Description

Twice named “Scottish Restaurant of the Year” by the Good Food Guide and voted 8th in the UK’s Best Restaurants by The Times, Restaurant Martin Wishart is a beautifully elegant restaurant set in the equally picturesque dockside of Port Leith. The restaurant opened to rapturous applause in 1999 and has held a Michelin star since 2001.

Chef Wishart honed his skills working alongside world famous celebrity chefs including Albert Roux and Marco Pierre White and has been hailed for his services to Scottish fine dining, earning the title of AA Chef’s Chef of the Year Award for 2010-2011. At his eponymous restaurant, Chef Wishart serves French-inspired cuisine that uses the finest of seasonal Scottish produce.

The tasting menu comprises six courses of traditional and modern dishes, each unique in flavour and texture. To start, enjoy a glass of Gosset Brut Excellence Champagne, before savouring the seasonally-changing menu, featuring dishes such as Roast Breast & Pastilla of Goosnargh Duck, red cabbage, beetroot, Macadamia and redcurrant. A vegetarian tasting menu is also available. To end the meal, you’ll be presented with a copy of the menu at the end of your meal, signed by Martin himself, exclusive to you as TRULY guests.

Leaving Restaurant Martin Wishart, your personal chauffeur will transport you in luxury to the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a private, after-hours evening tour.

Built in 1128, the baroque Palace of Holyroodhouse was most famously home to Mary, Queen of Scots, and boasts much of the original furnishings, portraits and ornaments of that most turbulent of eras. The Scottish home of the Royal Family sits prettily at the end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, in the shadow of the epic Arthur’s Seat, and is the country’s only working palace.

Led by an expert guide, the tour reveals Holyrood’s rich history, while providing a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes work of the Royal Household.

Go behind-the-ropes of several of the Palace’s beautiful rooms and through both the State and Historic Apartments. Highlights include Mary, Queen of Scots’ Apartment, one of the finest 17th-century plasterwork ceilings in existence and an abundance of impressive Royal Collection artworks.

Your group will also gain access to parts of the Palace not open to the public, such as the West Drawing Room, which is used as a private sitting room by members of the Royal Family during Royal Week. To end the tour, your group will enjoy a glass of champagne and will be given a specially made guidebook to commemorate the visit.