China Star Restaurant

China Star has occupied its West Maitland Street premises close to Haymarket station for many years, operating as a sit-down restaurant and takeaway with a full Cantonese and Mandarin menu. The kitchen covers the familiar range — duck, crispy beef, king prawns, and a broad selection of noodle and rice dishes — plus a dim sum-style lunchtime service on weekday middays. Reviewers on Tripadvisor number around 160, with a broadly average score reflecting a kitchen that delivers consistently rather than especially. The Mongolian crispy lamb and the king prawn with black bean sauce are mentioned most often in positive write-ups. The kitchen runs late into the evening, making it one of the later-night Chinese options in this part of Edinburgh. Table service is available alongside takeaway and delivery, which is relatively unusual for this price point on the Haymarket strip. A practical neighbourhood Chinese that does what it says on the menu.