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Greyfriars Bobby's Bar
Edinburgh
EH1 2QE
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hondo . left this review about Greyfriars Bobby's Bar
Nicholson's pub located next to Greyfriars Kirkyard and the statue of greyfriars bobby. 5 real ales and food served. On entry the pub has a quite formal dining area to the left with a lounge area to the right down some steps.
On 22nd November 2012
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Roger Button left this review about Greyfriars Bobby's Bar
The story of Greyfrairs and Bobby, the loyal Skye Terrior that guarded his master’s grave for 14 years, is a local legend albeit somewhat economical with the truth according to some recent reports. Outside the pub can be found Edinburgh’s smallest listed “building”, a lifesize statuette of the dog dating from 1872 that continues to draw the visitors and tug enough heartstrings to lure them into the pub. It is alledged that the statue was at some point turned around by a previous landlord to ensure that the pub constantly features in people’s photos.
The pub is housed in what looks like a couple of cattages mmerged together and the interior is split between the main bar which in itself is semi-divided into 2 halves and a sunken side section. The décor is a bit pub by numbers with tartan carpets, paneled walls and a few interesting movie stills including a signed photo of Walt Disney. The furnishings are more pub than lounge with a few padded banquettes in the sunken side bar. There are a couple of TV’s and some harmless piped background music.
As one would expect, the pub draws a lot on the passing tourist trade and despite it being an early midweek lunchtime for my visit, the place was busy with a good proportion having lunch. Just as well as for a Nicholson’s pub it didn’t pull too many punches on the wet side of things and the choices of beers was quite poor with just 1 ale (the ubiquitous Caledonian Deuchars) across 4 pumps. A blackboard listed a coupl of doze whiskies. Price wise (£3.10 for the Deeuchars) it was a bit more reasonable than some of the more tourist destination pubs in town. The menu was typical chain pub stuff with main courses £7-10.
What started out as a pub that was high on the to do list turned out to be little more than average one pinter and whilst I’m glad it’s ticked off, I can’t see that it warrants a visit at the expense of any of the more superior pubs in the vicinity.
On 25th November 2011
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dragonfly xxx left this review about Greyfriars Bobby's Bar
busy little pub(narrow and long)mainly due to tourists.good menu but difficult to get a seat at times.good selection of beers and has a juke box.well worth visiting the historic kirk and graveyard just behind or even better go on the popular "covenanters prison" tour then pop in for a pint and a bite to eat
On 17th January 2011
- rating: 6
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- Official pages of The Greyfriars Bobbys Bar, contains menu and real ale details - www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk
