Hound Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 What about the crofters that is a dodgy place IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Oak in Corstorphine wasn't half ran in to the ground over a few years before closing last month. Shame really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Oak in Corstorphine wasn't half ran in to the ground over a few years before closing last month. Shame really. When I lived in Clerwood I often walked down and had a couple of pints before dinner, always thought it was a really nice old style pub. Many years ago as it is hard to believe it dropped that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butch Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Omans at peffermill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 When I lived in Clerwood I often walked down and had a couple of pints before dinner, always thought it was a really nice old style pub. Many years ago as it is hard to believe it dropped that bad. Being gentrified I believe Bob. Reopening as a Bar and Grill complete with a name change. Hadn't been great for a long time. Didn't help that a big Wetherspoon hotel opened next door to it. Might of been Dingwalls furniture store when you lived here? That's the first thing I remember it as anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robroy1874 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Southsider has to be a contender. According to pub-guide legend, an eclectic mix of colourful south-side locals and university students. Maybe (and I'm not convinced) that was true 25-30 years ago... In reality (last time I was there 2 years ago) the bar area is a cheerless dirty hovel populated by jakeballs, one of whom was going around the tables asking if anyone wanted to buy DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolfordsHearts Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Oak in Corstorphine wasn't half ran in to the ground over a few years before closing last month. Shame really. That IS a shame. I used to travel through regular to it before games 10/11 years ago and it had lot of good Hearts guys in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Royal bottom of Moredunvale Road. Dive My Cop mates have told me a few stories about this place. Apparently when meat is stolen from the Scotmind in the Inch, they head to this pub to catch the person selling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Omans at peffermill Another quite nice wee pub in the past days. I have a wee story about a burglar alarm there one night. We attended the manager let us in, no sign of any problems, but somebody suggested we check the cellar in case it was a lock in situation., The big heavy trap door was lifted and I started down the stairs, the managers dog bumped the trap door, and it came down and banged my head, I got a fair cut above my eye. The guys gave me a run up to the old RIE, and while I was in there the sergeant and the inspector came, it was like two vacuum cleaners sniffing my breath to see if I had been drinking in the pub. Unfortunaterly I had been injured to early to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Please, someone mention the International Bar (the IB) at Tollcross. It's horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Morgan - just for you the International Bar at Tollcross! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 What's the Marksman on Duke Street like? It looks a right dive from outside; the look of the smokers who stand outside does nothing to help this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Ferry boat. End of thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Vine in leith was interesting back in the day, has it yuppified yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Southsider was mentioned, I was in there on Saturday, didnt think it was that bad tbh, mind you wouldnt go out my way to head there, from there we headed to Holyrood 9A, had a few pints of Pilot Mochaccino, a milk coffee flavoured stout, absolutely superb. http://pilotbeer.co.uk/?avada_portfolio=pilot-mochaccino-stout&portfolioCats=15%2C13%2C14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 What's the Marksman on Duke Street like? It looks a right dive from outside; the look of the smokers who stand outside does nothing to help this. It fair to say that it's as good as it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester™ Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Vine in leith was interesting back in the day, has it yuppified yet ?No. The worst bar in Leith is the Spey. No doubt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56anawthat Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Oxford Bar. Rebus banter or not that is a crap wee pub. Used to go there sometimes when Willie Ross was the publican. A proper drinker's bar - I think there was one heavy beer on tap, and a collection of whiskies behind the bar, along with the obligatory "don't ask for Babycham - we do not stock it" notice. Literary types propping up the bar, looking as if they would fall over if they let go. Got thrown out once when one of my colleagues (a lawyer and a New Town yuppie) inadvisedly asked for a sweet sherry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Ferry boat. End of thread.This [emoji38] That place is unreal. Always busy though. Sent from my VFD 600 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Morgan - just for you the International Bar at Tollcross! Cheers Stuart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavsy Van Gaverson Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The west of Edinburgh is shite for pubs nowadays. Hardly any left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfc_steve Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 No. The worst bar in Leith is the Spey. No doubt about it. ... otherwise know as the Star Wars bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester™ Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 ... otherwise know as the Star Wars bar Its probably worse. My mates and I frequently drink in Leith and usually take in a few pubs down Leith Walk. They always go in there. I take a detour and meet them in the Central. Not a chance you'll catch me in the Spey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Anyone remember the Ivanhoe in South St David's St? All the paraffin lamps/jakeballs of the day used to be in there guttered. Once saw about 8 of them having a battle but they were all so pished they were just leaning on each other or falling down. One of the funniest things I seen. No idea why but 4 or 5 of us (office worker sorts) used to go in their most Fridays for an hour or so (maybe the beer was quite good, certainly cheap). Total dump though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Anyone remember the Ivanhoe in South St David's St? All the paraffin lamps/jakeballs of the day used to be in there guttered. Once saw about 8 of them having a battle but they were all so pished they were just leaning on each other or falling down. One of the funniest things I seen. No idea why but 4 or 5 of us (office worker sorts) used to go in their most Fridays for an hour or so (maybe the beer was quite good, certainly cheap). Total dump though. Was that the place that became Rakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Anyone remember the Ivanhoe in South St David's St? All the paraffin lamps/jakeballs of the day used to be in there guttered. Once saw about 8 of them having a battle but they were all so pished they were just leaning on each other or falling down. One of the funniest things I seen. No idea why but 4 or 5 of us (office worker sorts) used to go in their most Fridays for an hour or so (maybe the beer was quite good, certainly cheap). Total dump though.I had a summer job in the Scottish Provident and we used to go in there.Never seemed that bad to me TBH although I think it also had a reputation for attracting prostitutes before they began work. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Was that the place that became Rakes?That's the one. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 That's the one. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Ta. Thought so. The guy that ran Rakes was the brother of the guy who had Mr Mustards I think? Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ta. Thought so. The guy that ran Rakes was the brother of the guy who had Mr Mustards I think? Am I right? Not sure to be honest. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 He asked my and my mates to finish our pints and leave as wee looked a bit on the young side. He was quite nice about it and to be fair we were 13. Rakes, Gatsbys, Cottars howf, grosvenor were the bars of choice for us underagers. All old haunts of mine too apart from the Grosvenor. I'll replace it with the Illicit Still and The Galloping Major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Anyone remember the Ivanhoe in South St David's St? All the paraffin lamps/jakeballs of the day used to be in there guttered. Once saw about 8 of them having a battle but they were all so pished they were just leaning on each other or falling down. One of the funniest things I seen. No idea why but 4 or 5 of us (office worker sorts) used to go in their most Fridays for an hour or so (maybe the beer was quite good, certainly cheap). Total dump though. what was the pub that was in the old bus station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 what was the pub that was in the old bus station? Travellers Tryst? sure Andy Bowman had it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstone Wonder Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Vote here for the Anchor Inn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Travellers Tryst? sure Andy Bowman had it sounds about right ..... now that place was scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 what was the pub that was in the old bus station? The Highwayman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The International Bar is indeed a shitehole. I used to live in Tarvit Street and gaggles of Celtic fans hanging around was common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaths17 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 there's only 8 pubs mentioned I havn't been in on occasion and I could still top most with the gunner the white house and the artful dodger how could I forget the norhet in dmains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe.gausden Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 there's only 8 pubs mentioned I havn't been in on occasion and I could still top most with the gunner the white house and the artful dodger how could I forget the norhet in dmains. WTF is wrong wi the Norhet? Gunner was ok too. You're just too soft, stick tae the telford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Coopers rest on Easter Road. Few of us headed down that neck of the woods after a derby one night to wind up the locals and got dropped off outside it. Walked in and there was a barmaid, one punter and a guy on keyboards with disco lights doing a cabaret stint. Left and went to the Persevere which was not much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Coopers rest on Easter Road. Few of us headed down that neck of the woods after a derby one night to wind up the locals and got dropped off outside it. Walked in and there was a barmaid, one punter and a guy on keyboards with disco lights doing a cabaret stint. Left and went to the Persevere which was not much better. Ron? Did you know Gerry D'Agostino who owned the Persevere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 sounds about right ..... now that place was scary Was the station bar in Waverley Station not a bit iffy too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ron? Did you know Gerry D'Agostino who owned the Persevere? Nope mate only been in twice, both times SAS style, in and out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Nope mate only been in twice, both times SAS style, in and out. SAS style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartleys_Jam_Tart Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Ferry boat. End of thread. Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Coopers rest on Easter Road. Few of us headed down that neck of the woods after a derby one night to wind up the locals and got dropped off outside it. Walked in and there was a barmaid, one punter and a guy on keyboards with disco lights doing a cabaret stint. Left and went to the Persevere which was not much better. Think the Coopers has been shut for at least 3/4 year now. Still has '5-1' in the tarmac outside, which pleases me every time I walk past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaths17 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 WTF is wrong wi the Norhet? Gunner was ok too. You're just too soft, stick tae the telford haha, the gunner ok. I remember the 1st time walked in there, carpet was pealing away from the wall and had holes all over it, the ceiling tiles were all broken and falling down. norhet used to be no bad but that's a while ago now. the telford is just crap these days, doocot was the best doon there but even that's pish noo. auld inns no bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonfoda Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 anyone ever drink in the 1/4 gill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 What about the crofters that is a dodgy place IMO Now a Beijing Banquet with a live cooking station, damn good as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 anyone ever drink in the 1/4 gill? Where was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
systemx Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Where was that? Antigua St area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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