we visited monteith's with an itison voucher and weren't expecting much from our sirloinsteakand duck fat chips. the entrance to the restaurant is through a close decorated with fairy lights which gave your entrance an enchanted historic feel of edinburgh and the restaurant/bar has been decorated in the same theme. its walls are decorated with deer antlers and other hunting style memorabilia as well as leather bound books, keeping to a victorian style hunting mansion type theme.
when we were seated and looked at the menu, we decided to go with the smoked mushroom side dish to go with our sirloin steak. one thing i noticed when asking forsteakin various restaurants is it's difficult for the chefs to get asteakcooked medium rare; it relies heavily on the chef knowing the stove well to cook yoursteakat the right heat and for the right amount of time. monteith's made a perfect, melt in your mouthsteakand the duck fat chips (although it seemed like you only got 6 chips) were thick jenga blocks. the smoky flavour of the mushrooms was a new flavour to experience with button mushrooms that i enjoyed quite a lot.we were also given a glass of house wine to go with our meal and while i'm not much of a wine drinker, the small amount i drank was very nice indeed.
i would definitely recommend monteith's to anyone who's looking for a fine dining experience.