Edinburgh's pubs are as beautiful as the city itself. Well, most of them anyway...
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Following on from our Glasgow Pubs video, we've hopped across to the east coast to attempt the same in the capital city - Edinburgh. Known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, how will its pubs and bars match up? Today you'll see everything from the oldest pub in Scotland to one of the most disappointing. Is your favourite pub on our list? (I wouldn't be surprised if not as we barely scratch the surface on this pub crawl!)
Filmed in Edinburgh Scotland on Tuesday 10th January 2023.
Music courtesy of epidemicsound.com
Hi, I’m Steve, a travel reviewer from Scotland. Join me on my adventures as I discover my own country, often visiting places for the first time, so hopefully it's as much of an eye-opener for you as it is for me! Don't expect expert opinion, just a very honest journey of discovery. Sometimes featuring my intrepid sidekick Alicja, sometimes featuring adventures beyond the borders of Scotland. Enjoy!
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Sorry for lack of replies to comments, I've hopped from one trip to another this week with very little time. I will read them all though :)
All good Steve, you and your lovely girl take it easy
Another great vid, Steve. I may be in Edinburgh on Saturday.. you are to blame for this….My debut on the Caledonian sleeper and for me buying a Montrose shirt, Strange times!
Hi Steve ! I remember Tiles, (different name), The Café Royale, The Sheep Heid and the Guildford from way back in the 70s / 80s even the 90s and they all seem to have lost so much. Bennets, The Halfway House and The Oxford have still retained that essence of being a pub - a place to read a book or newspaper, strike up conversations, have a laugh and a bit of the craic.
Just found you two, this Burn's Night...Slainte' from Nova Scots🥃☮
Are their any rock music bars in Edinburgh or Glasgow?
Any karaoke bars or a bar with a jukebox?
This is great! I work in the Halfway House, and this video has encouraged a fair bit of business already! Thanks very much for including us.
Fantastic! Glad to hear it :)
My first visit to Scotland was in 1968 when the friend who took me on the 2,000 learning to drive trip the following year decided we should go to Edinburgh for a long weekend.
We took the train to Redcar where he borrowed his dad’s car and we stayed in his old digs he used while studying at the Botanical Gardens.
We visited many Edinburgh pubs, one of them with sand on the floor complete with spittoons.
As a bit of an Ale Cart at the time a lot of them are a bit blurred, I do remember being turned out of a pub in glorious bright sunshine at 10 pm, the closing time then.
The pubs were shut on Sundays so we had to find a Hotel which served non-residents, my pal knew many.
I was shocked by the £15 for two drinks, my reaction was the Yorkshire War Cry,
HOW MUCH !!
I was always told Yorkshiremen were Scots with the generosity gene removed 🙂
Keep up the great videos.
Steve, you absolute legend! This is the exact content I wanted right after your Glasgow pub tour!!!🎉
Me too!!!
Nick, you're absolutely right. What a well done informative video for us folks across the pond.
Legend !! Get off yer knees … they have displayed practically zero character - which a blame him entirely for as there is something endearing about the wee lassie : maybe if they had a drink in every bar (instead of frickin runnin’ oot, drinking cola n coffees) it’d show their funnier traits, as is this is quite boarsville. What Stevie boy is doing is punching well above his weight wae the lassie.He looks like her Da.
Save the Pub. Restaurants that inhabit old pubs are NO LONGER Pubs!!
Steve and Alicja, thank you so much for this tour of Edinburgh's pubs and especially the Oxford Bar, I have enjoyed all the Rebus novels and wait with baited breath for the next one to arrive. I am a huge fan of Ian Rankin and I think over the years I have consumed almost every book he has written but you made my day with a visit to the Oxford Bar , it was adequately described in the books but to actually go inside and see the setting in real life was wonderful, thank you both so much. As always thanks and stay safe and well, cheers.
Cheers Simon!
Such a beautiful city. We have nothing like this here in Albuquerque NM. I can’t wait to go to Scotland.
Loved this! I'm from Canada but a just few generations from home (Scotland). I research pubs before my visits and you two hit quite a few I have visited and liked in Edinburgh. Read about Tiles and the Royal, but had some rush hour pints at the Guild Ford with office types on a weekday. The Halfway House was a joy on Sunday afternoon with some old veterans from Leith on and a lovely girl on the taps. I had a memorable evening at the White Hart watching a fella on guitar singing songs that brought a tear to most of the bearded buggers in there. Keep up the great uploads folks! I'm always offering your channel to folks wanting to visiting God's Land - SCOTLAND!
The Golf tavern - I went to Boroughmuir High School, just across the road from the 'Golf' and we were sitting our O-level exams (we were 14/15 yo) and during one really difficult one, we decided to see if we would get served there to take a stress-break !. To our surprise we DID get served and were thoroughly enjoying ourselves until TWO of our teachers walked in - one of them just casually strolled over to where we were sitting and said 'I won't tell if you don't tell!' - whereupon he immediately became our favourite teacher !
Another great video!! So many pubs that merit being visited. I loved the first . Halfway was lovely and so cosy. Benetts looked simple from outside but was amazing once in. Which goes to show how apperances can be misleading like the golf tavern. I don't know how
Alijcia was still standing 😂😂i'm light headed on a shandy.
Again thankyou guys for the long trekking to show us these beautiful pubs👍🏻👍🏻
Visited Edinburgh in 2022. Absolutely one of my favorite cities in the world. Loved the Pubs (all of them!). I need to get back to visit this world class city. Thank you for this video. Outstanding.
So glad you enjoyed Edinburgh! It's not always the easiest place to live, but sometimes you forget how enchanting it is for a visitor :)
Thanks to you both for this great video. Took me back. Our motorbike club used to play skittles at the Sheep Heid, i'm talking 60 years ago, and our “technique” was to face the alley holding the heavier balls in both hands and throw ourselves forward, launching the ball just before falling on our hands. Much more accurate. Always finished the evening with a pie and a pint.
So glad you enjoyed it Tom!
Thank you for your 'sacrifice' (ha ha) in braving the elements to let us see so many outstanding pubs in both cities. So much elegance, so much history. Simply wonderful.
The wonder for me of your videos is that I wouldnt get to see most if the places you go to could not do the walk. So a massive thank you, especially for the pub crawls! Cheers me dears. 🙋🇨🇮🏴🙏🍻🥂
One of my most favorite cities on Earth.
Last visited Edinburgh aged 6. Definitely time to revisit the (truly amazing) place. Plus I know how Scots love an English accent
Another "Top Drawer" and very intetesting video from Steve, so many pubs in Edinburgh and yet his homework managed to highlight a few lovely wee treasures!
What a fantastic choice of pubs, well done guys! This video brought back lots of happy if somewhat drink befuddled memories. Back in the day when I used to drink in Edinburgh I’d been in 9 out of 10 of these pubs. My personal favourite of the ones you visited is probably the Cafe Royal although I’d be happy in any of them.
I need to get myself back up north of the border to Edinburgh and relive parts of my youth.
Keep up the good work guys. Watching your videos over Saturday brunch has become an enjoyable part of my weekend.
Definitely a few gems amongst the “modernised” dross. It’s good to see that some proper fine old pubs still survive. 👏👏👍😀
Thanks for the tour of pubs both as it gives me ideas of where to to when I visit Edinburgh from Cardiff as a good Welshmun likes a drink plus visiting these wonderful places in amazing Edinburgh thanks 😊
What a fantastic part of the world y’all live in! Was in Edinburgh last week and am impressed with what a great place it is.
thank you for another great video Steve , I am in awe of how ornate these pubs are with there decorative woodwork and ceilings I think most church's would envy such craftmanship these pubs have to offer.
Extraordinary. Thank you for taking the time to create and post.
Beautiful pub . This city is a dream. Thanks for the video.. Edinburgh is a dream..
Had a few good nights in the White Hart in Grassmarket on international weekends, bloody lovely place is Edinburgh, Da Iawn 🏴 from 🏴👍👍👍
Edinburgh has become my fav city to visit.Great video guys!
I have never seen so many charming pubs in one city. I am looking forward to visit Edinburgh now 🥂
Love Bennet's Bar, my second favourite pub in Embra Steve, but you missed out the best pub, The Gravediggers/Diggers/Athletic Arms. Tbh, it's a long time since I've been there, so maybe it isn't what it once was. 😟
Ditto!
Alicja:
"This is the golf course? I'm not surprised that it's free?" (with chuckle)
Was epic!
Yeah I'll give her that one!
Visiting Edinburgh in August will check out some of these, been many years since I visited the city and your upload reminded me of how beautiful the city is, many thanks!
Brilliant video Steve who doesn't love a pub crawl round Edinburgh. Thanks for bringing the Oxford bar to life for me , I love Ian Rankine,s Rebus books.
We visited the Oxford bar this past fall. It was very busy, so we sat at the bar and talked with all the locals.
Well, visiting pubs looks a lot more fun for you. Better than slogging miles through mud. Your videos are definitely becoming part of my Saturday routine, cheers Steve.
Thanks so much! Cheers!
Blooming marvellous, and great presentation as usual! Catch u soon.
I worked behind the bar in the Cafe Royal for a couple of years when I was a student and it still looks exactly the same. The number of tourists who would come in just to photograph the decor was crazy. Despite still living in Edinburgh, I haven’t been in there for more than 20 years. I need to go in and have a quiet pint and a reminisce some day soon.
The Oxford bar , when i was a lad , the owner who has now passed on if he didnt like your face you would get the bums rush . Also if you order a drink he considered fancy he'd kick you out . Many a lock in after hours it was a favourite haunt of the police . Thank for the pud crawl 👍
Hey Steve - you should do a Part II for Edinburgh pubs - after you’ve had a rest of course :) here’s some noteable ones : Athletic Arms (Diggers) , Milnes Bar, Deacon Brodies , The Worlds End, The Grosvener, The Bailie , The Thisle Bar to name a few 😊
Great choices in there!
Have to agree with this , The Diggers is the most famous pub in Edinburgh. The Brewhouse in Rose Street is another favourite of mine.
Could add the Captain's Bar in South College Street. One of the oldest bars in Edinburgh and the very best for acoustic music every day and night.
@@WVislandia Strange how we see so many overseas visitors coming in saying how they have been recommended to come in because of the great music. I guess you weren't aware that the barman is a very accomplished musician and often comes from behind the bar to join in. In music circles the Captain's Bar is world renowned for it's music. Maybe you should try again. 🙂
The World's End is a great pub. I worked there briefly as a backpack traveller in 2004 and stayed in the hostel next door. Probably the best travelling year of my life. The Scotsman and The Arcade on Cockburn Street are also great pubs; at least they used to be back then.
Great video thank you. Cheers
I have great memories of Benets Bar❤❤
Guildford Arms - a steep stair down from the balcony, then a revolving door to leave. After a long night, I can foresee it ending in chaos, tears and snotters.
A couple I would have tried - getting asked to leave the Canny Man's in Morningside (happens to everyone at some point), and possibly the best pint anywhere at Diggers (Athletic Arms on Angle Park Terrace)
Ah yes! The Diggers! Fastest served pint in Edinburgh, I'd guess!
@@DSTWizz Because you don't have to specify what type of beer? I know they have a couple of lager taps, but I doubt they've ever been used
A Rebus tour sounds very interesting - Trainspotting would be more difficult as many of its locations are no longer there! But should you ever feel like revisiting the pub scene, go to Perth, which I think still has over 40 pubs (when I was a child there were over 50), which isn't bad for a place its' size! You might even stay within the old city walls (bounded by Mill Street, South Methven Street, Canal Crescent and Canal Street - though you can start at the City Mills if you like, just to prove the Town Lade, (which itself dates from the 14th Century, and is now culverted beneath them)! It has served variously as the City's fresh water supply (it is the fed from the River Almond at Loweswark, Huntingtower), a moat for the City Walls in its first couple of decades (the wall being demolished soon afterwards) and a latrine - of course! You might even stick to just using the mediaeval thoroughfares of High Street, South Street, Skinnergate, Guard Vennel, Cutlog Vennel, Kirkgate, Watergate, Flesher's Vennel, Cow Vennel and maybe one or two others...!
Trainspotting would also be difficult as a lot of locations were in Glasgow too.
Thanks so much for the great inspiration!!!
@@steve-marshyou must try a Murray pie. Best I’ve tasted
Yet another good informative video from Steve and Alicja, maybe next stop Aberdeen's pubs, who knows, so keep well and thanks again for another great video.
You missed the best pub in Edinburgh 'Sandy Bells'
Lovely video of Edinburgh's pubs, love the amazing old buildings and decor. Have to agree with you the Golf bar you could have given a miss, maybe its for the caddies lol. Thanks Steve and Alicja
There's a few pubs in Edinburgh that used to be nice places to have a pint but have now been renovated into soulless mass-market beer-shifters. The obvious example is The Pear Tree - it used to be an interesting airy space but has been turned into what you'd swear was a cramped basement bar if you couldn't see the courtyard outside.
Great video again. As you’ve already done the Scottish cities by rail you might as well complete the Scottish cities pub quest.
One of my favourite pubs in Edinburgh was WhistleBinkies for its live music and atmosphere.
This sets the standard from now on Steve! Yes, give the pubs a rest for the time being, however it might be interesting to see your recommendations for the Montrose/Arbroath areas!
I miss Edinburgh😞😞😍😍😍
Great video your pub tour such grand historic pubs in a magnificent historic place Edinburgh I've always dreamed of visiting scottland particulary old Edinburgh 😊😊😊
Thank You!
1:02 Excellent video , especially as I will likely visit Edinburgh later this year ! I have been before but didn’t realise there were so many characterful pubs in the city.
What fun!!!! Thank you, guys!
Fantastic video, guys. Beautiful old pubs. Thanks for creating and sharing. Puck.
We will be in Edinburgh in 2 weeks from America. Thank you for this informative video.
Amazing historic bars. My favorite on the video is: 18:18
How lovely and cozy!
Beautiful Edinburgh.....I miss it. We will definitely be visiting some of these beautiful pubs on our next visit, if we ever make it there. Travel in 2023 doesn't look any easier than 2022 but we're hoping. I love the ceilings and architecture of these old buildings and so grateful that they are being restored and used for future generations to enjoy. Great to have that history preserved! Great job guys!
Thanks so much Janice!
Guilford Arms was the first pub I ever entered in the UK back in spring / summer of 2000. I initially thought it was a private club but the doorman politely invited me in. Stayed at the hostel close by. Had my first proper hauf and a hauf. Also learned that unlike the states, ice in whiskey is frowned upon. Spent about a month in Scotland and still the nicest people in any country I have ever visited. Never drank alone in any pub even tho I was travelling alone. Easy to make friends.
I'd recommend The Bow Bar on Victoria Street, and The Doric on Market Street. Oh, and Sandy Bell's fit the live folk music. All amazing wee places.
Crikey, I'd almost forgotten Sandy Bell's. First Edinburgh bar I ever had a drink in too, back in 1963 when I came to Edinburgh as a student. The pub sign used to say "Forrest Hill Bar" then, and a pint was only 1 shilling and sixpence!
Add the Captain's Bar to that list for the best in acoustic music without half a dozen fiddles. ;-)
Working my way through some of these videos, thoroughly enjoyed the Glasgow and Dundee ones. One of my favourite pubs in Edinburgh is Thomson's, was close to my old work for a cheeky lunchtime pint or two. Would quite like to see a West Highlands pub tour.
What wonderful pubs! Thank you so much for the tour. 😁 The perfect remedy for a rainy day. ☔️
Great video Edinburgh must be the most historic town in Britain its amazing
Very interesting thanks
You two are wonderful! This is the first video on your channel that I've discovered, and I love it already! Well done! Greetings from Dusseldorf, Germany. (Liked and subscribed)
Thanks so much Tim!
I like the last drop
I’m totally with you Steve. I didn’t know about the Sheep Heid but I’d feel a bit cheated travelling to what is supposedly Scotlands oldest pub to be met with that interior.
I’d expect it to look something like the stunning Drovers Inn, Inverarnan.
Beautiful pubs….always enjoy Alicja in the videos with you 🤗🤗
Bennets was my favourite. Looks so cosy and beautiful interior. I always go to the pub to read the newspaper.
Ah the Jolly Judge. A favourite for a cheeky half, while I’m in the city centre.
I am the bartender in the halfway house 😃 a customer came in and said we where in your video amazing keep up the great content 👏
Whenever I'm in Edinburgh I always make a beeline for the Cafe Royal. The tiled murals of famous inventors came from the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886 ( the same one that left the whale jawbones at Jawbones Walk). However, on my last visit I sat at the bar and got progressively more grumpy at the fact that the bar staff never collected the empty glasses and dead bottles from the bar counter on front of me or wiped it, even leaving the remains of beer mats stuck to the surface. Not to mention the fact that when serving a pint they never top it up after the initial pour, leaving a gap of quarter an inch at the top when they hand it to you. Then I thought to myself: "Am I becoming a grumpy old man?"
Fantastic video and fantastic pubs. So much history.
Thanks for sharing and it's a good references when visiting Edinburgh, awesome.
We are going soon. Can tell you we wont be driving. Love days like this hopefully we have decent weather. Great video guys.
Have a fantastic time!
Been in quite a few of these but still have a couple to do,funny enough The Sheep Heid and The Golf Tavern. Will get round to these on my next visit, Mam’s side of the family were from Edinburgh and I was lucky to be able to go to many of these great establishments.
Some good one’s missing off like The Malt Shovel on Cockburn Street,The World’s End and my Dad’s favourite in WW2 (before he caught his train home to Leeds) The Abbotsford.
There’s many in Edinburgh, especially just out of the city in Morningside, Leith & Stockbridge, enjoy 1 of the Worlds greatest cities. 🍻🥃
I've had to stop watching this at the third pub as I've decided I need to watch this with hubby who will enjoy it as much, if not more than me.
Whistle stop tour is fine, you’ve helped e decide some options for a family oriented trip later this year!
Guildford Arms the best. I hung with the Real Ale managers in Edinburgh, and this place is a gem. Great stories. You walked right past the Bow Bar. Tops in the UK. Wow you showed me where I played skittles in 1993!
You two I love it
Got some great memories from Edinburgh pub crawls!
I sat next to the actor Gavin Mitchell in the cafe royal. I approve of this list ,the golf is good when its full only thing id say is the athletic arms is solely the best pub in Edinburgh, amazing selection of whisky and its very reasonably priced.
Mornin Alicja and Steve another rainy day and night so need to find a quiet pub to warm up and relax loved the Oxford Pub an IPA and single malt and crawl home ! Take care see you at the next spot 😘
My back started aching when the cafe royal appeared ,upstairs is the voodoo rooms,a great gig ( and the food on the rider was always good) but getting a bands kit up and down them stairs,and wheeling flight cases over the cobbled street aint fun.
Proud to say I’ve drank in them all. Some great missed ones - Malt and Hops, Antiquary, star bar, tourmalet, Kay’s Bar. I deffo agree about the music of sheep’s head and shame about the golf tavern. Edinburgh pubs might be the best in the world. The Oxford Bar and Kay’s Bar are nearly perfect
Great video. Thanks. I'm planning a trip to Edinburgh and your video was a great preparation for me. Also, you both seem so kind and polite. It was nice to join you on your Pubs and bars tour.
Hey thanks so much, have a wonderful time in Edinburgh :)
@@steve-marsh 😊🙏🏼✨
Wow what beautiful pubs! I'm from S. Oxfordshire so that was a fitting end of crawl for me too lol. Edinburgh is such an amzing & beautiful city, I've been but SUCH a long time ago, bucket list again! With my daughter I hope. Thanks Steve & Alicja!
hi from canada, you are so lucky to have such a variety of pubs like that, i wish we had that here i would never be home, keep the vids coming, cheers
My favourite RUclipsrs ❤️ thanks guys
I lived in Edinburgh for a time in 1989 and the Oxford was our local but our mates favoured the Cambridge. Jolly Judge is my second favorite bar in Edinburgh, Bannerman's Bar is my all-time favorite though. Iconic, that one.
What an adorable couple you are...Great video again keep up the good work 👏
Wonderful Video Steveand Alicja!!!! We will travel to Edinburgh this summer and will make it a point to visit some of your suggested Pubs. We really look forward to it! Best
Hi Steve and Alicja nice to see you out in the rain again! As a Oxford man myself I did like the Oxford bar. I did have a bit of time to explore a couple of the pubs in Edinburgh last year when I did my trip up waiting for my train from Edinburgh to Inverness. I did really enjoy the Scottish Strongbow Cider. Happy memories. Hope you are both well
Another catch up, wonderful.
Hi Both. The weather never treats you kindly. Another interesting tour, Tiles would be my favourite. stay safe & healthy.
I was almost expecting to see Rebus enjoying a single malt in The Oxford Bar. Some pubs definitely to check out when I'm in Edinburg.
Haha yes! It's a wee gem that bar :)
Back in the early 90’s I worked at Scot Prov (pre Prudential) and was in Tiles and Cafe Royal every day! So both have been around for 30+ yrs. and I have fond memories of playing bowls in the sheeps heid!
The Cafe Royal is one ofthe most beautiful pubs in the UK. And if you want to spend a few bob, the restaurant is excellent.
Was at Bennett Pub 8 years ago , was amazing
Very beautiful.enjjoy.have a great time.god bless
Some absolute gems there, we only had 1 night in Edinburgh during our railway adventure last year and none featured so a further visit is needed.
definitely need a Part 2! Loved this. Gosh I miss Edinburgh's pubs. You are of course bang on about the Sheep Heid 'music - awful