This pub covers all the bases giving you pretty much everything you would want from a student pub. Calling the blind poet a student pub is actually a bit of an insult as student bar makes me think of one of these hideous scream bars which require a yellow card for discount. However this is actually quite a decent bar with a traditional interior with interesting features such as a dart board and books and comfy if not slightly dilapidated leather couches. There’s a big projection screen for watching the football and I believe they have a pub quiz though I’ve not attended myself. Another novel feature is in the Gents toilet cubicle where you’ll find the walls papered with topless models from various men’s magazines. There are also blackboards for you to write comments on presumably to prevent you scribbling all over the walls.
The bar hosts a standard selection of beer, wine, and spirits including a few good malts. However what really sells this pub is the reasonable price of the drink. You can get a round of 2 drinks for just under £5 which is pretty good in Edinburgh these days. That’s the sort of prices I was paying when I was a student and that wasn’t yesterday. However what I really like about this bar is rather than giving student discount and conning everyone else (e.g. scream bars) they pass the savings on to everyone!
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| No yellow card required here! |
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