All Bar One - Edinburgh in Edinburgh, City of

great service by shanmukh will back again

Came in for a drink after the markets and was served by Finlay who was a pleasure and make our experience 10/10

Excellent service, great food, good atmosphere. Would recommend!

Had an amazing night with a great bartender in Jack couldn’t have been better will definitely be back!!!

All Bar One Exchange Plaza isn’t just a bar—it’s a cathedral of cocktails, and bartender Daniel is its high priest. With the grace of a swan in a tuxedo, he crafted a French Martini so divine it could convert the staunchest teetotaler. Every gesture, every pour, every garnish was an act of pure artistry. If drinks were poetry, Daniel would be Shakespeare. Bravo! 🍸

Came in for food and laiba was very friendly when serving, made my experience very pleasant

Came in a few days ago and was greeted by your waitress Laiba. She was very welcoming and lovely to me and my friend! Hospitality by her was very good and she always had a smile on her face. Will definitely be coming back :)

WOW! Came in for a drink and ended up having some food too , lovely girl called Laiba served me and my partner , so lovely and helpful ! Very cheery :) good and drinks were great will be going back !!!

Had an amazing time here last night! Tremendous service by shanmukh despite a very busy service

Shanu was our server last night (7/12/24) and he was fabulous!! Courteous service, attention to detail was superb & he made us feel very at home! Our visit was lovely, with fantastic atmosphere & lovely staff. Will be back!

Shanmukh was amazing! Service was incredible and such a lovely experience!

Excellent bar, really go to place

Disappointing and not likely to go back.

Great spot. The food was really tasty and arrived quickly. Top notch service from Daniel. Our son got an extra shot of smarties, which is greatly appreciated. We will defo be back!

Excellent service by Laiba. Great food. Fish cake.

Shanmukh was really great fantastic server fab will be back soon love his hair

Shanu was an incredible service oriented server! Fun and focused on great service!

Food was terrible and overpriced, rip off for drinks, waiter didn't know what gluten free meant so my wife was handed a salad that resembled something that had been swept up from your garden. A dog would have enjoyed the burger though as it would of reminded it of a tin of chappie.

Our server Laiba was absolutely fantastic. She tended to our every need and we never felt ignored or ‘too much’. Absolute star and a true asset to AllBarOne!

Great service by shanmukh loved his service will be back

Amazing food! I had tapas sharing for two. A lot of cocktail choices. Love coconut margarita

Great food wonderful service with a smile had a great time with Shanu he was top notch will be back soon

The building is lovely , nothing wrong with the service but what put me of is every table has a cactus on it that are bone dry and simply touching them made them fall apart .I pointed this out to the barman who said don't worry we have been sent new ones and they'll all be replaced . What a waste of money when simply watering the poor cactus is all that is needed. If you pop in here please check the cactus on your table and show it some love .

Shanu was really attentive fun great server loved him will be back

We enjoyed a late lunch at All Bar One yesterday. The staff very welcoming, the menu offered a good range of food and a lovely selection of drinks including cocktails. Our server (Laiba) was very attractive without being intrusive and our meals were freshly produced and tasty. All in all a very comfortable and enjoyable experience at a competitive price. We hope to return again soon.

A funtastic Venue with super service by shannmukh. Our party was very well looked after by him

great service by shanmukh loved him

Shanmuth was excellent with his service and was a really enjoyable night. Thanks Shanmuth!

Great service by Shan much loved him will be back

Ashley was an exceptional waitress! She was attentive, friendly, and made sure our dining experience was enjoyable. Her recommendations were spot-on, and she checked in regularly without being intrusive. I left feeling well taken care of and eager to return. Highly recommend!

The food was great and the cocktails were delicious. I also loved that the coffees came with smarties! Our server Jack was really attentive and approachable - will definitely be back

Went here before popping to the theatre, very nice drinks and food especially the Pad Thai. Ashley was great and friendly

We had a lovely uni girls get together and Laiba looked after us really well and made sure we didn't run out of bubbles, water or food. Thanks for a lovely afternoon.

Good value and excellent service from Laiba

First time visiting here and will definitely be back. Had the chicken milanese and it was to die for! A great place to come for food but also an ideal starting point before hitting the clubs.

Had a fantastic meal here tonight. The Korean BBQ chicken burger was delicious. Could not fault the service, very knowledgeable and super friendly staff. Can't wait to return!

Fantastic dinner and service tonight, Laiba was such a fantastic help as our server. Highly recommend

Had a lovely time here, food was so nice as they have introduced new items since the last time I went. Our server Ashley was great and kept on checking back on us. Can’t wait to go again

Great sercice by shanmukh lo ely meeting him will be back soon

great evening spent with friends

few drinks and food before show

Came here after a show and wasn't disappointed. Enjoyed everything!

Came recently for drinks and a few bites. They were exceptional! Enjoyed all of it, service was brilliant as well!

Dreadful from start to finish. Understaffed with huge waits for service even after the staff turned large numbers of people away. Food was mediocre and barely warm, with the chicken pad Thai in particular looked awful. Thankfully the staff must have sensed that customers were unhappy and did not apply a service charge to our bill. This was our first visit to the Lothian Road premises after having excellent service from George Street. It was like chalk and cheese. Will not be returning !!

Had a great evening last night our sassy server shanmukh was really friendly served our food with a smile even tho the restaurant was fully busy drinks were late but he made up for it

Completely understandable that all restaurants get busy on Saturdays but the service and food quality was exceptionally poor. Clearly under staffed and during the Edinburgh cocktail festival. Ordered the chicken quesadilla, chickpeas were still hard and meal was overall cold and sad. Many other tables around us complaining about food and service also. When telling the waiter that the food wasn’t very good because undercooked, was told sorry whilst being handed the card machine. Wouldn’t recommended and won’t be going back :(

Beautiful food, great service, can't wait to go back

I've been coming to this All Bar One location for years now and it's always a really good time! The atmosphere is lovely, staff are always so kind and the food and drinks options are wonderful for meat eaters AND for vegetarians/vegans alike! They've been doing a veganuary menu since before it was even popular and they have a good mix of classic and eclectic menu items year round. I went last night and it was great service (as always) from the wait staff, bar staff and manager, can't recommend more :) Edit: I wrote and posted this a year ago and everything still stands true! Laiba was great yesterday and made my experience even better with her attentiveness and fun personality :)

Great service by shanmukh will be back soon service with smile

That laiba lassie is great, nice service and tha

Probably won’t be going back. The food was fine for what it was, but unfortunately about the only mildly positive aspect of the night. My main gripe was the staff. Should’ve known minute I walked in the door, having waited for about 5 minutes (in a fairly empty place), upon being greeted by the waitress with an eye roll and a mild groan that it wasn’t going to go well. When we were eventually served, the waiter was standoffish. Ordered some drinks (asked for an alcohol free beer, was given an alcoholic one as he later pointed out, and my guest noticed the waitress laughing about it after the fact), then tried to order food when he came back. “Steak, with prawns please” *mumbles at me* “Sorry?” “Nooo prawnssss!” in a charming, condescending tone as he lent forward at me. But at least I was actually able to hear him this time. The starters came about half an hour later. Was underwhelmed with mine but it was fine (2 very small tacos for the best part of a tenner). The staff stood backs to the customers on the service side of the bar, giggling to themselves several times during the evening about god only knows what. I’m all for fun at work, but don’t do it stood behind a customer. When it came time to pay, not a soul in sight, sort of just left to our own devices. Less honest people would’ve been able to have a free dinner. When I eventually got the waiters attention to pay (despite his best efforts to ignore), he didn’t allow us to review the bill, sort of just mumbled and thrust the card machine in front of us. Didn’t ask if we’d ordered off the set menu (we had), didn’t ask how we’re splitting the bill, just whacked it down (with the 10% service charge we didn’t notice until after the fact, which given we were already spending close to a hundred for this, I wouldn’t have paid due to the abysmal service).

Attentive and friendly waitress..:)

The best bar staff going, great happy cheerful service.

Had a lovely lunch, and was served by a wonderful waitress called Laiba. She was great, helped us choose drinks and was super helpful

Sexy Zack showed us how to make cocktails and meal was fantastic! Good fun making our own cocktails, meal was great 👍 good atmosphere

Went here for an after birthday meal and even recieved an expensive free bottle of fizz, food is awesome, we had great burgers with skin on fries and onion rings, definitely will be back Highly recommend

We stopped in for dinner. We did not make a reservation but they were able to seat us. Small party of 3. They filled up rather quickly. Short staffed but we never felt it. Our service an waitress was amazing. Cat always came back to check that we had what we needed. The food was delicious and really healthy. Fish an chips was also good. Much better menu then the one square bar at the Sheraton. We were staying there an not keen on either of their restaurants menus. We only came here because trip advisor said it was a family place. Only to later read they meant the one in the airport lol but glad we did. Good food. Good service.

Laiba was lovely!! So helpful and kind. Would return just for her!

Shanmukh was really nice elegantly attentive loved his sassy service will be surely back

Food delicious and fairly priced for the capital city. What made this a 5 star experience was the excellent service from Laiba! She welcomed us with a genuinely warm smile and gave advice on drinks and food. It’s a long time since I’ve experienced such a friendly and efficient customer service . Thank you

Laiba did an amazing job by recommending the wine we wanted! Great job

Had a lovely meal, we had the 10 tapas dishes between four of us and they were delicious highly recommend these although all the food looked good. It was very busy and felt they could have had more staff however a big shout out to Laiba and Jack who were very good and went that bit extra that it made our experience so much better and we will definitely be back.

Decided to have some food and drinks before a show at the Usher Hall. The menu was a bit limited but luckily there was something on it which we liked. I had quesidilla which was tasty and my husband had bacon and chicken focaccia which he enjoyed. Staff were pleasant and attentive. The only gripe we would have is that the air conditioning was on and it was cold. I ended up having to put my coat on as it got unbearable. Luckily I spotted on my booking email that there is a 10% service charge if it's table service so we weren't surprised when we got our bill but always good to know as there's nothing worse than it being added on and not knowing.

Shanmukh very good service Drinks only

Shanmukh very good service Drinks only

Shanmukh was great during service

Great service by shanmukh enjoyed the time will be back

Great service by shanmukh enjoyed the time will be back

Fab service, Shanmuck was lovely.

Great service by shanmukh loved him

Great service by shanmukh will be back

Nick and Shanmukh were amazing. So helpful. Nick made sure we were comfortable (heat wise), and also made sure our drinks were cool and constant.

Excellent service by shanmukh couldn't be better loved him

Went with a friend for dinner prior to attending a concert at Usher Hall. Venue was nice enough, if a bit loud. Drinks and dinner ordered without much effort. My first choice was not available (this was 1830 on a Friday so a bit early for them to run out of things, IMO). Placed an order for Pad Thai, flatbread as a starter and my friend had fish and chips. Starter and my dinner came out together. Waitress said that it was so busy and things got a bit mixed up. she came back a delivered my friend’s dinner. Well. My friend's food was good. But mine was just horrible! Inedible. After a few bites I decided I couldn’t continue. The Pad Thai was made with angel hair pasta (not noodles as Pad Thai requires) and it seemed as though it had been left under a heat lamp for a considerable time as the pasta was tough, glutenous and just plain terrible. Okay, fine, I thought. I still had the flatbread, no? Well that was even worse. The flatbread was a lot like those pizza crusts you buy and use at home. Cut in wedges and covered with shaved parmesan and some dead green leafy stuff that was limp and totally unappetising (sorry, no pics). Anyway, the flatbread had the consistency of cardboard and I think it had been sitting out for some time. Had two pieces and decided I’d had enough. Apparently the waitress was extra busy because she never came by to ask how we were doing. She didn’t come back to our table for about 45 minutes when I called her to give me the cheque. She apologised for everything, offered a discount (which I turned down) and, as we was leaving, the manager stopped so that I could tell him this was the absolute worst meal I have had in a restaurant in years. Needless to say, I shall never go to another All Bar One again!

Top class, especially the service by Shanmukh - couldn’t have asked for a better server, he was amazing!

Good service by shanmukh very friendly service with a smile with a smile

Great service by shanmukh so friendly service with a smile

Great service by shanmukh good drinks surely come back again

Great service by shanmukh friendly and welcoming surely will come soon

Food was great service was fantastic by shanmukh he was super friendly and efficient will be back soon

A lot of issues sadly. It took 20 minutes to place our drinks order. There were 4 of us and one main course arrived 20 minutes after everyone else got theirs (on chef missing which was only communicated to us when we got our bill. Mushy peas for the 2 who had fish and chips was cold. The waiter did not take away the finished starters plates when the first 3 main courses were delivered. very disappointing, although generally the food was tasty.

Shanmukh was a wonderful host and looked after us very well, excellent service indeed. A cheery and pleasing personality…pretty cute too!

Lovely service from Shaunmukh, very nice and kind made the experience much more enjoyable ☺️ amazing food and drinks would definitely would come back again!

Early morning Saturday Fringe pit stop, Jack was the embodiment of hospitality in this elegant and welcoming bar! Many thanks.

Great service by shanmukh lived the service good to see him again

Shaun was fabulous drinks were very friendly and accommodating will be back for his service

Tasty food, fast and very attentive service, great offers such as free welcome drinks when using the app! Cocktails and drinks nicely balanced and not watered which is great too! We had a small issue at the end with the coupon codes but manager was super friendly and shes helped us in no time! Will be back, thank you!

Why 3! Nice place, folks nice, very good service, but wow… £7/pint is just too expensive. Food looked really good though!!!

Shanu was attentive quick polite ans friendly I can highly recommend all bar one for his service

Great choice of food & drinks and excellent service.

The tapas Tuesday is great value and we are so sorry to hear that our favourite server is leaving - Sara is excellent and we will miss her hugely!!

great service by mr shanmukh he was so amazing and entertaining and friendly thanks to him

Shanmukh was fantastic, top tier service and will definitely be back 💪🏻

Shanu and Sara were delightful and the food was great

Food was good. Shanmukh was a fantastic server

Cocktails was perfect service by shanmukh was top notch amazing he was good was good thank you soo much for the amazing hospitality

Food was amazing service by shanmukh was fantastic he was so friendly and helpful.

Booked prior to attending show at the Usher Hall, across the road. Food was excellent. Staff shortages resulted in long wait. Mix up in our and others Bills! Probably down to poor staff. Were informed sickness. We only saw 1 waiter, manageress and bar man/waiter!

Food was great so were the cocktails our server Shanmukh was amazing

Food was great our server mr Shanu was super great very friendly