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Cloisters Bar - review by FrodoBaggins

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:10:19 +0000

Cloisters Bar - review by FrodoBaggins

Rating: 4.3

Location: 26 Brougham Street, EH3 9JH, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Phone: 0131 221 9997

Tags: relaxed, standard pub food, traditional pub, students, friendly

Cloisters is a relatively new addition to Edinburgh's diverse and vibrant pub and bar scene and is typical of the imagination of venues in the city compared with the chain pubs that dominate other towns in the UK with their depressing generic blandness and predictability. Here a relatively small bar with plain white walls, cornices, large and small tables, an excellent selection of real ales and malts and all without the distraction of music makes for a great pub for the dying art of conversation and a good blaether. A good mixture of students and businessmen and real ale fanatics too without being full of beards. I can't comment on the food having never eaten here.

Cloisters Bar - review by ChrisFleming

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:41:52 +0000

Cloisters Bar - review by ChrisFleming

Rating: 4.3

Location: 26 Brougham Street, EH3 9JH, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Phone: 0131 221 9997

Tags: Crowded

This bustling pub caters to a wide mix of people from Student to workers, business people old men.

It offers a wide range of beers, including regulars such as Edinburgh No3, Landlord, Green King IPA and Caledonian IPA.

They also do good pub food at lunchtimes and early evenings.

Bonsai - review by ChrisFleming

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:10:54 +0000

Bonsai - review by ChrisFleming

Rating: 4.7

Location: 46 West Richmond Street, EH8 9DZ, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Phone: 0131 668 3847

Website: http://www.bonsaibarbistro.co.uk

Tags: Japanese, Good value, Crowded

I am a big fan of this small restaurant. They provide the range of food you would expect to see at a Japanese Restaurant, from tempura to sushi (especially the Salmon) as well as some excellent original specials. Last time I visited they had a phenomenal octopus salad.

Highly recommended.

Cloisters Bar - review by fommil

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:53:59 +0000

Cloisters Bar - review by fommil

Rating: 4.3

Location: 26 Brougham Street, EH3 9JH, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Phone: 0131 221 9997

Smelly bar with no music and a good selection of real ales.

Bonsai - review by almost

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:35:33 +0000

Bonsai - review by almost

Rating: 4.7

Location: 46 West Richmond Street, EH8 9DZ, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Phone: 0131 668 3847

Website: http://www.bonsaibarbistro.co.uk

Great place, lovely staff.