throbber Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Haha judgement was a bit off last night! Diabolical one is right and the pubs on Leith walk are good, I'm not out there often enough to properly comment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I didn't like Frankenstein's. Too noisy and surrounded by pesky young people. I realise that makes me sound about 83. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 26 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: I didn't like Frankenstein's. Too noisy and surrounded by pesky young people. I realise that makes me sound about 83. Ive been feeling that way about some pubs since i was mid 20's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I like the pubs on Leith Walk. You can also stop and get a burrito in Los Cardos as a refuel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 If you cut through Linksview House you can get from bottom of Leith Walk to The Shore in 5 minutes which is another great stretch of pubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 It looks like it's going to be a pub crawl along Rose Street. Thanks for all your suggestions! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViktorVic Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I'm probably late with this, but... I'm no expert on Edinburgh pubs, the only one I actually know is The Wee Pub, and I liked it fine. There seems to be a lot more, but my experience was cut rather short last time after some very upstanding men tried to punch me and my friend in the face for looking and sounding Spanish. My face still remembers those genlemen, and I hope that the balls of the one who made me go to a dentist remembers my boot. It was a fun,fun time in Edinburgh. I'm thinking of going there again and trying some more local pubs and bars. Anyway, here's some more Kate to compliment the one above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, ViktorVic said: I'm probably late with this, but... I'm no expert on Edinburgh pubs, the only one I actually know is The Wee Pub, and I liked it fine. There seems to be a lot more, but my experience was cut rather short last time after some very upstanding men tried to punch me and my friend in the face for looking and sounding Spanish. My face still remembers those genlemen, and I hope that the balls of the one who made me go to a dentist remembers my boot. It was a fun,fun time in Edinburgh. I'm thinking of going there again and trying some more local pubs and bars. Anyway, here's some more Kate to compliment the one above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 On 5/2/2017 at 09:47, ViktorVic said: I'm probably late with this, but... I'm no expert on Edinburgh pubs, the only one I actually know is The Wee Pub, and I liked it fine. There seems to be a lot more, but my experience was cut rather short last time after some very upstanding men tried to punch me and my friend in the face for looking and sounding Spanish. My face still remembers those genlemen, and I hope that the balls of the one who made me go to a dentist remembers my boot. It was a fun,fun time in Edinburgh. I'm thinking of going there again and trying some more local pubs and bars. Anyway, here's some more Kate to compliment the one above. Unfortunately the stag do was last Saturday so I missed out on getting punched in the face. Try and be more punctual with your posts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I didn't like Frankenstein's. Too noisy and surrounded by pesky young people. I realise that makes me sound about 83. Frankensteins is awful, always reminds me of Sloans in Aberdeen. Overpriced, poor atmosphere, terrible beer on tap, too loud and filled with a certain sort of young people who don't know how to act in pubs. But for some reason any time I'm in a group of people who I don't regularly drink with (workmates or someone's birthday who isn't in my closer group of friends) Frankensteins always gets suggested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Frankensteins is awful, always reminds me of Sloans in Aberdeen. Overpriced, poor atmosphere, terrible beer on tap, too loud and filled with a certain sort of young people who don't know how to act in pubs. But for some reason any time I'm in a group of people who I don't regularly drink with (workmates or someone's birthday who isn't in my closer group of friends) Frankensteins always gets suggested. Well it is "World Famous". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I've lived in Edinburgh for more than a decade and I've never gone to Frankenstein's, everyone I know says it's shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I've lived in Edinburgh for more than a decade and I've never gone to Frankenstein's, everyone I know says it's shit. It's pish and you are too old for it now anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 13 minutes ago, throbber said: It's pish and you are too old for it now anyway. You are just annoyed that more and more pubs are refusing to serve men in Lonsdale shorts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 You are just annoyed that more and more pubs are refusing to serve men in Lonsdale shorts. That explains his love for Wetherspoons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I've not been in but I've been past the Wetherspoons on Lothian Road (as recommended by throbber) and it generally has a crowd of semi-vagrants and bouncers outside. I've never been to Frankenstein's either and don't intend to visit any time soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I'd like to see a topical web series of Shandon Par and throbber going for drinks in each others favoured establishments. Shandon could take throbber to the Canny Man one night and then the next it'd be the Foot of the Walk. They could wear the clothing appropriate for each venue, so in Morningside thorbber could wear Paul Nuttal-style tweed, whereas for the FotW Shandon would get the head-to-toe Lonsdale and Slazenger look that throbber has perfected. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I'm game if you are Shandon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 1 hour ago, throbber said: I'm game if you are Shandon. This has real potential. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I may as well ask this here instead of starting a new thread. I'll have a couple of hours to kill in Edinburgh one afternoon later this week. Can anyone recommend a decent place for some scran? I'll be on my jack so nothing too formal and it needs to be within reasonable walking distance of Waverley. I'm not interested in any chain type places. Preferably it would be something unusual. By that, I mean something that isn't typical pub grub. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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