A busy, friendly pub with a traditional bar atmosphere. The single room has a high ceiling and is dominated by a superb gantry behind the bar that is well stocked with Malt Whisky. Plenty of sport is shown on the TVs and there are also Jukebox evenings. A refreshing change from the tourist tat that characterises some Rose Street establishments. Bar snacks like Toasties, paninis and soup are available until 8pm unless the staff are too busy pulling pints to do food as well. The current management is keen on real ale so get in there, drink them dry, and then maybe a second handpump will be in the offing.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: B
Rose Street is popular for a pub crawl and this is one of three real heritage pubs along it. It retains its splendid tall ornately carved original gantry and what is believed to be the original bar counter which has a frontage added in the 1960s and a renewed top. Built as a four-storey red sandstone dwelling in the 19th-century, the interior by P L Henderson is dated 1898. Quite possibly the bar was much as it is today. apart from the rear left section where the toilets used to be - these are now downstairs. The only other recent change is the removal of some fixed seating on the right c.2000 to create more space.
This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 0 regular beers.
Robertson's 37 Bar, Edinburgh
Introduction This guide describes the 116 pubs identified by CAMRA as having interiors of national or regional historic or architectural importance, plus a further 24 whose interiors are of some regional interest. Scotland has over 4000 pubs so why do...