Apothecary is definitely the sort of place tha fourteen year olds think is the business and look up to the middle aged owner for selling cannabis seeds, bongs and other smoking apparatus. It all just feels a bit sad and depressing when you walk in, like an underground den for those who are on the cusk of being a badass. They also sell 'legal highs' at extornionate prices. Things like fake magic mushrooms which are merely sneered at by any serious drug users. The guy who owns it is pleasant enough and is well aware of of how to use all the stock which he sells. It's not my kind of shop, but if you're looking for some plant feeder for your illegal crop of pot and need a new pipe to smoke it with, this is the place. read more

Apothecary - Vape Shops Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

I'm sure anybody would likely write a glowing review of their local head shop. And I'm no different. Apothecary is wicked! It stocks a wide selection of smokers' requisites, discounted rolling trays, hookahs and the like. You can come here for all of your shisha needs, and the staff a re knowledgeable and friendly. Just don't expect this shop to be open during normal business hours. It seems to be a case of 'open when we feel like coming in', as with all places like this. read more

Apothecary - Vape Shops Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeee mate it's pretty class like. the dude was cool and the place smells nice.

This place is about as rebellious as a 14 year old listening to Bob Marley when he should be doing his homework. Catering for that strange weed culture we have cultivated in this country ( very different from say a cautious or medicinal use) that instead goes along with lifestyle-proclaiming marijuana posters, ignorant selection of Jamaican culture and associated juvenile humour, typically for the benefit of indulgent middle class teenagers (and those who never grew out of it) or the escapings of the deprived; a culture which encourages apathy and laziness and that often promises male fantasies of coolness or an alternative to a crappy environment. If that's your sort of thing, this is the place for you. The staff are quite friendly if quiet and I suppose they might make really good role models for the young and impressionable who clearly look up to these places as the height of being bad-ass, totally free or some other nonsense. Really there is nothing useful in this shop that you probably couldn't buy somewhere more clean, efficient and basically not pointless and crap. As Fiona mentioned, you can purchase flavoured tobacco and shisha pipes at other respectable Asian stores nearby. Then again if you're just looking for some cheap legal alternative, that look just like magic mushrooms, for your cool party or to take with you to your dingy room while you listen to the same four reggae songs, or to show off to yours friends behind the bike shed before the school bus arrives, then this place may still have some relevance. read more

I feel like such a rebel when I walk in here. I also feel terribly conspicuous, as if the whole world knew I were up to no good. Though, to be honest, the only reason I've ever come in here is to get guarana, which seems to be all the craze in the UK, even though it's pretty much only used for fizzy drinks in Brazil. But it's the South American health craze all over. Let's use all these things with unpronounceable names. Because the more unpronounceable, the better it is for you. Right? Well, there seem to be two places you can get guarana from (for all-night natural energy purposes): Brazilian Sensation or the Apothecary. Sadly, when I was trying to purchase some, the people who were working had no real idea what it was I was talking about. This may not have been about the guarana, though. I may have gone with a list. Anyway, I had to go back and forth from the shop to my friend's house, checking in every half hour to see if boss-man had arrived to inform me of whether or not they had whatever it was I needed yet. So, that kinda brings my appreciation down. But there's something highly comical about this place. It almost feels like walking into the 70s. Decadence galore! read more

Apothecary is a rather bizarre shop and not really my scene to be honest. It's the kind of store that I can imagine a teenage boy would love and then go home and listen to Bob Marley. They have a really odd mix of merchandise, shisha pipes, bongs, odd wooden ornamental mushrooms and jars with gingers and spices inside. The staff were very friendly when I popped in and even though this kind of stuff isn't for me, it does cater for it's target audience. read more

I like this shop coz I don't do 'real' drugs,and club 88 is great! Plus the legal highs are a lot safer than the illegal ones,cheap and cheerful stuff,Eleanor,it's not for teenagers who listen to Bob Marley!!! read more

Apothecary is found on South Clerk Street, easily reached via a variety of buses that travel up the bridges. Apothecary is a head shop where you can find all the bongs, vapourisers, digital scales and papers and drug paraphernalia you could possibly need. Also found here are many herbs. Things like the hallucinatory plant salvia, and herbal ecstacy. Last new year I went and bought myself some of these herbal pills, and they worked pretty good. Try to remember though, it's worth doing your research before diving in with these dodgy herbal highs, I certainly learned my lesson on that one. Turned out it wasn't so much herbal as awaiting classification. Check out Erowid or the Lyceum online, don't risk taking something you don't understand. read more

Drove all the way into town at 2pm today to nip to the shop which was... closed. The place is never open, the owner should sell the place. Never going back. read more

Definitely the best headshop in Edinburgh. Or maybe I only say that because it's two seconds away from my front door ... Staff are friendly and will stick around for a chat if it's quiet (which is rare). They know their stuff and are happy to help you find your ideal bong, substance, whatever, and they won't laugh at you if you're not down with your drug jargon. They're not the most punctual bunch however - the shop's supposed to open at 12pm but usually opens around half an hour later, much to the dismay of various degenerates who can usually be seen waiting outside for someone to open up. The prices are quite steep, and one should be very careful trying any substance they stock here - my experience of legal highs are that they are basically a 'comedown version' of the drug they are trying to emulate. I would recommend Amnesia no. 2 and the fly agaric mushrooms (which are unbelievably still legal). If you're not into that however, you should still check the Apothecary out as they stock some cool decorative items as well (giant wooden mushrooms and Dali-esque shelf clocks). Be prepared to be swarmed by students and vagrants, however. read more