Frickles
Beer-battered gherkins, served with mustard mayonnaise.
The Conan Doyle
71-73 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3JD
Main Food Menu at The Conan Doyle in Edinburgh
Distiller, politician, cricket player, benefactor and our founder. Since 1873, we’ve remained true to William’s ideals of what a great pub should be, especially at The Conan Doyle: warm and welcoming, where people can live life to the fullest in beautiful buildings, brimming with character.
Within the historic walls at The Conan Doyle, you’ll find a superb range of cask ales from specialist breweries, as well as delicious freshly cooked pub food.
Allergen and Dietary Information
Our easy-to-use allergen guide is available for you to use on the food section of our website or on our Glass Onion app. We keep it online so that it’s always as up to date as possible and you can filter out dishes containing any of the 14 major allergens. If you can’t access the internet, we will be happy to provide you with the information. Our food and drinks are prepared in food areas where cross contamination may occur and our menu descriptions do not include all ingredients.
If you have any questions, allergies or intolerance's, please let us know before ordering. Our fish dishes may contain small bones. *Contains nuts. ^Contains alcohol. (v) = made with vegetarian ingredients, however some of our preparation and cooking methods could affect this. (ve) = made with vegan ingredients; however, some of our preparation and cooking methods could affect this. If you require more information, please ask your server. Where table service is offered, a discretionary service charge of 10% may be added.
Food Menu
Bar Snacks
Halloumi Fries
Loaded chips
Topped with pulled pork and mature Cheddar cheese.
Loaded chips
Topped with outdoor-bred pork sausages in a BBQ sauce.
Loaded chips (V)
Served with vegetarian sausages in a BBQ sauce.
Smoked Cheddar cheese croquettes (V)
Served with tomato & apple chutney.
Boneless chicken bites
Served with a smoky tomato & apple chutney.
Outdoor-bred pork sausages
With a BBQ glaze.
Garlic ciabatta bites (V)
Served with tomato and apple chutney.
Glazed chicken wings
With a BBQ sauce.
Mac and cheese bites (V)
Served with tomato & apple chutney.
Fish goujons
Beer-battered haddock goujons served with tartare sauce.
Marinated olives (VE)
Plain house crisps (V)
Salt & pepper crisps (V)
House-cooked nachos (Small) (V)
Hand-cut tortillas, Nicholson's Cheddar cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
House-cooked nachos (Large) (V)
Hand-cut tortillas, Nicholson's Cheddar cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Bread Selection & Oil (V)
Starters and Sharers
Vegetable Scotch broth (V)
Served with farmhouse bread and butter.
Oak-smoked chicken liver pâté
Topped with thyme butter and served with toasted ciabatta and tomato & apple chutney.
Smoked salmon
Smoked salmon Served with Scottish oatcakes with chive sour cream.
Cullen skink
Soft-flaked smoked haddock in a creamy velouté sauce with potatoes and parsley. Served with farmhouse bread and butter.
Haggis, neeps & tatties
Traditional Scottish dish of mutton and hearty oatmeal with aromatic mixed spices, served with mashed swede, potatoes and gravy.
Fish Platter^
Wholetail scampi, King Prawns with marrie rose sauce and Smoked Scotish salmon, haddock goujons and mini salmon and dill fishcakes served with tartare sauce and lemon mayonnaise.
House-cooked nachos (Small) (V)
Hand-cut tortillas, Nicholson's Cheddar cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
House-cooked nachos (Large) (V)
Hand-cut tortillas, Nicholson's Cheddar cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Our Speciality Pies
Game Pie
Pheasant, venison and partridge cooked in a rich merlot red wine sauce with root vegetables, mushrooms and thyme, encased in shortcrust pastry, served with creamy mashed potato, steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Fish Pie^
Salmon, King Prawn and smoked haddock in a creamy white wine sauce, topped with parsley and mature Cheddar mash, served with steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Buttermilk Chicken Pie
Buttermilk marinated chicken breast cooked in a rich smoked bacon, leek and Butlers Secret mature cheddar cheese sauce. Encased in shortcrust pastry and topped with a crisp puff pastry lid. served with creamy mashed potato, steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Steak and Nicholson's Pale Ale Pie
Beef cooked in Nicholson's Pale Ale, encased in shortcrust pastry, served with creamy mashed potato, steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Lentil Cottage Pie (VE)
A rich puy lentil and vegetable pie topped with carrot and sweet potato mash. served with green beans and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Portobello Mushroom & Ale Pie (v)
Portobello mushrooms in a rich ale and tarragon sauce wrapped in shortcrust pastry and topped with a puff pastry lidserved with creamy mashed potato, steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Crofter's pie
Pulled lamb topped with haggis mash and served with seasonal greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Mains
Nicholson's Fish and Chips
Fillet of haddock hand-battered in our Nicholson's Pale Ale and served with chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.
Nicholson's Fish and Chips (Large)
Fillet of haddock hand-battered in our Nicholson's Pale Ale and served with chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.
Ocean Fish & Chips
A mix of hand-battered^ haddock fillets and breaded wholetail scampi served with chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.
Baked Macaroni Cheese (V)
Macaroni pasta in a rich cheese sauce and topped with mature Cheddar. Served with garlic ciabatta bread.
Toad in the hole
British outdoor-bred pork sausages inside a Yorkshire pudding with creamy mashed potato, topped with a rich balsamic caramelised onion gravy, served with steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Vegetarian toad in the hole (V)
Vegetarian sausages inside a Yorkshire pudding with creamy mashed potato, topped with a rich balsamic caramelised onion gravy, served with steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Balmoral chicken
Grilled chicken breast, rich haggis and smoked back bacon with a whisky sauce. Served with creamy mashed potato seasonal greens and Chantenay carrots.
Grilled fillet of salmon
Served with herb-glazed baby potatoes, green beans and a Champagne butter sauce.
Haggis, neeps & tatties
Traditional Scottish dish of mutton and hearty oatmeal with aromatic mixed spices, served with mashed swede, potatoes and gravy.
9oz Ribeye steak
21-day-aged ribeye steak topped with garlic butter, served with a roasted flat mushroom, plum tomato, crispy hand-battered onion rings and chips.
Add whiskey sauce
Add peppercorn sauce
Add mac and cheese
Stovies
Traditional Scottish dish of slow cooked beef Rib, root vegetables and potatoes cooked in a rich gravy served with crusty bread, seasonal greens and glazed Chantenay carrots.
Wheatberry, apple and cranberry salad (VE)
Wheatberries, apple and cranberries combined with salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, and cucumber topped with pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
Add Avocado (ve)
Chicken, bacon & avocado salad
Chargrilled chicken breast, smoked back bacon and sliced avocado served on a house salad topped with pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.
Salmon & dill fishcakes
Served with herb-glazed baby potatoes, house salad and lemon mayonnaise.
BURGERS
All of our burgers are served on a toasted linseed bun with lettuce, gherkin, tomato and mayonnaise and served with BBQ salsa and skin-on fries unless otherwise stated.
Classic Cheese Burger
Chargrilled beef burger topped with Monterey Jack cheese.
NICHOLSON’S BURGER
Two chargrilled beef burgers or buttermilk chicken breasts with smoked back bacon, Monterey Jack cheese and hand-battered^ onion rings.
Nicholson's buttermilk chicken burger
Two buttermilk chicken burgers in a linseed bun with bacon, Monterey Jack cheese, gherkins, lettuce and tomatoes, served with hand-battered onion rings, BBQ salsa and skin-on sasoned fries.
Beyond Meat® Burger (ve)
The revolutionary Beyond Meat® burger. A plant-based patty topped with a cheese alternative produced from coconut oil and served with a house salad.
Buttermilk chicken breast burger
Crispy Buttermilk chicken breast in a toasted linseed bun topped with Monterey Jack cheese, gherkins, lettuce and tomatoes, served with BBQ salsa and skin on seasoned fries.
Cauliflower, kale & smoked cheddar cheese burger (V)
Served in a toasted linseed bun with gherkins, lettuce and tomatoes, served with a BBQ salsa and skin on seasoned fries.
Add any of the following toppings to your burgers
Monterey Jack cheese, smoked back bacon, jalapeños, guacamole,
fried egg or Balsamic caramelised balsamic onions • 75p
BBQ sauce • 50p
BBQ pulled pork • £1.00
Sandwiches
Fish finger sandwich
Haddock goujons hand-battered in Nicholson's Pale Ale served with tartare sauce on farmhouse bread, served with your choice of either skin-on seasoned fries, house salad or crisps.
Nicholson’s club sandwich
Hand-pulled British chicken, crispy smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise served on toasted farmhouse bread, served with your choice of either skin-on seasoned fries, house salad or crisps.
CHICKEN & AVOCADO SANDWICH
Hand-pulled British chicken, avocado and lemon mayonnaise served on toasted ciabatta bread, served with your choice of either skin-on seasoned fries, house salad or crisps.
CHEESE & CHUTNEY TOASTIE (V)
Melted mature Cheddar cheese, mustard and tomato & apple chutney served in toasted farmhouse bread, served with your choice of either skin-on seasoned fries, house salad or crisps.
Smoked salmon open sandwich
With preserved lemon mayonnaise, served on toasted ciabatta bread,, served with your choice of either skin-on seasoned fries, house salad or crisps.
Choice Fries
Choice Chips
Side salad
Crisps
Sides & Extras
Seasoned Fries (v)
Chips (v)
Mac & Cheese (v)
Mushy peas (ve)
Side salad (ve)
Green beans (ve)
Garlic bread (v)
Garlic bread with cheese (v)
Beer-battered onion rings - small
With sour cream.
Beer-battered onion rings - Large
With sour cream.
Whiskey Sauce
Children's Menu
Starters
Vegetable Scotch broth (v)
Served with farmhouse bread that's made for dipping.
Scampi and chips
Breaded wholetail Scottish scampi with chips, peas and tartare sauce.
Mains
Chicken and chips
A tender chicken breast grilled to perfection served with chips.
Sausage and mash
Outdoor-bred pork sausages served with creamy mash and gravy.
Children's vegetarian sausage & mash (v)
Vegetarian sausages served with creamy mash and gravy.
Burger and chips
Beef Burger topped with Monterey Jack Cheddar in a light Linseed bun with crunchy lettuce, tomato and chips.
Fish and chips
Everyone's favourite - our hand-battered haddock with chips, garden peas and tartare sauce.
Puddings
Vanilla ice cream (V)
Warm Belgian chocolate brownie
Served with creamy vanilla pod ice cream.