Mussel & Steak Bar

Incredible food, highly recommend. Great location, service was excellent and I’ll definitely be back!

Good service. Nice food. Helpful with everything asked. Very polite and had a good laugh with them. Greeted very nice and table was nice laid out.

Very good food and excellent service well worth a visit if you're in Edinburgh Just remember to book a table if you're going on a rugby weekend You won't be disappointed

Very friendly and efficient service with great food too , despite being very busy service was most definitely with a smile and the house wine was excellent too !!

Casual, informal atmosphere and very friendly flexible staff who did all they could to make it an enjoyable evening. Good food and the mussels in particular came in large portions.

The food was absolutely delicious the best mussels and steak combo we have had for a very long time. We ate upstairs which is a little basic but the staff were attentive and the quality of the food made up for our surroundings well worth a visit will definitely go back

Lunch menu very limited.Fish curry has been removed.Not happy.Also items on al a carte appear to have shot up in price.Will not be back any time soon

We got their signature, surf & turf (8oz rib eye steak and 1/2 kg of mussels and crevette), smoked salmon and some scottish oysters. All are nice, especially the mussel cooked with whisky, bacon and cream sauce. Love The Mussel & Steak!

Fantastic service and devine food. What more could you ask for? Oh yes!- the Sticky Toffee Pudding to die for :) Well done! Amazing place to enjoy sea food in.

Great food and wine. Really attentive and knowledgeable staff. Good is spot on and simply the best desserts ever. Always our go to place in Edinburgh

Fantastic as always. Great food and atmosphere. Brilliant dessert too

Well worth a visit, fantastic food and great staff plus easy to find in the city

Very good seafood. Large portions. Good selection of Scottish beers, whiskys etc. Nice informal atmosphere. Not cheap but still good value for money. I'd go again

Great food and great service, as always. One of my favourite restaurants in town. The quality of food served here is very high , the prices they charge for the dishes are very reasonable. You will pay much more for far less quality food in majority of restaurants in Edinburgh.

Food was delicious, haggis and black pudding starter was amazing(could have done with a bigger portion) surf and turf main was great, mussels tasty and steak cook perfectly!

Excellent lunch with Mussels. Staff were attentive and fast response. Would book again when we are next in Edinburgh. We currently live in London and travel to Edinburgh at least once a year.

An excellent place! Great food, great service and a great time was had by all! I will certainly be recommending it to everyone I know and if I’m ever in the area again I will be popping in for more oysters, scallops and the best surf and turf I’ve ever had!

Steak tastes good but it will be better if it could add more sides like salad without extra charge. Mussels and oysters taste good too

Bit of a kerfuffle getting seated as too many tables for 8.30 and lots of people still in. Once seated, staff were great and the food and wine were fantastic. Deffo go back again.

Great little place, gorgeous food and satisfying drinks selection. Very friendly staff. Oysters are a must! Simple but delicious for the perfect evening out in town.

My husband and I dined here yesterday evening. We were seated upstairs as it was a busy Saturday evening. Not a problem. We ordered oysters to start, mussels and a seafood platter. There was a large party in and after a short while we heard a screech followed by someone saying something about a mouse. We thought we must have misheard and carried on with our conversation whilst awaiting our starters. Only then something caught my eye and sure enough on the floor under the table next to us is a grey mouse happily grooming itself. Obviously I got a shock so said quite loudly to my husband oh god it is a mouse!! The waiter came over and looked for it but was long gone. I shot my husband and look that said should we stay but our starter came. We were reassured that all measures were in place but it can happen. I felt like I constantly spent the rest of the time scanning the floor. The whole atmosphere changed. Our mains arrived and were adequate but slightly overpriced in our opinion. We heard another screech and sure enough a different sized mouse was having a jaunt around the restaurant! Just then my husband pointed out that there was a hole in the bottom of the fixed seating and sure enough a tiny baby mouse was coming out of it. The waiter came running over with a pen in his hand and I said to be honest it was quite cute! We pointed out the hole he declared 'oh shit' and went and got a brillo pad to block the hole up. We kind of said oh yeah its one of those things but after leaving we were quite shocked. We have our own pubs and restaurants and know that really we would be in a lot of trouble if this happened and just passed it off as casually to customers. It was just so weird it didn't feel real! Anyhow the top and bottom of it is we paid 73.00 for some lovely oysters, adequate mains, awesome chips, a bottle of wine and dinner with a family of rodents. We have agreed that this will be our second and last visit. Initially I would have rated 3 stars. I have changed the review to this as both myself and my husband are now suffering with severe food poisoning. Doctor has recommended we contact environmental health. On perusal of other reviews it is quite clear management do not respond.

We were greeted by friendly and professional staff. Our main of mussels were amazing with the perfect amount of chilli to meet our expectations. Wonderful pudding and accompanying white wine also. Would highly recommend.

the best Steak ever, very friendly Thank you for the great meal auch die Muscheln und Austern waren hervorragend, wir kommen sehr gerne wieder. Alles Liebe.

Very tasty food. Oficiant was very polite and told us alot about whisky. He was so kind to wrote us a small list of whisky that we may like)

The food served and service was excellent! We are booked again for the end of the month. Highly recommended and has a warm and lovely feel to the restaurant.

Once again quality food wine and service in a wonderful situated restaurant

Our table was ready for us on arrival and we were served quickly and efficiently. As always, the food was excellent and a great amount of care had gone into the cooking and presentation of the dishes we chose. It isn't the first Hogmanay meal we have partaken in at this restaurant and it certainly won't be the last. Thank you all at The Mussel and Steak Bar and we wish you all the best in 2018.

Very nice bistro and helpful staff on hand. The restaurant has stopped selling fillets oo beef due to high prices. Oh what a pity , But our meals of rib eye we're very nice. Yes of course we will return next time in Edinburgh. Thanks Ian S

Is good but is not good like is use to be. Because we been here one every year for 4 time. I always order seafood platter this time is too much of mussels less another thing else.

Great steak and service with a decent House Red. What more could you want? An easy atmosphere where you can spend quality time with friends.

Had an amazing birthday dinner there tonight! Beautiful presentation, fresh seafood, melt in your mouth steak cooked to perfection. Service was very friendly. Would highly recommend it and can't wait to go back!

We had a good night, very nice food. Staff gave us a warm welcome. During the diner we had a wonderful service. We will recommend this restaurant to our friends.

Excellent food. Recommend the grilled oysters. Good sized portions (not too much or too little). Chips fried in beef fat highly recommended (but one portion enough as a side for two. Good friendly service. Don't feel rushed at any time. Great start to our Hogmanay celebration

Fantastic lunch! Oysters and Queen Scallop starters were amazing. We both had Surf and Turf which was to die for, just perfect! And the service was brilliant! A great dining experience all round. Will be back again very soon.

Great food, great atmosphere, fabulous little place to get fresh mussels in Edinburgh. Would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for great food to enjoy.

Fantastic food and great service! We would definitely recommend to friends and will visit again. Seafood platter was very tasty and my husband’s steak was perfectly cooked.

The salmon starter and the salmon main were incredibly well balanced dishes - the Chef makes the food dance on your tongue and the key ingredients sing with the well-chosen additionals. Staff are friendly and the environment is understated and unassuming- perfect for relaxed night with 5-Star food. Crab linguine was great, and Mussel sauces are to die for! Desserts very good (we had sticky toffee pudding and mulled wine poached pears) but mains are definitely the star of the show. Beautiful plating. Wonderful focused selection with the whisky flights. Would highly highly recommend.

Good food, engaging staff. Wine list a little small for a steak house, but sticking to what your customers like is not a bad thing. Didn’t understand the frozen grapes on the cheeseboard.

The initial service was good, the food was good but what spoiled it was the lack of any customer service or interaction from the staff when we left-no thanks or anything and when I said goodbye, the guy who served us didn't even bother to look up from his computer and muttered something like 'bye'. No we didn't tip given the bill was £130! If the pricing in the restaurant is dependent on leaving even more money the end then it should be absolutely explicit. I have used this place for a number of years because I know I get a good steak, their wine is good etc. but this really took the edge off it for me and will look for somewhere else when I am in Edinburgh again.

Having visited this restaurant twice before, the last 3 or 4 years ago, I have to say my group was generally disappointed with our visit. We had various starters, 3 of us opted for the queen scallops, which would best be described as miniature scallops, served on a bed of extremely salty seaweed. Of our mains, 3 of our group opted for steaks. 2 sirloins and the picanha - which was rump. The 2 sirloins were returned immediately for re-heating. The picanha which was medium was medium to rare in some parts and very rate to the point of being inedible in others. The mussels we're lovely! (oh, the sides of chips also had a distinct vanilla flavour about them....) Our initial complaint resulted in the deduction of the 10% service charge, which as we pointed out a) should have been optional anyway and b) didn't cover our satisfaction, resulted in a 12.5% discount from the food bill and no service charge was left - which was unfortunate for the staff as their service was great. Such a pity the food let them down Unfortunately due to the large number of good to great restaurants in Edinburgh, it's unlikely we shall return. In saying that, when we left around 5pm, the restaurant appeared full and I hope for the staff and owner's sake that this was just the chef having a bad day....