St Vincent - presented by Edinburgh Pub Guide

11 St Vincent St
NEW TOWN, Edinburgh
EH3

0131 2257447

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Number of Reviews: 27

Average Rating: 4.2

Average Ambience: 4.0

Average Value 4.2

Average Food & Drink 4.2

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Review By: tobi

Title: all new

Review Date: 2008-03-25 19:42:47

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: Not Rated Yet

Cheapest drinks in the area and good choice on ales, owners tell me it has just been taken over and looks good. Interior looks good with new pictures on walls and big screen for the football was on the day i was in. Good pool table and friendly atmosphere makes it my favourite. ps. free pistacios was a nice touch.

Review By: MC Tam

Title: Cool beans

Review Date: 2007-11-26 17:02:31

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 5

This is a great wee boozer, definitely my favourite in Stocky, staff are very nice n good whisky/ale selection.

Proper bo all round x

Review By: saz

Title: ales

Review Date: 2007-10-07 18:38:41

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: Not Rated Yet

anyone who rates a bar on the fact tennents is not in stock is hardly giving a fair shot. this place had three lagers, the last time i was in, and about five real ales plus the usuals. also, one of the best whisky selections in stocky/new town. worth a visit. great back bar

Review By: Stocky Old Skool

Title: tennents

Review Date: 2007-08-14 00:06:09

Overall Rating: 1

Ambience Rating: 3

Value Rating: 3

Food & Drink Rating: Not Rated Yet

Any Pub tht does not sell T does not get my vote. prefer berts in stockbridge. the bar staff are very nice and have to say enjoy the sitting area outside

Review By: will

Title: real ale festival

Review Date: 2007-07-06 19:45:45

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: Not Rated Yet

very busy boozer these days and the guy at the bar told me there's a real ale festival on for the next month. this bar merits its good rating as it's a great wee hidden gem. i've been going for the last siz months now.
new quiz on monday's - thank goodness. the old quiz boy apparently does the same questions in every pub in every bar in stockbridge - chancer! makes a good change. great atmosphere and friendly locals.

Review By: G

Title: never best bar

Review Date: 2007-07-06 19:33:47

Overall Rating: 1

Ambience Rating: 3

Value Rating: 1

Food & Drink Rating: 1

nice pub but never the best in edinburgh, get yourself to the cambridge or one of the other great pubs in the area

Review By: Vodka Dave

Title: My shout

Review Date: 2007-07-05 12:17:45

Overall Rating: 4

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

Great value and service and the only pool table in the New Town and Stockbridge. Got to be good news. I pass a load of other pubs to get there. Oh, and there is also free WiFi and they do their own pub quiz which is quirky and original.

Review By: lip

Title: good bar, good fun

Review Date: 2007-06-02 19:14:40

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: Not Rated Yet

On a crawl of Stockbridge/New Town last night and stayed the longest in this great bar. Never at that end of town much but the Vinnie made it all worth it. Nice Real Ale section and friendly locals. Don't think they do food so not sure on that - but authentic bar with down to earth punters.

Review By: pool king

Title: used to be good?

Review Date: 2007-05-30 15:11:23

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: Not Rated Yet

eh, this place has had a pool table for ages now.....

Review By: Ewan

Title: Not as good as it used to be,

Review Date: 2007-05-25 13:29:55

Overall Rating: 3

Ambience Rating: 3

Value Rating: 3

Food & Drink Rating: 3

It used to be good when it had the pool table, now its not so good. A shame.

Review By: jimmy

Title: excellent

Review Date: 2007-05-04 19:09:51

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

What a great wee bar. Quiet during the day but blistering at night. Good Deuchars and well worth a visit. Good staff and never any bother.

Review By: Steve

Title: Nice but not the best

Review Date: 2007-04-30 17:31:20

Overall Rating: 2

Ambience Rating: 2

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 1

Popped in here a few times now and its not bad but not the best bar in edinburgh

Review By: Practical Princess

Title: My favourite Edinburgh pub!

Review Date: 2007-04-25 10:57:05

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

Don't listen to that smelly person below, this is a great place. Nice cosy atmosphere and the staff helped me look for my earring when i lost it, high and low for about half an hour!

Much better than the Bailie, which just looks dirty, and as for the Tiq, waiting to get served for half an hour in an empty pub ain't my idea of service! x

Review By: lost

Title: okaaay..

Review Date: 2007-04-02 13:58:36

Overall Rating: 4

Ambience Rating: 3

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 4

this pub is ok i suppose. can't really fault it..although i still can't help wondering whenever im there .."why am i not at the tiquery or bailie...". i just feel they have something this one doesn't

Review By: S Paterson

Title: New Towns Finest

Review Date: 2007-03-12 16:07:56

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 4

Undoubtedly the best bar in the New Town, if not the whole of Edinburgh! A fantastic selection of quality ales, poured by knowledgable, friendly bar staff. The regulars are also a great crowd and if you haven't popped in here for a pint or two before I suggest you make a point of doing so soon.

Review By: dave f

Title: great night

Review Date: 2007-03-09 15:31:03

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

had a great midweek night watching footy and drinking probably the best Deuchars in town recently. not been in for ages and forgot what a great wee bar it is. good atmosphere and nice staff....plus i won my game of pool!

Review By: Scott Wilson

Title: Much improved

Review Date: 2006-11-14 15:53:42

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 3

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 5

Lived across the road from this place for a couple of years, and its definitely much improved (although it was never really so bad). Good bunch of people there, helpful and knowledgable. Hear they're bringing the pool table back though, anyone else think thats not really a very good idea?

Review By: Jurgen

Title: St vincent

Review Date: 2006-11-03 21:07:45

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 3

Value Rating: 3

Food & Drink Rating: Not Rated Yet

This place was ok, bit brite but the beer was really. right about the deuchars. I like it.

Review By: Petey B

Title: dead on boozer!

Review Date: 2006-10-24 09:44:37

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 4

Waz in there festival time. Craic waz ninety. One barman on for fifty people though!?

Review By: Brian Ferrier

Title: hmmm tipex

Review Date: 2006-10-19 13:58:59

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

I love this pub and all of the staff there. They're all so sensual. And they always have tipex when you need it most.

Review By: Fletch

Title: St Vincent

Review Date: 2006-10-12 16:28:16

Overall Rating: 4

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 4

Just been back to this place after a couple of years away and its looking a lot better than the hole it used to be. Had some food, was a cut a, bit pricey but its 2 for 1 all day everyday which makes it good value. A lot nicer than the Bailey anyway!

Review By: Froggy

Title: Nice place

Review Date: 2006-09-18 13:40:39

Overall Rating: 4

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 4

Find it much more pleasant now it's been refurbished. At least it's clean and no more troublemakers around the pool table. Beer is much better than it used to be as well.

Review By: Johnny Thorne

Title: Who has been hiding this place?

Review Date: 2006-08-31 11:49:40

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

Just discovered this fantastic wee howf. Bit off the beaten track but well worth checking out. If you can get through the cloud of smoke outside the front door (the strange flip side to the smoking ban for many places I've found) inside's a well kept traditional looking bar. The barman looked a bit grumpy but turned out to be as friendly as they come. Excellent service, and an a top fish and chips for lunch.

Review By: Alexander Andrews

Title: best pub in edinburgh?

Review Date: 2006-08-24 13:07:22

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 5

Food & Drink Rating: 5

This place is really nice. I heard about it from a friend who lives down that end of town. The staff are really friendly, there are some interesting locals to say the least as well! But its all really nice. Had the best pint of Deuchars I've had in Edinburgh in there. Think its just come under new management, new guy seems sound.

Review By: Whistling George

Title: All hail the vinnie

Review Date: 2006-08-20 14:30:54

Overall Rating: 5

Ambience Rating: 5

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 5

This place seems to have undergone something of a renaissance. Its a lot quieter but its cleaner and friendlier than it used to be. The pool table's gone so all related trouble's gone as well. The beer's excellent, best pint of deuchars I've had in years. The staff are great too. Thumbs up!

Review By: Jambo-esque

Title: Reasonable Enough

Review Date: 2005-10-16 16:32:09

Overall Rating: 4

Ambience Rating: 4

Value Rating: 4

Food & Drink Rating: 5

Been a couple of times on a Friday evening recently. No loud music so convesation can be enjoyed.

No Deuchers on, Friday last, but a lovely pint of Adams. Bar staff seemed OK.

The door closer on the door to the outside world didn't work and folk coming or going didn't seem to worry/care caused some irritation to folk sitting near the door.

Review By: buzzy bee

Title: st vincent

Review Date: 2004-12-27 21:07:32

Overall Rating: 1

Ambience Rating: 1

Value Rating: 1

Food & Drink Rating: 3

Quite an eye opener! dark dingy pub , with the occasional geriatric reading or doing a cross word. UNTIDY bar staff that looked as though she had been pulled through a bush backwards. ONLY PRAISE WAS TO THE LIMITED BAR LUNCH MENU. very cheap, pretty decent food.

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This is a great wee boozer, definitely my favourite in Stocky, staff are very nice n good whisky/ale selection. Proper bo all round x

anyone who rates a bar on the fact tennents is not in stock is hardly giving a fair shot. this place had three lagers, the last time i was in, and about five real ales plus the usuals. also, one of the best whisky selections in stocky/new town. worth a visit. great back bar

Any Pub tht does not sell T does not get my vote. prefer berts in stockbridge. the bar staff are very nice and have to say enjoy the sitting area outside

nice pub but never the best in edinburgh, get yourself to the cambridge or one of the other great pubs in the area

Great value and service and the only pool table in the New Town and Stockbridge. Got to be good news. I pass a load of other pubs to get there. Oh, and there is also free WiFi and they do their own pub quiz which is quirky and original.

On a crawl of Stockbridge/New Town last night and stayed the longest in this great bar. Never at that end of town much but the Vinnie made it all worth it. Nice Real Ale section and friendly locals. Don't think they do food so not sure on that - but authentic bar with down to earth punters.

eh, this place has had a pool table for ages now.....

It used to be good when it had the pool table, now its not so good. A shame.

What a great wee bar. Quiet during the day but blistering at night. Good Deuchars and well worth a visit. Good staff and never any bother.

Popped in here a few times now and its not bad but not the best bar in edinburgh

this pub is ok i suppose. can't really fault it..although i still can't help wondering whenever im there .."why am i not at the tiquery or bailie...". i just feel they have something this one doesn't

Undoubtedly the best bar in the New Town, if not the whole of Edinburgh! A fantastic selection of quality ales, poured by knowledgable, friendly bar staff. The regulars are also a great crowd and if you haven't popped in here for a pint or two before I suggest you make a point of doing so soon.

had a great midweek night watching footy and drinking probably the best Deuchars in town recently. not been in for ages and forgot what a great wee bar it is. good atmosphere and nice staff....plus i won my game of pool!

Lived across the road from this place for a couple of years, and its definitely much improved (although it was never really so bad). Good bunch of people there, helpful and knowledgable. Hear they're bringing the pool table back though, anyone else think thats not really a very good idea?

This place was ok, bit brite but the beer was really. right about the deuchars. I like it.

Waz in there festival time. Craic waz ninety. One barman on for fifty people though!?

I love this pub and all of the staff there. They're all so sensual. And they always have tipex when you need it most.

Just been back to this place after a couple of years away and its looking a lot better than the hole it used to be. Had some food, was a cut a, bit pricey but its 2 for 1 all day everyday which makes it good value. A lot nicer than the Bailey anyway!

Find it much more pleasant now it's been refurbished. At least it's clean and no more troublemakers around the pool table. Beer is much better than it used to be as well.

This place seems to have undergone something of a renaissance. Its a lot quieter but its cleaner and friendlier than it used to be. The pool table's gone so all related trouble's gone as well. The beer's excellent, best pint of deuchars I've had in years. The staff are great too. Thumbs up!

Quite an eye opener! dark dingy pub , with the occasional geriatric reading or doing a cross word. UNTIDY bar staff that looked as though she had been pulled through a bush backwards. ONLY PRAISE WAS TO THE LIMITED BAR LUNCH MENU. very cheap, pretty decent food.

This is a great wee boozer, definitely my favourite in Stocky, staff are very nice n good whisky/ale selection.

Proper bo all round x