Corstojohn Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Best the Auld Bell at Causwayside, and 2nd the Scotsman bar on Coburn street when a band is playing at the weekend. Worst...... Grapes bar Newington, if it is still called that. Agree with the Old Bell. Spend every Saturday night in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashauskis9 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Favourite: Cumberland Used to be favourite: St Vincent Cheap pint: Clark's Special mention for saving me from two hours of Downtown Abbey one Christmas Night: Wally Dug. You don't venture far from Dundas St then? :-) Good shout, 3 quality boozers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Best used to be the queens arms until they changed the set up Worst - the tam o shanter, busier in the morning than it is at night Special mention of disgust to any pub which charges more than 4 quid for a pint Your last sentence puts The Cumberland Bar in that category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Guildford Arms has always been pretty good whenever I've been in. Queen's Arms is the usual post match boozer if we're heading out in town after the game. Only criticism would be it's just a little bit small for the numbers. I'll occasionally stop off for a couple at The Hebrides bar on Market Street if I've got the train into town. The Pear Tree is great with it's beer garden but whenever I've been in the bar is always rammed because of the number of people in. Do they do table service these day? They should. Any bar has the potential to be good if they manage the folk they let in properly. Element on Rose Street is an example; nice, modern, classy looking place with a good selection of spirits. Edwards, Sportsters and The Chanter are the exact opposite. I have always like The Guilford Arms even if the bar area is quite small and it can get busy at weekends. Beer is a bit more expensive there but is well kept and the bar is beautifully decorated. Worst for me are the fake theme bars that occupy the tourist areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Are you talking about the one next to Acvies ground or the one on the back street up from the Bon Vivant that used to be a wee cocktail bar until they turned it back into a traditional boozer? Went in with the bursd expecting cocktails at 9pm on a Saturday and it had about 6 neds watching Sky Sports and generally making a nuisance of themselves. One up the back street. It doesn't have Sky Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgoJambo Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Your last sentence puts The Cumberland Bar in that category.Puts most pubs that sell anything non-generic into that category. There's a great variety of pubs in Edinburgh which cater for most needs -I'm not sure it's fair to say best or worst as it comes down to what you look for in a pub so I'll stick with like and dislike I like the Star Bar and Cumberland Bar in the new town, Carriers Quarters, The Oxford Bar, Blackfriars (although Black Bos was probably my favourite bar in Edinburgh) The Phoenix, The Baillie, Jolly Judge, Roseleaf, Tourmalet. One of the most disappointing pubs for me is Ryries. I grew up in the West End and when it was a stripped back no frills boozer it was great, especially on match days or when the mods would turn up of an evening. It's a depressing uncared for generic pub now, over-priced with no soul and a transient crowd. Biggest pub related gripe - TVs on for the sake of it. News 24 with subtitles! Just turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Beer and Skittles is fairly good. Special mention of disgust to any pub which charges more than 4 quid for a pint Special mention with a commendation for Beer & Skittles in that case. I've been in there once. I can't recall the (only) draught cider, but it was ?5.50 a pint. I switched to lager - which I don't really drink - as it was my mates round and I didn't want to sting him for a ?5.50 pint. I just ordered a Heineken, the same as him. ?4.90. Beer & Skittles can get tae as far as I'm concerned. That's just ripping the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 There are loads of good pubs/bars in Edinburgh but some I like are...Thomsons, The Oxford, The Cambridge, Teuchters, The Roseburn, The Golden Rule, The Fountain, Bennets, The Hanging Bat, The Queen's Arms, Cask and Barrell, The Blue Blazer, The Bow Bar, Clerks, Ox184, West Room...the list could go on. Crap ones include the tourist places in the Grassmarket/Royal Mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 One up the back street. It doesn't have Sky Sports. Must have been a different sports channel then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of The Cat Cafe Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Must be a wee while since you were last in Clarks. Nothing cheap about it now. Prices been going up every 6 months like clockwork! Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk LOl, yes, been a while. Used to be 20p/30p a pint cheaper than others and a good range of beers. Pretty unpretentious, but friendly atmosphere and some photos of old Hearts and Hibs teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of The Cat Cafe Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 You don't venture far from Dundas St then? :-) Good shout, 3 quality boozers. I like to be within staggering/crawling distance of my bed at the end end of the night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shapes Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 The golf tavern, Polwarth tavern, golden rule and the red squirrel are all favourites of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I was in Alexander Graham Bell last night. After I finished my last drink, I tried to be nice so I placed my glass down on the bar before a staff member sarcastically said "honestly?" and got out a spray and started cleaning it. Wtf?! Shite drink, shite atmosphere, shite staff. Will not be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I like the pubs in Stockbridge as well. Just a bit out the way for me. I used to really like the Rutland but it's been ruined since it's refit and change of management a couple of years ago. There's a bit of a lack of good places in the New Town but I quite like Bramble and Bar Soba. I like Rick's Bar as you're always guaranteed a comfortable seat and it's not full of dicks and noisy *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Stinkfinger Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I like the pubs in Stockbridge as well. Just a bit out the way for me. I used to really like the Rutland but it's been ruined since it's refit and change of management a couple of years ago. There's a bit of a lack of good places in the New Town but I quite like Bramble and Bar Soba. I like Rick's Bar as you're always guaranteed a comfortable seat and it's not full of dicks and noisy *****. Any pub your naw in is good enough in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamdub Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Stumbled across the thistle Street bar recently, cracking proper boozer in the city centre. I like beer and skittles too, smart sports bar. The Balmoral has to be one of the worst Popped in for a pint on Wednesday, a pint of Punk IPA ?5, you are having a laugh. Went into the Queens Arms had a couple of pints of Thrappledanger ?3.50 a pint, much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnybob72 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Pleasing that not a single George Street bar has been mentioned as good. If you drink anywhere there you would be as well getting a carry-out and sitting in Ikea with it. My faves Caf? Royal Guildford Arms Queens Arms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambogaz1968 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Scottish Beer Festival on now at The pleasance courtyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 The Hermitage in Morningside is a great bar. Without doubt the best in Morningside. I'd stretch to say Bruntsfield as well. The food is absolutely top notch. Very highly rated on Trip Advisor too. Actually won a Trip Advisor award for excellence in food, drink & service. Staff are very friendly and knowledgable about drink. Oh and the Hungarian barmaid - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muldoon74 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Was in a wee pub crawl the other week (opened a thread for recommendations).. IMO, Dickens, Diggers; the Golden Rule, the Amber Rose (my wife and I used to start our drinking sessions in there after her cancer check ups at the Western, 5 years all clear now), Ryries; Mathers; Ye Olde Golf Tavern and the Horseshoe are all great/ contenders fir best pubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I was in Alexander Graham Bell last night. After I finished my last drink, I tried to be nice so I placed my glass down on the bar before a staff member sarcastically said "honestly?" and got out a spray and started cleaning it. Wtf?! Shite drink, shite atmosphere, shite staff. Will not be back. I like that place, it's a Spoons so you know what you're getting before you go in. My pre-match ritual is to get off the train at Waverley, have a wander up there and have a few pints and a mixed grill in the wee raised seat section at the back left, and then walk up to Gorgie. It's a pretty relaxed atmosphere, there's WiFi and you can charge your phone if you're sat in the right place. I'd have said something to that staff member though, that's not on. I always take my empty pint to the bar, there is nothing wrong with that at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Port O' Leith. Cracking boozer. Anything west of Haymarket is absolutely dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westbow Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 out of desperation on way to get taxi home I went in Montpelier's, Merlin then canny mans. **** sake. Wankier and wankier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westbow Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 The bell is pretty good tho. Always get a seat, no music, no yahs, no neds, no underagers. Pity the guy doesn't come round with Sunday Mail late on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilson's Shank Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Port O' Leith. Cracking boozer. Anything west of Haymarket is absolutely dire. Mary Morriarty is a one off , did not spend a fortune on decor but ran a good shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Best: The Good Companions, Stratfords Bar & Bistro Worst: Most George St establishments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Every time I came up to Edinburgh the only pub I went in was the Grey Horse Inn on Dalkeith Rd. Most people will say it's a shithole (or was after it was done up) but I was always felt welcome coming from London. Saying that I've not been in there or to Edinburgh in 5 years now. Full of so called Hibs casuals firing shan gear up there beaks, always has been therefore a toilet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Mary Morriarty is a one off , did not spend a fortune on decor but ran a good shop She really did a great job. Never any bother despite having plenty rough and ready punters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 The bell is pretty good tho. Always get a seat, no music, no yahs, no neds, no underagers. Pity the guy doesn't come round with Sunday Mail late on Saturday. Exactly. It's sometimes a bit busy in the afternoon, especially on a Saturday, but it's pretty chilled out, and overall it's a decent place to go. Food is decent as well, but that's pretty much universal with Wetherspoons. You know what you're getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williejamiesonlesftfoot Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 out of desperation on way to get taxi home I went in Montpelier's, Merlin then canny mans. **** sake. Wankier and wankier.Hermitage is where its at in Morningside mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Lincs Jambo Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Used to frequent the Antiquary in St Stephen's St late 70s early 80s. Great boozer back then - anyone know what it's like these days?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Used to frequent the Antiquary in St Stephen's St late 70s early 80s. Great boozer back then - anyone know what it's like these days?? Went a few times a couple of years back. Their beer wasn't great, it was pretty empty and you had the impression they weren't that bothered. A shame really, as the location is just brilliant. Maybe my experiences weren't typical, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulleted_jambo Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 The Hermitage in Morningside is a great bar. Without doubt the best in Morningside. I'd stretch to say Bruntsfield as well. The food is absolutely top notch. Very highly rated on Trip Advisor too. Actually won a Trip Advisor award for excellence in food, drink & service. Staff are very friendly and knowledgable about drink. Oh and the Hungarian barmaid - Shame they got rid of sky though. Used to like it for the football. Still a good boozer but almost trying to be a restaurant at times now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Not been in it for a few years but I used to drink in The Golden Rule when I stayed in Yeaman place and thought it was a brilliant pub. Used to like the old Findlays in St Andrews square (Its a KFC now) had many a session in there after work on a Friday afternoon. Worst: The Gauntlet in Broomhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 The bell is pretty good tho. Always get a seat, no music, no yahs, no neds, no underagers. Pity the guy doesn't come round with Sunday Mail late on Saturday. The bell is okay apart from the moron Tennents lager drinkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Best: The Good Companions, Stratfords Bar & Bistro Worst: Most George St establishments The Good Companions. Are you having a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 They are (or used to be) called bars in Edinburgh. Not pubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Port O' Leith. Cracking boozer. Port is firmly filed alongside Broafields for me. See my earlier post. Had some great nights In there, also had totally unprovoked hassle a couple of times too. The most recent being last Friday. The time before an absolute nailed on fight between my group and a bunch who'd instigated the entire thing, was only prevented by a separate fight kicking off inside and them all wading into that. Chuck in a boy asking me if I wanted my ****** sucked while I was in the bog, and another trying to punt me heroin in the same bog, and it's miles off the top boozer in town. I'm no prude, I'm the polar opposite, and through an ex working there I've been in the port hundreds of times. It's about as hit and miss as you can get. As likely to get a ride (mate actually got a threesome there one night) as you are to get a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I used to live in St Stephens Street and there were many, many cracking pubs within staggering distance. Favourites for me (20 years ago) were: St Vincents Baillie Stockbridge Bar Antiquary Cumberland Clarks Further afield, the Bow Bar was often a favourite as well as Cloisters. Those were the days of a choice of lager or 80. Always tried to find somewhere selling a good Deuchars. I imagine it has all changed now. Oh and further back, Lauries Bar in Tollcross was right under my first flat. Is it now Brauhaus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Port is firmly filed alongside Broafields for me. See my earlier post. Had some great nights In there, also had totally unprovoked hassle a couple of times too. The most recent being last Friday. The time before an absolute nailed on fight between my group and a bunch who'd instigated the entire thing, was only prevented by a separate fight kicking off inside and them all wading into that. Chuck in a boy asking me if I wanted my ****** sucked while I was in the bog, and another trying to punt me heroin in the same bog, and it's miles off the top boozer in town. I'm no prude, I'm the polar opposite, and through an ex working there I've been in the port hundreds of times. It's about as hit and miss as you can get. As likely to get a ride (mate actually got a threesome there one night) as you are to get a fight. I like the pub but it has a very mixed bunch of regulars, it is quite popular with a large gay crowd and some career alcoholics. A good friend was killed a couple of years ago after meeting a couple of dodgy types in there, but for some reason I don't blame the pub, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17563588 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 The Good Companions. Are you having a laugh. Correct, I'm having a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well done folk saying the Grapes is Sh1te. Full of Celtic scum. Used to like a sly half in the old port Hamilton tavern before the last bus! [emoji1] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 The Hermitage in Morningside is a great bar. Without doubt the best in Morningside. I'd stretch to say Bruntsfield as well. The food is absolutely top notch. Very highly rated on Trip Advisor too. Actually won a Trip Advisor award for excellence in food, drink & service. Staff are very friendly and knowledgable about drink. Oh and the Hungarian barmaid - Great pub. Does some decent music on a Saturday night as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Tony's Cellar Bar! Sandy Bells Bannermans Is Oddfellows still there? Not back in Edinburgh much these days Used to work for the Cooncil and we always had a few staright from work on a Friday at the Malt Shovel or the place next door - can't remeber the name The Stable Bar wass good for food and a quiet pint as was The Steasding up at Hillend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Used to frequent the Antiquary in St Stephen's St late 70s early 80s. Great boozer back then - anyone know what it's like these days?? I go there every and the Bailie every Christmas Eve. Both good places, although the Antiquary does seem more quiet each passing year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchy frog Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 The Southsider is both the best and worst pub depending on whether I'm there or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stew mc Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Correct, I'm having a laugh. Aye, shithole but its our shithole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbank2 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 The Hermitage in Morningside is a great bar. Without doubt the best in Morningside. I'd stretch to say Bruntsfield as well. The food is absolutely top notch. Very highly rated on Trip Advisor too. Actually won a Trip Advisor award for excellence in food, drink & service. Staff are very friendly and knowledgable about drink. Y Oh and the Hungarian barmaid - It's turned into a gastropub. Fine if you like that kind of thing. A bit ponsey though. The Waiting Room and Bennets are far better pubs. The Canny Mans is shite as is the Merlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 It's turned into a gastropub. Fine if you like that kind of thing. A bit ponsey though. The Waiting Room and Bennets are far better pubs. The Canny Mans is shite as is the Merlin. The eating seems to happen through the back. The bar has a nice selection of beers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'm aware I haven't volunteered a best pub answer (before I'm told 'mon then, you come out with one'), but that's purely because I'll drink anywhere and everywhere. The best pub for me is wherever I'm having a good night that night. However, some of the suggestions on this thread for the best pub are ridiculous I can hand on my heart say I'd rather have a pint in The Vine or The Annfield compared to some of the 'best' pubs on this thread. And they were just the first two tired old boozers that sprang to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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