Bars & Pubs

All the best Edinburgh bars and pubs, including bar reviews and editors’ picks

For nights when only a buzzing bar will do, these spots will see you right

If you don’t leave feeling all warm and fuzzy inside, then you’re probably doing it wrong

From artisan breweries to boozers that know their ale, the craft revolution has taken hold

Think Edinburgh, think cheap whisky and pints of Tennent’s? Time to reassess

Craving a drop of the hard stuff? We whisk you through the best drams in the city

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A dimly lit cocktail bar off the beaten track. One of the capital’s little-known treasures

From very good stock, this opening is hip but not achingly so. A keeper

Not far from the try-hard George Street drinking dens, Tonic’s cocktails attract the cool kids

A charming Prohibition-style speakeasy that does just about everything right

A firm favourite among climbers of Arthur’s Seat, students keen on Scotland’s oldest skittle alley and hunters of Sunday roasts

Probably the buzziest of the highly regarded stable of Swedish-run bars throughout Leith

The Shore may have succumbed to some epic gentrification in recent years, but The King’s Wark hasn’t lost its allure

A great place to flop on a Sunday, with great beers and a mean Bloody Mary

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