Buenos Aires Cafe and Grill in East Lothian

I’m originally from Musselburgh and am often back to visit relatives but we don’t often go into the main part of town. We ate here on Saturday night as two couples as my brother in law has raved about how great this place is. I was a bit sceptical as Musselburgh wouldn’t be a natural home for an Argentinian Steak House. I have to say it was fantastic. The feature is the quality of meat and that made all the dishes brilliant. We had the sharing platter - loved it. The meat was cooked exactly as asked for at medium rare and the meat was beautifully tender. The beef taco starter was brilliant and all the other steaks looked amazing. As designated driver I can’t comment on the cocktails but the others seemed to enjoy several and rounded off the meal with liqueur coffees. The quality of food is exceptional and can see why it was always busy - we had booked 3 weeks in advance and got 5.45 as all later tables were booked and they were also full when we arrived. We paid about £250 for 4 - starters , main meals, several cocktails a couple of desserts and coffees - well worth it and I would suggest that having eaten in Edinburgh at Hawksmoor, the quality of food here is in a par for a lot of better price. Wow.

Eaten here on several occasions and always been great. Aside from the obviously high quality steaks, all the starters and sides tried so far are delicious (especially the seafood).

This place never disappoints. Firstly the staff are lovely, helpful and nothing is too much bother. The steak is the some of the best steak that I have eaten in Edinburgh and East Lothian. The steak quality is en par with Hawksmoor but without the price tag. Great quality cooked exceptionally well and it’s rested before serving which results in not blood on your plate. For the quality of the food the price is more than reasonable. It’s a gem in Musselburgh, try it.

Truly amazing food. We had a dinner here after the rugby on Sunday evening. Service was excellent, food was just outstanding. They actually have venison on the menu. The selection of meat cuts was similar to what you would get in a South African restaurant, top class. Side dishes were very tasty, desserts were fabulous. Pity this place is not in Cheltenham as we would visit weekly. Just superb. Definitely suggest people go out of the peak times of Friday or Saturday.

Fantastic place for steak and seafood. The service is fantastic and the food is divine. They cater for gluten free diners and have a good wine list too.

Went out with an old friend great food great staff and had a great time. And quite affordable for what you get Would recommend.

We have never been disappointed when we come here The staff are friendly and attentive Thr atmosphere has a very friendly vibe The food is delicious 😋

Lovely steak dinner, great value. We shared the chicken wings and scallops to start and they were both fantastic. Two steak dinners, a bunch of sides/sauces and a large wine - all for under £100!

We had an absolutely fabulous evening. The food tasted and looked amazing! We were celebrating a birthday and the service staff bought out a dessert and sang Happy Birthday. We would recommend this place as the service, food and ambience was fantastic.

Amazing food and service as always highly recommend Worth every penny steak cooked to perfect sides are to die for 10/10

Found on internet that this place received an award in 2022. Then recommended to a couple of friends that must be a nice place to eat a steak. They like it very much, so we decided to celebrate our 5 years of marriage there. Everything was absolutely amazing. I cannot be more happy. Food, attendance, ambience, top top. Highly recommend to my friends. Excelente! Uma delícia de comida!

Everything was perfect! Professional, friendly but not overly staff. Excellent food and wine. Best steak I’ve ever had. Home made Chimchurri was to die for on warm bread. Lovely decor and atmosphere. Bustling and friendly

This isn’t our first time visiting. This restaurant is one of my favs, the staff can’t do enough for you, the food is delicious and the overall experience great. We haven’t had a bad meal, and every visit somehow gets better. My favourite is the Pichana, and cannot pass up a glass of the Malbec from Argentina! Highly recommend.

Landed here on tripadvisor recommendation. Amazing steaks and very happy and polite staff. We came unannounced on a Fridaynight but we were served in the most pleasant way

Place to be! The food is lovely! We like the service from all the staff, the afmosfere and the hospitality. We come back for sure👍

I've treated my husband for his birthday meal and we were not disappointed. He is peaky when it comes to steaks. He likes to cook his steaks himself. But we've had a sharing platter, with beautifly presented steals and it was amazing. We are going to be back. Drinks were quite reasonable priced and service was great 👍🏼

Muy especial la propuesta de excelente cocina y la calidad humana de un espacio elegante y muy cuidado. Volveremos 🌺💞

Excellent service, friendly staff and perfect steaks at reasonable prices. Just to add to the experience they brought out all the different cuts and explain each one to you. Will be back.

An impromptu dinner. Oh my goodness what a delight. Steaks superb. Partner had fillet with scallops in a caper and shrimp butter, Outstanding. Fabulous onion rings. I had ribeye which was so juicy and tasty. Both were accompanied with rocket salad, portobello mushroom and roasted vine cherry tomatoes. The service was good, friendly, knowledgeable and prompt. We felt we were in a top class restaurant even down to the decor and table presentation. Can't wait to return. Booking advised. Thank you.

Perfect meat, very friendly staff, nice location, good prices. Realy to recommend, was a nice evening. Greetings from the Swiss guys🥩👍

We were here with friends from Norway. Both the meal and the service was excellent. The lady waitress came with a tray and explained the different types of steaks, taste etc in detail. The steaks and the rest of the meal was perfect for us. Worth the trip to Musselburgh and highly recommended.

Fantastic location ! Great restaurant and service will definitely be back Food amazing and awesome service You won’t be disappointed

Absolutely fantastic. From the minute you walk in the door . The staff and food are first class . Presentation of the food and the explanation of the type of steaks are excellent. .such a great menu choice a firm favourite. Thank you so much for always looking after us .

Celebrating my husband’s birthday tonight. Yet again excellent service, fantastic food and has to be one of the best steak restaurants around. Will be back again soon. The staff were fantastic tonight.

Amazing meal and service! Will definitely be back. Overheard us mention it was my birthday and surprised me with a lovely dessert!

Out of this world hospitality as always! We cannot recommend highly enough - food, wine and cocktails, all great!! Quality food with an even better service. We will be back - as always! Thank you!!!

Really great meal, staff polite and food was quick and really delicious, both steaks and burgers were really enjoyable and atmosphere was very pleasant

Fantastic meal and great service. We had the sharing board and we were so full. Taco starter was delicious. Thank you! ..

A very very good steak restaurant. All the sides and steak were incredible - could not recommend anymore! Highly recommend

This is a fantastic restaurant. Prawns to start were incredible, followed by an amazing fillet steak. We had asparagus, corn and seasoned chips as a side, all wonderful. Great atmosphere and great service.

This place is amazing been here time and time again ,friendly staff and amazing food . Wonderful experience for everyone in East Lothian to experience the taste of Argentina.

Excellent - exceeded all expectations. Drove an hour to eat here as kept hearing wonderful things. Worth the drive and every penny spent. Food was amazing, tomahawk cooked to perfection and full price transparency. We were shown a selection of tomahawks along with the prices...

Celebrated our sons Birthday with a beautifully cooked Tomahawk. It was excellent and we were even surprised with a celebration and a desert at the end! I can only recommend

Great food and service every visit, great choice of steaks and Argentinian style dishes, only negative is it's very busy, but that also shows its very polular

We've been here many times and our last visit was a table of 9 with two small children and we had a great time and a lovely meal. I recommend the Tomahawk to share if you are treating yourself!

Having never eaten here we were excited to try it and we weren't disappointed! The food was delicious! The service was excellent with an excellent knowledge of the meets in offer.

Booked this restaurant whilst visiting Edinburgh for weekend after reading all the reviews and we were not disappointed. It was a packed restaurant when we arrived so always a good sign. We both had prawn starter which was delicious and great value, then fillet steak...

The service was excellent but what I came on here to say was OMG the steak I had was absolutely amazing. I always have steak but need a goos sauce to give it a flavour. Here I left the sauce to the side as an...

Very good food, the waitress was nice an helpful. The food was delicious and everything was perfect and clean. We had a vegetarian starter, a rib eye steak medium, cheescake an toffee pudding. Parking space available. I recommend :-)

Booked here based on trip advisor reviews when staying at seton sands caravan park. Was only about a ten minute drive from the site. Doesn’t look much from the outside but was modern and clean inside. Service was great, attentive without being over intrusive. Food...

I've been coming here for years as my cousin recommened it being the architect for their restaurants and I've not looked back. I love travelling out of Edinburgh for this hot spot. Always enjoy coming along to Parilla was there last month and was fantastic...

Great steak. You must get the cheese cake. lol Great presentation and taste! Service was amazing as well! Highly recommend!

Excellent service, friendly and welcoming as always. New design and more staff. Food amazing and delicious. I always go for provoletta and fillet steak, but decided to try something else. Had scallops and T bone steak instead. OMG :) I should have tried the scallops...

Recently dined here for the fourth time and the food and service were amazing again. Had the steak espetada and an Argentinian Malbec to accompany. I’m already looking forward to the next visit.

We were staying in Edinburgh and wanted an authentic steak meal, so found Parilla at Musselburgh and decided to give it a go. The whole experience was a cut above and clearly a very well run restaurant. The guy who waitered on our table presented...

Went with my partner to our favourite restaurant and were not disappointed. The food was as excellent as ever. We started with Artisan bread with chimichuri sauce. Great as always. For mains, I had the Chicken Espetada and my partner had Rocucu with Parmesan mash - these were sublime! We finished with Pana cota for me, and churros for my partner, absolutely lovely! The restaurant is always busy, which is a sure sign that the food is very good! This restaurant is simply the best!

Lovely steak and churros are a must! Would highly recommend. Staff were friendly and attentive. We'll definitely be back.

This is one of the best restaurants i have been too. The staff are lovely and friendly and the food is out of this world. Will definitely be back.

I went with my family for a birthday meal. 6 adults and 1 child. We were really well taken care of. The different meat cuts were explained well and the food was really good quality! The staff were friendly and there was a really good drink selection also. Will definitely be back to try some of the different cuts of steak!

We went for our anniversary and we weren’t disappointed. The staff were so friendly and welcoming. The service was super quick and really informative. They told us all about the different cuts of meet etc. loved that. We had the Sharing Board which was really excellent, cooked just as we asked and tasted delicious. At the deserts, they brought over some Argentinian cheese cake and sung Happy Anniversary. Which made me laugh and smile, such a lovely touch. We’ll both definitely be back and we’ve told all our friends, such a special night with wonderful food.

Absolutely love coming here . Restaurant just had a refit and looking stunning. Always a warm welcome. Food and staff excellent and so nice to be able to finish your meal with a cocktail. Such a great choice on the menu .

Excellent steak, full of flavour. We took the sharing plate with sirloin and rib-eye, both medium rare. Home made sausage, fries and mash were excellent with a very good wine list. Good service and an enjoyable experience!

Fantastic meal and experience !! Food was exceptional and staff were extremely attentive, super friendly and went out of their way for my son’s 14th family birthday meal. Genuinely could not fault it in any way at all. First time visiting for us and certainly will not be our last and have told friends and family what a wonderful find this restaurant is. Book your table now as you will not be disappointed !!!

Just had the joy of going to the restaurant for my son’s 14th birthday. Food amazing, service perfect. Would recommend to anyone. Thank you for a great night we will be back.

This restaurant was full on a rainy cold Sunday evening at 6-00,so ut must be doing something thing right and it was !This was it first visit and wouldn’t be the last , the service was 10/10 and the food 10/10 , I was a chef for over 40 years working some of the best steak restaurants in Scotland and I have to say this was one of the best steaks I have ever had ! All three of us had a different steak ribeye8ox, ribeye 12oz and a t - bone all perfectly cooked and served with great service and skill.A shout out to the chef you know you steaks and of course a shout to John Gilmore the butcher for the quality of the meat 🥩 Go you won’t be disappointed

We visited this restaurant after reading so many good reviews and so glad we did! Was amazing! We chose the bread and chimichurri to start, then straight to the mains. My husband had chicken espetadas and I had steak espetadas. Both came with dauphinois potatoes and rocket salad, the steak accompanied with peppercorn sauce, the chicken with chimichurri sauce. Both were exquisite! The desserts also were to die for. So beautifully presented and absolutely delicious. I cannot recommend this place highly enough. Would 100% return if we visit Edinburgh again

Three of us enjoyed a fabulous dining experience. Service was friendly and relaxed from the second we arrived. Starters were awesone; I had the sausage which was beautifully flavoured on lovely lightly charred toast. Steaks were as advertised, juicy, tender and perfectly cooked. Moreso, unlike...

Best steak I’ve had in the UK. Great atmosphere and all the food was excellent. Good selection of starters and things you don’t get in many restaurants. The octopus was superb. Steaks all cooked perfectly and sauces/sides accompanied them perfectly

Another great meal, Ateeq and his team look after you do well always a warm welcome. Had the meat empanadas for stater and fillet steak tonight cooked to perfection.

I knew the steak would be good but we didn't expect everything else to be so outstanding. Great service too. Definitely going back

It's a very lovely and friendly small restaurant located in the high steet of Musselburgh. The staff are attentive and helpful. The food was delicious and the portions filling. It was my birthday and they even gave me a complimentary cake: unexpected and so thoughtful....

We visited the restaurant on Wednesday Evening and had reserved a table online.We arrived 30 mins early which wasn't a problem.The restaurant was busy.Two steaks,a Fillet done Medium/Well done & a Rib Eye done Medium as requested and cooked to perfection.Sides off Dauphinoise Potatoes and...

Excellent food and service. Great choice of menu all explained and you can be shown the cuts of meat that they serve and also now serving cocktails .which is a perfect way to finish your meal . They have a new restaurant opened in loanhead...

Very disappointed. The restaurant was recommended to us by a friend so we went for my birthday with my husband and parents. We had to wait over 30 mins for our drinks to arrive. The food itself was very good, when they eventually got the...

Superb food as usual, visited several times, food fantastic, staff are first class going above and beyond, would highly recommend.

Unbelievable experience. Staff treat you like VIPs, steak was stupidly good. Well worth the price for the tomahawk steak.

An excellent restaurant. I arrived 10 minutes early and was seated straight away. The restaurant was very busy with a nice bustling atmosphere. The staff were all very attentive and efficient but friendly at the same time. I needed a really good meal as I...

We’ve been going to Bueno Ayres for years, always for important dates and anniversaries. The quality of food and service has been consistently excellent and we will definitely be coming back :)

This restaurant is a real gem. Located on Musselburgh High Street, the friendly staff serve up amazing Argentinian cuisine with excellent service. The quality of the ingredients is superb. I went with my brother. He had a t -bone steak medium rare and I had...

First visit to this great restaurant. Lovely atmosphere, great service and excellent steak. Desserts were delicious too. Highly recommend.

Absolutely amazing service, the best steak I’ve ever eaten in my life would recommend 100% coming again.

For foodies that eat out a lot, and specialise in steak, this place was incredible. Not only have they sourced their steaks in from the best, they also employ those who know how caress a steak. Friendly staff that made the experience a 10/10

What a hidden gem this is. It is very unassuming from the outside, but don’t be fooled. The food was fantastic and they really know how to cook a steak. The staff were all so attentive and passionate about their restaurant. We’ll definitely be back.

This is just so good . Our steaks as always were excellent and the scallops were delicious. So much to choose from and lovely to see the cuts of meat explained to you . Service was on the ball a few new faces and such...

Superb night out for my Birthday with my wife. Staff are amazing very friendly and accomodating. Food was superb one of the best steaks I have ever had, cooked to perfection.

We came for my birthday and had the most incredible meal, stunning food and the service was impeccable- special thanks to our waiter Sirhan for being so kind and attentive. Highly recommend!

Excellent service steaks are first class. Will definitely be back....service was excellent and staff lovely can't do enough for you......

Absolutely amazing meal every single visit to this restaurant. Great value for money. All staff very friendly. Couldn’t recommend enough

Been a few times while in the area, never disappoints, great steaks and Argentinian rice pudding so yummy. Staff very helpful. Will be back

The best Steakhouse you will find! We absolutely love this restaurant - every time we visit it gets even better! Highly recommend a visit, you will not be disappointed! We cannot wait to dine here again!

Really enjoyed the steaks here, and a wonderful introduction to all the steaks - I learned loads! Starter, mains and dessert and a birthday surprise!

This is by far the best restaurant in Edinburgh! Me and my family have been coming here since opening and they have never once disappointed!

Service and food unbelievable, we often visit, probably at least once per month, no matter when we go the food is always awesome.

Excellent food and service as always. Absolutely love coming here! The staff are always so kind and welcoming.

Great place. Friendly and genuine service. Steak was dynamite. Chips are extra. Reasonable prices for what you get.

Excellent steak 🥩 and service.Have frequented other steak establishments but this has been our best experience. You were shown cuts of meat and had flavours and taste explained.Brilliant food and service 👍

Found this gem while vacationing with my family. Steaks were great. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable. Overall a great experience. Definitely worth finding.

Great scran top tier steaks real master of there crafts, waiters were friendly and informative will 100% be back!!!!!!!!

By far the best restaurant in Musselburgh. Steaks are amazing. Staff are extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Very busy so booking is a must.

Anniversary dinner with my husband lovely atmosphere and out of this world food! Wine list is amazing and food cooked to perfection.

Fantastic experience, we were here for anniversary. we ordered the sharing platter with peppercorn and borderlaise sauces cooked to perfection well recommended give them a try guys

It was our first visit to this amazing restaurant. The staff are very friendly and helpful . After taking your drinks orders you are treated to a viewing of the types of steaks they offer you and are told all about them. If you are...

Really lovely food and staff. The steak tray was great for choosing what to eat. Cooked beautifully.

Unreal steak! Here for a friends birthday. Steak was 10/10 as always. Even brought out a complimentary birthday cake! Couldn’t recommend this place more !

Staff are amazing, food is the best in Scotland we come here at least twice a week. Family and social place something for everyone love it.

Our favourite restaurant, amazing food and service. Amazing service, you can’t beat the food, totally recommend!!!!

The best steak I have ever had! The food and service is just amazing. I would recommend visiting this restaurant for couples, families, and any special occasion! I spent my 22nd birthday here and they came out with a special birthday cheesecake for me and...

Once again, a fantastic steak from Buenos Ayres, Musselburgh. Staff are amazing and very attentive - the food is second to none. Favourite place and return again and again.

Amazing food! We had the gambas & taco which were so tasty, then a t-bone which was good perfectly and the stroganoff - tasted incredible. Service was great, really polite and friendly

This was the best steak I’ve had in years. I’m not sure what kind of magic they are using in the kitchen but keep it up. It was cooked to perfection and needed no salt or pepper. I chose the blue cheese sauce, but to...