Monkfish Satay
Chop House Market Street

Chop House Market Street

Arch 15 East Market Street, Edinburgh I-EH8 8FS, United Kingdom

Fish • Pasta • British • Steakhouse


"Came here on Christmas Eve for dinner and was unfortunately not impressed. We had a table reservation and expected to be seated in reasonable time, but was left waiting in the bar area for 25 30 minutes before being seated without any apology. For our mains, we ordered the Monkfish Satay and the Steak Sourdough. The monkfish was both fishy (a sign of it being unfresh) and under seasoned. The satay sauce was decent but did not add anything to the dish. The kimchi salt fries just tasted like regular fries with no flavour and made us think we had covid (got a test the day after and we were negative). The steak was tough and the sourdough was chewy. The straw fries were also too oily. For the sides, we had the Truffle Caesar salad, which was decent, and the Mac and cheese which again was tasteless. When it came to the bill we were asked to tip despite there already being a 10% service charge added. Having refused to add a tip and being told that service charge was not included, we were surprised with the 10% charge added to the card machine meaning that we ended up paying the extra 10% anyway. Unfortunately by the time we noticed this we had already paid. This review would’ve been 1 star, but for benefit of doubt, the place seemed understaffed and busy during this period and we didn’t get the main steak dishes that might have been better. Overall, not worth the money food was average at best and service left a lot to be desired."