Loch Fyne bucks the trend among national chains by offering a food & wine experience well above its high-street station. Selections from its recent menus such as hake with samphire, smoked salmon ‘sashimi-style’ with wasabi & soy, or ‘bradan rost’ with couscous salad, mango and coriander are dishes you might expect in flash big-city eateries – not in simply attired, accessible town-centre restaurants where ‘the food is reasonably priced and generously served’.
This chain also caters for more traditional tastes, witness whitebait, mackerel pâté, fish & chips or fisherman’s pie alongside the group’s raison d’être – sustainably sourced oysters, mussels & langoustines from Loch Fyne itself. Most of the globetrotting wine list is available by the glass, with credible, fish-friendly pours including Albariño & Grüner Veltliner.
The Leith venue stands on the site of the old fish market in Newhaven, which dates back to the 1890s and the interior scheme upgrades will further enhance the bright and airy layout of the historic maritime building. At the heart of these improvements, is the bar area, which has been relocated and enlarged to allow even more guests to enjoy a new selection of bar snacks, nibbles, cocktails and fine wines.