The Angel, Edinburgh

You’ll be marked out as a Sassenach fairly early in most Scottish pubs but you can delay the ignominy here, at least until you open your mouth, by abiding by the local custom of queuing from the right hand side of the bar to get served. I watched this over a couple of pints and, whilst some people just jumped in, the convention was generally observed. It confuses the hell out of the JDW zonal serving system. Small place by Spoons standards but plenty of tables and a decent bar.

Large Wetherspoons Pub on a busy corner. Good choice of real ale and the normal JDW all day menu.