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Number 27, Inverness
Inverness
IV2 3DU
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Bucking Fastard left this review about Number 27
The apex doors give way to a lecturn stating "wait to be seated " but ignore this ,walk past the dining tables to either side and tell the bar staff that you just want a drink.There are 4 small high tables opposite the bar where you can pitch your pints,gather around or drink vertically but there will be passing staff carrying food to the diners.There is a much large restaurant at the rear and all dining tables are set with cutlery.
The food offering continues later into the night than many city centre restaurants and hence the tables will be used until pub closing times,so seating for drinkers will always be limited.
The star of the show here is the ale selection and conditioning and it fully deserves its 2026 GBG listing.The staff are chatty and friendly too.The ale choice will focus on Cairngorm Brewery and on our two visits the choice was their Nessies Monster Mash chesnut ale,Black Gold and Cairngorm IPA (NBSS 4.5 ,outstanding).
This was by far the best ale we found in Inverness and although you may not feel like staying for more than two pints,those ales will be memorable.
On 3rd May 2026
- rating: 8
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Alastair Barter left this review about Number 27
The full name for this pub is Number 27 Bar & Kitchen.
On 6th November 2025
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Danny O'Revey left this review about Number 27
Modern wine bar opposite castle, ok, nothing special
On 2nd May 2023
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Number 27
Modern bar with painted third length wood panelling and bespoke hipster motivational wallpaper. Drinking at the front with food at the rear. Papers. Three ales on from Windswept; the APA was awful, taken back and off with profuse apologies. The Wolf felt barrel-end but was ostensibly ok. The Gold was much better, well-conditioned with a nice bergamot flavour. Didn't leave the best impression to be honest and I’d be tempted to skip it next time for an extended session in the Castle Tavern, a few yards up the street. 5.5
On 27th October 2016
- rating: 5
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Will Larter left this review about No.27
This has the feel of a continental café bar, the front part having a glazed roof which became a sun trap on the unexpectedly summery afternoon of my visit. The bar, slightly further back and on the right, reinforces this French or Belgian feel, though this is dispelled somewhat by the presence of four hand pumps serving two beers from local Cromarty brewery and two other Scottish ales that I failed to make a note of. The front windows carry semi-permanent advertisements for Real Ale Saturdays (when 10 real ales are said to be available - though I presume these are in bottles as there were only the four on the bar) and Continental Sundays (when again the 20 beers from 11 different countries must be mostly bottles, I imagine). On the subject of bottles, Tomlinson's Beer Shop is just a few paces up towards the castle and is well worth a visit if you're in this part of town.
On 7th September 2012
- rating: 6
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Janet Nicoll left this review about No.27
hey everyone. this is a good place if you want to find some atmosphere. Bar staff are so pleasant and so are the waitressess. Lovely to find a bar so clean and friendly. Staff are so diligent also. There is also a good variety of wines, beers and most of all the craich.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 2nd February 2011
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Old Boots left this review about No.27
A crisp modern bar with a raised restaurant area to the rear, popular with the young and fashionable as well as the older and slightly less fashionable. Largely decorated with a black and white theme, arty tongue and groove, chequerboard floor tiles, globe lights, ceiling fans and nice but arty pictures. The front is a low tables and woven leather back chair drinking area, the bar counter runs down one side and opposite are some high tables and chairs. Most beer is either Scottish standards (Tennants and Belhaven) or european beers from Leffe, Morretti, Hoegaarden, Peroni and Pilsner Urquell, there are also two handpumps with well kept Scottish microbreweries products, Deeside Brude and Orkney Clootie Dumpling on my visit. There is a small range of malts and a small but wide ranging wine list. GBG2010 listed.
On 17th January 2010
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