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Edinburgh Bar Guide

From Bramble's Queen Street cellar to the Bow Bar's three-hundred-whisky shelf. Where Edinburgh drinks, ranked.

How this guide was made

Every bar in this guide was visited in person by a barsforKings editor. No bar is listed without a visit within the past 18 months, and every ranked bar is visited at least twice, on different nights, before it earns a place. This city is re-reviewed every 90 days, and each entry is approved by a named editor — never an algorithm and never a paid placement. Read our full methodology and editorial standards, or meet the editors behind the reviews.

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