Chicken & Truffled Oyster Mushroom Pie
Chicken breast in a truffle & white wine Oyster mushroom sauce, in a short crust pastry.
MAIN FOOD MENU AT The Conan Doyle in Edinburgh
If our historic walls at The Conan Doyle could talk, d’you know what they’d say? Take a seat, pal, this is going to be a good day… Discover our superb range of cask ales from specialist breweries and a delicious pub menu filled with high-quality dishes, each made of only the freshest ingredients and influenced by 150+ years of pub heritage.
Our chefs have been busy crafting seasonal dishes that suit the winter months. Warm up with creations like our Garlic Mushrooms on Sourdough, Cullen Skink, Vegetable Scotch Broth, Crofter's Pie, or another comforting Scottish classic: Haggis, Neeps & Tatties.
No matter what you choose, it’ll go well with the traditional flavours of our Cranachan, as proudly Scottish as The Conan Doyle.
Main menu
Our Famous Pies
We pride ourselves on serving the very best traditional pies. Our pies are served with clotted cream mash, thyme roasted carrots and a rich gravy, unless otherwise stated.
Puy Lentil & Vegetable Cottage Pie* (VE)
Topped with carrot and sweet potato mash. Served with long-stem broccoli and thyme roasted carrots.
Slow-cooked Beef Rib, Shin & Pulled Brisket Pie
Cooked in a rich red wine sauce, topped with light pastry. Served with roasted carrots, rich gravy and Cornish clotted cream mash.
Fish Pie
Salmon & king prawns in a creamy white wine sauce, topped with parsley & mature Cheddar mash.
British Steak & Nicholson's Pale Ale Pie
Blade of beef in Nicholson’s Pale Ale gravy in a hand crimped thyme pastry pie. Sprinkled with a topping of Maldon sea salt.
Hand-pulled Lamb Shank Shepherd's Pie
Lamb shank in a rich minted gravy topped with herbed mash, served with thyme roasted carrots, long-stem broccoli and a rich gravy.
Crofter's Pie
Pulled lamb topped with haggis mash, served with thyme roasted carrots and long-stem broccoli.
Starters & Sharers
Cullen skink
Soft-flaked smoked haddock in a creamy velouté sauce with potatoes and parsley. With farmhouse bread and butter.
Vegetable Scotch broth (V)
With farmhouse bread and butter
Nachos (V)
Hand-cut tortilla chips, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Add pulled beef brisket +2.00
Fish Platter*
Wholetail Scottish scampi, king prawns with Marie Rose sauce and smoked Scottish salmon, beer-battered haddock goujons and mini salmon & dill fishcakes with tartare sauce and lemon aioli.
Haggis, Neeps & Tatties
Traditional Scottish dish of lamb and hearty oatmeal with aromatic mixed spices, with mashed swede, potatoes and gravy.
Smoked Scottish Salmon
With Scottish oatcakes and sour cream
Garlic Mushrooms on Sourdough (VE)
Roasted mushrooms with baby spinach, served on toasted sourdough.
Main Dishes
10oz Chargrilled Ribeye Steak
21-day-aged ribeye steak with vine cherry tomatoes, green salad and chunky chips. With your choice of Béarnaise*, craft ale mushroom & bacon* or peppercorn* sauce.
Grilled Fillet of Salmon
Served on chargrilled peppers, pan fried chorizo, cherry tomatoes, baby potatoes and long-stem broccoli.
Ocean Fish & Chips*
A combination of hand-battered* haddock and breaded wholetail Scottish scampi with chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.
Nicholson's Fish & Chips
Haddock hand-battered in Nicholson’s Pale Ale, with chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.
Baked Macaroni Cheese (V)
Topped with a mature Cheddar crumb, served with garlic sourdough flatbread.
Salmon & Dill Fishcakes*
With herb-glazed baby potatoes, house salad and lemon aioli.
Stovies*
Traditional Scottish dish of tender beef, root vegetables and potatoes cooked in a rich gravy, with crusty bread and thyme roasted carrots.
Garlic Chicken Schnitzel
Schnitzel smothered in garlic butter, with lemon aioli and skin-on fries.
Nourish Bowl - Halloumi (V)
Crispy kale, brown rice and quinoa salad, topped with grilled long-stem broccoli and a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds. With Halloumi.
Nourish Bowl Salad (VE)
Crispy kale, brown rice and quinoa salad, mango and grilled long-stem broccoli. Topped with pumpkin seeds.
Nourish Bowl - Smoked Salmon
Crispy kale, brown rice and quinoa salad, topped with grilled long-stem broccoli and a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds. With Smoked Salmon.
Nourish Bowl With Chicken
Crispy kale, brown rice and quinoa salad, mango and grilled long-stem broccoli. Topped with pumpkin seeds. With chicken.
Haggis, Neeps & Tatties
Traditional Scottish dish of lamb and hearty oatmeal with aromatic mixed spices, with mashed swede, potatoes and gravy.
Sausage & Mash
Pork & Haggis sausage, on a bed of clotted cream mash, topped with rich caramelised onion gravy and crispy onions. Vegetarian serve is available.
Balmoral Chicken
Roasted chicken breast with haggis wrapped in smoked back bacon with a whisky sauce, clotted cream mash, long-stem broccoli and thyme roasted carrots.
Burgers
Our mouth-watering burgers are topped with lettuce, gherkin, tomato, mayonnaise and come served with BBQ salsa and skin-on fries, unless otherwise stated.
Beef Brisket Burger
Chargrilled beef patty topped with hand-pulled BBQ beef brisket and cheese sauce.
Buttermilk Chicken Burger
Crispy chicken breast, smoked back bacon, avocado and smoked Cheddar cheese.
Classic Cheese & Bacon Burger
Chargrilled beef patty, with smoked Cheddar cheese and smoked back bacon.
The Nicholson's Burger
Double beef patty, cheese sauce, smoked back bacon, tobacco onions and a crushed hash brown.
Plant-Based Burger (VE)
Plant-based patty, pickled pink onions, vegan mature slice (made with coconut oil), jalapeños & tomato salsa, served with a house salad.
Add any of the following toppings:
Pulled Beef Brisket
Smoked Cheddar Cheese (V)
Bacon
Jalapeños (VE)
Guacamole (VE)
BBQ sauce (VE)
Crispy Tobacco Onions (V)
Sides
Halloumi Fries (V)
With a sweet chilli mayonnaise.
Skin-On Fries (V)
Chunky Chips (V)
House Salad (VE)
Garlic Flatbread (V)
Desserts
Our desserts come with a choice of bourbon vanilla ice cream (V), custard (V) or Cornish clotted cream (V), unless otherwise stated.
Cranachan (V)
Traditional Scottish dessert of smooth whipped cream, sweet honey, a dash of whisky, raspberries and golden toasted oats.
Bramley Apple & Blackberry Crumble (VE)
Caramel Biscuit Torte (V)
With salted caramel sauce. Vegan serve available.
Sticky Toffee Pudding (V)
With a choice of bourbon vanilla ice cream or custard.
Double Chocolate Brownie (V)
On its own or with custard.
Our food and drinks are prepared in food areas where cross contamination may occur and our menu descriptions do not include all ingredients.
(V) = made with vegetarian ingredients, (VE) = made with vegan ingredients, however some of our preparation, cooking and serving methods could affect this. If you require more information, please ask your server. Fish dishes may contain small bones. * = this dish contains alcohol. ^= contains nuts.
All items are subject to availability. Weights stated are approximate uncooked weights.
Where table service is offered, a discretionary service charge of 10% may be added.