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The Waverley, Edinburgh
Edinburgh
EH1 1TA
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
hondo . left this review about The Waverley
Interior hasn’t really changed since the review by Quinno below. Keg only selection but it is one of the more characterful pubs in a tourist trap area.
On 26th July 2025
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Will Larter left this review about The Waverley
No real ale, as previously noted, but this is quite a decent bar just off the tourist drag. They've a collection of 50 or 60 single malts, of which I had a Bunnahabhain.
On 8th January 2025
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The Waverley
A basic place a few minutes trot from the station. Small and sodium lit inside with a curved boxed wood bar, lino flooring and a burgundy and cream colour scheme. Some nice old mirrors on the wall brighten things up a bit, as do the old Edinburgh prints. Nicotine stained gig posters on the ceiling (Fringe events?), assume they’ve been up there the best part of 20 years. Thin tables, even by Edinburgh standards. I did notice some stairs but was unaware of there being a further room up them, though I know that now! Sadly there’s no cask here so a sub-standard Tennants had to do. It’s listed on the CAMRA inventory though it’s not the sort of place most people would rush to take in; this is basic, not opulence. Shame there wasn’t better beer on offer as there was a certain rough-and-ready charm to the place. 6.5
On 15th November 2021
- rating: 6
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dragonfly xxx left this review about The Waverley
you would be mistaken for thinking you could only find a pub like this with the use of dr.whos tardis.this is not a critisism,but you will love/hate this place due to its charm/decrepit decor.mixed clientel and students.like an old music pub for bands(you could imagine the bay city rollers or slade playing here in there VERY early days).sure there is a small stage to the side of the bar and an upstairs area.worth at least one visit for the experience and drink is reasonably priced.Go on,you know you want to.
On 15th February 2011
- rating: 6
[User has posted 21 recommendations about 21 pubs]