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The Mother Superior, Leith, Edinburgh
Edinburgh
EH6 5HB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about The Mother Superior
Well, the previous reviewer and I have a different idea of what gentrified means. Expensive? Yes. Barbour jackets and subtle check patterns on shirts, cravat possibly optional? Not so much. This is an eclectic bar that attracts a diverse clientele, though I have to admit that I was old enough to have fathered everyone here, if only I'd been so active.
On first entering and spotting the sole - naked - hand pump I was nonplussed. This pub had "three beer glasses" for cask beer quality on CAMRA's website. When challenged, the barman immediately said he would put a beer on. (This was Tuesday evening, so not much demand, I guess.) When he started pulling the water through to clear the line, I said what about a whisky while you do that. I don't know if it was that which prompted him to give me the first pint through "on the house". There is a substantial whisky collection here - above 300, I would guess - and I chose a Bunnahabhain that was pretty much out of my league at £12 for 25ml. One of the bar hangers asked if I was crazy and the barman passed it on to me. "Working on it", I said.
On 7th October 2025
- rating: 8
[User has posted 4491 recommendations about 4122 pubs]
hondo . left this review about The Mother Superior
Gentrified old style pub serving 1 real ale from a horseshoe shaped bar.
On 30th August 2025
- no rating submitted
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