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Cocktail Bar Review: Amicus Apple, Edinburgh

A lively spot in the heart of Edinburgh’s city centre, Amicus Apple is a stylish basement bar, where the atmosphere is buzzing, the music loud, and the choice of cocktails extensive. The clientele is very varied, as the place attracts footfall … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: Element, Edinburgh

In days gone by,Rose Street was the undoubtedly the Mecca for visiting potentates of the potables. This pull has been somewhat dispersed, in recent years, but the stretch still retains a number of good drinking establishments. Towards the trendy end of … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: 69 Colebrooke Review, London

So much has been written about this teeny tiny bar tucked away in a quiet corner of Islington that it might seem gratuitous to add to the pile. Much of this writing however has (unsurprisingly and perfectly deservedly) focused on … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: Amicus Apple, Aberdeen

Florescent in décor and loud in style, Amicus Apple is the epitome of the modern cocktail bar. Pink lighting greets you as you enter what can only be likened to a conservatory full of seating. Just a few stairs away … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: Metropolitan Bar, Glasgow

Metropolitan Cocktail Bar and Restaurant can be found on the Candleriggs side of Merchant Square, right in the middle of the Merchant City.  Its clientele are inmain suited, booted, well-groomed, & well-heeled – on the day we visit there’s a group of grey-suited men … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: Booly Mardys, Glasgow

Their website claims that Booly Mardy’s is “Glasgow’s best cocktail bar,” so expectations were set before we even arrived. Review by Donnie Maclean, Eat Balanced

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Cocktail Bar Review: Albannach Bar, London

Sitting discretely on the Southern aspect of Trafalgar Square under the watchful eye of Lord Nelson himself is a bar so Scottish it didn’t even bother thinking of a name different to its theme; Albannach being Celtic for Scottish of … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: 99 Hanover Street, Edinburgh

99 Hanover Street’s website proclaims that as “Edinburgh’s favourite party destination” it offers up “entertainment seven nights a week”. Having chosen to undertake the very arduous task of cocktail bar reviewing on a Sunday evening, I can confirm that 99 Hanover Street really does live up to its mantra – lashings of opulent style and a pretty fine cocktail menu to boot.

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Cocktail Bar Review: The Social, Glasgow

“This looks… cheaper than I was expecting.” Affordability isn’t always the thing that you want in a cocktail, frankly.  And the most expensive drink I can find on the menu is £5.50, with many coming in at the £4 / … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: Blue Dog, Glasgow

I’m not normally a dweller of cocktail bars. I like real ale, love wine and my spirits tend to be brown in colour and come straight up with a little water or ice. So this was slightly strange territory for … Continue

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Cocktail Bar Review: The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

The Voodoo Rooms is a plush old belle of a Victorian venue, and the cocktail bar’s interior definitely has a little bit of an old Parisian style of glamour. Black and gold is the colour scheme of choice, and if … Continue

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