The Golf Tavern in Edinburgh, City of - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Not up to their usual standard. Undercooked, tough meat in steak pie, soft, greasy batter on fish and generally unappetising food. It's a sports bar so you expect to see matches on all the tvs. These televisions however, were blaring, making conversation impossible. Very disappointing all round.

What a boozer, filled with great people and great scran. Was served by a guy called Myles on the bar, what a legend. We had such a laugh I found it boring going and hanging out with my current pals! Haha (shh)

Fantastic service by myles! #uppawandies

One of my favourite pubs in Edinburgh! Always great to see Myles the bartender in action as well!

Very nice pub with a great selection of beer and spirits, Myles was very attentive and extremely helpful to both me and my girlfriend, would be happy to come back again.

Always liked this place and the staff are great. A young team but decent; Myles in particular was v helpful.

Such a nice bar to visit when you’re in the city, good big screens and great selection on draft. Bar staff are all so sound but it’s always great to see Myles again, always looks after me and my mates and is so attentive and just all round good patter. See you next time

Lovely bar with plenty of TV’s for sport and a great selection of drinks. Myles behind the bar was friendly, helpful and had good banter!

Had a great night enjoying some live music and the cocktails served to us by myles was the cherry on top. Top guy.

Great night at The Golf Tavern! Myles behind the bar was top class.

I decided to pop into the Golf Tavern for the first time last week, and I’ll certainly be back! I was greeted with a big smile and great chat from one of the bartenders, his name was Myles if my memory serves me correctly. This was my first pint since I ran the Edinburgh Marathon so I was wary of its effect on me. However, Myles’ tales of his DJ Syndicate ‘Across The Board’ and their many exploits put me at ease. This paired nicely with a salty bowl of frites! I shall be returning to this watering hole as long as Myles continues to reside there. 10/10

Great pub to visit, food was very good and great staff. Served by Myles who was very accommodating and welcoming as soon as we arrived, highly recommend!

As someone who has been local to Bruntsfield and Tollcross for the best part of 5 years, I had always thought highly of the Golf Tavern and I always assumed my experience with this local boozer couldn’t get any better. But since my last few trips where I encountered their star bartender (startender if you will) - Myles. He is truly an asset to the company and with his witty banter and fantastic guinness pouring skills, I can smell success for him in the future whatever he does. I think a promotion is surely in sight as he provides top tier customer service. If his moustache and his private school boy charm wasn’t enough, his can do attitude and great work ethic confirms that he is a truly fantastic employee at the Golf Tavern. PS - get the nachos.

I visited the golf tavern several times during my stay in Edinburgh over the fringe period. A jovial atmosphere, special shout-out to myles with whom I formed a great rapport. Keep up the great work, guys!

Great food, the service from Myles made the day even better.

Great pub. Service is excellent, especially from the charming young man Myles. Pulls a mean pint and his chat is epic.

I attended a PDR tonight at the golf tavern, and came away extremely impressed with my experience!! The upstairs bar is a great venue for holding functions; it is spacious enough to host a decent-sized party, and yet the cosy seating (sofas etc.), table areas and opportunity to play darts/pool also imbues the space with an intimate and friendly atmosphere. They have an impressive range of drinks on offer, and the student deals they provide were extremely popular with the younger members of the party. Particular praise has to be awarded to the bartenders Alex and Sophie, who were not only super speedy with the drinks service, but did so with smiles on their faces, singing along to the songs and truly enjoying their shift. Kudos to Golf Tavern for creating both an amazing venue space, and clearly a very positive work experience. I can’t wait to come back!

A few months ago I attended (along with a large group of friends). I asked if they were serving food. The bartender with brown mullet said they were not. I noted the time and thought it was odd for the kitchen to closed at such a strange time. I asked another member of staff and they said that they were still taking orders. I ordered and watched an even larger hen-do sit down to eat as well. After waiting an hour (and watching the hen-do receive their food) and repeatedly asking the staff what was going on, there was no food. What I did notice was confusion amongst the staff, and the mulleted genius who caused the problem was nowhere to be seen. When I first asked where the food was the staff said they didn't know anything about an order and asked me to order again. This took a few more attempts before finally I got my burger after 2 hrs. I thought this was the worst customer service I had ever had in Edinburgh. Yesterday, the same incompetence and lack of communication between bar and kitchen occurred again. After waiting another hour I started to feel like The Golf Tavern was gaslighting me. Like an abused partner whose husband denies remembering things they said, the staff seemed oblivious to the fact that I was the only person who had ordered food and yet they still couldn't remember what I had ordered. Each time I have been refunded for the food that eventually came and yesterday the young blonde bartender did at least try to apologise, whereas the first time there was no apology. I have now eaten at this establishment for free. Twice due to gross incompetence and an apparent continuing problem with communication. Yesterday the manager suggested that there could be a problem with the tech that sends the order to the kitchen stating 'we've had problems for the last 2 weeks'. This is not the case because the first appalling experience happened a few months ago. If the issue with food orders continues and refunds keep being made, there will be no Golf Tavern.

Good atmosphere and excellent service

Had a wonderful experience from bar tender Poppy Lawley, very chatty and professional, and contributed highly to our family fringe day :)

This place is a gem. I didn't know it was there but spent the day watching golf and and snuck in about 26 holes on the short course across the street.

Both the drinks and food were not very palatable but the vibes were immaculate

The atmosphere is great, staff is friendly. Only thing that disappointed was the gravy pie, which is not a pie but just pastry dough and some steak and fries on the side. Annoyed my all night that I ordered a pie that wasn’t a pie. Just had to get that out, but otherwise awesome place

No respect for neighbours. Regularly breaking the noise licensing laws (as in every evening). They allow loud, drunk people to spill out and shout into the surrounding residential area; no attempts to control. They seriously need security on the door managing the smoking area. No actions taken when complaints are lodged by myself and other locals.

My wife and I had fond memories of The Golf Tavern from 5 years ago and returned this week to find the place as wonderful as we remembered. Truly a first-rate establishment all around. A great selection of drinks including cask ales on the taps and in the bottles of brewed and distilled beverages; great dependable pub food. BUT the blue ribbon goes to Poppy for her cheery and personable service behind the bar. Truly a consummate professional in every respect and deserving of a rise in wages — better still, put her on a generous salary. Poppy is a gem.

Excellent beer and even better service. Big shout out to Kyle as he went above and beyond to make sure we didn’t go thirsty thank you

Tried to order something off the menu posted outside, was told the menu had been updated but not the one outside, I asked for the new item that had replaced the “golf burger”, regular steak burger, I received a tofu something burger and almost gagged on the first bite, ordered a cider and the person behind the bar couldn’t find cider in any of the coolers?? Food was gross, service questionable, loud place… not a great experience…

Great time hit some golf had some beers and eats.

Had a great day out in Edinburgh thanks to our stop off at the Golf Tavern. Great service from our lovely host Kyle who recommended some great local whisky and some great items on their food menu. Highly recommend for anyone staying in the Bruntsfield area!!

I went to the golf tavern on Saturday and was served by the wonderful young gentleman Ben. He poured the best Guinness I’ve ever seen. Will be back, highly recommend. Would highly suggest it to my fellow golf loving Americans, definitely worth the visit.

Great place for a drink! Kyle was so warm and friendly and made the experience unforgettable.

Great pub, always good music and lovely service from the staff! Kyle was our bartender and had great banter. Would definitely recommend for a chill pub night.

Always a good time at the golf. Particularly impressed by Kyle. He was very helpful. Great service!

Had a great time at the golf tav watching the euros thanks to Poppy!! Thank you Poppy for setting us up with a fab table :)

Had an awesome time at the Golf Tavern. Thank you to Poppy for taking such great care of us. We’ll be back.

Great day out wad had by all. Music was good, we enjoyed the food. Service was great, it was very busy. We be back again soon

Recently came for an 80th birthday party, our bartender Will was absolutely fabulous really made the night and had a great knowledge on the drinks selection. Would highly recommended for a private event.

Great place for food drinks and sport

A solid choice for a pub. You really can't go wrong here. Good tunes, good food, good beer. Fast service, fair prices, student discount, plenty of tables. Nice location, great outside seating. No complaints.

Our bartender Heather was particularly friendly and made our night so much more fun!

Lovely pub, busy but great service. Waitress, Fane was friendly and helpful. Will be back.

In for the Scotland game the other night. Decent amount of TVs for sport. Nice chilled atmosphere. Can't rate the food as never ordered. Great, quick service despite it being busy for the game. Fane(?) was stand out in terms of knowing what bourbons were available, and made a decent drink of one!

Usually a good place to come. Horrific service tonight from a bar staff member. The greeting was a scoul.. She pulled the Guinness I asked for. Got a straw to the top of it and put it on the counter without even a word. I said thanks. And she didn’t even respond after being paid

A place with a good atmosphere and a variety of food, it has a dining room on the upper floor. They don't serve on the tables. The bar area is a little small but nice.

Had a great experience at Golf tavern recently. Heather was such a joy to chat to!

kyle’s service was exemplary his recommendations were smashing wld also lips him tbf

Food was disgusting, steak pie and chips were too salty and puff pastry had no puff it was flat and hard,definitely would not recommend it to anyone and we definitely won’t be eating there again 😡🤮😡🤢🤮

Nice space, great location and good service. But full of students.

What a great place to visit, we had a pint, played pitch and putt on Bruntsfield links hiring clubs from the bar returned for a fabulous meal at prices all can afford, then watched 2 games of Rugby on the big screens. The atmosphere was brilliant and the drink cost what you would expect from an up the toon bar. We'll be back.

Great pub, arrived about 11.30am,played around of pitch n put, went into bar after got 10% of our food, Tv's all round and great selection of drinks etc, Food was amazing. Left around 21.45. Definitely recommend

We went to play golf and thought it looked nice so we wanted to eat a burger afterwards. It was quite empty so no stress for the staff. However, the veggie burger was overcooked, and very dry. After asking for some mayonnaise, the waiter explained that there was no mayonnaise left. 5 min later he brought a portion of chips topped with mayonnaise out for the staff to eat. No need to say that we weren't happy with the service. I was at the pub before and it was much better. However this time it was really disappointing.

The beer and golf deal is fantastic. We’ve ordered the golf & beer package and decided to leave the pint till after we play. We were served by a nice and polite guy. Once we came back, we wanted to cash in our pint. A waitress behind the bar decided to be difficult and after I’ve explained to her 3 times she was trying to charge us for the beers over and over again. After I explained for the third time that we just wanted our beers from the golf & beer deal she decided to get hostile and snappy. Real shame because the first bartender we talked to was very nice. Clearly the ginger girl had some attitude problems.

Such a sweet pub. We had delicious nachos as well! But if you’re wanting to play pool, don’t bother with this place - it won’t happen. We’ve been to the Golf Tavern specifically to play pool 5 or 6 times now. We got turned down each time due to there not being enough staff. This weekend for the first time there was staff - so we got to play one single game of pool before a member of staff came to let us know we can’t play any more, cause he needs more seating (in a room of of empty tables), which meant packing the pool table away. I think the pub would be better off getting rid of it, or removing any trace of having one online so people don’t waste a trip only to be disappointed.

Golf club rental and a beer for 10quid. What’s not to love.

Very nice bar and quality burger

Staff are all really friendly, I love coming to Golf it’s one of my favourite student spots in edinburgh. The prices are very reasonable. One of the bartenders (I think Sophie?) was really great and chatty! All around enjoyed my visit

I usually go in for the football and have always found it to have a great atmosphere and like the history of the pub because I like traditional pubs.

service was brilliant, bartender poppy was lovely :)

Lovely evening thanks to poppy ! Best server #queen

Fair food, fair approval. The service is quite bad, they only talk to each other, they do not serve customers, they are not attentive to anyone. The day we went the music was so loud that it was difficult to talk, poor quality music. They will have to fix the access door from the premises to the bathroom, it slams spectacularly, very loudly, and is continually annoying. With a simple silicone stopper the noise stops, but you can see that it is a rather neglected place.

Great review, Sophie was great behind the bar. Max, on the other hand, thought it would be funny to throw a beer on the floor and not alert those behind the bar. Quite rude. But nonetheless a great pub.

Hire clubs for pitch and putt. Make your way to the starters hut. Chunky chips and a wee par three. A pint for I and a gin for thee. Cracking pub!

Great for a drink and the bar tender were a good laugh

Kimberly was my server at the golf tavern on Friday 3rd may. She was so friendly and helpful I would rush to go back. A smile on her face and the best pints!

Cheap pints and friendly bar staff.

🤩😃⛳🍺👍👍 I have had 35 + 1 amazing "hole" there ! One of them was a real "hole in one" 🏌️‍♂️💥🕳👈

This is a very cosy Pup. A lot of various Ale an cider. Amazing

Automatically putting a service charge on drinks is an absolute disgrace

Used to be a charming local pub but is now more like a sports bar.

This review is to commend a member of staff called Gavin. On Saturday 2 March I called the customer service team at The Golf to book (at very short notice - 1 week!) a surprise 60th birthday party for my husband on Saturday 9 March. The person I booked with on the phone told me that I could go into the Tavern at 2pm on the afternoon of the date of the party to decorate the function room upstairs where the party would take place, however when I arrived both downstairs and upstairs in the function room was completely full due to a rugby game on the TV. I spoke with Gavin on arrival and explained the situation and despite being extremely busy with customers, he was very calm, polite and helpful about the problem. He offered to take everything for me including the decorations, cake and my sons laptop which we had taken for music purposes and I explained briefly what I'd planned to do by way of decor. To be honest I was a bit apprehensive about leaving it for someone else to do but Gavin went above and beyond - he not only decorated the room perfectly and to my exact specification, but he'd also, as a gesture of goodwill, provided helium for balloons I'd taken along and created a fantastic atmosphere. In addition to that he came upstairs on the night of the party to ask if everything had been to our satisfaction. I honestly can't thank Gavin enough for everything he did for me to help to make the night a great success; it could have gone so wrong if it had not been for his help, so with great appreciation I hope that his fantastic customer service care can be recognised by his employer and hopefully rewarded. Every venue should have a Gavin; he's a real ambassador for his workplace. Thank you so much Gavin; I truly hope you're given the recognition you deserve.

Old bar and restaurant now no more than a sports bar great shame

great atmosphere, whole staff were more than welcoming and special thanks to kyle and ozzy for their whitty hospitality which made the night extra fun for my pals 24th bday. will be back here sooner rather than later

Good Place to watch some football.

We were there for the day to watch the rugby. Absolutely lousy G & Ts. Tasted nothing like they should. Dreadful. Please get some decent mixers pref bottled ones.

Such a great pub. We really enjoyed our time there. It's such an old school pub. Sophie was great and we enjoyed our chat with her

Twice this year I have been mid travel to this venue only to find the organisers have been told last minute that the management have double booked or just decided to not open that day. Utterly disappointing and a waste of my time, I can't support coming to this venue anymore

The Golf Tavern is one of our local'ish venues that I tend to forget is there as its tucked away out of sight, but which is one I always enjoy visiting. Chilled, unpretentious, and with vegetarian food options. My family visiting from New Zealand also enjoyed it, and chatting to the waitress who had recently visited Aotearoa personalised the visit nicely.

Christmas shopping trip to Edinburgh, such a lovely spot to chill out at and relax. Great views, super friendly staff! Big shout out to to Tally for being so welcoming and looking after us so well! 🤩

Quickly popped and got some great service with absolutely brilliant burgers, ended up staying much longer than expected for drinks as staff were lovely. Some good music to get the mood up too, great place!

Always worth a visit. Being going on and off over 20years. It's always likely with a good atmosphere!

Hi there, I am pleased to say on popping into the GOLF TAVERN last week for a pint and something to eat. ( FISH and CHIPS ). Then telling my wife If next time she is up town, pop in to it. Saprisingly she did yesterday, with a friend. She was absolutely delighted with the place. It was as I told her of my visit last week. The bar staff, couldn't be more helpful. Assist in every way they could. Customers that were in the GOLF TAVERN, were very talkative, to my wife and friend. Also very obliging to talk about the sarounding areas. Making them welcome. It really is worth a visit and good value. Also a good pint of GUINNESS. Many thanks to ALL at the GOLF TAVERN see you soon.

Spent a lovely few hours in here today ordered the burger and chips and a few drinks lovely friendly atmosphere staff were very welcoming and helpful food was excellent and good quality very good prices good music definitely looking forward to going back here again.💯

Looking for a new local, try here. Offers a great selection of drinks Inc cocktails, all reasonably priced. We were there for lunch and the food was amazing. Definitely be back soon

Good local pub that hasn't changed in decades

Although, I think it is a great place for drinking and sports the food is reaply bad, most of it is sold out

Incredible loud on friday evening

We came here for our christmas dinner. The atomosphere in this place in unbeatable especially when there is a quiz here. The wings 9/10 were the highlight of my meal. They were amazing and cannot recommend you get these enough. The roast was okay, I would not have it again as I personally found it lacked any flavour 4/10. I tried some of my friends mac and cheese which was good. I would be back for the quiz 100% which is on every Thursday and for drinks and wings. Our female server was really helpful and told us about the student discount which was great.

Atmosphere very nice.i feel good.

Dog friendly pub in Bruntsfield. Went to watch the Ireland - NZ rugby World Cup game there. V friendly vibe, my score of 3 for atmosphere was probably influenced by Ireland losing the match.

Visited for a private party , great location, great service at bar and lovely food, an all round good place

@ James Davies, as the patron who was sitting at the bar and overheard your conversation with the bar staff, I would like to point out that your attitude and general conduct are not welcome in public establishments where Adults are in the majority. Watching a grown man speak to a lady the way you did is nothing short of abhorrent. Your review, I feel, is more about social impotence on your part rather than bad service... Marty Davison Menswear & Kilt hire.

I had booked a table at the Golf Tavern for a Sunday evening specifically to watch the NFL. I even specified this in my booking and called well ahead to confirm this would be possible and I was told it was. However, when I arrived the staff were very reluctant to change one of the many many TV screens to the NFL for me, despite this being advertised as live sport that they offer (there is even a printed sign attached to the outside of the pub stating that they show NFL). When I protested this and pointed out the false advertising, the member of bar staff simply said they aren't the manager which is far from a satisfactory or professional response. It also didn't help that this pub is somewhat outside the city centre necessitating a taxi to and from. I was understandably disappointed and annoyed about all this and the staff seemed ill equipped to handle this kind of situation. Use caution when booking ahead for live sport etc. to avoid disappointment.

I had booked a table at the Golf Tavern for a Sunday evening specifically to watch the NFL. I even specified this in my booking and called well ahead to confirm this would be possible and I was told it was. However, when I arrived the staff were very reluctant to change one of the many many TV screens to the NFL for me, despite this being advertised as live sport that they offer (there is even a printed sign attached to the outside of the pub stating that they show NFL). When I protested this and pointed out the false advertising, the member of bar staff simply said they aren't the manager which is far from a satisfactory or professional response. It also didn't help that this pub is somewhat outside the city centre necessitating a taxi to and from. I was understandably disappointed and annoyed about all this and the staff seemed ill equipped to handle this kind of situation. Use caution when booking ahead for live sport etc. to avoid disappointment.

The poutine was so good! Friendly service. Free golf in adjacent public park. Clean facilities.

Great for sport - lots of TVs... but that doesn't ruin the pub feel

Great staff Good prices Really dog friendly

I had lunch with my colleagues here last week and we had a great time! Delicious food and comfortable seating. Highly recommend!

Food was delicious, big portions and great options! Service is always fantastic at The Golf Tavern and Mason the manager welcomes you in with a big smile. Can't wait for the next visit!

Lively and energetic atmosphere; order at the bar and take your drinks to a table. Saturday nights may have live music taking requests from customers. An enjoyable evening.

Place was really busy because of the football but service was still great. Got served and food brought out really quick.