 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3SB
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £20.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
36 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3SB
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | CLOSED |
| Thursday | 6:30 pm‑8 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6:30 pm‑8 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6:30 pm‑8 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6:30 pm‑8 pm |
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