East Coast in East Lothian

We had a delightful lunch at East Coast Musselburgh today, choosing from their set menu. The restaurant is clean, contemporary, and tastefully decorated, which created a welcoming atmosphere. We both started with the mussels in a spicy tomato sauce that also served as a flavorful broth. The sauce had the perfect balance of heat and richness, complementing the fresh mussels. For mains, I opted for the Spaghetti Harbour, which was generously portioned and packed with clams and mussels. The seafood was cooked perfectly, and the dish was hearty yet refined. My wife had the King Prawn Calamari, which was served with a light, perfectly cooked batter, accompanied by crispy skinny fries, a fresh salad, and tartare sauce. She loved the combination of flavors and textures. We washed everything down with a refreshing Leith draught beer, which rounded off our meal perfectly. The service was attentive without being overbearing, and we felt well taken care of throughout our visit. The facilities were well-maintained, including spotless toilets, which is always a good sign. Overall, the meal was excellent value for money, and we left feeling satisfied and eager to return. I highly recommend East Coast for anyone looking for fresh seafood and a great dining experience in Musselburgh.

Excellent fish and chips but we were let down by the dessert - pavlova . Very dissapointed with this as it consisted mainly of a plate of cream with 3 button shaped meringues, one strawberry cut in two and 3 raspberries!

Incredible fish and chips. They had forgot the drink and I wasn't going to say anything (was only £1.50), but the delivery chap came all the way back out with it unprompted. Never had that with takeaway before, great service! Definitely recommended.

Great just like last time. Would highly recommend. Thank you!

Fish and chips beautiful , great big portions , delivery guy pleasant aswell,10/10 for us

did a quick Google search and East Coast came up with a good rating, which we 2 ladies are happy to confirm. Can only comment on what we ordered. Tempura broccoli spears, huge starter portion and DELICIOUSLY crispy. Fish & chips were fab, huge portions. Friendly service, pleasant restaurant. Thank you, a definite recommendation ☆☆☆☆☆

Absolutely brilliant. Generous sized portions served by happy staff.

Good menus. Gluten free options available. We opted for 2 courses for £22. Great value. Friendly staff. Disability friendly.

Absolutely fantastic. The food was amazing, the staff were friendly and it was an overall lovely experience. We would definitely go again.

Wow. This might rank in our top 5 restaurants ever! We came here after hiking much of the day and brought our appetites. Everything on the menu we ordered was the “best of” that particular item we’d had… maybe ever! The scallops thermidor and mushroom soup from the seasonal menu were outstanding. The fish and chips were spectacular - not greasy, not overly breaded, nicely salted. Service was so friendly, and they played perfectly nostalgic music (Bing Crosby, Sinatra, etc.). We finished with a sticky toffee pudding, and will definitely be back.

Great fish and chips. Simple menu, do the simple things brilliantly

I rate this chip shop really highly and am a regular visitor. I like that they put mint in the mushy peas. The langoustine scampi is delicious but I don’t think it should come with less chips than the fish

Ordered some chips the.n realised they been cooked .ore than triple cooked very hard chips so hard it broke me tooth 😩 I also noticed the quality of chips gone down hill green chips also I went back told them.not happy they gave me mo ey back plus a free chips with curry sauce nope that went in the bin also awful 😖 thanks for giving me very hard chips that broke a tooth I will send you the dentist bill not even a apology for my tooth

Thankyou to martin, chloe and anna for the best food ever and the great service. Will be back thanks

Outstanding almost gourmet level of fish and chips. Delightful range of starters but in the end the fish and chips are the star of the show. The batter was light and fluffy, almost like tempura. Just perfect. Service was also excellent, efficient and cheerful. Genuinely worth a trek to taste the food. Book in advance so as to not be disappointed, takeaway on site as well.

We order from here most Saturdays, and can’t fault the fish and chips, on this occasion the fish was a lot smaller and not as many chips, but as always cooked to perfection !

Fish and chips was just absolutely delicious minted peas just lovely deffo a place to visit il definitely be back

Good food for all tastes. Steak was good, vegetarian ravioli was good, seafood good 👍 Nice restaurant with friendly staff.

Outstanding dinner. We had Seafood pasta and the Seafood mixed grill. Both were bloody marvellous! Drinks were great and service was grand too. This place is special.

Nice place if you like a sea food. Solid fish and chips. Stop by if you’re in neighborhood 🐟

For the price the fish is nice but hardly get any chips.

Excellent fish and chips to take away. Hot, freshly cooked and delicious, a massive improvement since my last visit. I would highly recommend it 👌

Fish was superb, chips spot on - would defo order again.

Another visit. The best fish n chips in the Edinburgh area. AND chippie sauce. My wife had the lobster and crayfish ravioli, the kitchen can cook good Italian. But check opening times if you fancy lunch. Some days do not open till 4pm. Loch Fyne oysters were lovely.

Great service great food. This place is simply class. Fish tip top. Take in or out.

Some of the best sea food I’ve ever had! The bruschetta and broccoli tempura were really good for starters and the harbour bowl I’d definitely recommend for a main! Staff were great too!

A recently opened establishment excellent food.Service a bit slow but the place was busy on a Friday Evening.

Fantastic dining experience, 5 stars all round! 😊 Thank you to Ahmed and his lovely staff, very attentive and the food was divine. Had a taste of everything on the table! 👍

Delicious, will visit again, best chippy around

I will say this: I didn't get bad food... but I don't understand the fascination with this place. The restaurant has received awards and is recommended in many articles... My opinion is 4⭐ Near the restaurant there is a place of the same name where you can buy takeaway food. We had fish and chips and king prawns with chips. The shrimps were very good and worth trying. The fish was just ok. My partner even said that it must have been frozen beforehand. Prices quite high, portions average. 🤷‍♀️

Best fish & chips in East Lothian by far, pricey but worth it.

Delicious fish and chips. Mushy peas with mint twist.

Prawns were soggy and badly cooked. Haggis white pudding bites were dry. Chips and breaded fish were good.

Great fresh fish and chips. A lot better than the other shops I've tried before. Will order again in the future. Thank you!

We have recently visited this restaurant on two occasions and I cannot recommend this restaurant enough, service is outstanding and so is the food. We had a very emotional situation going on in the family and this place was almost like a sanctuary for us to help deal with it all. We want to extend our gratitude to Mido whose service was beyond imaginable and we can’t thank him enough, we will be seeing you all soon again. Big thanks to everyone involved in making every visit as special as it is.

Great fish and chips with gluten free options. Excellent wlne. Friendly staff

Best fish and chips I've eaten in recent memory. 10/10

Det var ikke hvad vi forventede.....det var MEGET bedre 👍💪. Det ligner et typisk "fish & chips sted", men de kan også lave en helt fantastisk hummer ravioli...... Den bedste jeg har fået.... Sød betjening, god pris og specielt i forhold til kvalitet👍👍👍. Vi gik glade og mætte hjem - på den gode måde 🙏⭐.

Great fish and chips x freshly delicious 😋 Been meaning to try for a while Worth a visit

Really disappointing. Drove down from Edinburgh for what we thought would be excellent fish suppers from this apparently award winning fish and chip shop. To be fair, I'm going to lay the blame squarely on the shoulders of that slightly portly Peter Kay knock off guy who does takeaway reviews on the youtube. We were watching him earlier today reviewing some incredible place in Newcastle serving up fantastic looking thick, crisp battered fish and a lightbulb went off in my head as I recalled this place had recently been voted as having the best fish and chips - maybe in Scotland? Or the whole UK? I can't remember... But anyway, that's how we landed up here tonight. Unfortunately, just opening up the box was disappointing. No massive, fantastically battered piece as expected. Instead a smaller, weirdly trapezoid (yes, looked that up) shaped piece which immediately has you questioning the authenticity of what you're about to have. To make matters worse, they did that horrible thing of just dumping the fish directly on top of the chips. So by the time we got down to the sea front and got the box open, the chips had steamed the lower batter into a congealed mess with the chips. It was literally impossible to break off even one piece of battered fish to enjoy on its own. At best, a bit of the top batter and a bit of not particularly thick fish. Additionally, as has been pointed out in other reviews as well, some of this fish was grey. The only real positive any of us had was that the chips were "okay". And the caveat to that was that none of us came close to finishing them! That was because they were massively under seasoned. We had asked for salt and vinegar but the taste of either was hard to distinguish. Combine that with half of them being covered in the residue greasy batter which fell off the bottom of the fish and you get why half of them landed up binned on the Musselburgh sea front. Given the premium price you're paying here (compared to other fish and chip shops) and the horrendous expectation to actual quality ratio, I'd definitely recommend giving this place a miss. If you're in this neck of the woods and looking for fish and chips, you'd be much better off taking a short drive along to the chip shop on Portobello High Street instead and getting your supper there instead...

Went to East Coast to try the Hluten Free(GF) fish and chips and we were not disappointed.The food was super fresh, cooked to order and tasted delicious. GF options available, would definitely recommend and will return again.

sensational. sausage amazing. fish unbelievable. chips great. chicken strips superb. first chippy I've ordered from just eat that turn up piping hot had to wait for it to cool down to eat. amazing best chippy

Ordered online to collect. When I arrived at my alloted time the place was heaving (Friday early evening) so I had to wait 5 minutes. But it was well worth it.

Beautiful piece of fish perfectly cooked. Chips also faultless. All cooked to order. Lovely experience.

You won't get a better fish and chips 👌

Absolutely mind blown to have such an eatery on our doorstep in East Lothian. We attended for the first time today for a pre Birthday dinner and it was a fabulous experience from start to finish. Wonderful friendly staff, very relaxed atmosphere but very trendy. Food was much better than some of the very fancy places we have eaten, the fish was outstanding....outstanding! Very reasonably priced and we cannot wait to come back.

Fish wasn't nice and chips tasted funny not good value for money

Update- it disappoints me to have to write this. I purchased takeaway fish and chips this evening for the family and it was very disappointing. No one finished their food, batter on fish was very greasy, fish was grey and thin rather than white, meaty and milky. Many of the chips were tiny little bits, larger ones were limp and greasy. Vast contrast to the standard of food that I previously reviewed. At £12.50 for fish and chips we did expect a better standard. Makes me sad because it has always been my go to for fish and chips in this area. Best takeaway fish and chips in this area. Maybe have to wait a bit longer as everything is is cooked from fresh but most definitely worth the wait.

Far too expensive, got exact same meal only nicer further up the coast for nearly £7 cheaper, 60p for mayo is the most expensive I have ever been charged by far

Food was OK, nothing much to compare from other local chip shops but the prices are out of order and so much higher than others, il go elsewhere in future

Great range of gluten free options. All the GF food was very good although the chips really lacked a noticeable amount of salt and vinegar. The staff had good gluten free knowledge. Would recommend the gluten free calamari, it was very light.

Visited Musselburgh for a few hours today came across this lovely wee restaurant it was beautifully decorated and the layout throughout nice light and airy the atmosphere was relaxing with friendly well mannered staff, the food was excellent, best fish and chips I have tasted in a long time(compliments to the chef) I only had a main and a dessert, menus were fab great selection. Well done and thank you for a lovely experience. I hope to return soon to try more of their lovely food.

Slightly slow service, but amazing take away (the breaded FnC was amazing 👏)

Love this restaurant ,food never disappoints

It would be better to have WiFi. Allow the child to sit quietly.

Food quality very good, disappointing that the food was only warm. Hopefully that can be improved and arrives hot next time.

Heard so many good reviews regarding East Coast Chipshop Musselburgh, so as I was in the town I’d thought I would try a fish supper. Easily the most expensive Fish supper I’ve ever had at £12.50 and easily the worst fish supper I’ve ever had and I have had many to compare with. I can honestly say I wouldn’t take a free fish supper from this chippie and I will never be back.

Heard about this great fish restaurant in Musselburgh so as we were in the area we looked it up. Lovely from the outside and a warm welcome greeted us when we entered, the decor inside was bright and classy. We both decided on the 2 course early bird menu for £22 each, I had mussels and a wee haddock and chips, M had fishcakes and a wee haddock and chips, we shared a creamy rhubarb cheesecake, portions were perfect, but I couldn't help sneaking peeks at the couple next to us, sharing a huge seafood platter, it looked amazing...next time😊

Amazing! So happy that you now deliver, however the order arrived not complete! No tartar sauce 🥲

Lovely Fresh fish well cooked, good batter and chips, some of the best I’ve eaten. I think I’ll try the dine in option next time. Staff were efficient & friendly. I’ll recommend to my family & friends.

Excellent F&C 👌 best by far. Lovely tiramisu

Quality food amazing. Coming from a Mediterranean area, saying this is a big thing. Very fresh and very well cooked food. We'll come back for sure and we'll take visitors to show them how good you can eat in Scotland without spending a fortune. Service wasn't great, we waited extra bit for the mains and waitress weren't very focused on us, but to be honest, it was a big fair in the harbour so probably they were very busy the whole day and could affect them.

Appetizing place to enter with a wide variety of very good dishes.

Lovely fresh seafood and reasonably priced.

Wow..first time and I thought I was getting the best fish & chips I had ever had which is nearby however you’ve just taken it to a whole new level that was gourmet haddock supper a mushy peas no wonder you won the best award so well deserved amazing

Ordered delivered. Just a small mix up with the address but its all good

Lovely fish and chips, black pudding and fast delivery

fish was half cooked and swimming in grease totally unedible

Brilliant Gluten Free Fish & Chips 😋

Tried after recommendation, items missing, the fish while being on was far from fresh and saturated in oil and the chips weren’t much better. I wouldn’t give it a second chance if they paid me. Had to reorder from elsewhere

Fantastic!!! The mussels are great...obviously

Just here for the mussels and overall all seafood 🤤😋. We also ordered carbonara (?) and it was a very tasty and good option. The fish and chips portion is BIG 🤗🫡 and overall the service is lovely.

Thank you x delicious Fish & Chips

Excellent fish and chips. Best by far.

Food was good but the menu says 'smoked sausages' and it's a singular sausage. Feel scammed.

Best prawn 🍤 & lovely homemade tartar sauce

Absolutely delicious food with fabulous service in a cosy, welcoming, family-run restaurant. We all loved it. Special thanks to our waiter, Casper, for looking after us 👌

Dined here many times, and also patronised the chippy many times. The Italian family the previously ran this establishment knew how to make a good batter and how to cook chips. East Coast has now changed hands, and I'm sorry to say..... it's not the same. The batter isn't the same, and the chips looked old, and certainly tasted like they'd been lying there for a while. Not pleased, but I'll give it a while then try again.

Sister Coeliac so so delighted to find this place with GF options . A Sunday evening . Batter fab, chips fab, fish fab

We had a great family gathering here, eight of us spanning three generations. Well looked after, delicious food and great service.

Fantastic food, excellent service and great atmosphere, 10 out of 10 .Will definitely be back.

We were quite hungry and visited this place for a late lunch. I would not recommend it if the goal is just to have a quick and filling bite, which is typical for a seafood restaurant I guess, except fish and chips. But if you would like to experience some delicious sea food dishes be prepared to pay a fair price, although most dishes seem to be overpriced as the amount of sea food is quite small. Nevertheless, food is very delicious 😋 Staff is friendly and polite, relaxing atmosphere with nice chilled music.

Incredible little spot, all of our dishes were fresh as could be. Definitely coming back as soon as possible. We went for a mother's day early dinner and everything was great. Servers were obviously very busy with it being mother's day so they were a little flustered but that just meant they deserved a bigger tip for the excellent service they were providing! Mussels were excellent and I highly recommend the beer battered King prawns. Lots of options for veg/vegans and gluten free options available too. We will be back!

Consistently great, staff are lovely.

Why is are first time there went for Mother's the service for very quick on your starters will you ask to what we want to order when we were showing to the a table what time do you think we will be leaving at we said we do not know extremely busy tonight food was good but will be wearing rushed out the door the head weather coming over to your table and asking us is everything ok we felt very under pressure

Lovely food. Excellent service. The staff are so pleasant here putting off time wishing everyone a happy mother's day

Very delicious, good sized portions, happy staff

Food was great, halibut delicious.

My hubby and I stopped into East Coast on our way to Northumberland for lunch. The restaurant’s interior is modern with nods to the seaside as you’d expect. We ate from the set menu (£22 for two courses) - choosing mussels, fishcakes, prawn calamari & fish with chips. The food was well presented, generous portion size, quick to the table and very tasty. Service was impeccable - warm, welcoming & very efficient. Overall excellent experience - would highly recommend!!

First time we've been there. Really enjoyed ourselves. Food was brilliant. Staff were friendly, helpful and efficient. Will definitely be back soon. Thanks for looking after us👍

Always enjoy having a meal here. The Food is great, service always excellent.

We had a gluten free and regular Fish and Chips, both were excellent and both the batters tasted identical!! Fabulous!

Deliciously fresh food which was beautifully presented. Really good and friendly service. Very enjoyable family meal out. We will definitely go back for another visit.

Had a lovely fresh haddock supper and the special was monkfish scampi. Everything was really good and will definitely be back.

Was here for dinner with my wife and got to say it was the best fish & chips we’ve ever had , fresh big portions and excellent value for money, very nice atmosphere & professional and kind staff , definitely recommed,

Lovely clean and food delicious

The staff were very polite, chips were lovely.

Small haddock and chips £9.20. Pretty disappointing.. I've had better. Chips had an odd taste and the fish was quite greasy. On the plus side, it was hot, which was welcome in -5oC weather.

The food is excellent, we had fish and chips, catch of the day with chips and salad, and an oyster too. Absolutely delicious. Highly recommend for a date night.

smoked salmon is such a treat ! Kippers are so good and D. Clark is a fine lad. Thank you for who you are 😊