Now entering its second decade, Aizle is headed by Executive Chef Ashley Salmon (L’Enclume, Rogan & Co, Roganic) and Head Chef Phillip Roberts (Oncore by Clare Smyth).
To mark the 10 year anniversary, Aizle has introduced a brand new menu as well as returning the original, shorter five-course tasting menu for £75 to run alongside its current offering, a move that Ralston describes as “going back to our roots and doing it all again.”
Coming from humble beginnings in the Fife town of Glenrothes, chef Stuart Ralston has gone on to have an extensive international career in the US and Barbados, working alongside legendary chefs such as Gordon Ramsey and staging with David Bouley, Marcus Samuelsson, Terrance Brennan, Daniel Humm, Paul Liebrandt and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
His debut restaurant Aizle first opened on Edinburgh’s St Leonard’s Street in 2014, gaining acclaim for its ingredients-led blind tasting menu revolving around the best of the Scottish larder.
In 2020 it relocated to its new premises in Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, occupying The Garden room.
Speaking of the milestone, Chef Patron Stuart Ralston remarks:
“I’m so proud of Aizle, it’s given me everything I ever needed in life, the people I have met, the food I have cooked, and what I am today is all because of that little restaurant with no menu. The last 10 years have flown by, but without Aizle we wouldn’t be where we are today.
I am really happy to see Ash and Phil running the kitchen now I am based at my new home Lyla, they are coming up with amazing new dishes. They care about the things I care about, so the DNA still runs deep of what we do.”
In addition to Aizle, Stuart Ralston’s restaurant group now includes the Michelin Bib Gourmand awarded Noto (2019) and tipo (2023), as well as the Michelin Guide listed seafood-led fine dining restaurant, Lyla (2023), located on Edinburgh’s Castle Terrace.
