Bert's Bar, Edinburgh - pub details
Address: 29-31 William Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 7NG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0131 225 5748
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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user reviews of Bert's Bar, Edinburgh
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| 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 |
| Thudding dance music in the middle of a quiet weekend daytime pint isn't a good thing. But cheap pie meals certainly are. And the beer's okay too. Could easily be better, but junking the TVs and music system would probably hurt the takings on match days. Pity. nogbad - 2 May 2007 12:36 |
| Actually, I now have to take back some of my comments below. I'm still not sure I like the new layout but it has retained some of the previous character and it has probably eased the bottleneck that used to occur at the bar during busy times. The beer quality is now actually very good. The clientele has changed (marginally younger and smarter?) and it is certainly busier so the changes seem to have had the desired business effect. Zaphod_Beeblebrox - 18 Feb 2007 01:01 |
| This pub is now even worse. It has been opened up, losing the snug and associated character, the poor service remains and the prices have gone up. Seems like a lose-lose-lose scenario to me. What was once one of the best pubs in Edinburgh has been completely ruined. Zaphod_Beeblebrox - 21 Oct 2006 03:41 |
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