Style, Character and Ambience
a winning blend, giving our customers the best of both worlds and a fantastic ‘community’ feel.
a winning blend, giving our customers the best of both worlds and a fantastic ‘community’ feel.
We’ve got a great range of regular events for our customers, from charity car washes, quiz nights, coffee mornings for dogs (and their owners!), family fun days, wine tasting nights to cocktail master classes.
Find out what’s happening here
Graham Blaikie, owner of the Mercat Grill said: “It was such fantastic, positive news, finding out that we’d won during what is such a challenging and difficult time. The win really gave our team a great boast and we’re so delighted to be recognised for all the efforts we continually put into making the Mercat Grill a great place to come for dining.”
Keith Barbour, Chief Executive of the Midlothian & East Lothian Chamber of Commerce said: “Many congratulations to Graham and his team at the Mercat Grill for their success in winning the award for ‘Pub/Bistro of the Year’ at the Midlothian and East Lothian Food and Drink Awards 2019/20.
“The competition in this category was exceptional this year, proving the quality of our hospitality sector throughout our area. The judges were looking for an overall degree of excellence in staff knowledge, quality of service, great food offering, range of beers, wines and spirits, warm and friendly atmosphere – and in all aspects, the Mercat Grill shone through and thoroughly deserve their award.”
We hope you’re doing well. We’re delighted to let you know that we’re open now and we’d love you to join us and get into the festive spirit with our special 3-course Christmas menu for only £25pp!
We are fully booked for Christmas Day, but you can certainly get into festive mode as we dish up our sensational seasonal festive dishes from 12:00 until 18:15 every day from today until Wednesday 23rd December. And now, for those who wish, you can indulge in a festive drink with your meal!
Simply pre-book on 0131 665 3354 and we ask for a £10pp deposit to secure your booking.
If you need to cancel or we have to close or alter your booking due to the changing situation with regulations, surrounding COVID-19 we’ll issue a Mercat Grill voucher for the amount paid. Currently, we can only take bookings of up to six people (in total) from a maximum of two households, for indoor dining and we need to have customers departing our premises by 20:00.
Our Festive Opening Hours Are;
9 – 24 Dec (12-8pm – last food orders 6:15pm)
25 Dec – Fully Booked
26 & 27 Dec – (12-5pm – last food orders 3:30pm)
28 – 31 Dec (12-8pm – last food orders 6:15pm)
1 & 2 Jan (12-5pm – last food orders 3:30pm)
3 Jan (12-8pm – last food orders 6:15pm)
We are continuing to do everything within our power to keep you safe, when you join us at the Mercat Grill. Please note – with the changing situation with Covid 19 – our plans detailed may change, as we follow the Scottish Government’s guidance.
We have taken the decision to close our doors from 4 January and plan to reopen in February. We wish you a wonderful, happy & healthy Christmas and New Year. We really do hope we see you here at the Mercat Grill, for some festive cheer this month or in the early part of 2021! Thanks a million for all your support in what has been a truly challenging year. We appreciate every kind comment and visit.
Take good care,
Graham Blaikie
Owner of the Mercat Grill
Our latest newsletter is out! Packed with lots of great news about everything from our reopening, festive menu, Christmas Day bookings, new business hub, our new winter garden plans to our professional doggy photoshoot for charity on 21st Nov! Read all about it and more here….https://mailchi.mp/…/the-mercat-grills-latest-news-589378
Although we’ve had to close our doors to those dining with us at present – we’re offering our full menu on a take-away basis (for collection or delivery) and just added two new doggy dishes for our four-legged friends – to help raise funds for the Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home. We’re also collecting items donated by all our take-away customers and matching these donations for the East Lothian Foodbank. And for those of you in need of full fry up – we’ve launched our new Sunday morning ‘Breakfast Box’!
On the food for fido front – there’s two new dishes available, when you order from the take-away menu with a choice of tasty homemade chicken or beef stew for £7.50. And to wash it down, there’s also ‘Snuffles’ dog beer available for £3 per bottle! All profits will go to the Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home, to help support their vital work at this particularly challenging time.
We’ve also launched our ‘Breakfast Box’ for those of you who fancy a fry up – all prepared and available for collection every Sunday morning between 9am and 11:15am. This top quality, tasty breakfast is a real feast and comprises; bacon, free range eggs, Lorne sausages, Stornoway black pudding, link sausages, hash browns, potato scones, beans and two buttered rolls. Priced at £15 – these are generous portion sizes, sufficient for two adults. Simply order by 9pm the night before.
The owner, Graham Blaikie said: “After closing our doors to diners on 9th October, our take-away service is back on the menu for our customers! We just want to keep on trading to the best of our ability in order to keep our business ticking over and retain our staff through these tough times. We also still really want to make a difference to local charities – and as we’ve not been able to hold any of our doggy events since lockdown started, we wanted to help support the Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home through this initiative.
“Our aim will be to donate around £5 per doggy dish to the charity. And with our take-away service – customers can leave donations for the foodbank on their doorstep and when we deliver their take-away, we’ll collect these and match any donations made, to help those most in need.”
Take-Away Timings
Thursday – Deliveries from 4pm – 8pm
Friday – Deliveries from 4pm – 9pm
Saturday – Deliveries from 4pm – 9pm
Sunday – Collection of Breakfast Box 9-11:15am & Deliveries from 1pm – 7pm
To book please call 0131 665 3354.
Hello,
We hope this finds you well and you’re keeping safe. In light of the Scottish Government’s announcement yesterday – it’s with a heavy heart that we need to close our family run bar & restaurant from 6pm tomorrow 9th October until 25th October, to customers coming in to drink & dine.
However, we are delighted to let you know, that as from 16:00 tomorrow, our full take-away service is back on the menu! And we’ll be offering some of your favourite home-made dishes as well as our special kid’s menu – direct to your door* or for you to collect from us, if you prefer!
We’ve also got a superb range of drinks, from wines, craft beers, whiskies to gin and soft drinks.
Our take-away food is available for delivery or collection from Thursday to Sunday with last orders 30 minutes before, the times mentioned below;
Thursday – Deliveries from 4pm – 8pm
Friday – Deliveries from 4pm – 9pm
Saturday – Deliveries from 4pm – 9pm
Sunday – Deliveries from 1pm – 7pm
Orders can be placed from 12 noon – simply call us on 0131 665 3354. You can pay over the phone or with the exact money when we deliver.
We really hope we can bring a bit of the good old Mercat Grill cheer and great, homemade cuisine into your homes at this challenging time for all of us.
Take very good care and thank you for your support.
With best wishes,
Graham Blaikie
Owner of the Mercat Grill
*We will be delivering to Whitecraig, Wallyford, selected areas of Dalkeith, Musselburgh & Inveresk. Other areas available on request (depending on driver availability) such as Tranent, Prestonpans, Port Seton. Delivery charge starts from £2.50 & minimum order is £15.
Woo hoo – our latest newsletter has been lovingly produced for you. Our main story is about the world record attempt, for the largest viewing of a whisky tasting online- being streamed live from here at the Mercat Grill this Friday (4th September) at 20:30 GMT. See all the details by clicking here.
Could you please help us plan our exciting reopening by taking our short, 3-min survey? Your feedback is so important to us!
Click on https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FSFX9ZJ.
All returned survey entries will be entered into a prize draw, with one winner picked at random to win a bottle of wine & nachos (over 18s only).
Survey closing date is next Monday 22 June.
Thanks so much in advance.
Our latest newsletter is out! Check it out here with updates on our live, online whisky event tomorrow night (8th May), our food donations & how you can get involved…Take care lovely folks…https://mailchi.mp/b99…/the-mercat-grills-latest-news-519942
10 Whitecraig Road
Whitecraig
Nr. Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 8PG
Daily from 12pm-10pm
except Tuesdays
Food is served:
12-9pm
We love dogs and they’re most welcome at the Mercat Grill. We have dog beers, gourmet treats for your best friend and great dog walks nearby in East Lothian.
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