Arcade Bar, Waverley, Edinburgh

Arcade Bar
48 Cockburn St
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH1 1PB

Contact:Unknown
Tel: 0131 220 1297
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Features

Real Ale * Wine Selection * Bar Food
Town/City Pubs

About the Pub

Famous among city drinkers under a previous name, Jim’s Inn, this was one of the first Edinburgh pubs to be allowed to open all day. Rumours abounded that the City Councillors chose the worst pubs for the all-day opening experiment so it would fail. The opposite happened and there are those that say this was brilliant double bluff. Before this bars closed from 2.30pm to 5pm, which was a load of Puritanical tyranny! Anyway, nowadays the Arcade’s a fine bright bar with an upstairs room mainly used for dining. The bar has two real beers, standard kegs, 15 malts and a good selection of wines. Food is available all day till nine at night, (12.30pm – 4pm on Sunday), cooked in their own kitchen and is very reasonable pub grub, ranging from breakfasts to steaks. The actual bar is granite and the modern décor is both homely and comfortable. Amenities are fine but all upstairs.

Stuart McHardy - Edinburgh and Leith Pub Guide - 2000

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Eve

easy to blend into atmosphere

Surprisingly, in there every saturday this was MY TIME. Simple, without unnecessary styling. Drink,smile & talk.

Friday, March 16, 2012

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Tom

A fond memory

I'm sad to say The Arcade is no more. Times and people sincerely missed.

Colin, Cheree, Beefy et al. hope you're doing well.

Tom Coughlan

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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singin puppy

fun fun fun

great fun karaoke every friday and sat @9 pm gr8 laugh

Friday, October 21, 2005

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Beefy

Top Landlord!!

An outstanding little bar, ideal for watching footy, with a fine host! (how you doing Colin!)

Thursday, September 2, 2004

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Arcade Bar
48 Cockburn St
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH1 1PB

Contact:Unknown
Tel: 0131 220 1297
See Map