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Travel Info Best for pub crawl in Edinburgh? "Rose Street" or Leith Walk"? Travel Tips Rose Street for sure Rose Street is famous for many a pub crawl with a pub every few yards for almost a mile. This narrow and lively street is now pedestrianised, and has many food outlets, smaller shops and access to some of the big stores. Lanes serve the back entrances of the shops and businesses on Prince Street and George Street and is crossed by Castle, Frederick and Hanover streets, opening out to Charlotte Square on the west and St Andrews Square on the east. We include pubs in the immediate area too. Some Rose Street pubs have remained unchanged for a century and are Edinburgh institutions. Others have evolved and changed many times. The Abbotsford 3-5 Rose Street 0131 225 5276 Built originally for Jenners across the street, this early 1900 listed building was designed by Henderson who also did Leslies in Ratcliffe Terrace. Island bar, restaurant food upstairs with good menu including Cullen Skink. Real ales, good selection of whiskies. A gem of a pub architecturally with a real Edinburgh feel. Auld Hundred 100 Rose Street EH2 Fascinating old style pub on two levels with neuks and crannies. Wonder where it got its name? Bar 38 126-28, George St EH2 4JZ 0131 220 6180 Another trendy converted bank or office. Food all day is good but pricey. This is up market and cool so no real ales. Brecks 110-114, Rose St EH2 3JF 0131 225 3297 Nice central island bar with imaginative bar meals and snacks. Pictures of RL Stevenson (Alan Breck, Kidnapped) and a cosy room off. Lively at weekends but still a good place for a chat. Some cask ale, range of whiskies and wines. Was the Goblet which was one of the 'in' places of the 60's/70's set. Its two bars were knocked into one. Cafe Royal 19, West Register St EH2 2AA 0131 556 1884 A must. Central island bar, famous Doulton tiled walls, good variety of real ales and beers and of clientele. Dating from 1862 it is an Edinburgh institution that almost went the way of the hideous St James centre when Woolworths wanted it in the 60's. Circle Bar, a famous screen and the Oyster Bar upstairs. Dirty Dicks Bar 159, Rose St EH2 4LS 0131 225 4610 E-mail belowthebeltfoodco@hotmail.com Imaginative traditional look on the sight of an older bar. Variety of real ales well kept and food served all day. Almost as much a restaurant as a pub with seating out on to Rose Street. Despite its size it has a cosy almost rural feel with dark wood and musical instruments hanging up. Takes its beer and food seriously. Friendly service. Sister pub to Clever Dicks in the Royal Mile. Fibber Magees 24, Howe St EH3 6TG 0131 220 2376 Big Irish bar but lots of little neuks and cubicles for a quiet more tete a tete time. Big range of beers and food served. Filthy McNasty's Rose Street Bills itself as a 'Braw Heilin Howff' which was fair jumpin' when we visited on a Sunday. Big window that opens out onto the street. Fingers Piano Bar 61 Frederick St EH2 1LH 0131 225 3026 The Fling & Firkin 49, Rose St EH2 2NH 0131 225 6362 Lively corner bar with tables out onto Rose Street. Real ales and usual spirits selection in what used to be Paddy's Bar Gordon Arms 135 Rose Street You'll find regulars in all Rose Street pubs, but the Gordon Arms makes being a local an art. Through all the phases of Rose Street it has managed to stay almost exactly the same with a reputation of a no-nonsense pub. Small traditional bar with authentic interior, cottage-style plate shelf and an imposing gantry. Guildford Arms 1, West Register St EH2 2AA 0131 556 4312 Selection of regular and guest real ales in a beautiful and well refurbished Victorian Edinburgh pub, CAMRA listed in 2001. Food served but not to children. Revolving door warning. Hogshead 22, Rose St EH2 3HT 0131 226 1224 Real ales in a bright basement. Serves food day and evening. Very busy at weekends. Ivanhoe South St David Street EH2 0131 524 0051 Victorian style theme in a modern building. Before refurbishment a while ago it was a contemporary 'designer' bar of its day in the 60's. Named after the Sir Walter Scott novel, the bar is just up from the Scott Monument on Princes Street. Keg beer, 10 or so wines, food all day. Jekyll & Hyde 112, Hanover St EH2 1DR 0131 225 2022 Theme pub on lots of different levels and wee neuks, quite exciting really. The Kenilworth 152 Rose Street 0131 226 4835 Dating from about 1900 as a pub, but going back further, the Kenilworth has retained and built on its charm over the years. In the 70's was popular as a gay bar. Now a mixture of locals and tourists. Real ales, food all day and family and children room. Worth pausing outside to admire the first floor windows. Milne's Bar 35, Hanover St and 21 Rose Street EH2 2PJ 0131 225 6738 Once the drinking hole of famous and emerging poets with photos and documents to prove it. Frequented from the 50's by McDairmid, McCaig and the likes, it boasts a 'Little Kremlin' room. A basement entrance on Hanover Street and continental style open-up front onto Rose Street with seats outside. Very lively at weekends and a range of good beers. Mr Q's Rose Street Billed as a 'Metro Fun Pub' , there is pool, all day food and DJ on Saturdays. Downstairs club feel. Olivers 178a, Rose St EH2 4BA 0131 220 3933 Tartan seats back on to a window that opens out to the street. A lively pub in a lively part of the street. O'Neill's Irish Bar 99, Hanover St EH2 1DJ 0131 225 0911 Penny Black 17, West Register St EH2 2AA 0131 556 1106 Queen's Arms 49, Frederick St EH2 1EP 0131 225 1045 Traditional and unpretentious basement bar with lots of Scottish history on the wall - not contrived but built up over the years (perhaps not dating quite back to Mary Queen of Scots). Real ales, good whisky selection. Robertsons 37 Bar 37, Rose St EH2 2NH 0131 225 6185 Established 1901 and still famous for its long gantry of whiskies. Rhodes & Co Brasserie and Bar 13-15 Rose Street EH2 2YJ 0131 220 9190 Bearing the Jenners label, this up-market bar sports elegant bar stools, French style beer fonts and buckets of champagne. Happy hour from 5-7pm. Rose & Crown 170, Rose St EH2 4BA 0131 225 4039 The Rose Street Brewery 55, Rose St EH2 2NH 0131 220 1227 Used to be the White Cockade moons ago, we think. Like so many pubs in the area nowadays it has an 'open-out' front that make the bar part of the street and vice versa. However it retains its traditional look and feel. Originally came in as a pub that brewed its own real ales. Scott's Bar 202 Rose St EH2 4AZ 0131 225 7401 Largely unchanged over the years, a traditional corner pub with the bar unusually backing on to the street side. Real ales, range of wines and food served. Was 'Ma Scott's' after the famous Mrs Scott who was one of three not-to-be-messed-with women publicans of the Abbotsford and Old Chain Pier. The Standing Order 62-66, George St EH2 2LR 0131 225 4460 One of the new huge barns converted from a bank or something. Good to look at but no real character. Smaller rooms off (good for group nights out) and a no smoking area. Corporate type menu but good food. Range of beers sold at ridiculously welcome low prices at certain times and nights. Three Tuns Wine Vaults 7-11, Hanover St EH2 2DL 0131 225 5412 Tiles Cafe Bar Bistro 1 St. Andrew Square EH2 2BD 0131 558 1507 Original art-deco tiles, real ales and food all day. Very nice for a sit down during the day and watching the world go by. Victoria and Albert 13a/15a Frederick Street. EH2 0131 226 4562 Quite an innovation when it appeared in the 70s. A Victoria theme pub if you will. Very cosy, piano for anyone who wants to entertain and a restaurant. Real Victorian parlour feel on basement and just above street level. Source(s): http://www.edinburgh.pubs.freeuk.com/ros... Other Travel Tips Both. Lightweight. Try the Burke and Hare crawl around the Grass Market and that area- brilliant! Rose Street is fantastic, but I havent been to Leith walk so cant really compare! Rose Street. :-) |
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