Could there be anywhere better on the planet to try Scotch whisky? Edinburgh's generous complement of bars and pubs still include Victorian drinking palaces where the real ale flows along with rare single malts in an atmosphere of living history. The flipside is a thriving cocktail scene and style bar culture, ideal for more energetic party nights and the pre-club experience – or simply for a decent vodka martini and imaginative bar food.
Live music bar
Edinburgh's primary live music pub, Whistle Binkies takes in rock and pop acts along with resident singer-songwriters....
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A distillation of the facts
The Scotch Whisky Experience offers information as complicated as you want to make it....
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One of the best known pubs in Edinburgh
The Bailie is an old-style basement pub – all striking blacks and reds, focused on a central island bar – that somehow manages to combine New Town money with Stockbridge bohemia....
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One of the city’s most famous pubs.
The Cumberland is perhaps the most user-friendly of the city's acclaimed cask ale bars....
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It's been around since 1871
Canny Man's looks as if it was decorated by a mad maiden aunt from the Victorian era....
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A real Scottish pub
Separated into two rooms, a pub and a restaurant, Cafe Royal Circle Bar offers two different experiences....
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