The Grosvenor, Edinburgh

Belhaven (so GK) owned heritage pub, on the CAMRA list. The place splits into two on opening, with a long servery to the left and a number of discrete seating booths to the right, separated by a number of cut-throughs in the dividing wall. The main bar is splendid, a massive dark varnish wood seven bay gantry with plenty of arches and inset mirrors. The booths are more modern but quite well done, although each one has a TV with the sport on which renders them useless for a quiet chat – can’t the customer just turn them off at their own discretion? Gold, cream and racing green is the tasteful colour scheme throughout the pub. Four pumps with just one cask on, a slightly flabby but drinkable Greene King Bonkers Conkers (NBSS 2.5).