
Guided tour · 1 hour
Edinburgh: Pickering's Gin Jolly Tour, Cocktail & Tasting
Indulge in pure gin pleasure on the Pickering's Gin Jolly Tour in Edinburgh. Learn about the distillation process, sample four gins, enjoy a freshly made cocktail and ...
Hawksmoor Bar is a bar in New Town, Edinburgh.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Bar steaks, charcuterie, snacks

Guided tour · 1 hour
Indulge in pure gin pleasure on the Pickering's Gin Jolly Tour in Edinburgh. Learn about the distillation process, sample four gins, enjoy a freshly made cocktail and ...

Multi-day trip · 3 days
Discover Speyside and the Scottish Highlands on a private 3-day tour from Edinburgh. Visit famous distilleries, Loch Ness, Glencoe, and more with an English-speaking d...

Multi-day trip · 5 days
Discover the best of Scotland on a 5-day whisky tour from Edinburgh or Glasgow. Visit 6 distilleries, explore the Isle of Mull, Inverness and the Orkney Islands , and ...
Address: 23 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA
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.
Civerinos pizza counter and bar on Hunter Square in Edinburgh Old Town, opened 2016, an all-Italian cocktail and amaro programme beside the slice counter.
DrinkAmaro spritz
FoodPizza by the slice
TipSlice plus a negroni at the counter is the local move after midnight; the cocktail menu changes monthly.
Fishers Bistro on The Shore in Leith Edinburgh, opened 1991 in a former 1700s signal tower, a seafood bar serving native oysters and Edinburgh Gin.
DrinkG and T with Edinburgh Gin
FoodSeafood small plates
TipBar counter takes walk-ins; the upstairs dining room books out at weekends but the bar is the better seat anyway.
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.