Mussel & Steak Bar

Excellent food and brilliant service. Atmosphere was really nice, all staff were polite and helpful with everything. They had a really good attention for detail with the food and each dish we had was delicious. I would defiantly recommend

Very, very good food and service Small restaurant but very helpful waitress Answer on all our questions ! Thank you Guys ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Will come again

This was a delightful restaurant. We liked everything about it: the greeter, the servers, the food, and especially Abby, the university student who we chatted with near the end of our meal. Mussel & Steak was recommended to us by a friend in Tampa, FL, several weeks ago, in a chance conversation about our upcoming trip to Scotland. We'll be sure to do the same to anyone we know who plans to visit Edinburgh.

Tasteless mussels. Really a tourist trap. You would think a restaurant with mussel in its name would have good mussels. Tacky devote. Avoid it. Much better options in town

Delicious food. I wished our server had been more knowledgable about menu items, but it was a great meal, lovely wine, and a cosy place.

When I was in Edinburgh four years ago and again two years ago, I gave this restaurant the highest rating for both food and service. Tonight, the food was very good, but the service was atrocious. I always tip for service, a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 25 percent, but I could not reward the awful service provided tonight. I looked for the manager to voice my concern on my way out , but had to leave without seeing him/her.

We never fail to enjoy the food here - we have been coming for more than 10 years, and it is always excellent. Of course you need to like Mussels and Steak, the choice beyond that isn't huge, but if you don't, why would you go? Well perhaps for the tablet ice-cream... Also worth noting that they are very child friendly.

A fabulous meal. All very understated and relaxed but food was awesome . Staff friendly and attentive without intruding. Value for money and highly recommended.

Excellent customer service and food even better - oh wow really delicious- highly recommend this restaurant - I was not a fun of sea food before but this changed since my dinner at Muscle & Steak - Mhmmm:))

Für den zu zahlenden Preis ist die Qualität des Essens, des Ambiente (Platz- und Tischgröße) und der Bedienung zu gering. Es gibt in Edinburgh wesentlich bessere Lokale.

The restaurant is nice and conveniently placed for tourists. I had the surf and turf and both the steak and the mussels were lovely. The prices are quite high but the service was also very good. A really nice experience.

We had booked a table for a family lunch and when we turned up we were seated upstairs next to a group of 8 men who were drinking and extremely loud. As we had our young daughter with us and once a few expletives started coming from this table, we asked to move and were advised that there were no other tables available. Having no other lunch alternatives booked on a Saturday in Edinburgh, we decided to stick it out and ordered our meal from the set lunch menu. I advised the waiter that two of us would have two courses in the form of a stater and a main and our daughter wanted a main and a dessert. We were initially advised that we couldn’t do this, despite the menu offering 1, 2 or 3 courses as different options. Having refused to accept this, he went and checked with the management and indeed conceded that we could order any two courses that we wanted. I have never experienced this obstacle anywhere, ever. We then waited an hour between the starter and main courses coming, which meant our daughter had only been able to graze on a piece of our bread and the noise from the other table was extremely off putting. Finally when the mains arrived one of the mains was the wrong meal. Despite taking the price of this meal off the bill, this was an extremely poor experience and quite frankly we were exhausted and glad to get out. Definitely not recommended.

Service was poorer than expected. Waiter forgot to bring the sauce to go with the haggis Wellington. Food very good but over priced. Nice atmosphere but wouldn't rush back.

Accoglienza e personale disponibile. Cucina all’altezza delle aspettative. Unico consiglio che darei è di ampliare la carta dei vini che comunque considero già di buon livello.

Small but perfectly formed. Went with 2 fish/steak loving friends. Unfortunately I don’t like either so there was nothing on menu I could eat! I had to have 2 starters! Spanish waiter was very nice

I was there with my husband for my birthday. Despite specifically asking for chicken I got prawns. This meant my husband had his meal at least 10mins before me. From observation I could see other orders being served wrongly. Quality of food was good.

Don't miss surf and turf, it's amazing. Mussels are very good and tasty. Is a very lovely place where having lunch or dinner or just a drink outside watching people passing. Just the negroni needs a rework. Cheers

We have several times in the establishment. Always perfect. Thank you. Didier - Switzerland

Great food & service & great location in a wonderful city! We had the mussels & other seafood which was great & also had the haggis Wellington which was beautiful!

the Food was nice and some variety. However I feel the the food was over priced and medium portions. The atmosphere was ok but the tables were very close together and decor needed addressing. In other words. You know when you think I will splash out for a special occasion and expect everything to be lovely. I couldnt help feel underwhelmed by the atmosphere, decor, size, loudness just wasn’t for me and my partner on our visit to Edinburgh.

Squashed in a corner, not helpful when ordering, very expensive for what we received, smallest scallops I've ever seen and main course mussels were even smaller! £100 not well spentWouldn't return, there are better fish restaurants in the area.

If you want the sea food platter, then 5 stars if you want the salmon 1 star dry over cooked, minuscule portions and TASTELESS, so disappointed, I cried, had to go and have food else where afterwards, so disappointing, my husbands seafood platter was great but I will NEVER eat there again and wold never recommend 😡🤬😡

Great food, lovely atmosphere and really nice staff. Would highly recommend. Not normally a huge fan of mussels, but my husband that then for starters and they were gorgeous!

Excellent food and excellent service. The shared seafood platter was delicious. Would gladly go again. Dave served us well. Wait staff friendly and knowledgeable. Five stars!

This is a good place for a treat. We seem to come for birthdays. Well cooked food (with seafood that is an art) with a good choice. Not rushed and we were all happy.

Excellent food and friendly staff. They make the visit really a pleasure, If I come to Edinburgh in the future we will meet again. Roger & Carina

Incredibly nice staff and the best mussels ever!!! We really enjoyed our evening there, meals, drinks and atmosphere. We were a party of 8 and it was great!

Small restaurant in the Old Town, gentle staff, good quality of the food (mussels to be tried without no doubt), good price/quality ratio. It needs to be booked in advance, but it easy to be done on line.

Nice and tasty dishes made from high quality fresh ingredients. Good service. Prices a little too high (£2.15 for an UHT juice box?!). Average wine list. No draft beer.

Excellent, good mussel and oyster, Fish quality it's high, choice of wine for each price. ice restaurant near GrassMarket easy to reach in the city center.

A family friendly restaurant that doesn’t compromise on the quality of the food. If you like spice, try the mussels with coconut milk, chilli and lime!

It is a small restaurant but with 2 floors. The waiters are helpful with good service. The steak is lovely and there is a wide selection of Whiskey too.

We come back each year, it’s a long way,stansted to Edinburgh but the food is amazing especially the steak, the best EVER!!!!tfy it you will not be disappointed

Delicious lunch, limited lunch menu but really good quality and fair price, lovely service. would definitely recommend and will go back again. Right in the tourist centre of Edinburgh too.

The food is great. A nice place for traveler to try haggis. If I come back to here again，I will take my friend to this restaurant.

Excellent food, great ambience and attentive, friendly staff, the restaurant never disappoints and I will keep coming back again with visitors and colleagues when the opportunity arises.

Lovely staff and the food is excellent. My only gripe is that the tables are so very close together. This was my second visit and both times I've had diners at the adjoining tables appearing to find my conversation much more interesting than their own. And both times I've been stared at by these strangers, most disconcerting!

A place of surprise. The staff are super nice and the food is really good and it is worth for visiting again. We do really enjoy the meal

Thoroughly enjoyed this restaurant with my wife, food and atmosphere great. Service was sharp too. We both had the rib eye steak with sauté potatoes and salad.

Wonderful food lovely atmosphere and the staff were very attentive, we will definitely be returning for another lovely meal in the near future bringing some friends with us.