Caffé Borsa

Finally, Musselburgh has a bistro/​café to be genuinely excited about. The town has needed something like this for as long as I can remember. The décor is stylish and, more importantly, extremely comfortable — especially the large leather chairs we were sat in. I was there for breakfast and the pancakes and bacon I ordered was lovely. They use very high equality ingredients and the bacon they serve is delicious and perfectly cooked. It would have been nice to have had a fried egg served with it but I was courteously informed that they didn’t have a hot plate and was offered scrambled instead. My coffee was tasty, hot enough and served in a large enough quantity to keep me satisfied. In summary, lovely meal, excellent service and a gorgeous place to consume it, come highly recommended and I’m excited to see how it develops.

I love this place so much that I hate these guys! Haha now I’ve said that let me explain exactly what I mean.
For any of you that live or frequent Musselburgh you’ll know that it misses a certain little Je Né Sais Quoi it’s more established neighbour Portobello does. Sure we have our «Cafes» but nothing that oozes some sophistication. My partner and I have been saying for the past couple of years that we would love to open something like a café come bistro come wine bar. And damn it the guys of Caffé Borsa have beaten us to it.
Inside it has a lovely modern rustic feel to it. Chilled out music comfortable chairs etc. If only on the slightly smaller side otherwise it’s perfect. The menu strays from what you would usually expect from a café which is nice (see photo attached). They’re also extending their opening hours due to demand and requests from customers.
I had a Wayne’s World experience with my cappuccino which was so large I had to giggle. Their wholemeal bagels are lurrrrvely. I’m looking forward to coming back here with the man fella and sampling the wine bs sharing platters.
All I can say is ABOUT TIME MUSSELBURGH