Ardfern is an all day café, bar and bottle shop at 10-12 Bonnington Road in Leith. Open from morning until late, it is the third venue from chef Roberta Hall McCarron and the team behind The Little Chartroom and Eleanore, bringing their seasonal approach into a relaxed neighbourhood format.
Brunch moves between familiar breakfast comforts and more inventive small plates. Current examples include filled brioche buns, a full breakfast, oysters with nori hot sauce, prawn tacos, aubergine fritters and a double smash burger, with a separate vegetarian breakfast and other meat free choices.
An evening menu takes over later in the day, while bar snacks remain available across a broad stretch of service. Sundays add roast beef or a vegetable roast with Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, carrots, greens and gravy, offering a more traditional centrepiece to the weekend menu.
The bottle shop carries more than 100 wines that can be bought to take home or enjoyed at the venue. Cocktails and an oyster happy hour support the bar side of the business, and the mix of bookable tables, walk in spaces and dog friendly service gives Ardfern an easygoing local character.
Address: 10-12 Bonnington Road, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5JD, Scotland
Ardfern Menu
Bar Snacks
Monday – Saturday 11am – 10pm, Sunday 11am – 6pm. Oyster Happy Hour, £2 each, Monday – Friday 4pm – 5.30pm. All dietary requirements can be catered for with advance notice.
Oysters – natural or nori hot sauce (x4)
Gordal olives
Grilled sourdough, butter
Sunflower seed hummus, chicory
Finocchiona & Speck
Brillat-Savarin (pasteurised), cornichon, grilled sourdough, butter
Basque cheesecake, strawberry
Brunch
Monday – Friday 9am – 2.30pm, Saturday 9am – 4.45pm, Sunday 9am – 5.30pm. Oyster Happy Hour, £2 each, Monday – Friday 4pm – 5.30pm. All dietary requirements can be catered for with advance notice.
Grilled sourdough, butter
Grilled sourdough – whey caramel crémeux or strawberry jam
Filled doughnut – whey caramel crémeux or strawbery jam & custard
Basque cheesecake, strawberry
Oysters – natural or nori hot sauce (x4)
Hash brown, mushroom ketchup, BBQ king oyster, Golden Saye (x2)
Beef rump cap, tonnato, toast, capers (x2)
Prawn taco, green tomato salsa, kohlrabi, sorrel (x1)
Aubergine fritter, apricot ketchup, pumpkin seed, radish
Venison black pudding, rhubarb chutney, bitter leaves
Shetland mussels, wild garlic sauce
Asparagus flatbread, duck egg, ricotta, honey, Pecorino
Pork rib, sour cream, red onion, corainder
Double smash burger, cheese, pickles, bacon mayo
Chips, aioli
BBQ green beans, muhammara, yoghurt, sesame sukkah, walnut
Filled brioche bun & brown sauce (2, 3 or 4 fillings)
Bacon, Cumberland sausage, haggis, tattie scone, fried egg, hash brown, veggie sausage, veggie haggis, halloumi
Full Breakfast
Bacon, Cumberland sausage, venison black pudding, tattie scone, beans, fried egg, toast, brown sauce
Veggie Full Breakfast
Veggie sausage, veggie haggis, courgette, halloumi, tattie scone, beans, fried egg, toast, brown sauce
Sunday Roast
Roasted beef rump cap, ox tongue stuffed Yorkshire pudding, hash browns, carrots, greens, gravy. Available every Sunday from 11am – 5.30pm.
Veggie Sunday Roast
Stuffed courgette, veggie haggis, Yorkshire pudding, hash browns, carrots, greens, gravy. Available every Sunday from 11am – 5.30pm.
Evening
Monday – Saturday 5pm – 9pm. Oyster Happy Hour, £2 each, Monday – Friday 4pm – 5.30pm. All dietary requirements can be catered for with advance notice.