No 1 High Street Bar

Après une belle journée dans les rues d’Edimbourg avec ma douce; l’envie de se restaurer à été plus forte que tout. Nous avons opté pour ce restaurant; ma fiancée à opté pour le Fish and Chips qu’elle a vraiment apprécié; de mon côté je me suis essayé au boeuf local bouilli servie en petite cocotte, savoureux mais pas de quoi m’arracher les moustaches.
En revanche bon point pour la bière locale vraiment bonne.

Voilà une ambiance comme on les aime après une journée de marche dans les rues d’Edimbourg. Pub chaleureux avec une déco typiquement anglaise, fauteuil en cuir, et lumière tamisée. Une très bonne carte au bar comme dans l’espace restaurant.

Good food. Free wifi. I had the steak and ale pie. Excellent. Service was friendly and fast.

Food was great, went twice! We had fish and chips and the Clansman burger (burger with melted Scottish cheese and bacon). IPA and Tennent’s lager were awesome. They also have whiskey flights and a variety of beer.

Good service, good quality affordable pub food. The fish n chips were great. Several beers & ales on tap, and a handful of cocktails available in the bar. A great choice if this is what you are looking for.

I was disappointed in this place, given the awesome location it has. I guess I was just expecting a bit more.
I stopped in for a pint recently around 10:30 pm and there were only three people inside. That’s not an issue but when I asked about ordering food I was told that I could not order anything. The kitchen was closed.
I guess that is normal.
Anyway, I then asked about whether or not they take debit cards and I was told they only could if I ordered at least £5.00 of drinks or food. So I order two pints and immediately get to work on one of them and tell the bartender to pour the other when I finish the first one.
About 15 minutes later, the bartender begins cleaning and putting barstools away. The other two people decide to leave, which just leaves me there with the bartender who is clearly trying to LEAVE the second she closes the place down. Not wanting to hold her up, I try to down the second pint and head out.
This place is a tourist draw due to its location on the Royal Mile, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the service isn’t very good. Why would it be? They don’t need my paltry order when they have tours stopping in the next day. I just wish I figured this all out before I stopped in and spent money there.
Needless to say, I won’t likely be back. Too many better pubs nearby to justify it.

Great tastings from the waitress! Also very good food. I had the beef and Guinness of course. And it was delicious! Super friendly waitress! Very cool!
Right across from the Worlds End. Google it… good story! Bottom of the Royal Mile.

This venue was lovely, had the fish and chips with pickled onion, it was delicious, large portion of food with a great atmosphere.

Stumbled in here for «one for the road» the other day. I was pleasantly surprised, given it’s location on the Mile. It’s clean & bright & airy. The bar staff are friendly. They have a good selection of beers and nice choices on draft.
Haven’t tried the food but saw some dishes being brought out and they looked like decent pub grub.

Well its now 14.40. Now this bar is similar to the Mitre, except I am the only one in the place.3 bar staff on. Who they expecting? The Scotland rugby team?
There’s not much I can say about the place.
Nice clean bar, a wee bit cheaper than the Mitre. I wouldn’t come back here. Its definately changed over the years.
I feel intimidated with more staff than customers. Ah well. will finish my drink and find somewhere else. Hey ho. Time to go!

A big ol’ pile of meh.
The bar looks fantastic, with the back dining area emulating a cross between a library and cigar club where men played pool and matters of state were discussed over fine whiskey. They also have some fine ales on draught.
But the food? Abysmal.
You can close your eyes and walk smack into a decent pub in Edinburgh if you only want a pint. But quality eats are a different beast. No. 1 has a few sorry faux-​American items (like hot dogs and curly fries) and more traditional pub fare like fish n’ chips and a roast on Sundays, but nothing I or my party ordered left much of a positive impression.

Right across the World’s End is a bar that is specialising in Real Ales, but also serving great whiskies and draft ciders (which are warm BTW, as Anita A. wondered where the bubbles and ice were.) .
I tried a Caledonian Deuchards (3.8%ABV) and a Darker Ale 1703. Both very enjoyable. Anita A. had the Scrumpy Original Draft
The bar comes over as ‘local brown’ but bright and airy. Benches under the huge windows and big drinking tables. There were a few locals when I visited, but this being the Royal Mile there is no escape from tourists.
Their food menu is authentic and mostly Scottish. They even proudly claim that every haggis served is locally caught this morning. I like that. :o)
On my visit there was a group of 30 French school trip children being treated to a sit down meal in the back area, consisting of Hot Dogs, chips and soda-​pops. Yummy!
There is one flat screen TV (about 30″) above the entrance and it was showing Wimbledon — but the sound was muted and chart music was softly playing in the background — that way you could enjoy the use of most of your senses and still hold a conversation.
The central bar area is inviting and the banter with the bar staff was good. They are very knowledgeable on the drink they serve and even give you a taster of what you might fancy drinking next!
The bar is clean, uncluttered (unlike other ‘brown’ pubs I visited in the same area.
Their toilets are well maintained, clean again uncluttered — bar a few posters advertising a pub quiz.
Funny thing about this pub quiz is that they call it the No Mobiles or Google Pub Quiz.
Wifi connection is free and fast.
I enjoyed it here and when on the Royal mile I will certainly consider visiting again.

Formerly the Tass (standard old mans pub), the obviously named No.1 High Street, on the corner of the Royal Mile has had a full make-​over! They have maintained the raw stone walls and old pub features, but added the ‘in’ floral wallpaper and new light fittings. It’s brighter and feels more welcoming. The place was packed when we went there, we were lucky to get a seat!
They have live folk music some evenings (we visited a Friday night) which is a nice addition to a regular pub. They are really into their ales and had a huge amount of whiskies on display, over 40! The is a quiz too, on Monday nights. I’ve not tried the food, but it appears to be traditional pub grub.

Nice pub with a good selection of seasonal beers on tap. They even have Weston’s cloudy cider on tap — bonus points from me.
The fries were delicious — I love curly fries oh yes! The goat cheese and beetroot sandwich was pretty good. I didn’t think they used the best quality of goat cheese but hey it is a pub, so all in all in impressed this was on the menu. The servings are pretty big so you’ll definitely get your fill of food.
Enjoyable place with friendly staff.