Edinburgh Restaurants

  1. Fishers Bistro

    This cosy little bar-turned-restaurant, tucked beneath a 17th-century signal tower, is one of the city's best seafood spots. The menu changes with the morning's catch, but there are a few regulars. Fishers' fishcakes are an Edinburgh institution, crisp on the outside, filled with flaky salmon and creamy mashed potato, and served with lemon and chive mayonnaise.

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  2. Fishers In The City

    This sleeker, more sophisticated version of the famous Fishers Bistro in Leith , with granite-topped tables, warm yellow walls and a nautical theme, specialises in superior Scottish seafood - knowledgeable and efficient staff serve up plump and succulent oysters, meltingly sweet scallops, and sea bass grilled to perfection.

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  3. Loch Fyne

    Housed in the old Victorian fish market building next to Newhaven harbour, this stylish restaurant and seafood deli serves up spectacular shellfish platters (around £40 , enough for two people) of fresh oysters, mussels, scallops, clams, cockles, crab, lobster and langoustines, as well as sustainably fished or farmed salmon, prawns, cod, halibut and haddock.

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  4. Mckirdy's Steakhouse

    The McKirdy brothers - owners of a local butcher's business established in 1895 - have cut out the middleman and now run one of Edinburgh's best steakhouses, with friendly staff serving starters, such as haggis with Drambuie sauce, and juicy, perfectly cooked steaks from rump to T-bone, accompanied by mustard mash or crispy fries. There's a kids' menu, and you can get a two-course early dinner (until ) for around £11 .

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  5. Mussel Inn

    Owned by west coast shellfish farmers, the Mussel Inn provides a direct outlet for fresh Scottish seafood. A busy, informal restaurant decorated with bright beech wood furniture, its tables spill out onto the pavement in summer. A kilo pot of mussels with a choice of sauces - try leek, horseradish, cider and cream - costs around £11 .

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  6. Waterfront Wine Bar & Grill

    The Waterfront is a cosy warren of timber-lined nooks and crannies housed in a single-storey red-brick building (once a waiting room for ferries across the Firth of Forth), with a bright and airy conservatory and outdoor tables on a floating terrace in the dock. The menu is dominated by seafood, from fresh oysters and crisp fishcakes to organic salmon and cod, but there are juicy Scottish steaks too.

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