Make it snappy!

New Edinburgh venue serves up a surprising feast

The Voodoo Rooms, a lovingly restored 200 year-old building just off the east end of Edinburgh’s Princes Street, serves a surprising feast. Behind its wonderfully distinctive windows a food revolution is happening. From the specially-made rotisserie comes an array of exotic taste sensations, like the trio of crocodile, baby de-boned quail and crackling pig served with suitably spicy devil’s potatoes…definitely food to get the heart pounding.

Prepared under the supervision of acclaimed chef Dario Pacifici, the menu is packed full of intriguing dishes inspired by the Creole cuisine of New Orleans with a hint of the exotic influences and coastal freshness of the Caribbean. Diners will be intrigued by the Bourbon crème brulée. It comes complete with walnut cracker voodoo dolls to be stabbed at will with a hand-crafted caramel spear.

If this all sounds a little adventurous there is plenty on the menu to satisfy a more conservative palette. The seared, spiced Isle of Kintyre scallops or Creole spiced and slow roasted, herb crusted baby chicken are both excellent examples of Pacifici’s commitment to seasonal, local produce as well his interest in more exotic food. Diners can choose to eat from several menus including mouth-watering canapés or the Supper Club’s set menu. This flexible approach to dining is giving the customer what they want whilst ensuring all tastes and appetites are catered for, at all times of day.

Pacifici, who hails from Australia although with European roots, said: “In Australia we have a much more eclectic cuisine owing to influences from Southern Asia and Europe and I wanted to bring some of this culinary diversity to Edinburgh to give diners something a little different from the norm.”

The elegant and unique ambience at the Voodoo Rooms’ lends itself to the winning combination of wining, dining and dancing at the Friday evening Supper Club as well as the lunching and lounging at the Saturday afternoon Hot Club Jazz sessions. It is also a versatile and impressive series of spaces for social and corporate entertaining and a magnificent venue for live music.