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The Alexander Graham Bell (JD Wetherspoon), Edinburgh
Edinburgh
EH2 4JZ
Reviews of The Alexander Graham Bell (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Real Ale Ray left this review about The Alexander Graham Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
I found this JDW to be quite respectable with a decent set of customers enjoying a bit of serenity away from the tourist hustle and bustle only a few streets away. The service was excellent and we did manage to find a couple of decent ales. The line up was Sky Brewery Young Pretender, Stuart Brewery Amarillo, Frome Funky Monkey and the usual suspects as per Abbott and Doom Bar.
On 14th July 2023
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3382 recommendations about 3381 pubs]
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Alexander Graham Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
A good-sized Wetherspoon’s pub in a prime George Street location, it has little in the way of any distinguishing features or historic character and struck me as being a rather poor relation to some of the company’s other nearby outlets.
It consists of one large, open plan room with blue and cream patterned carpet on the floor and a plain whitewashed ceiling. Dark wood trim was used to clad some of the pillars and also formed balustrade to segregate the space in to different areas. A small raised area was up a couple of steps to the left. Walls were mostly plain with some flock wallpaper in places, and a number of local pictures were dotted a round, some of them with historical interest. There were also more extensive facts about various aspects of Edinburgh such as the Royal Mile and Holyrood House, as well as a couple of very old telephone handsets mounted on the wall presumably in a nod to the pub’s name, although there was no explanatory notice here that I could see for anyone who is unaware of who Alexander Graham bell was. The only feature of any note was some Art Deco styling behind the bar, but overall I found this quite bland and depressing.
Many of the pumps were doubled up leaving Radical Road Reverse, 80/- and Jack Back from Stewarts, Orkney’s Dark Island and Doom Bar as the beer options, with Abbott Ale having apparently run out. Ciders meanwhile were Strongbow, Strongbow Dark Fruit, Thatcher’s Gold and Gwynt Y Ddraig’s Black Dragon.
On 15th November 2022
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1948 recommendations about 1861 pubs]
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Aqualung . left this review about The Alexander Graham Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
This is a fairly typical more recent JDW. The single room has been well described below and on my Thursday afternoon visit was quite busy with more people eating than drinking. Many of the male diners looked and sounded like Radio 2's Ken Bruce and were just as boring.
The ten hand pumps had the JDW Scot Trio Of Doom with Deuchar's IPA and Abbot doubled up, Kelburn Jaguar doubled up, Edinbrew Friendly Fire and two I couldn't get to read. I noticed the standard guest ale price here was £2.69 so went for a festival cider (£3.35). I thought the Standing Order down the road was miles better than this one.
On 27th July 2016
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 25 July 2016 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No - JDW vouchers only - last updated 24 June 2014 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes - Until 8 p.m. - last updated 24 June 2014 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 25 July 2016 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 25 July 2016 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Jukebox : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 25 July 2016 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : No last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 20 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
