Edinburgh pubs: New opening date revealed for giant Wetherspoons in Edinburgh city centre
The opening date has been pushed back by several months.
A new opening date has been set for a huge new Wetherspoons on Chambers Street in the city centre.
The new Spoons, called The William Chambers, will now open at the former Revolution Bar at 30a Chambers Street on Tuesday, November 3.
The bar was originally expected to open on July 27 in time for the Edinburgh festivals.
The venue includes a licensed outside area and will open from 8am daily, with alcohol served until 1am Monday to Sunday.
The pub is named after William Chambers, a famous publisher and politician who served as the Lord Provost of Edinburgh between 1865 and 1869.
During his tenure, he oversaw the passage of the 1867 Improvement Act, aimed at clearing and redeveloping slums in Edinburgh’s Old Town.
He was also responsible for the refurbishment of Edinburgh’s St Giles Cathedral to its pre-Reformation glory.
When he initially moved to Edinburgh from Peebles, William became an apprentice bookseller and opened his own bookshop and print in 1819.
He later founded the publishing house W&R Chambers with his brother Robert and in 1832 they launched the weekly Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal.
Revolution, which shut its doors in August 2024, was a two-storey venue with the capacity to accommodate up to 600 revellers.
Planning papers say the venue will be “completely refigured” to create a “traditional JD Wetherspoon style of operation”.
In January, councillors at the licensing board approved the firm’s requested licence conditions for the venue. It represented a change of conditions from the premises licence held by Revolution up to its closure.
There are currently seven Wetherspoons pubs in Edinburgh: The Caley Picture House on Lothian Road, The Standing Order and The Alexander Graham Bell on George Street, The Booking Office on Waverley Bridge, The White Lady on St John's Road, The Playfair at Omni Centre and The Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh Airport.
In its heyday, Revolution was one of the most popular bars in the city.
Locals were gutted when the venue pulled down the shutters last summer, and hundreds of locals flocked to the pub to enjoy a final drink in the weeks before it closed.
An announcement on Revolution's website at the time said: “We are sorry to say that we will be closing the doors on Edinburgh on or around August 31. We're going to be throwing the best parties and serving up the best food up until this time, come and join us for one last Pornstar Martini.”