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Browsing Edinburgh - Cafes Bars & Clubs


Badabing

Rating 4 out of 5

Fountain Park is blessed with its share of inviting bars and restaurants, but it’s never seen anything like Badabing. The live music bar and grill blends the old with the new, harking back to an era of gangsters’ molls and loveable rog...

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10 Years with us!

Bar Kohl

Rating 4 out of 5

Bar Kohl is a vibrant cosmopolitan establishment in the city centre. Its speciality is cocktails, and not merely a token selection of such concoctions - all of them. It must take years of intensive training for the bar staff to learn them all. On the...

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13 Years with us!

Frankenstein (Glendola Leisure Group)

Rating 4 out of 5

Edinburgh’s Frankenstein bar, located on George IV Bridge, is one of the city’s most unique and interesting places to spend an evening. Just walking into the huge, gothic church takes you back in time – that is, until you hear th...

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20 Years with us!

Forth Floor Bar

Rating 4 out of 5

If you’re looking for a great cocktail in Edinburgh, you’d do well to cast your eyes heavenward, for the vertiginous Forth Floor Bar is where such libations can be found. For purveyors of decadent cocktails served in tall glasses and i...

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13 Years with us!

The Hideout Cafe

Rating 4 out of 5

When the stress of life get too much and you need a quick escape from reality, The Hideout Cafe offers the recovery. The Charlotte Street eatery also offers amazing locally roasted coffee, great tea, and awesome cake. Leithers are spoilt for choic...

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11 Years with us!

Club Tropicana - Edinburgh

Rating 4 out of 5

Club Tropicana is Scotland's most popular retro venue. A remarkably diverse music policy incorporates everything from disco to pop to rock, but there is one caveat attached: it has to be '70s or ‘80s! Club Tropicana doesn't just ...

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11 Years with us!

Scotts of Rose Street

Rating 4 out of 5

If there’s one thing Rose Street can’t be accused of lacking, it’s pubs. Every second premises on the pedestrianised street is an ale house of some kind. Scotts has occupied 202 for as long as anyone can remember, its terraced se...

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12 Years with us!

Montpeliers

Rating 4 out of 5

Montpeliers is an Edinburgh institute that every Bruntsfield resident has fondly frequented. The bar and kitchen is prized for the quality of its food, with many of the ingredients sourced locally. Primely situated on Bruntsfield Place, the bar lo...

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14 Years with us!

Element

Rating 4 out of 5

Edinburgh residents tend to steer clear of Rose Street for the most part, leaving the bulk of the footfall to the tourists and day-trippers who throng the pedestrianised thoroughfare. If there’s one spot on Rose Street where locals and touri...

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15 Years with us!

The Barony

Rating 4 out of 5

The Barony is one of Edinburghs last truly independent bars. The venue first opened as a drinks merchant in 1896, before becoming a pub - and it has been a staple of the Edinburgh scene ever since. When you visit, youll see all the original Victorian...

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6 Years with us!