Akva, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
Akva opened in mid July this year, the latest addition to the growing Boda Bars empire, replacing former bar and nightclub Cargo. There are strong similarities to Hemma, one of […]
Akva opened in mid July this year, the latest addition to the growing Boda Bars empire, replacing former bar and nightclub Cargo. There are strong similarities to Hemma, one of […]
On first impression, this didn’t seem to have changed much from its previous incarnation, Hyde Out. The major differences were the removal of the pool table and the addition of […]
The Beer Kitchen is Innis & Gunn’s first bar (see The BeerCast for juicy details), restoring the premises to a pub rather than a strip joint. The last pub on […]
The Jolly Botanist is the newest pub in the West End, if not Edinburgh, a self-professed “gin bar and dining room”, replacing what used to be the The Spiders Web. […]
What used to be the The Gordon Arms is now The Shoogly Peg, a sister pub to The Rose & Crown across the road. As far as I can tell, […]
Last week saw the grand reopening of Marco’s Pool Hall, an Edinburgh institution that closed its doors in 2009. It was demolished to make way for a huge new block […]
We nearly talked ourselves out of Browns because it’s more of a restaurant, but there is a bar and some tables that don’t seem that amenable to dining. It’s quite […]
For the entire tour this pub has been closed due to a fire last summer. As luck would have it, this was their unofficial opening night, a practice run with […]
Le Monde is another hotel/bar/club fusion on George Street. As you walk in you find the smallest of four bars, “The Library”, a relatively bright room with leather armchairs and […]
Juniper has been around for about a year, effectively the hotel bar of the Royal British Hotel on Princes Street. The main attraction is the spectacular views over towards the […]