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55°58′ N · 3°10′ W · Leith, Edinburgh

Three rooms.
One course, plotted.

The Little Chartroom, eleanore and Ardfern — the restaurants of chef Roberta Hall-McCarron and Shaun McCarron, moored a few streets apart in Leith.

Book any of the three See the chart
  • Great British Menu · fish course winner 2021
  • Michelin Guide · eleanore & Ardfern
  • The Changing Tides — the cookbook
The Little Chartroom’s deep-navy shopfront on Albert Place, lit up in the evening
The Little Chartroom · Albert Place
A candlelit, white-clothed table set for dinner at eleanore
eleanore · Albert Place
The wine wall at Ardfern — shelves of bottles from the 100-plus list
Ardfern · Bonnington Road

Photography · @ameliaclaudia & mastersmasters.co

The thread

A chartroom is where a ship’s course is plotted. Ardfern is the sailing village of Roberta’s childhood summers. Her cookbook is The Changing Tides.

The sea has quietly named everything this kitchen has ever opened. The Little Chartroom for the love of sailing. Ardfern for the Argyll harbour where the summers were spent. The book, for the tides that set what lands on the boats — and on the plate.

Three rooms, one crew, one course — hyper-seasonal Scottish cooking that stays, in Roberta’s words, interesting but accessible, never pretentious. This page is the chart that finally joins them up.

The chart

The course through Leith.

  • STN 01 The Little ChartroomThe flagship — a grown-up dining room around an open kitchen. Opened 2018. Albert Place
  • STN 02 eleanoreThe original site, next door — relaunched March 2026 as a neighbourhood bistro. Albert Place
  • STN 03 ArdfernCafe, bar & bottle shop — open from early until late, seven days a week. Bonnington Road
The Little Chartroom dining room — spindle-back chairs, candlelight and dried flowers

Restaurant · est. 2018

The Little Chartroom

Where the course gets plotted. Seasonal Scottish cooking from an open kitchen — lunch, pre-theatre and dinner.

Step aboard
Dishes from eleanore’s 2026 relaunch menu, shot by mastersmasters.co

Neighbourhood bistro · relaunched 2026

eleanore

Bistro classics with a modern edge, back in the room where it all began — two courses from £26.

Pull up a chair
Brunch plates at Ardfern — toast, fritters and salads across the table

Cafe · Bar · Bottle Shop

Ardfern

The all-day harbour — brunch, oysters, bar snacks and a hundred-strong wine wall to drink in or take home.

Drop anchor

The crew

Roberta & Shaun.

Roberta Hall-McCarron started in Edinburgh kitchens at sixteen and worked her way through some of the best — then won the fish course on BBC’s Great British Menu in 2021. “That’s when everything really started to explode… in the middle of lockdown.”

Shaun McCarron runs the rooms — co-owner and restaurant manager, front of house across all three.

Together they’ve built a small fleet with one style: hyper-seasonal, Scottish, and never pretentious.

  • Tower RestaurantAged sixteen
  • The BalmoralEdinburgh
  • Burj al ArabDubai
  • The KitchinLeith
  • Castle Terrace — head chefSix years
  • The Little Chartroom2018 →
  • Young British Foodies Chef Award2018
  • Great British Menu — fish course won2021
The kitchen team plating during service in the open kitchen
The pass, mid-service
Diners at the counter watching the open kitchen at work in the evening
The open kitchen
The Changing Tides — A Cookbook by Roberta Hall-McCarron, hardback cover

The cookbook

The Changing Tides.

“Shines a light on the abundance and quality of Scottish produce… her delicious, hyper-seasonal approach.”

Signed hardbacks are £25 from Ardfern — the whole philosophy of the three rooms, bound in one book.

Buy the signed copy · £25

One table, three rooms

Wherever you land, you’re booked.

All three venues share one reservations system — search any of them and you’ll see the others’ tables too.

The Little Chartroom eleanore Ardfern