Beehive Inn in Edinburgh, City of

Had a wee hit to eat and a couple of pints, doss

Lovely pub / restaurant. We called in on a Sunday afternoon and got served pretty much straight away. Ordered the nachos to share and one of the sandwiches. Food was great, had 2 ciders and the bill came to £35. Pretty nice atmosphere and the staff were all very nice.

Nice staff, great atmosphere, unfortunately we had to wait an extremely long time for our food. But that was very tasty

While in Edinburgh, if you're seeking an authentic pub experience, look no further!

This is our second time in Edinburgh. And eating at the Beehive Inn for the second time. Both times it was just great. A visit there is always worth it.

Nice place with a chill vibe atmosphere! I had the Halloumi and it was quite good ! The gin drink was also good, not strong though. The waiter also asks about allergies while taking our order so that was nice

Good food and great atmosphere. (Haggis fritters are worth the visit themselves) Upstairs can be booked for larger parties.

There is plenty of atmosphere, unfortunately it took an age to get served because the bar staff were either new at the job or they were having problems with the tills. Several people were served drinks that weren't ordered. It was busy, but from what I could judge, it was down to the bar staff. The pub itself is ideally located, quirky, with seating both inside and out and a very good choice of drinks. The coffee was undrinkable. Because of the slowness of service and waiting time for food, we decided not to eat.

Visiting from America and this food was amazing. The best veggie burger I've ever had, all of the workers were really nice, and the restaurant is beautiful. Highly recommend!

Nice places in the restaurant. Good food.

Being served by Dan. Very friendly and nice service

Great pub for drinks and dessert - would return for dinner or roast menu.

Order and pay first, service was good until you pay food was meh

I like this spot, but you are waiting a long while for a pint

Great Pub experience! Loved the Pimms, and various pints had by all in our group.

We waited nearly 30 mins and no one ever came to take our drink / food orders. The restaurant wasn’t even busy compared to how it normally is. I think the server just didn’t care to do her job. Disappointing.

A busy, happening city pub in Edinburgh's Grass Market. Saw a Fringe event here - n I belkeve it has other shows (mainly music and comedy) at other points in the year too. When in town, this place os always on my potential list of places to visit n a definite 'go-to' if in The Grass Market.

Great staff, friendly and helpful.

Nice drinks selection and good outdoor seating

Pub in pieno centro, abbiamo preso un fish & chips accompagnato da piselli che risultavano poco cotti e un burger di beyond meat Che era nella norma. Non c’è praticamente servizio al tavolo infatti per ordinare devi andare al bancone. Solo dopo aver pagato ci hanno informato che avremmo dovuto aspettare 40 minuti per l’ordinazione. Totale pagato 42 sterline

Wonderful place for quick bite or full dinner. Pea & mint soup, haggis cakes for starters, then steak & ale pie for lunch. It's definitely a place to stop in Edinburgh.

Cozy pub with live music. Just had a drink

Wonderful food experience. Haggis and steak pies were tasty and hearty. Fun pub atmosphere, great service and location.

We arrived late, after a show, they were closing, but they served us, we ordered a Mac n cheese which was good and a burger just reasonable.

A lot of people are banking on each other. Friendly staff.

Bigger pub, few areas to sit in, with a backyard outdoor seating.

Decent priced pub for the heart of tourist area

Service upstairs was just a bit miserable & they don't do (in my opinion) some quite popular drinks which are available in other pubs. It may say £9 something for a double vodka in the menu, but I was charged over £11 for a very weak tasting vodka soda. Wouldn't be back.

This ancient pub consists of a warren of rooms to relax in, many with full bars. We settled into a welcoming sofa and enjoyed one of their beers.

Great pub in a fantastic location in Grassmarket. It was incredibly busy, but we managed to get a table after waiting 10 minutes. Food was really good pub grub and our server was excellent! She didn't stop and her customer service was really lovely 😊

Great pub in the grass market well worth a visit

Great night out in the bee hive and top Fringe venue.

A pub that feels like home from home and we saw some decent comedy upstairs here during The Fringe. Very good beer, very nice staff who are all happy to chat and make you welcome,decent whisky, great atmosphere. Not many more boxes to tick at all and I can't wait to visit Edinburgh again, jump on the bus tour and nip for a pint or two.

The food is not bad, however the service is bad, everything is very slow. They charged us a very high price compared to the one on the menu and then they told us that it had gone up.

Would definitely go back to the Beehive any time we visit Edinburgh, great staff and location in the Grassmarket

Lovely service and atmosphere, eat here😍

Very good service and a very nice place

Typical pub, very good food. Exceptional attention to allergies (gluten free menu!). The attention was friendly and fast. I would recommend it!

Ideally located pub offering very good quality and excellent dishes. Ideal for children (high chairs, changing table, arcades). Competent and pleasant service.

Just saw THE Billy Kirkwood live, wonderful show with great participation from crowd! Cheers from the USA! Brandon and Ryan Excellent NA choices too!

Great service, good choice of beers and lovely food. Haggis fritters and Steak and Ale pie were delicious. Good atmosphere and not too expensive

Good food (pie, burger and mc&cheese) were very tasty. They have a separate room for dining so you can enjoy the pub music while not being actually at the pub.

We loved Beehive Inn! My daughter is a vegetarian and was so excited that their special was a vegan steak (made out of seitan). She thought it was delicious and we went back another day to check it out.

We were here to watch a comedian in the upstairs rooms, but because we were early, we sat outside to people watch. Unusually we arrived just as someone was leaving and we managed to get their table. This is a very popular and busy pub. After our friends arrived, we went inside to eat, big cudo to the server who managed to get us a table for eight, really impressive customer service considering how busy the place was. We all went up to the bar to order our food, which came out soon after. Absolutely no complaints about any of it, delicious. Then, after dinner, we went upstairs to another bar/lounge to wait for the comedian. A curtain was drawn back to reveal another room set up with chairs and a sound system. Great show. The toilets were clean and tidy, there are toilets downstairs and also upstairs just before you go into the bar area. The servers were polite, prompt, and well presented. Only one small niggle when paying by your card do read the screen as it has a couple of questions before putting in your pin. As I had forgotten my glasses, I couldn't quite make it out and think I "donated" an extra £5 on one of my rounds. I know it's my fault for forgetting my glasses, but would it be possible to get them in a larger font for us daftys. Highly recommend you visit this establishment down the Grass Market.

Great pub with an excellent beer selection.

Good beers. Good food. Casual atmosphere. Water self service.

Does it make sense to wait for more than an hour to order food? The employees don't even show their noses. I'm regretting coming here.

Table of 12 people with the majority of us with issues with food, cold peas, equivilentof 5 chips with the fish and chips, no sauce put on a burger and skimpy chicken on the bbq koren burger. A Bar staff member which i think is the manager with long hair was very rude and should not be working hospitality. Avoid if I were yous.

This is the number one fantastic club in the Edinburgh I love people respect in clubs & pubs very enjoy in pub

Food was delicious! Desserts divine. Sticky toffe pudding and Blackberry and Elderflower Eton mess yum yum. Found this nugget and we were lucky to have been served by the excellent Neil! Thankyou Neil.x

There is a lot of seating inside as well as seating in the front and seating in the back in the beer garden. The beehive inn is the only pub on the grass market that has a beer garden!

We had lunch here on a visit to Edinburgh The place was really busy and seemed under staffed. A young girl named sophie took our order and was very friendly. Even tho she seemed rushed off her feet she still took the time to ask us how our day had been and gave service with a smile. Great customer service! Lovely Pub and nice food. Even if the wait time was quite long

We was on bus tour with friends they was so excited to go to Edinburgh as they had never been , We went on sightseeing tour bus and got off at grass market for lunch

Classic pub with outside space in the back and out front. You do pay city centre price for the beer, but you get the city atmosphere in return. Nice busy cobbled streets steeped in history!

First of all, the place is dirty. Confusing, order at the bar indoors, then they bring it to your table which supposedly has a number (several do not). So, essentially no service. Food mediocre at best. I had a side order of Mac and cheese-chewy and flavorless and a side salad. The salad was brown and they only offer one type of dressing. I asked for a newer salad with green lettuce and they gave me a new one which was only partly brown. Also, wanted to order an Old-Fashioned and they told me they were only allowed to make the alcohol drinks that are on their menu—no deviations. Stay away from the Bee Hive; there are better places to go.

First of all, the place is dirty. Confusing, order at the bar indoors, then they bring it to your table which supposedly has a number (several do not). So, essentially no service. Food mediocre at best. I had a side order of Mac and cheese-chewy and flavorless and a side salad. The salad was brown and they only offer one type of dressing. I asked for a newer salad with green lettuce and they gave me a new one which was only partly brown. Also, wanted to order an Old-Fashioned and they told me they were only allowed to make the alcohol drinks that are on their menu—no deviations. Stay away from the Bee Hive; there are better places to go.

I'm a local, therefore I have been to the Grassmarket area many times.However, never again will I be in the beehive until they make efforts to have the busker from outside their premises removed! Seriously, he's bad! I mean really bad! Can't sing a note! I'm a music lover, frequented many a festival but this is just a drunken noise, the drunker he gets, the worse he sounds ( if that's even possible). We ate our food, had one drink and moved to the other end of the Grassmarket where our ears weren't being assaulted! I am not exaggerating people, it's bad! I have know Idea how the staff ( who are lovely by the way) cope doing a full shift in the place never mind the customers! Jeezo!

The food definitely wasn’t the best we had in Edinburgh, but we still had a really nice time. The drinks were good, and it was fun to sit out front and observe all the activity happening in the Grassmarket.

Kinda meh, simple sandwich took long to make.

Wonderful find. We stopped in for a free dinner drink. Although our group was not this large at the time, it can clearly accommodate large groups.

Had a tasty meal, a nicely done helpful Gluten Free menu which made life easy for my wife, and our waitress Hope was absolutely wonderful.

Incredibly delicious food, ordered Ukrainian Chicken Kyiv, highly recommended! With love from Ukrainians in Scotland ♥️♥️♥️

Lots of history but the highlight is the people working here, definitely worth a visit if you can find space. Food does take some time to arrive.

An unhappy experience. Waiting 1hr 40 mins for out main course. Chicken Kiev bland, flat. Fish and chips x 2 ok. We didn't get the wine we ordered and paid for and got a lame excuse about that's the old menu". Will never go back.

Great and lively place to grab a drink on Grassmarket!

Nice spot to pop in for a quick pint . While a bit cold, it was nice to people watch outside .

Very disappointing food. Ordered the steak and it was cooked well done instead of medium. On the menu it says “triple cooked chips” but “lightly dunked in oil” would’ve been a more apt description. No steak knife was provided. My partner got the steak and pie which was better. It also took 35 min for the food.

Stopped in to get away from the chilly wind. Had some drinks and light bites. The salmon cakes were tasty. Crispy but not overly so. The hake was good but not to write home about. It was good enough for our purposes. Servers were very nice. I would say try it. I personally will try other place since we are just visiting.

My first time in a pub in Scotland. Amazing fun tasty great experience

Great place! Highly recommended!!

Best nachos I have ever had. Complimented the beer really well.

My wife, two children (teen, pre-teen), and I stopped in for dinner on a recent visit to Edinburgh. It is in the historic Old Town neighborhood of Grassmarket, just down one slope off the Royal Mile near iconic Victoria Street. After an intense day of site-seeing all around the city, we landed at The Beehive for dinner just after an afternoon driving rain and also having just visited Greyfriar's Kirk/Cemetery and the National Museum of Scotland. Initially trying for The White Hart Inn a few doors down (too crowded for us), we opted instead for The Beehive. It totally suited what we were looking for AND what we needed. At first rebuffed from eating downstairs by the main bar - guessing underage kids are verboten here in Scottish pubs too near the bar - the friendly staff took us to the upstairs dining area (curiously, however, ALSO with a bar). But it was wonderful! A large room with ample space, we were seated at a table with some cozy and large easy chairs to sink into. We hunkered down and rested after being pretty tired and damp from the day's exploring. I ordered a pint of cask-conditioned dark ale and a dram of Bowmore to settle in with before our meal arrived: fish and chips for me, while the missus and kids all ordered the grilled cheese (white cheddar, I believe) plus tasty sides, and split an order of halloumi fries. It all was very good and hit the spot. Friendly waitstaff, great decor housed in a very old building, it was among our favorite dining experiences in Edinburgh. We would return!

It was a great experience with good staff. The Canadian Waitress was amazing

Down to earth no nonsense pub with great beer, great, well priced pub food and great rock music.

Food is good and the service are great. All at a reasonable price.

The Beehive Inn in Edinburgh is history, history and more history. It is a typical pub vibe with wood everywhere. It sits in the shadows of the Edinburgh Castle with a legacy of 400 years. A counter service spot, this was a quick dinner. During my visit, I had the pleasure of sampling a few of their notable dishes. Fried Halloumi I loved the spice of the red chilli. The halloumi was both crispy and light. Hake & Romesco Ragout The grilled hake fillet served with a romesco white bean ragout, salsa verde, and carrot crisps surprised me. Contrary to my initial expectation of a stew, the dish had a beautifully cooked fillet of fish laid over a rich but light ragout. The salsa verde added a zesty pesto type touch and the carrot crisps provided a special crunch. Fish & Chips A visit to Scotland wouldn't be complete without chowing some Fish & Chips, and The Beehive Inn’s version did not disappoint. The hand-battered Atlantic haddock was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Although I’m not a pub girl, The Beehive Inn proved to be a treasure trove of classics.

Told the bartender I wanted something local and she gave me 2-3 samples so I could pick something I really liked. Lots of tables so it wasn’t too crowded. Tried the tour of haggis. Super tasty.

Great place for drinks! Fun atmosphere. Was close to our hotel! Grassmarket is a great place to eat and shop off the Royal mile.

If I wanted fries I would have gone to a snack bar.

Stopped in on a busy Saturday afternoon. Was seated right away upstairs and the food came quickly. Had a great meal. Our server had recently moved to Edinburgh and was feom Australia. She was wonderful and we chatted with her for a while. Cool atmosphere, overall great experience. Thank you!

We had the pleasure to sit upstairs. It felt like a huge great living room. All the staff were very nice.

The location of Beehive Inn is so ideal, it’s sandwiched inbetween the central of Edinburgh.We ordered the chicken sharer which had Korean and peri peri seasoning and it was spicy and perfect for someone who enjoys a good spicy burn in her food.And we also ordered a few cold drink for us as the weather was stunningly beautiful.

We went upstairs and it was beautiful, cozy and quiet. The duck hash was delicious. The waiting was a little long but alla long à very good expérience !

Very nice atmosphere. Food was delicious and good live music.

High 3. Nice pub, good beer, good cheeseburger. Met nice people.

Suzannah was so helpful and kind. She was very attentive and made our experience even better.

Food was amazing, staff was friendly and the place was clean. If your with a big group more than 8 don't expect to sit together. But I would definitely go back.

Our food was worthy of an expensive restaurant and in an atmosphere of a good pub, which was exactly what we wanted

Good food good staff no complaints

Nice food and great atmosphere. Had three staff members in 5 minutes to ask how the food was.

Even though this place was close to the castle, the selection was great and the prices were better than in the smaller shops.

Delicious burger. So £15 was not the cheapest, but perhaps the tastiest.

Went with a party of five and we had mixed experiences. One ordered the steak and ale pie, which was delicious. One had the bacon burger, which was good but not great. Two had the chicken kyiv and found it to be inedible. The chicken was thick, overcooked, and rubbery to the point that their jaws hurt to chew it. It's too bad because the staff are lovely. The wait time for the food was a bit harsh too. Two hours from ordering until our entrees arrived. Even for patient folks it was a bit too much.

- Dishes are rather expensive - 1/3 orders was wrong

Fantastic, traditional pub, with nice ales, great staff and live music. Thank you

Good beer, large selection of spirits. I recommend it for a quick beer 🤗

Super unique and best nachos in town. They’re House fried tortillas !

Classic Scottish pub, I tasted a good Mc&cheese (but there are better ones), usual light beer, average prices for being in the center

Honestly, you can move on... Very long service, I think we were forgotten because the dishes arrived cold… Either way, it honestly wasn't very good. Overcooked burger meat… Mash instead of fries… Scottish tasteless coffee In fact it seems to be the same house as the White Hard Inn next door because same menu, pub which ruined our evening the day before by canceling our reservation at the last moment, so impossible to find anything on a Saturday evening We weren't really lucky...

Good place for dinner. We had duck, hamburger and a chicken and bacon sandwich. It was delicious, the beers were good (Flint eye) and the waiters were very attentive. To repeat