#107: Sandy Bell’s, Forrest Road, Edinburgh
It doesn’t look like anything special from the outside, and on a quiet night it might not seem like much to write home about, but Sandy Bell’s is a magic […]
It doesn’t look like anything special from the outside, and on a quiet night it might not seem like much to write home about, but Sandy Bell’s is a magic […]
This must be one of Edinburgh’s biggest pubs, situated in Oddfellows Hall, an old Oddfellows “grand lodge”. This helps to explain the rear portion of the pub, a big room […]
Update:: refitted and reopened as Paradise Palms, some time in 2014. Unsatisfied with the pace of action at Doctors due to the usual delays at the first pub of the […]
Doctors is relatively large for Edinburgh, and quite busy, though that may be down to the pre-Christmas build-up (see How to go to the pub for some sage advice on […]
This is the summary for the week commencing December 9th 2013. We’re up to 103 pubs and bars of 253. The observant amongst you will notice that the total’s still […]
The Scotsman’s Lounge is a rare beast near the Royal Mile these days, a straight-forward working man’s pub that’s good for live music at the weekends. It’s a bit small […]
The Albanach is a more modern pub than the previous two pubs of the night. Lots of exposed stone, spotlights, olive colours and light-ish wood. It was reasonably busy and […]
The story goes that Deacon Brodie was born into wealth, became an upstanding member of the community and a magistrate, but his drink and gambling habits got the better of […]
Every time I’ve been in here it’s been fine. In fact I’ve had a few good nights out at the Ensign Ewart. However, It seems that some folk have had […]
This is the summary for the week commencing December 2nd. We’re up to 99 pubs and bars of 250. That total is still based on this basic map and we’ve […]