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Merchants Restaurant Summary
- Address: 17 Merchant Street, (off Candlemaker Row), Edinburgh, EH1 2QD (Map)
- Tel: +44 (0)131 225 4009
- E-mail: Click here to contact
- Cuisine(s): British, Scottish
- Opening Times:
Mon - Fri: Lunch until 14:00 Dinner until 22:00
Sat: Dinner until 22:00 - Avg Price: £35.00
- Reservations: Book this restaurant online
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for a full meal, drinks/wine and service/tip.)
Merchants Restaurant Description
Merchants has a long-standing reputation for various forms of catering in Scotland; its handsome and well-respected restaurant at the very heart of Edinburgh Old Town is an important part of the empire. Emphasis is on Scottish ingredients and dishes, but by no means excluding a wider spread on the daily changing menu. An attractively arranged wheel of Angus beef (and when we were there the beef gave every evidence of having been treated properly prior to cooking) comes well-dressed with an Arran mustard coat, or a filo pastry generously filled with guinea fowl and black grapes, and some very good soups all appear regularly amongst the starters. Main courses are comfortable rather than exciting and may include a fillet of Angus beef on a bed of haggis and glazed with a whisky sauce, crown of quail filled with an orange stuffing, served with a smoked bacon and mushroom sauce, or a pan-fried fillet of trout with an anchovy and Provencale sauce. Service can be a touch patchy but when it's on form it's very good, and the overall quality of the operation is never in doubt.
Fixed Lunch
- £10.50 (2 courses) to £12.50 (3 courses)
Fixed Dinner
- £21.50 (2 courses) to £24.95 (3 courses)
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Your Reviews of Merchants Restaurant
Robin Gower (18 July 2005)
Quite tricky to find, the restaurant is very much in the style of a French bistro. Atmosphere is relaxed, often with many people at large tables, but just as comfortable for a couple. Service is reasonable but...the food! The food is poor at best, and to say it is overpriced is an understatement in the extreme. Both my wife and I 'enjoyed' extremely average starters and poor desserts, but the main course! Our venison was tougher than any well-done rump steak I have tasted, and was devoid of any tangible flavour. It is a great shame because it has the potential to be a lovely restaurant. Way, way overpriced (we paid c. £50 per head for 3 courses each, a so-called cheeseboard, a bottle of average white and a couple of brandies). Avoid.
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Additional Info for Merchants Restaurant
Children welcome
Groups allowed- Air conditioning
- Outside seating
- Reservations
- Cover Charge
- House red: £10.95
- House white: £10.95
- Service charge: Not included
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