Chop House Bruntsfield

People are excellent, but if you don't arrive early or make a reservation they don't have a problem turning you away. However this makes for better attention to those there. Cocktails were excellently prepared. Our favorite was the edelweiss gimlet. Starters were also excellent, we had the fried shrimp and the oysters in half shell. Oysters were fresh and absolutely delicious. The best I've had. We also had the truffle Caeser salad and it was also absolutely delicious. Perfect balance of flavors, crisp romaine just beautiful. The unfortunate part that pains me to write is the meat was sadly not up to par. It was neither well prepared, seasoned nor believably aged or cut as advertised. It was as if they'd mixed up the eye of round for ribeye. Grisly, tough and generally a bit over cooked. The sirloin wasn't much better a generous amount of fat and grisel to trim away. Again this was very unfortunate as everything else, especially the people were absolutely 5 star.

Nice place and very excellent service, good attention to the customer. So almost perfect apart a couple of things: 1- we asked for a medium rear beef, arrived more cooked. 2- very long waiting time, not so adapt for impatiently children. But in the end, the manager is very professional, and he knows how to balance the possible nornal missing of a restaurant that could happen during the service. Thank you!

Had a great steak here. It's not cheap but it's really good! Particularly recommend the Fennel, caper and rocket side. The salted caramel chocolate dessert was also interesting and tasty. The service was attentive and friendly and the decor nicely balancing modern with the traditional building. Will almost certainly return!

The char on the porterhouse was great! This is steak done right on the pan, better than sous vide. The sauces were also memorable. Our favourites were the blue cheese and the bone marrow sauce. The chimichurri helped cut away the monotony of beef, fries and the savoury sauces. It provided the tangy, spicy flavours necessary to finish the 800g steak. The best deal was that on Tuesdays, the porterhouse was going for £50 with 2 fries and 3 sauces, instead of the usual £80. The happy hour earl grey martini was also refreshing and a great pairing to cleanse the palette after the meal!