Ryan’s bar is one of the few original Irish bars from the 1990s, when Irish bars infested Edinburgh. Apparently this bar is quite popular for showing Irish sport such as the Gaelic Football. I generally find the beer overpriced, but the Guinness is decent.
The main bar area of Ryans bar is often packed at weekends and it can take you an age to get to the bar, making the atmosphere is pretty terrible. If you are going there on a Friday or Saturday night, rather than going to the main part of the bar I would suggest going to the greenhouse stuck on the side of the bar. In this glass extension (with various exotic large plants dotted about - making you feel you are in a greenhouse), you can usually get a seat and as the ‘greenhouse’ is the café part of the bar but you are given fairly attentive table service. However you can still order beer and can also order food which is generally quite good.
There is also an area downstairs in their cellar which is an ‘ambient’ restaurant (according to their website) with classical pianists apparently. While I’ve never eaten there myself I have been to a birthday drinks event in the Cellar which was quite a good venue but again the drinks prices were quite high.
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| Sit in the greenhouse! |
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