The Library Bar in Edinburgh

Near-flawless atmosphere - the bar is filled with old books which are backlit at night, and candles placed on each table. Overall one of my favourite hang-out spots. The range of drinks is good and consistently cheap. My only gripe is with the stairs up to the upper landing, which are steep and spiralled - a recipe for disaster if you're half as clumsy as me, or slightly tipsy. The food is fine in my experience, but only as a means to lining one's stomach; hardly fine cuisine. Usually too busy on weekend evenings, but it's nice and quiet any other time.

Great place, full of memories on my son's graduation day.

gorgeous decor creates a warm atmosphere, perfect for lunch, coffee, drinks or studying.

It's the world's oldest student union. The vibes were good and would highly recommend!!

Nice location, good atmosphere, but do not order food. We had to wait over 1h for the first plates to arrive. Mostly cold. And just not good. Pizza wasnt even cooked. And it took another 20 minutes for the last plate to come in.Take a drink, enjoy the atmosphere, just do, not, order food.

We went on a trip to Scotland with some Latin friends, we were in this place for lunch and then we went at night to have dinner and drink something. We were playing mimes (guessing children's movies) when for no reason a staff person came up to tell us that he didn't find our game fun, we apologized and explained that it was just a game, but that we wouldn't do it anymore, to not bother In a matter of seconds the guard appears, and without further explanation he asks us to leave the place, in a very rude and impolite way. Without understanding much, we left the place. But very disappointed by the bad treatment (discrimination). I do not recommend it!

We were in Edinburgh for 3 days and the last night we went with 3 Latin friends to eat and drink there.When we were alone on the 2nd floor we began to play mime. One of my friends had a beer that she had bought during the afternoon where she kept it in her backpack at all times, when at one point she took it out to imitate "homero Simpsons".At that moment, staff members come up and tell us about the beer where we explain that we are playing and he tells us that it is not fun for him, 2 minutes passed and the guard came to throw us out of the place, without any explanation.We apologized, but the treatment was very discriminatory, I personally felt that they treated us like criminals when we are not.They forced me to drink my gin quickly and leave the place.It was really a very unpleasant and sad situation.

Amazing design but... You have to use their app to order food, and the app is just a mistake, or to be more specified dramatic. Get an UX please.

A really nice student bar with amazing ambience of Teviot. You can get some standard pub food (nachos, burgers, pizzas) plus a selection of soft drinks and beers (bottle and tap). Best part is definitely the way it looks, with a balcony overlooking the bar and hundreds of books in cases on all walls. Definitely worth a visit if only for the visuals.

Stopped here while visiting Edinburgh. Drinks are reasonably priced, pool was free. Nice chilled atmosphere. Staff were friendly. Would definitely drink here again