Best Bars in Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Heritage pubs, whisky bars, party-square cocktail rooms — Edinburgh's drinking-square heart.
Grassmarket is the medieval Edinburgh hollow below the Castle — once a market and execution site, now the most concentrated bar square in Old Town. Heritage Scottish pubs anchor every corner.
Eight Grassmarket picks for a wandering Edinburgh night.
The best bars in Grassmarket
The White Hart Inn
Grassmarket 1516 heritage pub — Edinburgh's oldest. Cheap pints, full Scottish heritage.
Last Drop
Grassmarket heritage 1719 pub. Named for the public hangings that took place here. Full Edinburgh heritage drinking.
The Bow Bar
Victoria Street whisky bar with 350+ Scotch whiskies. No music, no TVs, full Edinburgh whisky heritage.
Beehive Inn
Grassmarket heritage 1700s pub. Cheap pints, beer garden, full Edinburgh heritage.
Maggie Dickson's
Grassmarket pub named for the 18th-century woman who survived hanging. Cheap pints, full Edinburgh heritage.
Black Bull
Grassmarket heritage neighborhood pub. Cheap pints, terrace, full Grassmarket-square energy.
Banshee Labyrinth
Niddry Street cellar live music venue with bar. Said to be Edinburgh's most haunted pub. Full Edinburgh underground feeling.
Sandy Bell's
Forrest Road heritage Scottish folk music pub. Live trad sessions nightly, full Edinburgh music heritage.
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