Fishers Bar at The Shore is a bar in Leith, Edinburgh.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 1 The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QW
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society in The Vaults on Giles Street in Leith, opened 1983, the world reference for single-cask whisky with a members bar and tasting.
DrinkSingle-cask whisky by the dram
FoodScottish small plates
TipNon-members can buy a day pass for £15 and bring a guest; ask at the door. The Queen Street branch is the New Town sibling.
The Witchery bar in Boswell's Court at the top of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, opened 1979, a heritage candlelit room pouring cocktails and an extensive wine.
DrinkWhisky-cream Witchery (house cocktail)
FoodFull Scottish menu
TipAsk for The Secret Garden, the second dining room down the stairs; the candle-lit version of the experience.
The Caley Picture House on Lothian Road in Edinburgh, a JD Wetherspoon pub in the grade-B listed 1923 Caley cinema building, serving budget cask ales.
DrinkCask ales and budget whisky
FoodFull Wetherspoon kitchen including pies and stovies
TipThe listed art-deco interior is worth seeing regardless of the Wetherspoon context; look up at the original plasterwork.
The Bow Bar on West Bow in Edinburgh Old Town, opened in the 1860s and refurbished in the 1990s as a classic Scottish pub, with 250 single malt whiskies.
DrinkA dram of Highland Park 12 and a pint of cask Belhaven
FoodBar snacks (pies, crisps)
TipNo cocktails, no music, no kids. Cask ale list rotates daily; ask the bar what is on tonight.
Iain McPherson's Panda and Sons on Queen Street in Edinburgh New Town, opened 2013, a speakeasy cocktail bar in a basement disguised as a barber-shop.
DrinkBourbon and Earl Grey Old Fashioned
FoodBar snacks and small plates
TipEnter through the barber-shop door at street level. Bookings open 30 days ahead; cocktail menu changes seasonally.
The Devil's Advocate in Advocate's Close off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, opened 2013 in a former Victorian pump house, a stone-walled whisky and cocktail.
DrinkSmoke and Mirrors (peated whisky cocktail)
FoodModern Scottish small plates
TipFind the bar by going down the steep close from the High Street; the street-level entrance is unmarked.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society in The Vaults on Giles Street in Leith, opened 1983, the world reference for single-cask whisky with a members bar and tasting.
DrinkSingle-cask whisky by the dram
FoodScottish small plates
TipNon-members can buy a day pass for £15 and bring a guest; ask at the door. The Queen Street branch is the New Town sibling.
