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9A Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AE (View on Google Map)
(0131) 556 5044
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NOTE: NO REAL ALE. Side-turning cask ale taps out of use October 2022. Still thought to be serving bottled real cider.

Popular and often very busy old town bar. The main area has a dark wooden bar and flooring. There is a further room to the rear and a smaller snug at the front. The beer taps are on the bar’s back wall, with real ales to the left (side-turning taps) and keg-craft to the right. Food is served all day with burgers a speciality (breakfast served until 12 noon).

NOTE: Alcohol is not served until 11am.

Information for this venue is provided by the Edinburgh & South East Scotland Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Holyrood Tavern
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Last updated
Last surveyed
12/09/2019
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
EDN/145
Asset of Community Value

Bare-boarded pub built 1898 that retains its original two-tier mirrored gantry. The stand-up bar has an old bar counter with match strikers, two-thirds-height wall-panelling and an elongated Usher's Pale Ale mirror but the bar top is new. A wide arch on the right leads to a separate sitting room with more panelling, a few bell-pushes and a 1930s fireplace. There was a snug bar at the front accessed from the left-hand door but only a small section of curved part glazed screen that separated it remains. The bar opens out at the rear with more panelling and there is a good cornice throughout. The pub was extended back in the 1930s and the rear room is the venue for a folk music jam session on Sunday evenings.

Bare-boarded pub built 1898 that retains its original two-tier mirrored gantry. The stand-up bar has an old bar counter with match strikers, two-thirds-height wall-panelling and an elongated Usher's Pale Ale mirror but the bar top is new. A wide arch on the right leads to a separate sitting room with more panelling, a few bell-pushes and a 1930s fireplace. There was a snug bar at the front accessed from the left-hand door but only a small section of curved part glazed screen that separated it remains. The bar opens out at the rear with more panelling and there is a good cornice throughout. The pub was extended back in the 1930s and the rear room is the venue for a folk music jam session on Sunday evenings.

General information about historic pub interiors
Monday
9:00am - Midnight
Tuesday
9:00am - Midnight
Wednesday
9:00am - Midnight
Thursday
9:00am - Midnight
Friday
9:00am - 1:00am
Saturday
9:00am - 1:00am
Sunday
9:00am - Midnight
Monday
9:00am - 11:00pm
Tuesday
9:00am - 11:00pm
Wednesday
9:00am - 11:00pm
Thursday
9:00am - 11:00pm
Friday
9:00am - 11:00pm
Saturday
9:00am - 11:00pm
Sunday
9:00am - 11:00pm
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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Although this pub is not targeting the family market, children are allowed until 10pm
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
if on a lead
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Features
Real Cider Real Cider
Pulpt (bottles).<br>Check if any others are real at <a href="https://producers.camra.org.uk/?producer_types%5B0%5D=1&producer_types%5B1%5D=2" target="_blank">Producer List</a>.<br>Find out about Real Cider and Perry and CAMRA’s #NotFromConcentrate criteria at <a href="https://camra.org.uk/beer-and-cider/cider/promoting-real-cider-and-perry" target="_blank">Real Cider and Perry</a>.
Transport
Close to bus routes (150m)
Lothian: 35
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Close to metro (980m)
St Andrew Square
Nearby Station (579m)
Edinburgh
Directions
E edge of Old Town

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