The Barologist in Edinburgh

We only went in for dinner. It wasn't busy yet. But the atmosphere was amazing. The staff very friendly and was lovely with our baby. We had a nice dinner and want to go back for cocktails.

Visited last weekend with a friend with a voucher. Staff couldn't be nicer and food was lovely. The prosecco tasted fab. Special thanks to Emily and Eric for sorting us out when running late for our next booking. Went above and beyond.

Lovely cocktail bar, didn't stop for long as weren't in the area for long enough but would go back. Lovely decor, lovely drinks.

Ordered a Bloody Mary, which admittedly wasn't on the menu, but a place that promotes itself as a cocktail bar should be able to do better than a basic vodka and tomato juice with some premixed spice. No seasoning, no lemon.A distinctly average cocktail might get three stars but charging £11.50 is a cheek so two stars.

Quirky fun pub. The top hat and tails greeter was delightful and really added some fun to the event. Maybe I'm just not getting out enough but drinks seemed really expensive. Noone else seemed to bat an eyelid so I guess I'm just out the loop. Great friendly and helpful staff.

Despite some amazing service, unfortunately the food just wasn't great, ranging from flavourless to overcooked to underseasoned. Everything with the exception of the side of chunky chips was disappointing. Shame to say as the service really was outstanding.

Went for cocktails, which were not good - sadly. The entire table didn't like their drinks. I get it, flavour/taste may be personal. However, (1) I didn't get dressed up to pay £13 for a cocktail out of a plastic glass, and (2) the servers came over three times to ask if we needed more drinks not asking 'how was your cocktail?' - It may look nice, but this is not a cocktail bar. The name fooled me!I went to another bar close by and had a lovely time..

This was one of the worst place I've eaten in my life. Service and food were terrible. In fairness to the main waiter, he was trying his best but was too busy.We were kept waiting for food and this was left within eye sight on the kitchen heaters for 5-10 minutes. We only got this due to confirmation of the drinks order being delayed. Once we got the food, my potatos were soggy due to the sauce sitting in it for so long. My prawns were over cooked in a garlic / chili sauce which numbed any flavour from the dish (I like hot dishes but not this hot with fish)We'd nearly finished our food and decided to cancel the drinks order. The waiter returned to inform us that they'd been prepared. We accepted this and a waited their arrival.When the cocktails eventually arrived, my friends glass was clearly not washed and was a slapped into a wine glass. It looked like someone poured a flat drink into a used glass. It honestly looked horrible. This was returned and never replaced. The drink i ordered was a non alcoholic mojito. Another of my friends ordered an alcoholic version. On arrival, I was told it "should" be the non alcoholic version, when I queried this, I was informed to drink it and see if it was alcoholic.The bill was the quickest thing that arrived to the table during night with a 25% reduction. However, while I was complaining, I noticed the bill was incorrect! There was an extra drink included and they didn't remove the drink which was returned and not replaced. The bill was further reduced but our night and dinner was ruined.I'm being too kind with one star. Avoid if you want to enjoy your night.

Had high hopes after booking a table for us and the dog , the bar looked quirky and the menu varied . However reality was a totally different proposition!! Even though we'd booked in advance we were shown to a table on the main route to the toilet with a tv showing football ⚽️ right above our heads , fine if your in a sport's bar but not when your eating in a place that promotes itself with its quirkiness. We ask to move tables and we're shown to one on the ground floor, we then ordered our food. As it arrived it was clear that it wouldn't fit on the table however when asked if we could bring another table together we were told NO we'll make it fit 🙄which we did by putting some of the dishes straight onto our plates to make space not what you want to do when your eating Tapas and not a relaxing dining event. The food itself was mediocre to say the least and poor value for money. The staff were disinterested and you'd of thought we'd asked for the key's to Edinburgh Castle not a nice meal and a drink .A place to avoid unfortunately.

Quirky decore and delicious cocktails. The food wasn't so bad either.They have a seasonal cocktail menu so don't get attached to tour faves. Also willing to make cocktails not listed if they know how.