Editorial
Edinburgh pubs are some of the UK's oldest — the 10 below run from Old Town hush to Leith waterfront.
Ryrie's sits beside Haymarket station in a listed Edwardian building, a free house with a carved gantry, stained glass and a focus on real ale and Scotch. An upstairs lounge runs as a cocktail bar. Best for a pre-train pint in one of the city's older pubs.
The Standing Order fills a former Union Bank hall on George Street, its high ceiling and granite pillars intact, run as a Wetherspoon with budget food and drink from morning to late. It has been voted the chain's best pub in Scotland. Best for a cheap pint in a grand New Town room.
The 10 above are where Edinburgh actually drinks in pubs — proper cask ale, regulars who know the staff, the kind of room that earns the word.
Spirits Specialist — craft beer, whisky, anything fermented or aged.