The Fishmarket in Edinburgh, City of

Our experience at this restaurant was mediocre. The food tasted like something had left the pan a while ago, which was very unfortunate.. Staff promptly provided us with the bill when we mentioned that we didn’t want the dessert menu. The overall service felt rushed, as they were serving a lot of customers simultaneously.

Travelled 36 miles specifically to eat in this restaurant. However, it was quite disappointing. The prices are very high. The fish and chips were OK but we have had better. I had to send mine back, as the chips were not hot, and the mushy peas were cold. When my plate came back, the chips were better, but the mushy peas were still cold. The drink I had (Bon Accord Rhubarb Soda) was really good. The food was very average and our bill was almost £47. We'll not rush back.

My Wife and I decided to visit the Fishmarket for an outdoor lunch on 8th May. We waited approx 20minutes to be served which is quite normal and expected. The two battered Haddock and chips were cooked fresh and to order. However, it all went downhill from this point onwards. My wife's fish was well overcooked, making the fish very dry. The batter was dark brown, hard and inedible. We thought about returning the fish, but decided against waiting another 20 minutes as we had another pressing engagement. This is really disappointing as we have visited the Fishmarket before and never had this unsatisfactory experience. The takeaway was much quieter than usual, however, we were past peak service time placing our order at approximately 2:15pm In conclusion. Disappointing experience especially from a Fish' chip takeaway that prides itself on it's usually excellent reputation

We chose this place based on the excellent reviews that have been confirmed to be right. The food is excellent and the staff very kind. Highly recommended

The fish and chips is great, but the takeaway part is far too slow. There’s just too many people but that’s not their fault,

Very delicious food 10 out of 10

This establishment has an excellent reputation for fresh and delicious fish and chips. I ordered four portions of cod and chips at £13 each. The food is delivered piping hot in disposable cardboard boxes. I was very disappointed with the portion sizes and there was a little more than four or five bites of cod. It was delicious but the portion size was far too small. I appreciate that cod is much more expensive than haddock, but I think the restaurant should have made it clear that I was not going to be provided with a full fish supper or they should have charged more to provide a complete meal. Unfortunately, I felt short changed by the whole experience

The haddock was over-cooked, with half of it being chewy and dry. I was disappointed as I'd been looking forward to checking this place out for quite a while. Also, standing in line, I noted the food for the sit-down restaurant waiting under the hot lamps for way longer than I would have liked had I been waiting for it.

Delicious fish and chips and fried shrimps. Available to take out and eat next to the sea during nice weather. Waites about 20 min in line to get the food.

Great fish and chips and service was good. Beware of thr long queues for the food but worth it along with the views at sunset!

Best fish and chips I’ve ever had. The food was spectacular and the service was also great.

The best fish and chips I've ever eaten!

I’ve been waiting to go to this chippy for a long time. As I was going to Edinburgh for a nights stay I decided to at last take the opportunity to visit the Fishmarket. I have no complaint about the inside or outside. The inside especially was superbly done and stunning beautiful, classy and spotlessly clean. My wife and I share the Calmari and cod and chips. The cod had not a flake in site and resembled a large fish finger with a mushy texture, but the chips were quite nice. The Calmari was a little chewy and the batter was over cooked. The staff were noce and helpful. Unfortunately I won’t be going back a 2nd time sadly. I’m 71 and it’s the 1st time felt strongly enough to complain about a meal

We were there spontaneously, thanks to the taxi driver's recommendation and reservation. We had a prawn cocktail, a loobster and fish and chips. It was so delicious. The loobster was more than worth the money, as was the fish and chips.

We had to check this place out after seeing it on a show, but we were mildly disappointed. The food was just okay, it mostly lacked flavor. The only thing I was impressed by were the oysters...oh my, i have never had oysters that goegeous or delicious!!! The haddock was better than the cod. The kids' fish cakes were absolutely awful...kids in Scotland must be built differently if they can eat those things...the adults in our group couldn't even eat them. All in all, everything was just okay...not the best seafood we have ever had.

Excellent service lovely staff 👍

Everything was great here. We spent a long weekend in Edinburgh for my wife's birthday. One of our sons in law recommended this place and booked us a table. Couldn't fault it.

Great fish and chips, perfect location for a sunny day

It's the perfect place for a beer and fish and chips

Great place to eat good fish at reasonable prices. The food is fresh, served quickly and tasted excellent. The staff is very friendly and relaxed. We felt very comfortable and were satisfied. Thanks !

Best fish and chips I've had. But make sure you have a reservation and are not late. They will give your table away.

Very nice, people very happy friendly love it

The best Fish and chips, in the port, it is not frozen, good batter, no fat. Perfect

It’s really nice, though a bit of ventilation would help. After walking out, my clothes tend to smell like fried fish, but I guess that’s inevitable.

Went tonight for a takeaway 1 cod supper, 1 single fish, 1 mushy peas, 1 brown sauce and 2 cans of juice, arrived 7.30 ISH and it was heaving with people in the queue inside and outside, I waited an hour to get to the counter but they had taken my order on arrival and just had to pay for it once it was made up. We wanted to eat it in the car, when my girlfriend opened her single haddock it was barely warm, dried up and the usual thin Tempura batter was all hard and crispy. My cod was hot, but the chips were barely warm. WHAT has happened, we have been here in the restaurant and had several takeaways and it has always been amazing, not sure I will be back, haddock and chips ended in the bin just over £26, money wasted, very disappointed

Appallingly slow service … over an hour to wait for no reason. Then when got the food, all I can say is extremely disappointed - probably the worst fish and chips I ever had. Chips were greasy not crispy. Fish was ok. Had curry sauce - I would honestly like to know how they managed to make such an awfully tasting sauce - I think it had a ‘negative’ flavour in that it made everything taste 10x worse

Very disappointing experience. We came here because of the great reviews but I honestly don't know where they came from. The service is extremely inefficient, I'm struggling to imagine what possibly could be such a bottle neck to them, but we waited for an hour for our food: 30 min to put the order in, 20 min to pay, 10 min to receive the food. The fish was OK, definitely recommend getting large haddock rather than cod as is same price but 3x bigger. Chips no flavour, both with and without salt, couldn't taste vinegar, ketchup cheap flavour, curry sauce (!) absolutely no flavour (!! how do you make curry sauce taste of nothing? Even jar ones taste better - maybe they just watered it down??). So honestly this was an impressive experience in the sense that I am still shocked at just how bad they have made it, I wouldn't have been able to achieve this even if I tried my best. Don't waste your time, don't be seduced by the long queue, we took it as a sign of good food and we're very wrong.

Seafront restaurant that immediately stands out for the warm welcome of the staff. Excellent monkfish fish and chips. Highly recommended!

We visit regularly to enjoy the freshly cooked haddock👍 The best ever👍👍👍

Delicious food. Fantastic langoustines and good matching Viognier. Well worth the price.

Me and the mrs. discovered this lovely place during a short trip up north from the midlands. Although we have decent chippies here the freshness of the fish and the crispy light batter definitely make this one of the best chippies we've had in Uk. The lass serving us was super friendly and helpful and recommended a refreshing local lager as well which went perfectly with the fish and chips. Highly recommend giving this place a try when in Edinburgh.

Very fresh seafood. Booking in advance is recommended, especially during dinner time

the best fish and chips I had in a while, we had one large haddock between the two of us, and I could tell you that was enough. The mushy peas were nice too. Ice cream is very good too and they serve you tap water without you asking for it. totally recomand it

Fantastic The smoked haddock chowder is unreal

The best grilled fish and chips in a great environment

Absolutely the best smoked salmon, fish and chips, oysters we've had! Great helpful staff. It's definitely worth a visit here.

Quality restaurant in the port of Newhaven. They serve fresh produce on their menu. The mussels from the Shetland Islands were delicious both in their preparation and in their quality. The fish a la marinera was excellent, since the juice of it had a very rich flavor. The experience of the place is noted for the quality of the dishes. A great culinary experience. Totally recommended

The most delicious fish and chips and tartare sauce . Highly recommend.

Had to wait for over an hour for our food server forgot parts of the order and super expensive for the amount of food that you get

Just had Haddock&chips, and cheeseburger & chips sat outside on a lovely sunny spring day. Food was excellent and fairly priced, pipping hot batter crisp and portion size spot on. Curry sauce is obviously homemade and very tasty, same with the tartar sauce. Defo go again when I'm back in the area.

The best fish'n chips without a doubt, the welcome is largely of the same quality, it's perfect and the location is guaranteed to have a good time. The takeaway is also recommended. We can go there with our eyes closed.

Very good fish supper! Batter is perfect consistency/thickness. Chips are good nothing to write about to be honest. Sometimes these fancy chippies are all looks and poor product, not here though. Curry sauce and mushy peas both great additions worth trying!

Fish was just perfect and the rest of my lunch was great.

Nice place to eat seafood, fish & chips.

A very nice and clean place. The food is really good. All the dishes we ordered were delicious. Excellent attention

Would give this no stars if I could. £63 Spent on a fish supper and two calamari suppers and monkfish supper, to be served alongside frozen chips. The batter on the fish was all batter hardly any fish Don't get me started on the calamari that was basically crisps all batter.Also all very greasy. We all ate a bit of our suppers as we were hungry but the rest went in the bin. Should have went straight back in with them. Absolutely disgusting. This place used to good and I would have highly recommend it but now avoid!!!

Very disappointed, chips are frozen, you'd expect fresh chips from a fish and chips shop, well not here, we had a haddock supper which was mediocre, monk fish supper which was okay, and 2 squid supper which was not eatable, I think the squid were cut to thin that it felt like eating just pieces of batter, but the chips were definitely frozen, and when one of those so called chefs, were asked about the chips, lied and said they were fresh (wonder if he ever seen a real chip/potato). Never go back.

Three of us had deep fried haddock and chips - one medium, two large. There wasn't much difference in size and one large haddock was decidedly dry. Service left something to be desired. On being seated we were asked if we wanted water - still or sparkling. I opted for sparkling, I got still. We were not asked if we wanted to see a dessert menu and I tried for ages to catch a waitress's eye to get the bill, even when we put our coats on. Not impressed, which is a shame given one of the best locations in Edinburgh with a view over Newhaven harbour and up the Firth of Forth to the iconic rail bridge. Would we go back? No.

Lovely place, had fish, chips and mushy peas with homemade tartare sauce. The fish was in breadcrumbs. Fish was so big I couldn't finish it but I really enjoyed it. We had a seat at the window overlooking the harbour. It was expensive but par for the course in popular Edinburgh eateries.

Scandalous portions. Had a cod and chips £13 and the fish was no bigger than a fist in size. This was after waiting about 45 minutes. Honestly the worst chippy I've ever been to. Wouldn't recommend at all.

Very nice fish restaurant, we had traditional soup called smoked haddock chowder (the green one) and shellfish daily soup. Both were very tasty, but the price was little bit more expensive 10£ for one (maybe because of the location). The waiter was very kind and friendly. Service fee is 10%. (A tip?)

The fish and chips was excellent, probably the best we’ve had. The mussels were delicious. Service was great, really lovely staff ! Highly recommend !

Excellent restaurant and impeccable service. The dishes are delicious and the view is magnificent. I recommend 👍👍👍

Lunch with a friend. Brilliant food. This fish cakes were to die for.

It really was an absolutely pleasure to enjoy this food with and amazing view. Best fish and chips and oysters ❤️ mussels are extremely good.

UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE! A must-visit place, the food is divine, very fresh fish, very high quality, excellent service, friendly and professional waiters, vast choice of products. From fish to meat to vegetarian. Fried, raw, cooked. There is also a very nice view and the place inside is very nice in design. I recommend booking especially in high season, there aren't many seats but there isn't too much waiting. Plus the car park is large and there is also a charging station.

Fabulous place for lunch. Quite chic, fabulous food and great service. Would recommend here to anyone

Today I ordered 2 fishes and chips, both breaded and one with roast potatoes instead of fries. I received the 2 fishes buttered and the roast potatoes were swimming in the fryer. However the food was good but it wasn’t what I asked for.

The service staff is very nice and helpful when I asked what they would recommend, the fish is very good on my next trip to Edinburgh I will visit this establishment again

Had the haddock fish and chips, and it was absolutely delicious—perfectly crispy batter and fresh fish. The service was excellent, with friendly staff making sure everything was spot on. Easily the best spot to eat when at Newhaven Harbour. Highly recommend!

Amazing fish options, I highly recommend the smoked salmon, the crab toast and the oysters. The extra daily options were very good as well. Authentic and good food, I definitely recommend!

Omg, a heavenly meal! From the excellent customer service to the delectable cuisine, we were in heaven. We started with the sardines and sourdough starter special, divine! Sourdough is from a local bakery in edinburgh… next we had raw oysters which were fresh with a delightful combination of salty and sweet mineralality, truly a delight. We had the langostine and breaded fish and chips and we were just delighted with the succulent flavors of both mains. The breaded haddock was wonderfully crispy with the most flavorful tartar sauce and the prawns were poached in the most gorgeous herb butter. Every bite was a heavenly experience. Washed down by a delicious pint of cider, we could not be more delighted! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Went here because of the reviews. The ambience is totally nice with a view of the sea. The staff are really helpful and very nice to chat with. Please do consider making a reservation in advance!

Nice and cosy place, with great food and excellent service. We got fried monkfish and haddock suggested by the very patient and knowledgeable Italian waiter. He was very helpful to guide us through the many interesting options of the menu. We had a lovely time while enjoying delicious food!

Traditional fish and chips at the Newhaven harbor. Lovely views.

The fish n chips cooked in front of ya and staff are ace! Definitely worth going 👌

It's normal to taste fish and chips.. but that's okay

Ordered food in the restaurant to takeaway. You get told to order at the counter then to the assistant to pay. We even mentioned we would like a separate sauce because my other daughter has an ALLERGY to fish(hence we ordered chicken goujons). We get home to find everything was fish and NO CHICKEN. We called immediately and were told that we did not order Chicken, according to the receipt! The manager “ Mark did not even offer to replace the food” We didn't ask for a refund just wanted check goujons. I'm appalled to say the least and that Mark did not show any empathy towards my child having an allergy.

Love theThe mussels and hot chocolate .

Something different to be in Edinburgh. You go off the beaten path and find a great fish and chips.

Walked in and was lucky to get a cancellation. Great food, service and atmosphere. Best prosecco we have had for a long time.

The best fish . Perfect , thick batter delicious chips good service propane efficient

Food is great, service is good too

Yeah these guys fell off monk bites were aight its a good fish but fish and chip with cod soggy fries and oily batter

The best fish&chips in Edinburgh!

I won't give it any more marks since it took us an hour to get there and the waiter told us that he didn't have a table until two hours later, we walked around for 20 minutes and decided to order it to go and cancel the table. The surprise was that the woman who was in the man's place said that she had tables or even at the bar we could eat. The food is good, but I don't think it's worth traveling so far for the fish and chips. It's fine without more.

The people here are really friendly, and I had the fish and chips, which were amazing—crispy, and perfectly cooked. Although the queue was long, it’s understandable because it's such a popular chippy. The location is also a highlight, with a lovely sea view that makes the experience even better. We went there again, this time to the restaurant part. I got a crispy tasty fish and chips again.

Big choice of fish and seafood. Fried calamari tested nice. Highly recommended.

Worst service ever!!!!! Asked our server multiple times for water, never cleared our table when we were done with something until we were forced to ask. Then asked for my check twice as she walked right by and ignored me. Over two hours trying to get out of there. Food was just OK.

Tasty food but only four stars as quite expensive.

Really loved it. I tried Squid, prawns and also fish and chips there.

We order grilled cod, grilled haddock and chicken. The cod is the best, so buttery and fresh. Really match with tartar sauce. And the service is amazing. Eating outside with the nice view.

Great spot to visit near the waterfront in Edinburgh. We wanted to supplement our full lunch order with one additional item from the next door and they raised a huge stink and told me we couldn’t eat items from other establishments. While it is understandable to draw a line on outdoor space given its scarcity, the fact that a large order was made them seem a bit petty. In fact, they soured the entire experience despite their food being wonderfully prepared.

I had the opportunity to visit the Fischmarket, and I have to say it was a fantastic experience! 🐟🍟 The fish was incredibly fresh and its flavor was simply breathtaking. The fries were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, just as they should be. The service was fast and friendly, and the environment was welcoming and clean. I can't wait to return to enjoy these delicious dishes again! If you are a fish and chips lover, this is the place for you. Absolutely recommended!

Went here for lunch with friends. Best seafood lunch ever! Prawn scampi to die for. Well worth the price. Much more than a fish supper.

Had high hopes for the best tasting fish supper in the city, but this failed to live up to expectations. Scallops were overcooked, battered fish was dry, curry sauce did not taste like the usual chip shop curry and tartar sauce lacked freshness and dill. Overall, not a bad restaurant, but just not the hype that people make it out to be.

When asked where to get the best fish and chips in Edinburgh, our hotel told us this restaurant. - The journey by tram takes a long time, but we were not disappointed. The fish is really big ("large"), crispy and, above all, not drowned in oil. The pea puree was also delicious and there was nothing to complain about with the fries. You can tell from the location that it was a former market hall or something similar. There are also outdoor spaces with views over the harbor. We were there in December. If you are sensitive to the cold, you should choose your table carefully - the seats near the door are a bit drafty.

The food in this place is really good. Can't fault it, the service however is really bad. We went during oyster happy hour and they took our order at 5:58 and we asked if it would still be OK during the happy and the waitress said it would be. We only found out when we got the bill that they charged the full amount. The waitress said it was because she entered it in their system after the hour ended. Fine. But tell us before giving us the bill? Probably just a bad waitress as she was quite young, but the manager didn't help much either. Proper scam.

Everything is good. My lobster was cooked beautifully. It tasted naturally sweet and got aromatic grill char smell.

Best fish and chips i have ever tasted. Wonderful stuff and nice atmosphere. Thanks 👍🏾

They always miss the HP sauce for my takeaway. It's happened 2-3 times now. Just get your staff to read the order notes when packaging!!! Also chips didn't taste fresh and food was not hot. Will not order from here again, this was the last time.

Food was great. Service was OK. The restaurant area is smaller than i had thought, so I'm glad we booked ahead because I'm not sure we would have gotten a table without this. Great views out over the harbour from the restaurant.

The fish & chips was great and the service was also good. The only problem was that the place was boiling hot. Obviously they are frying fish etc so this is going to generate heat but I did notice they had A/C so could have controlled the temperature in the restaurant if they wanted. A shame because we would have spent more time and money but the temperature was way to high to stay.

An atypical and original atmosphere, fresh and super well prepared products!!! A pleasant and warm service 🥰

Good quality fresh fish! Chowder is amazing!

Our server was so pleasant and friendly and the food was delicious.

Fantastic place for a seafood platter. Will go again. Service was amazing too

Best fish and chips in Edinburgh

The server was wonderful, friendly & helpful. The restaurant is lovely, and the food was delicious!

Best fish and chips in Edinburgh!