Royal Dick at Summerhall in Edinburgh, City of

I was trying the new menu and it was really interesting. Bold flavours playing with Scottish products. Plenty of veggie and vegan options out of the classic (the vegan pastrami sandwich was amazing). Affordable prices. 100% recommended.

Happily spent my entire 20’s in this pub and would do it all over again - great grub, unique pint options, affordable and a bit weird.

I often visit summerhall when visiting friends & family in Edinburgh, it's a lovely little place to sit and relax, have a drink & a light bite to eat and the staff are always super friendly! I love spending time soaking up the sun in the spacious courtyard when the weather is good.

lovely bar set inside Summerhall. Went there after visiting the Escape Rooms. Beer brewed on site. Only had a snack but it was lovely.

Visited with a group of friend on a Sunday lunchtime. We all enjoyed our food - burgers, nachos - and drink. Service was with a smile and staff were helpful in choosing the beers. Fun, relaxed location and interesting to have a look round the rest of Summerhall.

We went here for a light lunch after touring Pickering's distillery. We did not have a light lunch! We had a substantial plate of delicious food which kept us going till the next day. Good prices, quick service and delicious food - thank you

This place “The Royal Dick”, was right next to the tour we had just been on for Pickering Gin. We popped in here for drinks afterwards and have to say it was pretty disappointing. The place decor wise looks ok and they have disabled toilet but the staff behind the bar didn’t know the first thing about the gin they were selling and what would go best with it so we could enjoy the different gins we tried to their full potential. We had steak pie here which was okay but was definitely of the shop bought cook from frozen variety!! Their menu is very small and vastly based on everything going with chips. Chips with cheese, chips with gravy, chips with curry etc etc etc But if it’s a snack type place you are looking for then this is the place to be!! It’s not a bad thing if that’s what you like and what you’re wanting at the time. The place was heated which was good as after being at the Pickering Gin Tour it gave us a bit of a heat up. It’s a shame this place we feel is loosing a trick here just due to staffs lack of alcohol knowledge. It would only take a bit paper and pen with written info for staff to follow on what goes with what Gin best, not rocket science. The surrounding like I said was nice and as it was the afternoon there wasn’t a lot of people in but as time passed more people came in and we could see it’s probably a busy and popular little place. It’s not that it was a bad place it was maybe more that it wasn’t our sort of place possibly?! All in all combining here with the tour we did have a good day but it could have been more if staff knew their stuff. Must add the staff were very nice and friendly. Hopefully you’ll take our constructive criticism on board and tweet bits here and there as this place could be a real winner.

Booked it based on the gallery menu and didn’t realise that the Royal Dick is a different business. Food was defrosted snacks which were fairly tasteless. They forgot part of our order. No one in charge. Just a few young guys out of their depth. Rotten start to our visit so we didn’t hang about. Wine served in tumblers and poor quality. Oh dear! Give it a miss.

We attended the bar looking for some food, compliments to the cheif who cooked us some deliciously amazing food! Wanted to try most things on the menu so safe to say we'll be back.

Terrible service . This is a shame but at least 6 staff visible but nobody actually serving or clearing tables . If we hadn’t ordered and paid using the app we would have walked out. Won’t be back!

Went to courtyard bar - ordered Calamari - £5 and got a tiny box of 5 rings that were not even tasty - extremely disappointed!!

At present seating is all outdoors because of covid. Felt very safe, staff all wore masks and distance was maintained when they come to the table to take our order. Great selection of beers, and the gin is particularly good!

As the title states, Simon wasn’t impressed. The clientele wasn’t up to scratch. Too many vegans and not enough “tidys”. A small selection of beer which wasn’t too good either. Who the hell is Barney!? I don’t like him, that’s for sure!

All staff very welcoming and helpful. We were going on the gin tour and had some food before (to soak up the gin!). Food very tasty.

Didn't know it existed but went to the Pub before the Pickering's gin tour. The pub is in a little enclave of small businesses, another of which is Barney's Beer brewery. Eclectic little pub with great beer from Barney's super lunch with with a great menu from mains to tapas and, of course, Pickering's Gin!!! Great little experience and highly recommended!!

Love their G&T, good selection of beers as well. Such a cool atmosphere (as a veterinary student, I love it!)!

A very quirky bar which we visited before going on a gin tour at the adjoining Pickerings gin. Used to be the university vet school and still some remnants of its former life. This serve the attached barney's beers.

After looking around the amazing summerhall venue I couldn’t believe out the back in the courtyard the veterinary students had their very own pub! I’m surprised by the negative reviews as I found the royal dick a really interesting historical place. You can feel the history and how it would have been full of students back in the Victorian day. Great place. Open fires. Soo worth a visit.

Surly staff and ripp off prices. 14 pounds for two medium glasses of third rate sauvignon. The place is a dump to boot. Avoid like the plague.

Its ok. Nice interesting surroundings. Got plenty of space outside. Dog friendly and has music which are 2 prerequisites for a decent pub! Barneys beers from next door are decent but daftly expensive considering. Service is efficient and friendly.

Tengo sentimientos encontrados sobre este lugar. Primero, cuando llegamos y queríamos preguntar dónde estaba la mesa que habíamos reservado, los miembros del personal simplemente nos ignoraron. Finalmente, el chico confirmó la reserva y nos mostró la mesa, ¡bien! Las bebidas estaban bien, tienen una selección bastante decente de ellos. Decidimos pedir algunos bocadillos y fueron realmente decepcionantes. Nunca he comido hongos tan insípidos, ¿están usando hierbas o especias al hacer la comida? La mayoría de mis amigos no comieron sus porciones enteras también y créeme, ¡no fue por el tamaño! Lo curioso es que los miembros del personal no esperan hasta que termines la comida, ¡acabamos de empezar y ya nos seguían preguntando si podían quitarnos nuestros platos! ¡Aparentemente dijeron que no tenían cómo servir comida para los próximos clientes porque se estaban quedando sin platos! Eché un vistazo a las otras mesas mientras iba al baño y no muchas personas comieron bocadillos, la mayoría de ellos solo bebe, así que mi pregunta es: ¿cuántos platos tiene realmente la barra? Es una pena porque el bar en sí es bastante acogedor, y me encantaría estar más feliz con nuestra visita aquí.

The selection of beer here is very good. What's even better is the quality of the beer. Plus, the quirky environment gives visitors a wonderfully relaxed feel.

Visitamos este pub por algo de comida y ginebra antes de nuestro recorrido por la destilería de ginebra y nos encantó. Fue nuestro favorito que visitamos durante nuestro fin de semana en Edimburgo.Conseguimos sándwiches para el almuerzo y eran realmente sabrosos y con una excelente relación calidad-precio. El personal era muy amable e imaginamos que el jardín de la cerveza en el patio sería precioso en verano. Definitivamente volveremos aquí si alguna vez estamos en Edimburgo nuevamente

Wonderful and friendly staff, love the decor of recycled vet school bones/slides. Great food too and I love that their coffees come with a biscuit! - I feel like I lived there during the Fringe

Lunch during festival. Gnocchi crispy, tomato sparse mushrooms practically invisible Clearly overpriced and underwhelming.

Bon ça commence à devenir connu comme endroit et pourtant... on y trouve toujours cet esprit caché des premières années.

We got a drink after the Summerhall distillery tour and ended up staying for a few drinks and dinner. They have a great range of gins on offer in the bar and excellent food. The meatballs and poutine were amazing!

So it’s two weeks before the Edinburgh festival and the town is not at its busiest but defiantly heating up. We paid the pricey sum of £9.17 for our two drinks ( medium glass of white wine and a pint of IPA) served by a very charming bar person. My understanding is that white wine is served in a stem glass so that the heat from your hand does not warm the wine. The Royal Dick is one of a number of pubs who have missed this important detail and seemingly are not even able to provide a stem glass on request. My wine came in a robust tumbler.

Great pet friendly pub off the main streets of Edinburgh. There are board games and a good variety of drinks available

Just a lovely place for a pre Locked In drink, lots of interesting customers and drink choices. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Found this place when googling bars & found it interesting, in a building that used to be a vet school it has paraphernalia dotted about such as animal skulls on the walls, vets equipment & a beer pump that was a microscope, food seemed to be popular & had a good choice of drink, situated behind Summerhall off the meadows it’s worth popping in if you like something different

This is a nice bar with a good atmosphere, but when we were there last Saturday evening, the staff started serving the drinks in disposable plastic cups from about two hours before closing. We explained that we were sitting inside, but the barman responded that it was because he wanted to get away on time and it applied to all customers. That's a lot of unnecessary plastic and it isn't very nice drinking from disposable cups. It's not as if the drinks are cheap.

Really disappointed at Summerhall. The Royal Dick closes at 1am. Arrived and tried to order at 12.20am. Bar staff refused to serve us, as they said they were closed. We sat outside nonetheless. At 12.30am a company of four came outside with 4 beers clearly served then. We went back in and asked to be served again. Bar staff refused to serve us for a second time. Being regular customers that here 2-3 a week for coffee/drinks as it has a yard, that’s totally unacceptable and unprofessional.

We were a group of friends on a holiday in Scotland and came across this bar. It’s a nice little bar with interesting decor. I ordered 2 flights of beer at the bar holding up my 2 fingers. The bartender went on a rampage that I was giving him “the finger”. I was appalled and confused because I didn’t know what he was talking about and tried to clear things with him. It was the worse experience I’ve ever had. This place is definitely not for tourists so stay away.

Stumbled across this bar before doing the Gin Jolly at Pickering's gin distillery, and we were very happy that we did! The staff are amazing, and go above and beyond to help out, the food is delicious and reasonably priced and overall it was a very enjoyable experience :)

This hidden gem was recommended to us by friends so my husband and I checked it out for a drink. It’s a very cute bar. My husband liked the IPA and we had a lovely time sitting outside in the beer garden with our drinks. We visited on cinco de Mayo so I ordered the tequila -groni. They were out of tequila so I couldn’t get it, no bother I was fine with the regular negroni. Trying to be nice I said “no worries I just picked tequila bc it’s cinco de Mayo” and the bartender gave us the old “you’re not in America” and told us that cinco de Mayo is an American holiday. Not super nice or particularly accurate. Maybe not a great place for tourists.

This was previously the Small Animal Hospital of the Dick Vet School and also part of Edinburgh University. Now transformed into a bar /cafe with outdoor seating as well as exhibition spaces.

It's a fun and friendly bar, serving tasty beer from Barney's brewery and Pickering's gin, both of which also have their premises at Summerhall. The food was decent and fairly priced.

Booked a table for lunch before we did the gin distillery tour. Lovely bar, very nice staff, food very nice Reuben sandwich definitely recommend. Best lime & soda I’ve ever had

The name is related to the vet school that used to be in this location, but this was a nice restaurant that we ate at before we toured Pickering’s Gin. Food was good. Nothing special, but worth eating here for the simplicity of being there for the tour.

Had been told that the Royal Dick had its own brewery and gin distillery on sit and whilst over a mile from Waverley station walked here on a cold but sunny Saturday morning.

would be hard to find as there is not much advertisement outside the front but would go back for a drink. We had a G and T and was really nice. Food looked good as well

Hemos organizado nuestro primer evento en The Royal Dick y todos los aspectos fueron excepcionales. Desde la deliciosa comida hasta el fantástico servicio en un entorno perfecto. El personal hizo todo lo posible para garantizar que tuvimos una velada exitosa y ya hemos reservado nuestro próximo evento. Muy recomendable para cualquiera que busque un lugar acogedor y acogedor para un evento de negocios o una reunión privada de cualquier tipo.

Fuimos allí para una cena y un par de cervezas. La comida era muy buena y sabrosa. El lugar tiene una buena variedad de cervezas de barril. Los precios eran bastante buenos. Puedes tomarte una pinta con unos 4. 60 p. Todo el ambiente era acogedor y disfrutamos mucho de nuestra estancia aquí. Definitivamente recomendaré este lugar.

We enjoyed lunch at Royal Dicks before starting our Jolly gin tour from there. The sandwiches are absolutely delicious and good value for money. Nice laidback ambience.

We had lunch here following a tour of Pickerings Gin Distillery. The ambience is excellent - a quirky building with friendly staff and splendid food.

Good value for money and a beautiful setting. We had a wonderful meal in a hidden gem. will recommend this place to my friends.

Bar nella vecchia scuola di veterinaria, ha un ambiente sicuramente particolare e accogliente. Cocktail ok fatto utilizzando con di produzione. Consigliato.

Very friendly staff made us feel most welcome. Food was excellent and very reasonably priced. Good choice for Vegetarians. It’s also dog friendly.

I often visit this place for a late night drink with a friend or two and it never ceases to to delight me how beautiful and living room-esque the atmosphere of this place is. The staff are lovely and helpful when advising on drinks. It feels very homey and relaxed and time always flies when sitting in their comfortable sofas.

We had a table booked Saturday evening, post Locked In Edinburgh escape rooms, and were very much looking forward to a few drinks and some good food. Ever so slightly disappointed.

Una galería de arte moderno ecléctica basada en la antigua escuela de veterinaria y muy amigable para perros. También preparan su propia cerveza y tienen el pub del mismo nombre en el lugar que hace almuerzos de increíblemente buena relación calidad-precio. Todos los sándwiches vienen con más papas fritas de las que obtendrías para un plato principal en la mayoría de los lugares y todo para 4 a 5. Servicio agradable y rápido y amigable también.

Bien vale la pena el viaje para visitar esta escuela histórica veterinaria ahora un bar, la decoración es amor o rehacerlo, personalmente me encanta. No tiene la más grande selección de ginebras comparado con algunos de los bares a medida en la ciudad pero cada gin gin ha sido cuidadosamente elegido para exhibir una calidad particular. Después de haber probado muchas ginebras en mi tiempo es estupendo encontrar nuevos que tienen algo diferente que ofrecer. El barman era eficiente y generoso con su tiempo e incluso nos dieron un par de gin catadores. Largo mayo de este nivel de atención al cliente a continuar.

First visit and it will be the last visit. Was playing an escape game next door and popped in for a drink afterwards. Was there with family including my 60 year old mother who doesn’t drink. It was the fringe but it wasn’t particularly busy at one of the back bars.Joined a couple of people who were standing in a line and heard one of the bar staff say, ‘stand along the bar and not in a line, we are a pub and not a bank, surely you have all been to a pub before’ he wasn’t being funny he was just trying to be smart. I approached the bar and asked politely for a cup of tea for my elderly mother. He made no eye contact and said bluntly, ‘no the machine isn’t working and walked away from me’ he looked at me and reluctantly asked if I wanted something else. I was just thinking of what else my mum might have so said ‘I’m just having a think’ He said ‘okay enjoy your think and walked away from me’. I’ve been in a lot of pubs and worked in a lot of pubs and could not believe the way the guy had spoken to me. When I returned to my table my friends told me that the same guy had also spoken to them like they were rubbish so we all left without buying a drink. If this was my pub I would be furious that staff are being rude to customers.Judging by other reviews this seems to me a common occurance at this pub.

En primer lugar, el Royal Dick es un gran cuadro, ofrece cervezas y ginebras fabricado a un tiro de piedra desde el pub. El menú no es nada lujoso pero, por el centro de Edimburgo, los precios son muy razonables, especialmente durante el festival

Sólo una ubicación muy guay y ambiente, visitamos durante la periferia/FEI con hizo más especial! Tuvimos algunos gin tonics y sabroso y pinchos de pollo. Hay mucho que ver y me dejaron un montón de cosas en la escuela habitaciones lo que realmente le dio un toque final.

Off the beaten path, the Royal Dick is a great little bar and restaurant. Hidden behind the facade of Summerhall arts & culture centre, many not even venture inside this building. Once inside you will discover an open air courtyard... also doubles as outdoor tables for the Royal Dick bar. A little sun trap, which is not well known. Table in the sunshine, snacks and a cool drink, what’s not to enjoy? It also houses it’s own brewery AND distillery so you can do gin or beer tours also if the mood takes you. A lovely sunny, Sunday afternoon spent there.

A good place for craft, local beer and the mixed snacking platter is really good. Quirky vibe as it is in the former veterinary school campus.

Vinimos para cenar por recomendación de un amigo. es un poco difícil de encontrar, así que necesita saber que está allí! Todos tuvimos buenas comidas. . . una ensalada, un a la parmesana, y dos sandwiches. todo muy sabroso y muy buena relación calidad-precio. vino viene en vasos de agua, que es un signo donde estás. Recomendado para una comida relajada en la empresa social.

Enjoyed a lovely lunch here before the Gin Tour...the menu was very good...lots of choices and Pete our waiter was excellent

Visitamos aquí antes de ir a encerrado en un cuarto de escape de Edimburgo. Parecía el lugar perfecto para comer en un ambiente amigable perro antes de visitar una sala de escape perros!

Personal también estirados. Pedí una cerveza sin alcohol. . . Erdinger, cuidadora-Estado, Becks. . . etc. El personal dijo que no te ponen, no la demanda. Me dijo que quizás podríamos decir gerencia, hilar una historia hecha de nuevo que nadie ha pedido. Me dijo amablemente que numerosas personas coches y beber responsablemente. . Respuesta. fue pueden tomar un refresco!

Good food, friendly staff, great g&t.; Pleased we found a good place to eat and drink that was off the tourist trail

Me and a few friends were there before a pickerings gin distillery. After the tour we decided to stay for a few drinks and enjoy the sun. Second round of drinks we were served by a horrible rude lady. When ordering drinks we made a mistake and asked for 5 gin and tonics instead of four gin and tonics and a gin a lemonade (which we politely appologised for) and the lady threw her hands up in the air and replied "well what do you want?" We again appologised (at this point only the gins were in the glass, not the mixers) and confirmed our order and she took one of the gins away and sarcastically replied "well I'll just keep this here incase you change your mind again." Appreciate the bar was busy so we tried to make light of the situation and asked if she'd had a stressful day and she snapped back "No, not at all!". Earlier on in the day we had one of the san pelegino lemonades but we weren't told the name so when asked what lemonade we replied the cloudy one in a can and she rolled her eyes and said "I've actually never heard of that, don't know what you mean, which one is it?!" Surely there couldn't have been that many lemonades to choose from she was the bar woman afterall. After that service we finished our drinks and swiftly left. Took our money elsewhere to somewhere the staff don't speak to people like rubbish. Shame really cause the setting is lovely.

Nos topamos aquí después de hacer encerrados en Edimburgo y esperaban probar algunos. gin pickering El barman era divertido y me ayudó a recoger mi ginebra y nos dio un poco de información extra sobre ginebra en general. Cerveza favorita de mi marido en Escocia terminó siendo un Barney's cerveza que sólo se puede conseguir en el Royal Dick. La comida era fantástica, mi amigo me gustó el stovie y disfrutamos el plato escocés charcuterie. Una de nuestras comidas favoritas en Edimburgo! !

Un viaje a la habitación para escapar Summerhall, almuerzo y el tour de gin.

Si estás de visita en Summerhall, Meadows o en las inmediaciones, Id realmente recomiendo este pub peculiar. El personal es muy divertido. El servicio es fantástico. Son los niños. Los precios son buenos. Más importante la cerveza es muy sabrosa (alguna es recién hecho en un micro-cervecería al lado) y la comida del bar es deliciosa. Teníamos un inolvidable almuerzo familiar!

Old vet college now an interesting bar and start for Gin distillery trip.Looks dated but part of charm I suppose.

Really different experience quirky bar with very good beer and grub. Chocolate porter and ipa were lovely as was the brief,cranberry panini with chips and slaw at very good price. Place was buzzing when we left teatime would recommend and Summerhall building on general looked a great community facility would recommend x

Access through a back door there is a disability entrance. Steep ramp into quadrangle. There is a disability toliet else where in the complex

Had lunch here following on from Pickering’s gin tour. Ordered the Reuben sandwich which was accompanied by chips and slaw and it was lovely. Had a pint of Barneys Volcanic IPA, very refreshing. When eating out these days is generally average at best, this wee place punches well above its weight. Try it, it’s great :0)

I've visited several times in order to give a fair and balanced opinion. The selection of beers is based on those produced on site. They also distilled gin. The beers are of good quality and there is a variety to choose from. The staff are...

Ni siquiera sabía que estaba allí. . . . . . Terminamos aquí cuando visite Pickering de Ginebra, y que inicialmente era sólo un punto de espera para realizar la excursión para comenzar, después decidimos pasar el rato sobre y pensar en dónde ir por...

We came in before a show at the venue. Good bar with plenty of room to chat and spread out....

サマーホールの建物の裏にあるので場所はわかりにくいです。 庶民的なパブで観光客はあまりいません。 昔の動物病院という...

Visited here as part of the Pickering Gin tour, stayed for a drink after but did not eat. Found it...

We had lunch before the gin tour and it was ACD. Very relaxed, friendly staff. Hood value for money.

Un sitio agradable, aunque algo difícil de encontrar. Si te gusta la ginebra, hacen una propia muy buena.

We had booked to go on the pickerings distillery tour but decided to go early to check out what was in the area. If you approach summerhall from the front, the royal dick is through the doors right through to the back and out the doors again (you can get there round the sides too). It's a quirky place and we found the staff to be very friendly, they sold local beers and had food on. It was a small menu but the food was lovely, we had the haloumi and hummus burger (which came with fries and coleslaw) and the reuben burger which was a slow cooked beef sandwich. We also had the oreo and dairy milk brownie which just melted in your mouth. The food was lovely, very hot and quick and the atmosphere was good too.

We had a drink here before joining the Gin tour. It is definitely quirky as if sitting in "old" school having a drink. Staff are very friendly, we had a shared platter with our G&T; after the tour.

Este es un lugar difícil de encontrar. Más fácil si Díselo a un taxista Summerhall - - - caminar en y a través del vestíbulo de la parte de atrás y encontrarás - El Royal Dick. Paramos para bebidas en nuestra primera noche en Edimburgo. Qué tremenda. Un montón de carácter. Gente muy guay. Una de las mejores modas antiguo que he tenido. Buena cerveza incluyendo casa preferida. Tremenda en el ambiente. Tanto dentro como fuera de asientos. Aunque no comimos, el menú parecía realmente bueno.

Went here with my friend who's in a wheelchair. Access was ok once bar staff unlocked ramp at back. Menu is very small. The dishes sounded like they had a lot of content but had very little substance. Mainly a bowl of rocket with bits in. We were both still hungry and had to ditch most of the greens due to overkill. The dessert wasn't much better. A very dry cheesecake. We asked for cream to moisten and the waitress came out with a can of squirty cream but didn't allow us to use it ourselves. She just squirted a very small amount at the side. Service was a bit on the slow side also even though it wasn't busy. I have been here for a drink before during the busy festival period as it has its own brewery and it was ok but wouldn't recommend for eating.

Royal Dick byr på veldig god Gin&Tonic med egenprodusert gin. Hyggelige lokaler og betjening. Vi var først på tur i destilleriet hvor vi fikk smake gin, og sett hvordan den produseres. Vært et besøk

However we stayed for a few drinks and a bite to eat and it was all good. Snacks and mains, good selection of local beer and gins

Having attended the opening night of the 2017 Edinburgh Juniper Gin Festival at Summerhall last evening (Friday, 2 June), a friend and I popped in here as part of the Festival experience.Summerhall was originally the site of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies of Edinburgh University. The Royal Dick Bar & Kitchen back in the day was the Small Animal Hospital - hence its ambience is not necessarily one of cosy comfort but more of basic utility.Summerhall is the home of Pickering's Gin and, on site, it houses a micro brewery and a micro distillery. Needless to say, The Royal Dick majors on Pickerings Gin. The place was extremely busy when we walked in and found our way to the bar. However, service was friendly and immediate and two superb gin cocktails were promptly made with a generous slice of grapefruit each. Delicious and refreshing.The rooms were all busy with drinkers and diners - and the food did look so good and so healthy. Though we did not stay to eat. It was such a hot, sunny day that we went outside and eventually found seats in the beer garden.We most certainly wish to return - but definitely outwith this particular busy weekend. 2017 is the 70th birthday of Pickering's Gin and there are celebrations afoot, so we shall return later in the year to not only soak up the atmosphere but to savour the food and drink. It goes without saying that this establishment will be a focal point of the celebrations!

I desperately want to love the Royal Dick. Summerhall is a great thing for the community and the ambience, drinks and food are all good but.... the service is just so poor. The staff are friendly enough but they've got no hustle. Standing at an empty bar while three or four staff are oblivious to your presence or flirting with someone pretty is the norm here. I tried to give some feedback to the manager but he was exceptionally rude and defensive.My visit was later on when it was quiet so the managers excuse that they'd been busy earlier was irrelevant. We've had some good times here, and our last two visits had given us hope they'd got their act together but the service we got last night was awful. With some customer service training and good management I'd give the Royal Dick 5 stars.

Went for lunch at a weekend. The food is decent slightly trendy pub-restaurant food, and the setting is of course a plus. However, it's completely bizarre that a place that brews its own (rather nice) ales should then ruin them by keeping and serving them at a temperature suited for tasteless lagers. I'm sure they used not to do this.

Best place to bring your mates and have fun! Great stuff Megan Peter and Mathew made our day! Thank you guys keep up with this customer service!!!

Great venue and atmosphere. Good selection of beer, wine and spirits. Tasty food menu. Also Monopoly Edinburgh edition - guaranteed great time!

Great informal atmosphere with lively, friendly staff and a good local produce menu. We had lunch after the official Pickering Gin tour and enjoyed a really lovely, tasty meal at a best venue. Would highly recommend.

The place is amazing, it was the old veterinary school. The stuff from the vet school become decoration on the wall and even on the tables. Pleasant atmosphere, nice music not so loud. Good food, not excellent 100% but taste and well cooked. Friendly staff! Great place where to have a drink or a dinner with friends. Well recommended.

友人に連れられていきました。昔の動物病院だか獣医学校の建物の中にある素敵なバーです。いくつも部屋があって、少しずつ内装や雰囲気が違うので回って見るのが興味深かったです。飲み物はジンしか飲みませんでしたが、言えばなんでも作ってくれそうな感じです。近所に住んでいたら確実に通ってしまいそうな素敵なお店でした。

First time in the Royal Dick but Summerhall is a regular place during the Edinburgh Festival. It's tucked away through the courtyard and you enter through the main doors at Summerhall. Great atmosphere from the minute I entered and a really good selection of beers. Typical 'up the town' prices of £4.90 for a pint of really good Paolozzi beer from the Edinburgh Beer Factory. Our dinner was great with the star of the show being the cheeseboard. The manager Paul gave the best welcome and the friendliest service and really made it a great night out. It's a quirky, fun and fabulous place that made a real change from the usual Edinburgh offerings.

All 4 of us and never been to an escape room, nor tried Gin so no longer VirGins. What a quirky bar with all the collections of African Masks, Military Hats and of course Veterinary artifacts

Nice and relaxed with good choice of beers. Really enjoyed the Barney's beers which are made in the micro-brewery on site at Summerhall. First time in this bar and will definitely be back.

Not really a review but more of a riposte to Laszlo '1 review' M. Next time you have an issue, try bringing it up with management while you're actually in the bar instead of taking to your keyboard to produce ignorant 'reviews' ( or should I say 'review' as you have only one, I hope you signed up just to perform your hatchet job) I am the new manager of the Royal Dick and I wasn't 'chugging beers' I chugged ONE beer in less than 5 seconds so you're obviously jealous. I also don't take kindly to rat bags such as yourself who feel it is OK to rag about someone's job anonymously online instead of being an adult and bringing your concerns directly to me, but then, Laszlo M isn't your real name and you obviously have a vendetta rather than any real concerns.I'm genuinely sorry you hate water to the extent that it causes you to write weird metaphor, next time don't bother wasting electricity by writing on trip advisor, just put it straight onto the toilet paper before you wipe.YoursPaul Donegan

I had a lovely time at summerhall, I went to see some art exhibitions upstairs, and then I went to the royal dick for a drink. I was horrified by the amount of napkins being wasted by the bar. the management is a joke. I was also given a glass of water with every pint I ordered, even when I asked not to. They were then simply thrown away or left on the bar, under another napkin. For an establishment that prides itself on having a distillery 'in the backyard' I was confused and slightly horrified by the lack of care and attention payed to these smaller accents. The man who apparently runs things was swanning around and chugging beers behind the bar, speaking in an insincere manner about his establishment. I will not be returning to the royal dick, for it is clearly is mismanaged.

We had a beer here before our tour of the attached Pickering's Gin distillery. It's a lovely pub in a quirky location with lots of little seating areas. We didn't try the food but it smelled lovely.

I feel just a little bad giving away what a great place this is for lunch. We shared the craked pepper squid which was surprisingly tender and served hot and fresh. My fish sandwich was filled with tender fried fish and as big as my head. The tomatoes were so fresh and flavorful as well. My spouse had the chicken sandwich and praised it for how moist and perfectly cooked the chicken was. High praise from someone who avoids chicken breasts as they are so often dry. Shout out to the young cook for a job well done! Prices were a treat as well. Combine it with a gin tour and visit the galleries for an enjoyable afternoon without having to walk uphill for a bit.

They have gin on tap what more could you want!! :)The bar itself is uncomfortable with no nice chairs to sit in. Its also a bit of a trek outside the old town if you're not there to do the tour or something. You need to go in through summerhall university which makes it a little confusing to find. Staff were nice however. Would have no reason to return i dont think.