Maggie Dicksons - presented by Edinburgh Pub Guide

92 Grassmarket
GRASSMARKET, Edinburgh
EH1

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Review By: alivicwil

Title: our "local" in edinburgh

Review Date: 2007-08-17 07:48:25

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

We spent more time in this pub than any other while in Edinburgh. Very friendly staff, and good service. Nachos are recommended for lunch!
We were able to drag our beer out to work on a conference paper - staff were very accomodating.
Great atmosphere.

Review By: mr b barclay

Title: Maggies, worst service ever experienced

Review Date: 2007-08-12 12:48:50

Overall Rating: 0

Ambience Rating: 0

Value Rating: 1

Food & Drink Rating: 2

Waitress got order all wrong, one order never arrived, 30 mins later cold order arrived, fly in drinks, we complained and weren't happy about paying full bill due to lack of service and terrible attitude. Missed show in fringe due to length of time it took to finally get our meal (5 burgers, 1 hour!) were told that we wouldn't be allowed into any of the grassmarket bars ever again by manager, extremely unprofessional.

Review By: never buy a pig by candle light

Title: Great Pub

Review Date: 2007-05-20 17:13:12

Overall Rating: 4

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 4

This is a good little pub with freindly staff. well worth a visit

Review By: Ross M

Title: Its a Pub, not a restraunt

Review Date: 2007-05-10 00:03:09

Overall Rating: 3

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 3

Food & Drink Rating: 2

I know that pubs have to 'diversify' nowadays and all that rubbish. But this place should not have bothered. It was a great student haunt, Fri Sat night would always involve a stopover here. Great for a pint if doing the grassmarket tour. Go for food? Go get a chippy instead.

Review By: Melissa King

Title: Holiday Visit

Review Date: 2006-08-13 15:39:40

Overall Rating: 4

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 5

We visited this pub for a well-earned rest after walking around Edinburgh for the day (including a trip out to Piers Hill) for a drink and food!!! We loved the atmosphere. Staff were all very friendly and food was wonderful with extremely big portions. We will definitely go back again. And as a history student, I loved the historical information and feel of it. Well done edinburgh, I can not think of any bad points of your city (except maybe the hills)!!!! ha ha.

Review By: Rob

Title: not up to much

Review Date: 2006-03-07 15:26:56

Overall Rating: 1

Ambience Rating: 1

Value Rating: 0

Food & Drink Rating: 0

Pub is not bad however there is no chance the food is fresh and homemade. Much better next door in the last drop, one thind 3.60 for a magners you are having a laugh

Review By: Alan and Mary - Inverness.

Title: I'm not paying for that!

Review Date: 2005-11-29 14:02:14

Overall Rating: 0

Ambience Rating: 1

Value Rating: 0

Food & Drink Rating: 0

I took one look at the Sunday lunch they tried to serve me and the wife then walked out and left it on the table...

Would not feed that to my dogs - never mind paying for it.

Review By: Alan

Title: Appalling Food

Review Date: 2005-09-12 19:13:02

Overall Rating: 1

Ambience Rating: 2

Value Rating: 1

Food & Drink Rating: 0

When the menu says "seasonal vegetables" it actually means frozen mixed vegetables, and they even overcook those. Avoid the Sunday Roast Lunch like the plague.

Review By: Angie

Title: Terrible food

Review Date: 2005-09-10 10:17:25

Overall Rating: 1

Ambience Rating: 2

Value Rating: 1

Food & Drink Rating: 0

I agree with Richy - the food here sucks big time! Perhaps if the waitresses actually asked if you enjoyed your meal then this feedback may get noticed! Angie Yorkshire.

Review By: Geordie Richy.

Title: Pub food from hell

Review Date: 2005-08-29 18:18:42

Overall Rating: 0

Ambience Rating: 0

Value Rating: 0

Food & Drink Rating: 0

Worst Sunday Lunch I have ever had... For £7.95 you got this:- Beef - tasted like rubber Potato - tasted like Smash instant Roast Potatoes - overcooked Veg - Frozen packet veg - still frozen Gravy - Like piss My 7 year old daughter could have made a better effort than the $^&!@ this place must have working in the kitchen! Avoid at all costs 0/10

Review By: Steve

Title: The coolest pub in Edinburgh

Review Date: 2005-07-23 10:02:50

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 4

After a super long flight from Vancouver Island, Canada to Edinburgh, the first pub I hit every time is Maggie's...it's got wicked food, awesome drinks(seven deadly sins anyone?), and a really nice, friendly and usually pretty staff. What more do you need in the word? Plus there's a bunch of skulls and stuff all over the place so it's perfect for a horror lover like me.

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We spent more time in this pub than any other while in Edinburgh. Very friendly staff, and good service. Nachos are recommended for lunch! We were able to drag our beer out to work on a conference paper - staff were very accomodating. Great atmosphere.

This is a good little pub with freindly staff. well worth a visit

I know that pubs have to 'diversify' nowadays and all that rubbish. But this place should not have bothered. It was a great student haunt, Fri Sat night would always involve a stopover here. Great for a pint if doing the grassmarket tour. Go for food? Go get a chippy instead.

Pub is not bad however there is no chance the food is fresh and homemade. Much better next door in the last drop, one thind 3.60 for a magners you are having a laugh

I took one look at the Sunday lunch they tried to serve me and the wife then walked out and left it on the table... Would not feed that to my dogs - never mind paying for it.

When the menu says "seasonal vegetables" it actually means frozen mixed vegetables, and they even overcook those. Avoid the Sunday Roast Lunch like the plague.

I agree with Richy - the food here sucks big time! Perhaps if the waitresses actually asked if you enjoyed your meal then this feedback may get noticed! Angie Yorkshire.

We spent more time in this pub than any other while in Edinburgh. Very friendly staff, and good service. Nachos are recommended for lunch!
We were able to drag our beer out to work on a conference paper - staff were very accomodating.
Great atmosphere.

I took one look at the Sunday lunch they tried to serve me and the wife then walked out and left it on the table...

Would not feed that to my dogs - never mind paying for it.