The best restaurants in Musselburgh East and Carberry East Lothian Edinburgh and 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.

Beautiful food, friendly staff and the cheese cake is to die for. 10/10. I have ordered for delivery on a Saturday in 3 occasions and every time it's hot, if you order stake pie the pastry comes in a little bag not to get crushed in transport. It's just the little things.

Great food, superb staff. Starters, so many to choose from. I plumped for the bees bau bun, my wife Haggis bon bons and marmalade sauce. Both were superb, the bau bun was soft, filled with superb, tender, tasty beef. The haggis with marmalade sauce was equally impressive. Mains... The wife had mussels, good sized portion and very tasty. I plumped for the burger. I love a good burger, but often the disappoint. Not here though. Really good burger, pickles, chips and a proper tasty coleslaw. No room for pudding. Beer was well kept and tasty. Thumbs up from the wife for the pornstar martinis. The staff were really friendly and made the night, as dis the epic 80s playlist. Well worth a visit.

The staff here are brilliant, and the quality of food is amazing for a quick bite. The wedges are a particular favourite for a side!

What a superb steak restaurant. Group of 6 of us and no complaints from anyone. The rump was ordered medium rare and came perfect, arguably the best cooked steak I've had.

Myself and my family frequently have great meals and excellent service from Adriano and his team. Tonight we had the Snowdrop Services Christmas night out and we were very well looked after. Special mention to the red wine that was suggested from the waiter! We’ll be back after your well deserved break in January. Paul Ps. If I wasn’t a typical guy, we would have great photos to share!

Best Ice cream in Scotland, proper Italian Ice cream. Like mama made it.

If you are looking for a place that gives you a sense of awe, this is it. My daughters loved it and so did I. I would stay here again.

If you are looking for a place that gives you a sense of awe, this is it. My daughters loved it and so did I. I would stay here again.

Firstly, it's a nice wee place. Food was okay and cooked well enough. The calamari and cod dishes were more like soup, which may be a traditional recipe, but I haven't seen that in many trips to Italy. The staff were not very engaging and you had to basically wave at them to get their attention. The music was overloud bland 90's MOR, so didn't help atmosphere wise. Most reviews here are favourable, so maybe we caught them on a bad day., but I can't really imagine I'll be going back.

Came for a belated birthday meal while visiting the area. Nice to see somewhere wheelchair accessible! Although I can't comment on the loos as I didn't use them. Over all the food was really good. Couple of little qualms. The peppered chicken could've done with more chicken for the price of the dish, but the dish was tasty. Would be nice to know the pie only has a pie top, but the beef filling was super tasty. Also like the fact they offer smaller portions with several dishes. Cheese fondue was good, real nice bread with it. Some of the mains were just a tad pricey. Dessert was so good! Sticky toffee especially. Cocktails were absolutely delicious. All in all we had a lovely evening and would return if we happened to be in the area again

For a place that is slightly more expensive than others, I found food a little disappointing. The wood pigeon was extremely salty, the recipe didn’t pair the flavours well enough and it really didn’t work together. I also got the Sunday roast and the Yorkshire pudding must have been sitting too long in the oven because it was crispy. Beef was good but it had a strange aftertaste. Broccoli was bland and literally just boiled and carrots were burned. Also for a place of this type, I was surprised that when I requested still water which for restaurants always means bottled water, I received tap water. Additionally the water wasn’t poured for us. Also we were missing a menu in one of the menu holders. The service wasn’t very good despite the place being almost empty. For a place that looks really really cool, the restaurant would really do with improving their quality, both food and service wise.

What a great find. We were looking for somewhere to go before heading to Musselburgh Races and this suited us perfectly. Looked like the sort of place I would like but wasn’t expecting such high standards of cleanliness, service and food. The bacon roll is a simple thing but often is disappointing. This was delicious. No fat, no grease and full of flavour. The locals are lucky to have this to go to regularly.

Excellent food and service, relaxed atmosphere, good selection on menu, tray bake and scones are delicious. Also often visit for a coffee after using the gym.