Michael's Steak and Seafood Bar

Two minutes’ walk from Waverley Station, Michael’s is a popular steak and seafood restaurant in the heart of Edinburgh. Book now.

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Since opening in July 2015, Michael’s has proven popular with locals and tourists alike.

Michael Neave is an experienced young Scottish chef with a commitment to bringing Scotland’s wealth of natural produce to life for people to savour.

Taste buds are brought to life through skill, passion and pride in the finest Scottish ingredients.

Michael’s regularly receives positive reviews such as the one below: “Food is outstanding!

The versatility of the restaurant and separate events space makes it popular with couples, groups of friends and corporate customers.

http://www.michaelsteak.co.uk

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17 Jeffrey Street, now home to Michael’s Steak and Seafood Bar, has two strong connections to the publishing history of the city.

It was once the original home of Canongate Books , which is now happily tucked away in Tweeddale Court.

It’s also in the heart of the street named after Francis Jeffrey, who became the founding editor of literary magazine The Edinburgh Review in 1802.

It was in this pioneering publication that Francis reviewed a book of poetry by Felicia Hemans, and described her work as a “fine exemplification of Female poetry.”

At the time, women’s work was seen as trivial in comparison to their male counterparts, so it was fairly pioneering for him to celebrate the work of women writers and their “female genius.”

A hidden gem of a restaurant at the Fringe | Bill Oldfield

But, in order to overcome the daunting nature of such a large festival, I’d spent so much time planning my twelve hour days culture-hunting, that I’d totally forgotten to book any restaurants.

That is, until we came upon a restaurant that had only been open a couple of weeks and, as yet, hadn’t had time to build a reputation, good or otherwise.

On a similar premise that any half-decent restaurant has at least a half-decent house wine, as the place was called Michael’s Steak and Seafood Bar, that’s exactly what we ordered.

It might be worth trying soon because there must be a danger that, if you go to the Festival next August, it’ll have gone the way of so many other places that just churn out food for fuel.

Or perhaps, and I have some faith here, it’ll remain true to its principles and become as difficult to get into as so many of the other good restaurants in Edinburgh.

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I opted for the whitebait to start followed by island jerk salmon with the classic jerk.

My friends chose the squid and the kind prawns to start followed by the babi bak ribs, the mashup jerk chicken burger and the trenchtown goat curry.

The babi bak ribs were a colossus of meat and bone.

This was a really good value dish as the ribs had plenty of meat on them but my friend was unable to finish the dish.

The burger was also satisfying and came with a side of spicy fries (you can go for greens if you prefer, if you’re that kind of person).

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I chose the scallops, black pudding and pea purée followed by garlic toast rump of lamb.

On the other side of the table, the soup was full of depth and had roast granny smith apple pieces scattered across the top which added an interesting alternative to croutons.

It was a sticky toffee soufflé with salted caramel sauce and lemon shortbread.

The sauce came in a little jug so you could pour it into your soufflé if that’s your kind of thing.

Yup (mmmmm souffle) £75 for two starters, two mains, a dessert, a tea, one glass of wine and one cocktail

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The menu itself had lots of choice without being over facing and I settled on the onion tart to start, followed by aged beef sirloin.

The varying textures of onion worked well on top of a pastry strip.

The black garlic puree was outstanding and the small dollops of goats curd with herb oil nestled in small onion leaves was a graceful and clever touch.

Across the table, my friend had chosen my back up choice – apple, oat crumble with salted caramel ice cream and custard.

My friend doesn’t do desserts often and actually commented that she could have eaten that dessert all over again.