The best restaurants serving Irish food in Edinburgh and Lothian

Fortunate to get reservations at O'CONNORS last minute. Management kindly helped us out. My background is in hospitality, and I can Honestly say this my favourite restaurant to date. Excellent looking menu, reasonably priced. Quirky, warm & welcoming place, with excellent staff. In view of the kitchen, watching the chef's dishing up there delicious creations. Armagh lady was serving us, a delight to speak to. Starters,chicken wings & japanse style gougons. Unreal, Perfect starters, large portions 2 Ribeyes, cooked to our likely, mouthwatering is an understatement. Make Reservations for this place.. Unfortunately no photos left our phones at home, on date night. Thankyou yo all staff front & back of house. M Tohill

Came for a drink after visiting Victoria Street and ordered the haggis loaded tater tots. They were absolutely delicious and the best haggis I’d had in my trip to Edinburgh. Could’ve ordered it again 10 times over. Great atmosphere and can tell that if there was any sport on then it’d be a great place to come to.

I ordered a panini and coffee. The panini was badly packaged and fell out of the bag, which wasn’t really big enough for it. On bending down to pick it up, I spilt half of my ‘milk on the side’. As the queue was very long I didn’t bother to go back and complain, just ate the sandwich, hoping it hadn’t acquired any nasty microbes from the floor. It was quieter by the time I left so I spoke to a member of staff – I think her name was Debbie. She handled things magnificently, like a seasoned diplomat – apologised charmingly, said she would pass on the details of my complaint to make sure this kind of thing didn’t happen again, and gave me a free coffee and a cinnamon bun – although I hadn’t asked for anything. Thank you, Debbie.