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The Malt Shovel

The Malt Shovel

Reviewed by Old Boots on 27 January 2026

Sizeable Belhaven (Greene King) pub at the bottom of Cockburn St. Set out on two levels due to the steep hill, the main servery is in the lower room. A roughly U shaped counter has a couple of T-Bars of Belhaven and UK standard kegs, the four pulls h... [more>]
Jolly Judge

Jolly Judge

Reviewed by David Walton on 08 November 2025

Visited 05/11/25 Four hand pumps dispensing Into the Mystic hazy pale ale from Tempest, the Snake Eyes Pale from Two by Two, the Big Little Red amber IPA from Pilot and the Embers 80/- from Otherworld. Keg offering was the Long White Cloud, Fall Guy... [more>]

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Pub has 13 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 2 reviewer(s) Advocate, The (7 Hunters Square, EH1 1QW)
Pub has 12 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 2 from 1 reviewer(s) Albanach (197 High Street, EH1 1PE)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 4 from 1 reviewer(s) Arcade (48 Cockburn Street, EH1 1PB)
Pub has 30 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Bannerman's Bar (212 The Cowgate, EH1 1NQ)
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Banshee Labyrinth, The (29 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Bar 50 (50 Blackfriars Street, EH1 1NE)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Bar Salsa (3 Cowgatehead, EH1 1JY)
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Barioja (19 Jeffrey Street, EH1 1DR)
Pub has no picturesPub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Baron Bailie, The (2 Lauriston Street, EH3 9DJ)
Pub has 20 picture(s)Pub has 7 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 5 reviewer(s) Beehive Inn, The (20 Grassmarket, EH1 2JU)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Belushi's (13 Market Street, EH1 1DE)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 2 reviewer(s) Biblos (1 Chambers Street, EH1 1HR)
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 9 from 3 reviewer(s) Biddy Mulligans (96 Grassmarket, EH1 2JR)
Pub has 14 picture(s)Pub has 6 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 4 reviewer(s) Black Bull (12 Grassmarket, EH1 2JU)
Pub has 28 picture(s)Pub has 14 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 12 reviewer(s) Blue Blazer (2 Spittal Street, EH3 9DX)
Pub has 36 picture(s)Pub has 18 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8.5 from 16 reviewer(s) Bow Bar, The (80 West Bow, EH1 2HH)
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Brass Monkey, The (14 Drummond Street, EH8 9TU)
Pub has 14 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 3 reviewer(s) BrewDog Edinburgh Cowgate (143-145 Cowgate, EH1 1JS)
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 1 reviewer(s) Brewhemia (1a Market Street, EH1 1DE)
Pub has no picturesPub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Bull & Bush (83 Lothian Road, EH3 9AW)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 2 from 1 reviewer(s) Burke & Hare (2 High Riggs, EH3 9BX)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Cabaret Voltaire (36-38 Blair Street, EH1 1QR)
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 2 reviewer(s) Canons' Gait, The (232 Canongate, EH8 8DQ)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Captains Bar, The (4 South College Street, EH8 9AA)
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Carbon Lounge, The (208 Cowgate, EH1 1LL)
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Carlton Highland Hotel (19 North Bridge, EH1 1SD)
Pub has no picturesPub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Cas Rock Cafe (104 Lord Darnley West Port, EH3 9DN)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 2 reviewer(s) Castle Arms, The (6 Johnston Terrace, EH1 2PW)
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Chanter, The (30-32 Bread Street, EH3 9AF)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 4 from 1 reviewer(s) City Cafe, The (19 Blair Street, EH1 1QR)
Pub has 14 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5 from 1 reviewer(s) Cold Town House (4 Grassmarket, EH1 2JU)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Copper Still (154 High Street, EH1 1QS)
Pub has 30 picture(s)Pub has 13 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6.5 from 10 reviewer(s) Deacon Brodies Tavern (435 Lawnmarket, EH1 2NT)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Devil's Advocate, The (9 Advocate Close, EH1 1ND)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Divino Enoteca (5 Merchant Street, EH1 2QD)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings DogHouse Edinburgh (5 New Street, EH8 8BH)
Pub has 18 picture(s)Pub has 10 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 8 reviewer(s) Doric, The (17 Market Street, EH1 1DE)
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Dragonfly (52 West Port, EH1 2LD)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Dropkick Murphys (7 Merchant Street, EH1 2QD)
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Ecco Vino (19 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BP)
Pub has 13 picture(s)Pub has 6 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 4 reviewer(s) Ensign Ewart (523 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PE)
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Espionage (4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, EH1 2HE)
Pub has 12 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 2 reviewer(s) Fiddlers Arms, The (13 Grassmarket, EH1 2HY)
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Filling Station, The (235-241 High Street, EH1 1PE)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Finnegans Wake (9B Victoria Street, EH1 2HE)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 2 reviewer(s) Footlights (7 Spittal Street, EH3 9DY)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Frankenstein (26 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EN)
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 6 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 4 from 2 reviewer(s) George IV Bar (54 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EJ)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Globe Bar, The (13 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG)
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Grand Cafe @ Scotsman Hotel (20 North Bridge, EH1 1YT)
Pub has 21 picture(s)Pub has 10 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 7 reviewer(s) Greyfriars Bobby (34 Candlemaker Row, EH1 2QE)
Pub has 22 picture(s)Pub has 22 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8.5 from 19 reviewer(s) Halfway House (24 Fleshmarket Close, EH1 1BX)
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 3 reviewer(s) Hebrides Bar (17 Market Street, EH1 1DE)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Hemma (69-73 Holyrood Road, EH8 8AE)
Pub has 12 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Holyrood 9A, The (9A Holyrood Road, EH8 8AE)
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 6 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 3 reviewer(s) Inn on the Mile, The (82 High Street, EH1 1LL)
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Iychicoo Bar @ The Radisson Hotel (80 High Street, EH1 1TH)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Jake’s Place (9-12 Market Street, EH1 1DE)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Jazz Bar (1a Chambers Street, EH1 1HR)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 7 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 5 reviewer(s) Jinglin' Geordie (20 Fleshmarket Close, EH1 1QA)
Pub has 17 picture(s)Pub has 13 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 10 reviewer(s) Jolly Judge (7 James Court, 493 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PB)
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed K Jacksons (44 Lady Lawson Street, EH3 9DW)
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Kick Ass (37-39 Cowgate, EH1 1JR)
Pub has 14 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Kilderkin (65 Cannongate, EH8 8BT)
Pub has 22 picture(s)Pub has 8 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6.5 from 6 reviewer(s) Last Drop, The (Grassmarket, EH1 2JR)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Legends (71 Cowgate, EH1 1JW)
Pub has no picturesPub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Living Room, The (237 Cowgate, EH1 1JQ)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Mackays on the Mile (223 Canongate, EH8 8BJ)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 7 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6.5 from 5 reviewer(s) Maggie Dickson's (92 Grassmarket, EH1 2JR)
Pub has 17 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Malt Shovel, The (15 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BP)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s) Maxies (5 Johnston Terrace, EH1 2PW)
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings McGonagalls Gin & Whisky Emporium (49-50 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EJ)
Pub has 14 picture(s)Pub has 9 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 6 reviewer(s) Mitre Bar, The (133 High Street, EH1 1SG)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Monboddo (34 Bread Street, EH3 9AF)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Monteiths (61 High Street, EH1 1SR)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Mortal Kocktail (1 Craigs Close, 29 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BN)
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Murphy’s Kitchen & Bar (130 High Street, EH1 1QS)
Pub has 16 picture(s)Pub has 6 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 4 reviewer(s) No 1 High Street (1 High Street, EH1 1SR)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings O'Neill's (9 Hunter Square, EH1 1QW)
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings OX184 (184-186 Cowgate, EH1 1JJ)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Oz Bar (33 Candlemaker Row, EH1 2QG)
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Pakora (251-253 Canongate, EH8 8BQ)
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Pilgrim (3 Robertsons Close, Cowgate, EH1 1LY)
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s) Piper's Rest, The (3 Hunter Square, EH1 1QW)
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Rabbie Burns, The (103 High Street, EH1 1SG)
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Revolution (30a Chambers Street, EH1 1HU)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Rowantree Bar, The (255 Cowgate, EH1 1NN)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s) Royal Mile, The (127 High Street, EH1 1SG)
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Royal Oak, The (1 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Saint Giles (8 St Giles Street, EH1 1PT)
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Salt Horse (57-61 Blackfriars Street, EH1 1NB)
Pub has 15 picture(s)Pub has 7 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 5 reviewer(s) Sandy Bells (25 Forrest Road, EH1 2QH)
Pub has 12 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Scotsmans Lounge, The (73 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BU)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Stramash (207 Cowgate, EH1 1JQ)
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s) Three Sisters, The (139 Cowgate, EH1 1JS)
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Tipplers (17 Bread Street, EH3 9AL)
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Tolbooth Tavern (167 Canongate, EH8 8BN)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Under the Stairs (3 Merchant Street, EH1 2QD)
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Waldorf Bar (20 Holyrood Road, EH8 8AE)
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Wash Bar (11-13 North Bank Street, EH1 2LP)
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 3 reviewer(s) Waverley, The (3-5 St. Mary's Street, EH1 1TA)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 2 from 1 reviewer(s) Wee Pub (96 Grassmarket, EH1 2JR)
Pub has 21 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 2 reviewer(s) West Port Oracle (27-31 West Port, EH1 2JA)
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 2 from 2 reviewer(s) Western Bar, The (West Port, EH3 9DP)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s) Whiski (119 High Street, EH1 1SG)
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Whiski Rooms (7-9 North Bank Street, EH1 2LP)
Pub has 16 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Whistle Binkies (6 South Bridge, EH1 1LL)
Pub has 21 picture(s)Pub has 11 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 8 reviewer(s) White Hart Inn, The (Grassmarket, EH1 2HS)
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings White Horse (266 Canongate, EH8 8AA)
Pub has 12 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Wild Yarrow, The (66-67 South Bridge Street, EH1 1LS)
Pub has 13 picture(s)Pub has 6 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6.5 from 3 reviewer(s) Worlds End, The (High Street, EH1 1TB)