Bars

The Boathouse in Portobello, Edinburgh, is getting ready to reopen after undergoing a stunning makeover.

Popular bar teases marvellous makeover as it gets ready to reopen

The Burrow, a stylish new whisky and cocktail bar located just off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, opens on Friday, 13 September.

First look at new whisky & cocktail bar with original Banksy artwork

A new Brass Monkey pub is set to open at the former site of Jessie May's in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh. Photos: Left, Councillor Ross McKenzie; right, Jessie May's

Iconic pub group set to open new venue at site of much-missed bar

There are a number of new bars taking part in Edinburgh Cocktail Week this year.

The 18 venues making their Edinburgh Cocktail Week debut

Cocktail Geeks are one of the bars nominated for an award at the Edinburgh Bar Awards

All the pubs and bars shortlisted for the Edinburgh Bar Awards 2024

Hamilton's in Stockbridge is up for sale

Popular gastropub up for sale as owners plan to move on after 16 years

Edinburgh Zoo is one of the city's top attractions and it's located in Corstorphine. The zoo has had a number of firsts, including being the first in the world to house penguins and currently the only to house Queensland koalas.

Edinburgh Neighbourhoods: 7 things to see and do in Corstorphine

Edinburgh bar Black Ivy won the prize for 'best outdoor area' at the Scottish Bar and Pub Awards 2024.

City pub wins 'best beer garden in Scotland' award for 2024

Landlord announces 'amazing news' day after 'last night' celebrations

Stockbridge Market has a bit of something for everyone. From street food to handmade crafts, the market has it all. Stockbridge Market is open every Sunday, 10am-4pm, at Saunders Street, Edinburgh.

8 things you must do if visiting Stockbridge in Edinburgh

Merchant Leisure-owned Jackson the Tailor is located on the capital’s Leith Street.

I visited a hidden gem cocktail bar which reminded me of childhood

Reminiscing on the Spice Girls Cadbury chocolate bars of the 1990s (Photo: Ray Burmiston/Avalon/Getty Images)

Reminiscing on the Spice Girls Cadbury chocolate bars of the 1990s

Argyle and Cellar bar is known for being a great option for its local casks in a friendly and welcoming setting. Dog friendly.

15 - 17 Argyle Pl, Edinburgh EH9 1JJ.

Bank Holiday: 8 Edinburgh bars to check out this Bank Holiday

The new outdoor cinema screen is situated outside the Omni Centre in Edinburgh.

Outdoor cinema showing Paris Olympics and classic films

The infinity pool outside my room at Mayia Exclusive Resort and Spa.

I never saw point of all-inclusive holidays but this place seduced me

Performers dressed as the ancient Egyptian god Anubis surprise London commuters.

Egyptian Gods descend on London
This is the moment commuters stopped in their tracks as a trio of Egyptian Gods descended upon the capital.
Martin Winter

Locals to nominate favourite pubs for Edinburgh Bar Awards 2024

Staff at Revolution bar in Edinburgh have revealed the venue's exact closing date on social media.

Exact date giant city pub will close as 'sad' announcement is made

Remembering Edinburgh's roughest pubs from days gone by

'Best and cheapest pub' closes its doors in the West End

Hoot the Redeemer, located on Hanover Street in Edinburgh, with close its doors on Sunday, September 1.

Bar to close as sad owner says telling staff was 'hardest thing ever'

The winners of the National Pub & Bar Awards 2024 have been announced. (Photo credit: Eggogen - stock.adobe.com)

The best pubs and bars across the UK are named

Pitt Market venue 'may be the largest indoor fan zone in Scotland'

A man embarked on a solo pub crawl to almost every Wetherspoon pub in Edinburgh in the space of one day

'I tried pub crawl of every Wetherspoons but got too drunk to finish'

Cadbury are bringing back a popular chocolate treat just in time for Christmas.

Cadbury to relaunch popular 1990s chocolate bar in the UK

Franco’s Fish and Chip Shop, on Comely Bank Road in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, has been put up for sale.

Chippy hailed for having 'best fish and chips in town’ up for sale

An announcement on Revolution's website says its Edinburgh bar on Chambers Street will close for good on or around August 31.

Edinburgh bar announces closure as regulars invited for 'last drink'
Giant Edinburgh city centre nightspot will shut for good late this year
Gary Flockhart

An Edinburgh city centre pub has been named as one of the best places in the UK to watch Euro 2024.

Edinburgh pub in top 10 list of UK's best places to watch Euro 2024

Panda & Sons, an Edinburgh cocktail bar on Queen Street, has been named as the second best bar in the world by US magazine Food and Wine.

'Secret' Edinburgh pub is crowned as 'the world's second best bar'

Brewdog will be giving away a free pint of Cold Beer to customers who come wearing shorts this Bank Holiday weekend.

Brewdog will be giving away free pints of beer this Bank Holiday

Innis & Gunn offer lager lovers the chance to win their own bar

Retro bar and arcade venue launches unique cocktail menu

Brunswick Book Club has opened its doors

New venue by firm behind long-standing Italian chain opens in Leith

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Venue steps in to fill the void The Jazz Bar left

Steven Aitken from Ruma, the new rum bar set to open at Broughton Street in Edinburgh.

Scotland's largest collection of rum coming to town at new bar

The venue is being dismantled

Festival Village bar being dismantled after owners threatened with fine

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

Criminals must face victims for sentencing after Lucy Letby’s no-show

Iceland is aiming to provide customers with credit to help manage the cost of living crisis (image: Adobe)

Iceland slash prices of products to just 1p in exclusive offer

Cadbury Creme Eggs thief who stole chocolate worth more than £30,000 is jailed for 18 months

Man who stole 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs is jailed for 18 months

Corrections officer Sandra Fuentes (L) assists inmate Leslie Van Houten (R) as arrives for her parole hearing before members of the Board of Prison Terms 28 June 2002 at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California.

Leslie Van Houton: Ex-Manson cult follower released after 53 years

CGI image of what Therme could look like

First look at huge new indoor water park coming to UK

Unsealed FBI documents reveal IRA plot to kill the Queen

IRA plot to kill Queen in San Francisco in 1983 revealed by FBI

The Cloud Gate sculpture, popularly known as the bean, with Chicago's skyline

‘I went to Chicago for five days and it was better than New York’

Stephanie Weaver started collecting soaps in the 1970s.

Gran who amassed 2,000 bars of soap selling collection at auction

A Covid-19 vaccine record on the National Health Service (NHS) app.

NHS Covid app closing down: Here’s when it will disappear for good

Cadbury has announced the flavour of its two mystery bars

Cadbury launches special King’s coronation range costing £9.99 a bar

Eggs are back on the Toby Carvery breakfast menu

Toby Carvery makes menu change which will delight breakfast fans

Retailers along with banks, bars and restaurants have been really struggling over the last decade, with a rise in internet shopping said to be the key contributor in the high street’s decline.

10 major stores to close for good in further blow for UK high street

Top 10 favourite UK cocktails and how to make them at home

Hawksmoor Edinburgh is launching the latest edition of their multi-award-winning cocktail list, which has been in the making for three years.

Hawksmoor unveils new cocktail list

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New licensee Reece Webb wants to create a pub 'the community is proud of'. Picture: Alan Richardson

Kirkcaldy pub dating back to 1605 receives bumper makeover

New licensee Reece Webb wants to create a pub 'the community is proud of'. Picture: Alan Richardson

Kirkcaldy pub dating back to 1605 receives bumper makeover