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Sadly closed by cains last year. This pub was allowed to go downhill by reducing the beer range and quality to a point where they could justify closing it.
24 Apr 2011 18:03
Great little corner pub, Decent selection of real ale, and we were lucky enough to get a free jim beam due to a promotion that was taking place.
28 Oct 2008 05:26
On a recent visit to edinburgh i had my worst pint of the trip in here (Theakstons black bull bitter.) Won't be back.
28 Oct 2008 05:24
Fantastic pub, great choice of real ale (7) served by friendly staff. Good banter with the owners staff and customers, Best pint of my visit to Edinburgh was had in here (Belhaven 80/-.) Certainly worth the effort to get to this pub if your in Edinburgh.
28 Oct 2008 05:15
Interesting pub, great choice of real ale, let down on this visit by one unfriendly barman and a strange sewer type smell in one corner of the pub.
28 Oct 2008 05:12
Amazing building, ales tasted were of good quality, shame the refurbished toilets has lost it's blue and white porcelein sinks, they were a unique talking point for the pub!
28 Oct 2008 05:10
From the outside this pub doesn't look very appealing. The windows are now half coloured black, so you can't see inside, and a tv screen has been placed in the middle of each window normally showing menus (although some pictures of the inside do pop up.) Once inside though, you are inside a traditional pub, as mentioned, a great ceiling (as in lots of edinburgh pubs) and a cracking island bar. 5 stewert ales were available, poured using one of the traditional scottish air dispense taps. We tried 4 different ales, all got good marks, but mine had a few lumps in the head. (first out of the cask that day.) Would certainly visit again.
28 Oct 2008 05:05
Had a great pint of moorhouse ale in here the other night, then later went in the harp and got talking to a bloke who turned out to be the landlord of the Edgar Wallace, had a great chat with him and was promised a pint on the house next time we buy one in the Wallace, unfortunately, it will be a year before we are back in London...I wonder if he will remember!
15 Oct 2007 22:42
Well kept beer and a smashing sausage roll, just needs a resident moggie to make it the perfect pub.
15 Oct 2007 22:32
Normally a decent place for a pint of real ale and a cheap meal, but the real ale has been off the last two times we were in.
6 Mar 2007 07:03
Oh, dear. No real ale served here. Went in on a sunday afternoon and it was empty. Only the jukebox with some decent heavy rock tracks saves this from getting 0/10.
6 Mar 2007 06:59
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The Red Lion, Gatley
Closed, now open as a tesco metro. Probably sells better beer now than it did as a pub!
21 May 2011 22:53