Diners' Choice: Scottish restaurants in Edinburgh

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Updated July 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best overall Scottish cuisine in Edinburgh? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyzes more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favorites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

The Mussel and Steak Bar

4.7

4.7 (638)

£26 to £40

Scottish

Old Town

About the restaurant

The Mussel & Steak Bar is dedicated to serving high quality, fresh and locally sourced seafood & steaks, with warm service and welcoming surroundings. Our restaurant is located at the bottom of Victoria Street in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town, just a few steps from the historic Royal Mile. While enjoying the best mussels, oysters and steaks that Scotland has to offer, you can catch a glimpse of Edinburgh Castle from our window.
Our menu features classic seafood and steak favourites with seasonal Scottish specialties: fresh oysters, kilo pots of steamed mussels, shellfish platters and delicious matured Scotch beef steaks. Sourced from the West to North coast of Scotland you can expect to find seafood specials of lobsters, crabs, langoustines and scallops.

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Simone

Dined on Jul 22, 2025

We loved the Food and ambiance at this Nice restaurant!

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Sticky Toffee Pudding

Skyline Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (2168)

£26 to £40

Scottish

Edinburgh

About the restaurant

Located on the top floor of the Main Stand at Edinburgh's iconic Tynecastle Park Stadium.

Sit back and relax as our team proudly present a celebration of seasonal ingredients and flavours in our recently renovated premises. From starters to desserts, every dish has been carefully crafted to showcase excellent local produce.

We’re a family-friendly restaurant with children’s menus available.

Since opening in 2020, we’ve become a favourite to locals and visitors alike - recently claiming a place in OpenTable's UK Top 100 Restaurants for 2023 and winning Best Restaurant in the 2023 Radio Forth Awards.

Our restaurant is open for breakfast seven days a week, and open Thursday to Sunday for lunch and dinner (last seating at 5pm on Sunday). Booking is essential.

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John

Dined 5 days ago

Food was excellent, very tasty, staff were very friendly and engaging, a great visit and will be back again.

The Broughton

4.8

4.8 (51)

£25 and under

Scottish

Edinburgh

About the restaurant

A Warm Welcome Awaits The Broughton is everyone’s favourite local, situated on vibrant Broughton St, in the heart of Scotland’s Capital Warm, cosy and welcoming, we’re dedicated to delivering the finest food and drink in Edinburgh’s gastropub scene. Perfectly poured pints, fine wines, innovative cocktails and delicious food fit for all occasions. Come pay us a visit, we guarantee you the warmest of welcomes

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ScottVIP

Dined 4 days ago

Exceptional experience, Our meals were all amazing and the staff were all exceptional

The Canny Man's

4.7

4.7 (602)

£25 and under

Scottish

Morningside

About the restaurant

"The Canny Man's in Morningside is an Edinburgh institution established in 1871 and passed down through 5 generations of the Kerr family. As famous chef Rick Stein said 'The Canny Man's is the best pub in the world.'
The establishment is well known far and wide for it’s quirky nature and ‘never’ changing décor. The interior sees every nook and cranny filled with everything from moose heads to muskets, sheet music to stuffed animals. A genuinely one of a kind bar and restaurant. The restaurant specialises in the best Scottish produce with a strong focus on local suppliers. Alongside this they have a well stocked gantry of over a 200 malt whiskies and a large wine list. The Canny Man's is very much a unique experience in Edinburgh and not to be missed."

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Janet

Dined on Jul 13, 2025

Absolutely the Best pub in Edinburgh also fab food great service and brilliant wines

Cardinal

4.7

4.7 (50)

£41 and over

Scottish

Edinburgh

About the restaurant

Cardinal is a relaxed fine dining restaurant from chef Tomás Gormley. Located in Edinburghs historic New Town Cardinal offers a modern approach to Scottish cooking.

With a wide range of local and sustainable suppliers at our doorstep, from our Lobsters and Crabs at Belhaven Lobsters in Dunbar to our vegetables and Native breed meats at Free Company Farm in Balerno we’re lucky to be taking advantage of Scotlands unique and unrivalled natural larder.

Cooking over coals helps add an extra layer of flavour to whatever we’re cooking on them, it’s more intuitive and engaging as cooks and we feel like that comes through on the plate.

Tasting menus are our bread and butter but we also offer a pre fixe three course.

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Martin

Dined 4 days ago

Absolutely wonderful. Staff were friendly and food was fantastic. Not cheap but value for money and will definitely be going back.

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Experience

Tasting Menu

Experience

Seasonal Three-Course

Skua

4.8

4.8 (56)

£26 to £40

Scottish

Edinburgh

About the restaurant

Skua is a small basement restaurant and bar located on St Stephen street in Stockbridge. The food menu, led by Head Chef James Aikman, is seasonal, refined, well balanced and innovative. Drawing from a large library of pickled and fermented produce year round the kitchen team offers dishes that punch well above their weight and are produced in an exceptionally small space, visible to guests as they enter the restaurant. The cocktail programme, spearheaded by Jacob Thunder is equally innovative and playful with a regularly rotating selection of house favourites as well as the classics available on request. Skua has been listed in the Michelin Guide and The Good Food Guide since its opening year in 2023.

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andrewVIP

Dined on Jul 16, 2025

An outstanding experience start to finish. I highly recommend it.

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Experience

Drinks and Bar Snacks Only

Merchants

4.7

4.7 (143)

£26 to £40

Scottish

Old Town

About the restaurant

Merchants serves Scottish cuisine in one of the most bustling areas of Edinburgh. Braised shin of beef, haggis and seared seabass are some of the dishes on an ever-changing menu, and the restaurant is happy to try and cater for any specific dietary requirements. Situated at 17 Merchant Street, Merchants Restaurant is proud to use fresh, locally sourced produce in its dishes. Historic Edinburgh Castle is a nine-minute journey on foot and Greyfriars Kirkyard a mere two minutes walk. Most importantly, we are dog friendly.

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Ajit

Dined on Jul 18, 2025

A hidden Gem of a restaurant which we wouldn’t have found otherwise. Outstanding service with a cheerful smile (Jessie deserves a special mention), delicious food and a wide variety of drinks on the menu. The decor is simple, yet charming. We had Risotto and Cod for mains, both excellent!!

Monteiths

4.5

4.5 (1997)

£26 to £40

Scottish

The Royal Mile

About the restaurant

Monteiths bar & restaurant is nestled in a fairy-lit close in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. The award winning venue is located on the historic Royal Mile and combines chic cocktail bar with intimate restaurant. A favourite of locals and visitors alike, Monteiths is a must for relaxed dining and innovative cocktails.

Monteiths is by the team behind the White Horse Oyster Bar, and Chop House

Due to licensing restrictions Monteiths cannot accept children under the age of 5 at any time. Children aged 15 & under can be admitted until 10pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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Lesley-Anne

Dined 3 days ago

Love this place !! It’s our special wee go to place !! The roast dinner was amazing as are the cocktails !!! See you again at Christmas 🙌🏻

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Commons Club Bar & Restaurant

4.6

4.6 (114)

£26 to £40

Scottish

Old Town

About the restaurant

The Commons Club Restaurant offers the best bites in Scotland. Where every plate is a culinary journey – from the cobbled streets of Edinburgh to the wild heart of the Highlands. Here, everyone ends their meal with an empty plate and a full heart.

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Tammy

Dined on Jul 19, 2025

Excellent restaurant with wonderful atmosphere and great service! Nice respite from the busyness of Victoria’s St and The Royal Mile

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Experience

Afternoon Tea

Angels with Bagpipes

4.7

4.7 (4353)

£26 to £40

Scottish

Old Town

About the restaurant

Having opened its doors in 2010, Angels with Bagpipes quickly established itself as one of the finest restaurants to have graced Edinburgh’s most iconic and historic street, The Royal Mile. With upmost pride in sourcing fresh Scottish ingredients.
Mixing an atmospheric Old Town setting with chic, contemporary looks, the restaurant reflects many of the city’s most defining features. With a humble facade nestled in the beautiful 17th century building, rich tones of bronze and marble cascade throughout the two tiers of Angels with Bagpipes.
Angels with Bagpipe’s kitchen has gained a glowing reputation in a city abundant with restaurants of the highest standards. Sourcing the best produce and ingredients, allowing the quality to shine through their elegant dishes. By blending innovative and traditional techniques, their menu is fresh and exciting throughout all seasons

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Lara

Dined 2 days ago

Amazing experience at angels with bagpipes. They were so accommodating, and I will continue to recommend to friends.

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