An island bar dominates this attractive and elegant Victorian pub, where the walls are decorated with Royal Doulton tiles of famous inventors. It gets very busy after work, and...

It's been around since 1871. It looks as if it was decorated by a mad maiden aunt from the Victorian era. It has a good wine list, an excellent bar menu (the open sandwiches...

Beer heaven: this old-fashioned pub offers local brews, obscure artisan cask ales from around the UK, and bottled beers from Germany and the Low Countries. Wherever you choose...

The Cumberland is perhaps the most user-friendly of the city's acclaimed cask ale bars. It feels light and spacious during the day, and the leafy beer garden is an absolute joy...

This address has hosted many a venue over the years, but perhaps plush cocktail bar Dragonfly will stick. Some might see hints of a Graham Norton stage set in the decor, but...

Has it really been a decade or so since Indigo Yard made such a splash in the West End? It's showing a little wear and tear these days, but it still endures, popular both with...

Drink has been a mainstay here for nearly two centuries: before morphing into a pub in 1976, these premises housed a wine merchant for more than 150 years. Now, along with a...

Both this pub and its proprietor, Mary Moriarty, are legends on the Edinburgh pub scene. It's a small and neatly kept pub, patronised by everyone from merchant mariners to...

The brainchild of Tony Singh at Oloroso, Roti opened in 2005 but proved such a success that it moved to this larger space in 2007. The Indian-influenced menu goes way beyond...

Like the Royal Oak, this is a folkies' hangout: there's an open session every night from around 9pm. You can get the gist of the place from the bust of poet Hamish Henderson...

The SMWS was set up in 1983 to buy individual casks of whisky from distilleries, bottle them and sell them to members. It remains largely unchanged: the atmosphere is still...