Bert's Bar, Edinburgh - pub details
Address: 29-31 William Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 7NG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 11560) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Edinburgh Haymarket (0.4 miles), Edinburgh Waverley (0.9 miles), Slateford (2.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Real ale
Pub suggested by lout_from_the_lane on 14 Jul 2004
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> Current user rating: 5.2/10 (rated by 10 users)
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user reviews of Bert's Bar, Edinburgh
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| This pub is a rip-off and I have reported it to the owners - Maclays Inns. I was charged £2.05 for a half pint of a guest ale when a pint would only have cost £3.80. The beer was average but the barman was helpful and understanding. mcroyal - 13 May 2012 10:24 |
| Popped in last night looking for a couple of pints on my way home, ordered a pint of Landlord, paid £3.60, drank half, handed the remainder back and left. This was a very poorly kept pint. It wasn't actually off but it completely lacked the rounded toasty flavour I normally associate with Landlord. If I order a pint of Landlord and pay £3.60 for it I expect an exceptional experience. I think possibly this place built up a reputation under a previous tenant and now they aim to extract every last penny from the customer without giving anything back. What's more they didn’t offer to replace the pint. When I emailed them about it afterwards they said it must have been a "bad keg" - but they still didn’t offer to replace it. Not surprising really - if they offered to replace every bad pint they'd quickly run out of beer. In this part of Edinburgh the best bet is Thomsons on Morrison Street, which is five minutes walk away (roughly the same distance the other side of Shandwick Place). Thomsons charges 10% or 15% less per pint and keeps its ales way better. The staff have personality and a sense of humour. Plus Thomsons will sell you a toasty for £2.20. What more do you want? Get yourself over there! (Try the cheese and Branston toasty by the way - hot Branston with cheese is the business). seansinclair - 26 Feb 2011 16:22 |
| Wow I'm quite surprised the rating is so low here (5.7 at time of writing). Great selection of real ale consistantly well kept. Bar staff can be a wee bit surly but on the up side plenty of seating andscreens for rugby / football. Boongie - 1 Feb 2010 22:36 |
| I reckon average is as good as it gets. Microwaved pies...are you having a laff!! Beer was OK though LickeyEndBooze - 21 Feb 2008 16:26 |
| Just tried again, and the place reminded me of an airport departure lounge, from the three huge flatscreen TVs to the laminated general-purpose menu offering drab food. Zero atmosphere too. This was 4.30pm on a Saturday, so not exactly a dead zone. Friendly but inept Polish barmaid couldn't tell me which pies they had left, or understand much of anything, and of the range of ales (the only reason it scores as high as 4) both the ones we tried, Schiehallion and Peter's Well (I think) were less than spot-on. Left to the sound of a deafening Espresso machine and went to Cloisters at Tollcross on way home - better beer, hand-written menus of appetising grub and busy with folk of all ages drinking and nattering. Goodbye Bert's, you were good once. nogbad - 5 Nov 2007 15:10 |
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