Salt Horse Beer Shop, Bar & Kitchen in Edinburgh, City of

Popped in for a casual pint and found a really relaxing pub with knowledgeable staff and an interesting line up of craft beers, both on tap and in cans. Didn't try the food but I couldn't resist a cheeky peep at the table next to me when their food arrived and it looked great. There is a wonderfully secluded beer garden here for when the weather improves too. Sitting just off the Royal Mile, it's the perfect bar to escape to to get away from the throngs of tourists.

Absolutely delicious food and a great selection of beers. Very pleasant staff, quick to help us and very knowledgeable. The atmosphere was relaxed, so we had a nice dinner at the Salt Horse.

I came in having missed lunch and was happy to get a delicious burger and better than average fries (I like mine well cooked) and a fresh beer pretty quickly

Bone marrow burger was outstanding. Great staff and tasty beers too. P.s get an umami egg 😋

What a decent place, for me personally it was like being in bruge, great options on crafts and the amount of bottles WOW. Loved it. Great atmosphere, music and although I didn’t have the food, it looked good. People were lovely, friendly and nice to talk to.

What a cute cozy little bar/restaurant! Loved the laidback vibe here, good music. Home made fries and mayonaise I think, tasted great, but the burger wasn’t the best we’ve had.

Such a sweet spot, I try to go each time I’m in Edinburgh. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious food & drinks. We went for a bite to start NYE and the vibes were lovely. Get the ‘Sabzi’ big chips. I’m still thinking about them!

Came here for New Year with friends. The food and service were excellent. The music slaps!

Burgers too salty, couldn't taste anything other than the salt. Nice venue, nice atmosphere and friendly staff.

Such a great little find on our night out in town. The friendly atmosphere, great food and it genuinely felt like I was at a friend’s having food, a chat and a night out all in the one place. The Bowhouse Burger was great quality and Cajun fries perfect. The resident dog was the clincher for me. I’ll be visiting again!

Excellent little spot for a lovely Burger and a wide selection of different beers. Perfect for that little casual bite to eat, few beers and the opportunity to talk without loud music,

Nice wee place, extensive beer selection. Had a Bowhouse Burger which didn't look much but was immensely tasty relying on the quality of the beef rather than unnecessary accoutrements.

We love it here - the team were so helpful in booking in a big group of us. Great vibe and even better selection of drinks! Would also be a nice spot date spot

What a great place. The beer lineup is excellent, 10ish taps of good craft beer, mix of styles. Fridges full of the stuff. The food was outstanding, chicken burger hit the spot and the chips were beautiful. Also try the pickled eggs, they might not be for everyone but you won't regret it, they're great. Incredibly friendly and knowledgeable staff. Will 100% be back.

The bar with by far the largest selection of beer. Also German and Belgian brands. I haven't found a bar in Edinburgh that has this range. Perfect!! One disadvantage: when it is cold you have to be able to tolerate the door being open for a long time and it then becoming 2 degrees colder.

Very nice staff very nice food very nice drinks and a lovely doggy to greet you

Lovely staff, great tunes and a brilliant selection of beers. Quickly gone to the top of my favourite bars list!

Had one of the best draft stouts ever at this place from the Wild Beer Co.

Quiet atmosphere off the Royal Mille. Great menu of local craft beers. Casual food with many vegetarian options and well prepared.

Great food and service and great prices

Absolutely delightful and cool venue just off the main street in Edinburgh. The food was delicious, and the range of craft beers available to drink in or take with you are excellent and reasonably priced. Staff were very helpful, friendly, and ready to provide recommendations as needed.

Initially rated 5 years ago but made my second visit last night. Great selection of local and further afield beers on tap, staff are enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Definitely book if you’re planning on going as I saw people get turned away. Food was on the higher end of what you’d expect pricewise, but the quality matched it

Not tried the food yet but the staff are ridiculously rude to the point we didn’t feel welcomed. Chatting at the bar when the place was empty and when we asked to be served she didn’t like that and was rude and passive aggressively slamming things on our table 😅😂 we’re chuckling about it because it’s beyond rude, not sure what her name is but girl with red curly hair, never experienced anything like it - don’t bother! Getting paid to sit on a barrel looking moody giving dirty looks at customers, not sure how you get a job on customer service like that 😬 Edit: food was amazing! Just don’t go if a certain worker is on 😂

To caveat my experience, I’ve only ever come to buy takeaway beers from the fridge and not stayed for food yet. First visit was great, this most recent one the fridges looked to be lacking a little based on expectations. Swings and roundabouts, I’m sure I’ll stop in again soon.

Lovely little bar with great beer selection and the guys running it are so lovely 😍

Great vibes, staff was super friendly. Highly recommend the chicken burger!

Nice place with a large selection of craft beers.

If you want a variety of the proper craft beers, this is the place to go. 🔥🔥🔥

Excellent little craft beer pub with great burgers Very much recommended

Kitchen close pretty early and the guy working there is unfriendly. Don’t bother

Good selection of draught and bottled/can beers

Great pub and bottle shop! Awesome selection of taps which is rotated often. If nothing interesting jumps out at you, they have a huge fridge section of bottles to choose from! Staff is friendly and helpful. We come here often. It can get crowded at times.

What a lovely place if you like beer and relaxed style. Here you can sit and enjoy many good beers in peace and quiet

I have been to this restaurant before and I still fully recommend it. The burger was a bit salty but still very good. The service was fantastic and the bartenders are really friendly. You should visit it while in Edinburgh!

Mecca for craft beers Just to visit Lots of beers

Unfortunately, highly overrated. Having said that, We were quite appeased with atmosphere and service, thank you.

Awesome beer selection and amazing smash burgers!

Nice atmosphere and beer selection. Was disappointed by the burger unfortunately. It was way overcooked and dry. The chips/fries however were really delicious!

Callum is the best bartender! He gave such good recommendations, and was friendly and kind the whole time. The loaded fries are fantastic, and the beer selection is even better. Definitely worth a visit if you are in Edinburgh ❤️

Tour guide recommended Salt Horse and they did not disappoint! Burgers were amazing!

Great taproom, great selection of beers in a lovely setting.

Loved this bar. The service was great, the food looked delicious, but we'd already eaten. Will definitely visit again.

Always loved this place, super chilled, and a great selection of beers. With a great wee bottle shop next door for taking away, or to be consumed in the bar too. Just outwith the main madness of Edinburgh, with that it's often easier to get a table, which is always a welcome sight. The staff are always super friendly and knowledgeable of their great beer selection. A selection of wines and spirits and soft drinks too, so they basically cater for everyone, really. A must visit if you love good beers. I've never eaten here, so I can't rate the food, but I suspect it's very good also.

Excellent place for craft beer nerds, with so much choice particularly in cans/bottles.

as an admitted beer snob I couldn't have been more comfortable with the style and service of Salt Horse. Each visit we had a different bartender and they were all knowledgeable and quite happy to chat. Most surprising was the quality of NA beers they carried and recommended

If you're a beer guy or gal, this is the place in Edinburgh. Great tap selection, and the bottles represented a crazy cool range of styles and geography.

Very helpful recommendations and friendly staff

Amazing pub. The food is delicious !

Relaxed atmosphere and good service.

If you want a burger or beer, just go. Burgers don't look amazing, they just *are* amazing. The beer selection - on tap - is small but meticulously curated. If you need more selection, their bottle shop appears to be huge.

Unbelievable. The burger & wings are incomparable and the staff are super friendly.

Cool vibey cafe for a nice lunch stop away from the main road. Me and my friends stopped off here and tried their drinks and burgers. Super friendly and welcoming - highly recommend this place for a nice jam for food and drinks. This place served the BEST chips during our stay in Edinburgh, top notch 🤌

Awesome spit for beer, burgers, and fries 🍟

Walked here to get lunch after looking at their online menu. No one under 18 can order food here. Don't even offer to-go food bc we had 1 teenager with us. Should be clearly mentioned online so you don't waste your time looking for a meal.

Favourite craft beer bar in Edinburgh. Wide wide range of choices and knowledgeable attentive staff with good recommendations. Full bottle shop downstairs too.

Slightly thinner patty than I expected but the taste was great! All of the staffs were so kind as well.

Goats on tap! 😀 Took the kid for a burger for lunch today after a wet walk, "this burger is a 9.5 out of 10" Update (because Google insisted): It's still an awesome bar and bottle shop. Update 2: Still an awesome little bar. Needs a crossover with Holy Goat to be on tap though, a Salty Goat, if you will 🐐 Update 3 just because: the beer is awesome the staff are brilliant and friendly. Great place to meet up with friends or pop in for a quiet beer after a dog walk. Update 4, Google keeps asking. Still an awesome bar. Update 5. Google needs to get a grip. The burgers are awesome. Maybe the best in edinburgh. So an actual update..... Goat crossovers on tap!!!! Seriously, don't visit here, I want to keep being able to get a table. Bowhouee burger benefits from a second patty. But is still the best burger in town with or without. Actual update 2. No goats on tap but Taylor found some hidden away. And more for takeaway later. It's still the best burger in Edinburgh. The cauli-bombs with hit sauce are pretty damn good too!

Being a long time lover of Asian food, being in Edinburgh meant I had a myriad of options but with choice blindness being a cruel mistress and the salt horse being a stones throw from my hotel I decided for a burger whilst I researched the rest of my weeks meal options. I was extremely pleased with my decision, the place itself was quant and rustic and the staff truly seemed to enjoy being there. The food was superb, had to have been thrice cooked chips to be this crispy and the pulled pork and apple slaw on a burger is not a combo I would have leaned toward but well done salt horse team. If you are around and want a real burger in a real (albeit rather small) pub then look no further. If and when I am next in Edinburgh I will be popping in again, that's for sure!

Only recently clocked this place, but now a staple when I visit. Great beer, great staff, great location!

Everything was fantastic, but the chicken burger was the best! Fun local atmosphere, great beer, warm and helpful employees.

Incredibly good choice of craft beers, more than 150 in bottles

Cozy atmosphere, craft beers and friendly service 🥰

No kids allowed but LGTB friendly

Interesting bar for beers - pricey.

Great selection of craft beers both local and international and the chips were so good.

Salt Horse beer shop has a great selection of beer ontap and a ton of bottles. With their bottle shop next door, the selection is endless! We had a couple beers onsite and took a couple to go. If you're a craft beer drinker, you need to go to Salt Horse!

As a vegan I thoroughly enjoyed the burger and dirty fries. SO good! Lovely staff and beer, shout out to Shaun the chef! 👏

Cosy bar just off Cowgate, comfortable and wooden with candles, nice gentle music in the background, very friendly and helpful staff, dog friendly, delicious burgers, and a fantastic selection of beers, especially if you enjoy the Belgian Trappists!

Great selection of beers, delicious crispy chips! Cute vibes!

Great spot for a burger and chips. Nice selection of beers. A little hard to find but worth the effort if you are wanting a burger.

Lovely selection of draft and canned craft beers. The food is very tasty and the staff are friendly.

Nice place, friendly & helpful staff. Both shop & bar have a nice selection of both local stuff and more "geek" offering. Good playlist too. Top recommendation.

The brews are good. I recommend the Newbarns Pilsner, Newbarns Pale Ale, and especially the Kernel Bitter Simonds 1880 Extra Special Bitter which was extra special. Very personable bar keep and server.

Sensational food and great beers and very friendly and competent service!

We gave this one a go as it was right across the road from where we were staying. We all had very yummy burgers and fries and a range of drinks. The staff were really friendly and helpful. It's worth noting that they don't take cash - some of us wanted to pay by cash and couldn't (in our case this wasn't an issue but for others it could have been an issue especially as it wasn't clear until we asked at the end of our meal).

Great ales! And great atmosphere too!

Very good service, the burger was excellent and plentiful. Well done

Great selection of vintage Lambic and wild, great food, great atmosphere.

The atmosphere is perfect! The music is good and you just let yourself go. The food is delicious! The beer selection is very interesting and the staff are extremely friendly! A perfect place!

I was rather disappointed after reading all the great reviews. I found the taplist and bottle list equally boring. Not sure if I was here at a bad time. Nice place though.

I was visiting from Brooklyn and wanted to find a solid craft beer bar, and the Salt Horse really did the job. Great selection of both draft and canned beer, and we didn't get any food, but the menu looked pretty intriguing.

Omg! This place checks ALL the boxes! Great service, great atmosphere, friendliest servers and wonderful food oh and many delicious beers!

Just a nice pub. I didn't eat there so I can't judge that. Nice service. Many types of beers

I have been coming to Edinburgh every other month for the past year and this is always my first call. Great variety of ever changing craft beer from both Scotland and England. Friendly staff and cracking music. Very chill and great to just relax after a stressful day! Feels like an extension of your living room. Also the food 😱 well that's just a good time no matter what you order all fantastic.

We had a great time at this place! Large choice of good beers, and the service is very friendly and nice :) After hearing the couple next to us saying they had one of their best burgers at this place, we had to try it and we were not disappointed! They were excellent! I truly recommend this place, and I'll come back

Didn't have food, but great selection of beers. Bright and vibrant atmosphere.

Excellent. Great beer, great food, exceptional service. Brought my brother in law for his first visit, he loved the place too.

Great experience. Good range of craft beers on tap and huge list of cans from the fridges next door - which they will go and get for you. Burgers are excellent and good service from all staff.

Absolutely fantastic experience and the food is outstanding, a real delicacy. The staff are very friendly and efficient. Loved it and will be back next time I'm near Edinburgh having been from Newcastle myself. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Alright for the people who live around the shop so they don't have to walk far .

Great beers on tap and a good selection in the shop. Great service makes it a cracking venue

Very cool. It was a great experience. As we were 7 people we had the opportunity to taste some beers and decide which one we would like to drink. The burgers were special and delicious. I highly recomend this place.

Food was great (several vegetarian options!) and staff were friendly/helpful when picking from the wide variety of beers. Will visit again!

Best beer-focused bar and best burger I’ve had in Edinburgh.

Main point of the place is all the unusual beer! It does do food but I'm subbing 5* for that to mean beer!

Used to have great burgers and beers. Now its just great beer... Hopefully get the burgers back soon. The burgers are back!! Not the same ones but possibly better 😀

Great vibe and better beers. Very informative friendly staff and a cool place to sit and enjoy a good beer.

We were taken on a journey with the Szechuan pickled eggs, never thought I would travel 400 miles and have my mind blown by a twist on a fish & chips shop staple. More importantly though, we couldn't have been made to feel more welcome. Great people serving great beer.

My go to bar in Edinburgh. A revolving, always fantastic selection of beer. In a cosy, warm, candle lit bar. There's a bottle shop next door too with every beer you could imagine and some you probably can't. Some top notch breweries are consistently on offer as well as locals like newbarns in Leith. The staff are always in good form and are there to help recommend a beer you might enjoy. The kitchen is worth giving a try too if you're in the mood for wings or a burger. It's classic pub food with a bit of care and a little extra flavour.

Sensational wee place. Amazing selection of beers, food was incredible, and it was all directly opposite our hostel - ideal! Will definitely be back when I'm next in Edinburgh.