Vaulted, value-driven sports bar under South Bridge with karaoke Thursday and a quiz that locals turn up for.
The Globe Bar sits on Niddry Street under South Bridge, a slim Old Town lane that hides one of the city's most committed sports rooms. The bar runs two large rooms with vaulted brick ceilings and a big-screen each, plus enough side screens to make it impossible to lose track of a match from any seat. Pints from £4.50 in 2026 give it the best value in the Old Town for the football and rugby trade.
This is not a craft-beer destination and the room is honest about it. Monday's quiz night and Thursday's karaoke are written into the local schedule, with the bar's own page calling the Thursday karaoke world-famous and a steady regular crowd making the claim less ridiculous than it sounds. Anyone after a £14 cocktail is on the wrong lane; anyone after a working-bar pint, ten screens, and a Bon Jovi cover at midnight is in the right one.
Two vaulted rooms under South Bridge, a long bar across the main room, branded glassware on the major lager lines, and the karaoke setup against the back wall. Tripadvisor reviewers describe the layout as deceptively large for the lane it sits on, with sight-lines to a screen from almost every table.
The drinks list is functional rather than curated. Pints from £4.50, a short spirits list, and a handful of basic cocktails for £8. Tripadvisor reviewers and locals on r/Edinburgh consistently flag the value as the reason to choose it over the more polished Old Town rooms. Skip the wine list; the volume is in the lager and the bottled cider.
A loyal local trade on weekdays, a Six Nations and Champions League crowd on big match days, and a karaoke crowd that fills the back room from 9pm on Thursdays. One Tripadvisor regular described it as the best value boozer in the vicinity, which is the line locals quote at incoming visitors.