Sandy Bell's

Sandy Bell's (Forrest Road)

A small pub with folk sessions every night

Hours

Mon–Sat 12:00–01:00, Sun 12:30–24:00 (Wikivoyage)

Budget

Check prices at the shop

Address

25 Forrest Road, opposite Mums and next to Greyfriars

A small pub with Scottish folk sessions every night. There's no stage: fiddlers, guitarists and bodhrán players sit round a table and just start. Medical students from up the road have drunk here for generations, so it's more local than the Royal Mile pubs. No cover charge; buy a pint, find a corner, listen.