Lord Bodos

Yes, I was a tourist and I guess that probably makes this review garbage but I loved this place. We first walked in to just have a pint or two and didn’t plan on staying long at all. After about 15 minutes, one of the regulars came up to us and just started talking to us, then inviting us over to his group. Well a couple pints turned into lots of beer and scotch over 2 visits during my trip to Edinburgh.
Sure, the pub is a fairly standard pub but the people were great. If I find myself back in Scotland, I will be sure to go out of my way to have a pint here again. And talk trash about England.

Not really a remarkable put in any way, it’s one of these ones where you never think to go even if it is 3 minutes from your flat. It’s a bit, meh when thinking of places to spend your evening.
However, when you get in it seems to be so friendly and pleasant that it’s like a Derren Brown mind trick and you want to stay there forever and ever. A warm interior, fairy lights and it’s proximity to the centre of town make it a strange treat now and again.

This is a really small pub at the top of
Dublin Street, opposite the Stand Comedy Club. It’s useful to know about if you are about to see a show at the comedy club, or have just had a busy day shopping at the nearby Harvey Nicols shop. Otherwise, there are better pubs to visit. They have 2 tvs showing sky, but the setting of the pub has a barrier in the middle so only those sitting or standing directly by the tvs can watch them. So this makes the small pub even smaller. When there was a bookies next door a lot of punters would come in and watch the horse racing at the weekends. The bookies has now closed so the pub is usually very quiet. It does have room for 4 tables outside, so if you are lucky to be there on a sunny day, grab one of those. Their food menu is better than you might think. I’ve had chicken and bacon wrap with fries a couple of times and it’s tasty and generous portions. Not much atmosphere there though, so there are better options usually.