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The Angel, Edinburgh
Leith
Postal town: Edinburgh
EH6 7AA
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about The Angel
I thought I'd arrived in hell when I entered to find a fairly drunk and defiantly (no, I don't mean definitely) tone deaf man singing American Pie, not only my least favourite song of all time, but one of the longest. Things changed for the better when I spotted Old Peculier among the hand pumps (along with its half-sister Theakston XB, plus local Stewart Pentland IPA. I'd have been happy with a fairly rough OP at just £2.90 for a pint (I had a half), but this was NBSS 3.5. The barman gave my a grin when I suggested taking the singer out and shooting him; his colleague greeted my like a long lost brother when he heard my southern accent: his was a lot further south (maybe Melbourne) but anyone south of Hadrian's Wall was a friend from home to him.
This pub is named after the last film shown here when it was a cinema - The Trouble with Angels in 1966. I was here at just after 8pm, but I reckon most of the customers had been here since early afternoon. At the price they're selling beer here I could drink until I fall over, and still spend less than a normal day in my local pubs.
On 7th October 2025
- rating: 5
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hondo . left this review about The Angel
Now a large open plan sports bar with multiple screens. 4 real ale taps 3 look dead and 1 saying coming soon.
On 27th September 2025
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Quinno _ left this review about The Foot of the Walk (JD Wetherspoon)
A subterranean JDW with little exterior fanfare, housed in a grotty and run-down building that is also home to other businesses; what with the roadworks going on outside I almost walked past it. Beyond a tongue and groove vaulted wood ceiling there's little of note, one small sunken side area provides some natural light but otherwise it's a fairly gloomy Spoons-by-numbers. However the plus points were a decent pizza, friendly staff and three genuine guest ales - indeed my Stewarts 80\- was in good nick (NBSS 3.5) so no faults on the technical side of things. 5.5
On 10th November 2021
- rating: 5
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Aqualung . left this review about The Foot of the Walk (JD Wetherspoon)
Unlike some JDWs this one seemed to have a fair contingent of drinkers in on a Saturday afternoon. It's a large open plan and roughly square room with the main bar area down a few steps from the corner entrance. It's a bit old school but not desperately so.
The bar has ten hand pumps which had one unused, the Scottish JDW Trio Of Doom, Kelham Island Pale Rider, Everards Sunchaser, Abbot Reserve, Orkney Puffin Ale, Broughton Pale and Oakham Citra. I went for the Pale Rider (£2.49) which was in good nick. I thought this was a decent Spoons.
On 18th May 2017
- rating: 7
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hondo . left this review about The Foot of the Walk (JD Wetherspoon)
Quite a bland modern styled interior 10 real ale taps and food served. The quirky queuing from the right as mentioned by Clive Thomson below was still the system and at least it means you get served in turn rather than the madhouse that can sometimes happen in spoons.
On 9th December 2013
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Foot of the Walk (JD Wetherspoon)
Not the most prepossessing-looking building, and in a bit of a rough area, but the inside of this 'spoons is well maintained and better-looking than one might expect (although the strange layout makes it difficult to tell what the building's former use was). 10 handpumps, with a fair selection of guest beers (e.g. Pentland IPA from Stewart Brewing at £1.95) in addition to the usual suspects.
On 13th February 2011
- rating: 6
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Clive Thompson left this review about The Foot of the Walk (JD Wetherspoon)
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.
On 16th January 2010
- rating: 6
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Michael Boyes left this review about The Foot of the Walk (JD Wetherspoon)
Large Wetherspoons Pub on a busy corner. Good choice of real ale and the normal JDW all day menu.
On 3rd October 2009
- rating: 4
[User has posted 55 recommendations about 55 pubs]