30-05-2025
‘Amazing' brunch loved by Nigella Lawson coming to Scottish city
Speciality coffee roastery, Birch, has launched a sit in brunch menu at their Inverness cafe.
Located at 21 High Street in Inverness city centre, Birch will now offer a weekly changing menu of brunch and lunch dishes made with local Scottish ingredients and foraged Isle of Skye produce.
Founded by Skye local, Niall Munro, in 2020, Birch was inspired by trips to coffee mecca, Melbourne. Niall wanted to replicate the Melbourne café style back in his hometown, but with beautiful, locally sourced products from the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and with a firm focus on coffee.
The Portree cafe opened in 2020, and Inverness in 2024. Earlier this year Birch opened their third site, Birch Bakery and Roastery, a speciality Viennoiserie, on the outskirts of Portree.
The brunch and lunch menu will change weekly and focus on seasonal produce, mainly sourced from Scotland and the Highlands, with everything from the sourdough and granola to the lacto-fermented chilli made in-house.
It will include Birch's scrambled eggs on sourdough with chorizo, lacto-fermented chilli and parmesan, which was a personal favourite of Nigella's when she visited Birch's cafe in Portree.
The Birch scrambled eggs
The new menu will be available for both sit-in or takeaway, with espresso-based drinks available, alongside a refined, monthly changing pour-over menu.
The High Street cafe will continue to sell its popular specialty pastries, including almond croissants and pastel de nata, and coffee beans and merchandise is also available to purchase.
Some dishes from the current brunch menu include:
Birch Granola with blueberry and orange, and Black Isle Dairy yoghurt
Sourdough toast with homemade preserves
Scrambled eggs on sourdough with chorizo, lacto-fermented chilli and parmesan
Avocado on sourdough with baked feta, confit tomato, sesame and lime
Topped focaccias:
Great Glen Charcuterie venison salami, baked goats cheese, rocket and pine nuts
Roasted butternut squash, whipped feta and basil oil
A selection of cold drinks, made in-house, is also available, including freshly squeezed orange juice, iced blueberry matcha and Skye foraged rhubarb iced tea.
Niall Munro, founder of Birch, said: 'Having recently celebrated one year of Birch in Inverness, we're changing things up a bit with the addition of brunch to our coffee shop on the mainland.
"Our brunch has been hugely popular at our Portree cafe, and we're excited to bring this to Inverness, and be a part of the city's already flourishing food and drink scene.'
Birch is open Monday-Saturday from 07:30-17:00, and Sundays from 09:00-17:00, and operates a walk-in only policy. For more information and updates, please visit
