We decided to stay and have a cocktail at the VooDoo Rooms after exploring the Midnight Lunar…read moreMarket. What a vibe this place has going on! We were lucky enough to just show up and grab a semi-circle shaped booth by the bar without any wait. We LOVED that a) the cocktail menu clearly stated "All drinks vegan, please inform staff of any allergens before ordering" and b) that they had the shape of the glassware next to the drink name. The bartender even took some time to make recommendations based on both what was most popular with customers and what the house/staff favorites were. We ended up going with the Porty Licks (gin, pineapple liquor, passionfruit, toasted almond topped with edible flowers) and Green Room (bourbon, peach liquor, lemon, peach, basil yuzu). Both were really well balanced drinks! Next time I'd get the King Khan (spiced rum and a mango oat lassi) or the Hare Krishna (mango, oat milk, chilli, coconut cream, and cardamom - sounds like a lovely non-alcoholic beverage and dessert)!

This place is a gem! I greatly appreciate a vegan option, an actual tasty one at that! The mushroom…read morestroganoff was perfect! It was so flavorful! My non vegan friend even picked into my plate. Great drinks! The staff were friendly and attentive! The decor of this place was amazing; looked like something out of a movie. I'll definitely slide by on my next trip!

Old men leering at underage girls... No thanks…read more It's tacky, unimaginative, expensive, boring and offers nothing more than any other club. This place has the same amount of dignity as buying a fake Louis Vuitton bag from Thailand and pretending it's real. Fur coat, no knickers soulless, sleazy bar for the pretentious.

Opal Lounge is one of the better clubs on the overly trendy George Street. There is a range of…read moredifferent nights which are popular with students and young professionals. Thursday and Sunday nights at Opal Lounge is usually the place to be for the young Edinburgh crowd. I quite like the fact that the bar staff actually make decent drinks, complete with napkin! And they are reasonably priced too. The toilets are pretty cool with huge mirrors to admire yourself in. There is plenty of seating too for the boring people like myself. They offer a range of VIP packages, I don't know anyone who can actually afford these sorts of things but I guess there is plenty of people in Edinburgh who can. Prices for a VIP package go all the way up to £500 so you better start saving for a night out here!

3/6/2023 - I added a few photos here. They are currently closed but looks like it will be hopping…read morewhen they open up. Right near the Executive Room.

We met there for a cocktail evening and the place seems fancy enough for a few Cocktails and…read morenibbles. The bar Nineteen is located within the Carlton Hilton on North Bridge. It's a hotel bar. Very stylish and clean. The staff is very nice and accommodating. We got the choice of 3 nibbles and chose one each: haggis bon bon, chicken wings and warm bread with oil and vinegar. The bread was warm and tasty. The chicken on the other hand could have done with some more cooking. The cocktail was nice enough. Champagne with strawberry bellini. The menue choice is limited and prices are quite steep. Well, it's a hotel bar! :-) Enjoy!

Kami (host/server) Harry (bartender/server) and Clara (bartender) are great hosts and so fun to…read moretalk with. Amazing food, Amazing ambiance, and Amazing service. Highly recommend. Staff is so helpful, knowledgeable, and delightful. The food is 5-Stars!

Finished a long day of walking and we're looking for a spot to have some dinner. Found this…read morelittle gem of a place and had a wonderful meal. Initially were sitting outside but when the rains started we moved inside. The bar area was very nice and had ample seating. Sadly the only drawback was having to order at the bar our entire meal at one time. The food was absolutely amazing. Had their baked brie in a Yorkshire pudding, fish and chips and their balmoral chicken dish. They were flavorful and filling. The staff who help us was very nice and wanted to help. It's a fun location to try if you're able.

Our second time here while visiting Edinburgh and the drinks are always great. The waitress…read moreremembered us from our visit months before. The vibes are great.

Cute little cocktail spot in Edinburgh. The staff was so nice. They have a cocktail menu and also…read moremake cocktails according to your preference as well. Totally worth a drop in.

Didn't think much of Apero's unfriendly interior, too much glass and black made it feel cold and…read moreunwelcoming. It didn't feel like they had any interest in serving food and when we went to order there was really nothing worth spending the money on, as the kitchen only seemed to be able to prepare things that would compliment the vast range of champagne. It's alright if you're into that almost fake lifestyle but I'm not. Especially not mid-week and especially not if you're actually hungry. However, what Apero did seem to excel at was it's range of cocktails - the menu for them was rather weighty. Lots of choice for any budget (almost..)

Come here after visiting a couple other pubs and if you're looking to dance and sing. There's a man…read moreon the piano playing songs for all to sing along, which makes for a good time if you're in the right mood. As others have mentioned, this place opens quite late so it gets better later into the night. I may have also spent a little too much money here as the night went along as well.

The thing about Fingers (or "FINGAAS" as we sometimes shout it on a drunk night out) is that you…read moreshould not go in with champagne jazz bar expectations. Fingers is the place to be after the other pubs and clubs shut, and you're not hip, young or rich enough for any actual clubs. There are also some rules... Rule nr 1: Don't go before 1am. Rule nr 2: Only go when tipsy, drunk or in the mood for a singalong. Rule nr 3: Don't get annoyed by drunk people or by how busy it is. If you abide by all of these rules, you're going to have a GREAT OLD time! The piano man will play great and bad singalongs, and you will sing and dance along at your best ability. The place stays open late, so there will be drunk people (I am one of them), and that's just the place it is. There is booze, I couldn't tell you what exactly, but it does the job. FINGAAS!

Three and a half skewing positive. Extremely convenient location wedged conveniently between the…read moreinsanely touristy old town and the bourgeoning hipster Mecca of Leith, and directly abutting, I am told the epicenter of the cities gay scene. The lovely century plus old building is beautifully restored and tastefully updated. If the 3rd floor walk up room might count as a negative for some, at this point in life I appreciate anything that forces even an iota of more of something even suggesting of exercise into my life whatsoever. Staff was uniformly courteous and helpful with my needy jet lagged ass. Unfortunately what you gain in terms of a strategic location, and charm inside the premises, you lose in terms of the immediate view outside of your room. While the building itself and a few spare stragglers like it in the immediate area, as well as the plaque outside indicating that Arthur Conan Doyle's birthplace was in a once existing building across the street, suggest the surrounding few acres were once as lovely and ancient as most of the glorious historic streets of this ridiculously enchanting town, its sadly no longer the case. Somehow this district avoided historic preservation, and in its current stage is pretty much comprised of at least 50 percent active construction zones with gaping holes of torn up streets and massive building footprints. The remaining half of the area is already completed monolithic hideously modern shopping malls of the type I would suspect must already be gravely threatened by online shopping. As distressing as the view outside my window was to view during my short stay here, those stores proved convenient when I needed some adapters and a stop at a nearby apple store, and a mere 5 minute stroll put me firmly in the center of some truly breathtaking scenery. At the end of the day it offers a solid value and friendly hospitality in comfy and low key elegant accommodations in a central, if soulless feeling locale. Oh yeah; and one word of advise: This place oddly apparently has 3D TV sets in at least some of the rooms (which by the way, in a cute touch, are each named after one of Scotland's beloved "loches' aka lakes). Be aware that those glasses are in there for the TV, and do not make the same mistake I did and assume they were novelty son glasses there for the guests to take as souvenirs. I guess the fact that the sun barely ever shines in this country would have been a good indication that they wouldn't be offering gratis shades...womp womp...

A bar that's open until 3am is always a winner with a great team of bar staff and plentiful…read moresheepskin, which is great when your face gets a little warm from the vodka and wine and you want to snuggle up (i.e my entire New Year). it's a completely perfect place to spend the wee hours. What used to be a private members club is set in a tremendous Georgian townhouse set over 3 floors comprising of a restaurant, the main bar, a whisky bar, and four luxurious hotel rooms. The food during normal operating hours is pretty good, could do with fancying down as it's all a bit fiddly with the amount of jars and plates but it's really topnotch. However, we went on a meal deal kinda day but I don't doubt that the food normally might be a wee bit pricey.

This is exactly the kind of pub I love. Not fancy. Not touristy. Great music. Great drinks. A bit…read moredivey. Dark enough to be intimate. Friendly barkeeper. Moderate prices. Old-school pub atmosphere. If I'd live in the neighbourhood, this would be my local pub to go to all the time.

Having undergone a lick of paint outside and a renovation inside the bar is now a very good choice…read moreshould you wish a quieter establishment in which to watch the football on TV or play Trivial Pursuit or just drink and talk somewhere you don't have to raise your voice in to be heard. At £3.50 for a pint of Joker IPA it's also got a more sensible pricing policy than many of its near neighbours. On visiting again the other week I saw the pub now has an arrangement with the Origano pizza takeaway further down Leith Walk. You can therefore order (from around a dozen or so different types) a pizza & have it delivered to the pub for consumption there.