the mussel & steak bar

what an amazing experience right next to our home.greatand cozy place, really nice and kind staff. we went for linguini with sea food and other choice also with sea food and it was amazing! really well served! the desert was also dreammy!!!! if i ever go back to edinburgh i will go back for sure!!!

i ate here in late february for my boyfriends birthday and thought it was amazing! was a lot more pricey than the usual places i eat in edinburgh, but i think it's because we chose the most expensive dishes on the menu! but it was worth it! we got the haggis wellington and goats cheese bon bons to start, so good! for main course my boyfriend had the mixed grill which he said was amazing, though a bit fiddly because some of the seafood was still in its shells. i had the 16oz rump steak and it was cooked to perfection! the staff weregreataswell! if you get cold easily ask to be seated upstairs because we kept getting s breeze downstairs from when the door was open! love this restaurant for its food, service and decor! definitely recommend the haggis wellington, rump steak and the baileys cheesecake!

this was our first dine-in meal in edinburgh because the location was very close to our hotel. ordered one kilogram of mussels (white wine, garlic and cream), cullen skink and chips. all tasted delicious,greatintroduction for scottish meals. good choice of restaurant in charming grassmarket area :)

this was rated as the best seafood restaurant in edinburgh.. so we decided to give it a try

arrived by 7pm and found decent crowd.. staff welcomed us warmly

we ordered famous mussels pot with garlic butter sauce and much hyped scottish oyesters

taste = 5/5

quality and freshness of food = 5/5

sides = 3/5
the bread and chips on sides were not ofgreatquality.. bread was tooo hard..

ambience and music = 5/5

overalll a fantastic experience

i went here for dinner last night. first time experience and was not disappoint. food was great. nice ambience. service and the staff wasgreatand very friendly. definitely come here again and the seafood platter will definitely be my next choice :)

one of the best meals i have had ingreatbritain. we hadn't booked but they happily fit us in for a quick dinner on a table booked for a little later.
we ordered the scallops to share, and a pot of their 1 kg mussels with whisky, cream and bacon and some bread to mop it up, plus the 3 extra big prawns on top. this was plenty of food, we walked away satisfied. the food was amazing, particular the mussels- big, juicy mussels in a delicious sauce which was mopped up with crusty bread.greatcomfort food !!

you probably realise by now that i love my steak and given the namesake of the restaurant pretty much suggests you should either try their mussels or steak, i decided on the latter. i really enjoyed the cosy atmosphere of the restaurant, it's small enough to make it intimate but not so small that you feel like you're sharing your table with your next door diners.

the staff were very friendly and are happy to offer suggestions if you're struggling to decide between dishes. the steak was definitely cooked to perfection and i loved every morsel that i ate. by the end, i was patting my full belly in contentment. for a relaxed dining experience withgreatservice in the heart of the city, try the mussel and steak.

one of my favourite places in edinburgh to come for lunch as the lunch is served until 5pm from fri-sun. so you can have a lazy day and always pop in for a nice meal. the staff is very friendly. they remember your face and always treat you like a friend. the place is busy most of the times but you can usually be seated without booking. during summer they have an outside seating which isgreatas grass market is well guarded from the wind. so you can sit there for hours enjoying the food and drinks. their seafood is my favourite, especially the mussels. while i tried the steak many times i think it's good but sometimes they could pay more attention to how you want it to be cooked. it happened to me twice that it was medium or medium well instead of medium rare which i then decided to return and they had no problem giving me a new steak. the second time it always came right. i also enjoy the starters. the brie tart  with cranberries is a delicacy while the soup of the day is always  home made and fresh. overall i recommend this place if you want to have a lazy lunch and spend at least an hour enjoying your meal.

excellent. cannot recommend this place more highly. the mussels were amazing (chilli & lime) and the steaks were melt in the mouth delicious. all topped of with agreatbottle of red.

going to scotland i was hoping to try some scottish cuisine - arbroath smokies, neeps and tatties, cock-a-leekie...but not haggis! i didn't get the chance to try any of these, but we did have a very enjoyable experience at the mussel and steak bar. a few colleagues at work mentioned that this was the place to go forgreatfood - certainly when you google the msb there are consistent rave reviews. the exterior has a nautical feel to it, while the interior is modern but nothing too fancy or contrived. for entrees, i had the queen scallops with gremolata. i was quite sure the menu said that the scallops would be wrapped in pancetta, but what was presented didn't have them. it was no matter, as i find that bacon/pancetta overpowers the delicate flavour of scallops. instead, a very crispy parmesan cheese and parsley gremolata kept the fresh scallops juicy. the lawyer had the very morish duck liver pate with shallot jam. the pate was rich and had a wonderful mouth feel. the crunchy toast and

sunday lunch really isgreatvalue for money.food is very good and the place has a good atmosphere.definately would recommend it

the mussell & steak bar is brilliant, staff are friendly and the food speaks for itself. they have a fantastic set lunch menu at weekends that isgreatvalue for money.

great little place to go for a nice meal. does what it says on the tin. amazing steak and mussels, not bad price as well. lunch menugreatdeal for the food you get. over allgreatfeel, nice staff, fab food. you must go.