The Jolly Botanist in Edinburgh, City of

Great selection of tasty food on the menu. The staff are very friendly and Kaitlin is amazingly prompt at serving the food-to all of the customers.

The compulsory service charge just to get a drink feels like an unnecessary cash grab. It would be better if the charge were optional or based on the level of service provided.

The staff is really friendly and kind. They gave us amazing recommendations for our drinks.

Very good - staff very helpful, food very nice - quick turnround so an all round good experience.

We had the Sunday roast , excellent , great friendly service whilst enjoying the rugby 🏉

Cannot fault the incredible service and tasty food that we experienced at The Jolly Botanist. Can definitely recommend

Great gin bar. Beautiful interior and great atmosphere. Delicious food.

Great gin bar, excellent food (took a while so plenty of time for more drinks lol), very quirky atmosphere. Nice pub meal out, aubergine curry was delicious!

Lovely cocktails and gin, excellent table service

Really great pie and cocktails. The scotch egg is epic!

What a treasure! The staff superb. The food 10 star. We have been there twice this week . Steak ale pie, burgers, fish and chips with secret ingredient in the mushy peas( a dish on its own so good) Eton mess to die for. Highly recommend

Everyone really enjoyed their dish & drink! The chef spiced everything perfectly. The wings, duck fat potatoes, fish & chips, and candied beet root salad were fantastic. Highly recommend the botanist garden and honey & ginger to drink.

Love this place, wide range of gins, nice staff, absolutely recommended.

Very friendly staff very helpful. Made us feel welcome

Seemed to be a quiet night for the kitchen as only a Monday evening, but both our Fish & Chips and Burger were carefully prepared and tasty and delivered by friendly front of house team.

Lovely food, drink, and service.

Amazing food and drinks. My server Caitlin was very accommodating and friendly. I’ll be back again soon

Very good fish and chips, service excellent. Will be back.

Went with friends for drinks. Great drinks menu, table service, groovy decor.

Really great gin!! Can be very loud though. We ordered a cheese plate and it was great.

There are many impressive things about this pub, but the top two have to be the huge gin selection and the amazing fish and chips. I believe they have 70 different gins, each with a different suggested tonic pairing and garnish. I had the Whitley Neill first and then the Lind & Lime. We had been on a tour of the Lind & Lime distillery earlier in the week (really fun and interesting if you’re into that kind of thing), so I may be biased but it was my favorite. I would say this was the best fish and chips I had the entire vacation, which included spots in London and the Cotswolds! I would encourage getting reservations as it’s a popular spot.

Good pub located in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh. We only had drinks without trying the food, but everything was very good. We left completely satisfied.

Another lovely evening at Jolly B! Thank you!

Popped in for a few drinks with friends and had a great time. Good drink selection and service very good. Prices what you'd expect in town.

Very tasty gin and tonic, large selection and good advice. Cozy atmosphere

We came to this place after a neighboring pub was a bad experience where we had one beer and left. Not tourist friendly. We walked up the street to and were looking at the posted menu to the Jolly Botanist when another Canadian tourist mentioned the great food and very friendly staff. We decided to have dinner and drinks at the Jolly Botanist and I can confirm that the staff were extremely welcoming as the food was great and if you love gin, the crazy various options (over 70) were enjoyable.

Spent a lovely couple of hours in the bar before heading for dinner. Service and atmosphere great!

Good service. Pleasant atmosphere

Nice little bar especially if you like your Gin! There are tons of different gins on the menu and I ordered a Monkey 47 (favourite) and an absolutely massive Fish and Chips. Yum 😋👍

Good food Great Gin Excellent service

I had the best huggies and black pudding ever!! The pie of the day was very good as well. The pub offers impressive selection of gins - local and imported. I highly recommend Jolly Botanist

Been going here regularly for years, it's August it's busy but yet they manage to provide a friendly organised service, you can tell it's family run. The food ,knowledge and service even though it was extremely busy flows. The establishment provides great atmosphere and an enjoyable evening, but it's the staff that should take the credit, some places crumble in August not here, they thrive on a busy night ! Well done ✔️

Good, attentive staff, amazing selection of drinks and fantastic food

A nice couple of hours spent here. Good service from attentive bar staff and a good atmosphere. A huge selection of gins to choose from.

Amazing atmosphere the aesthetic is lovely. All the staff were very attentive and knowledgeable about the gins and cocktails and keen to help with any questions or recommendations! Food is Scottish inspired and very delicious. Overall great experience. Would definitely visit again !

Staff are attentive and friendly and really helpful in recommending and guiding us to our right gin. Cocktails and food is just delicious. I would definitely go again. The atmosphere and music, as well aesthetic was lovely.

The service is terrible. The staff is rude and ungrateful.

Food was lovely But drinks I could not taste any of the gin . Measures issue 🤷🏼‍♀️ For the price of the gin and the percentage the gin was it shouldn’t taste like you are drinking water

Adorable gin bar with lovely floral decor, and a very attentive and kind staff! Definitely recommend popping in for a drink

Food and drinks were great, server was very nice and chatty.

Longstanding Gin palace, obliging staff, still-great large windows onto street & comfortable booths. Not amazing draught selection but overall remains a good Haymarket stop

Came for lunch before the football . We had a lovely waitress called Caitlin who explained the wait for food would be 30-40 minutes . Unfortunately we finally got our food 1 hour and 20 minutes later . It was clear there were nowhere near enough staff on . The food came out which none of us could complain about as the food was lovely . We were close to leaving without having our lunch . Caitlin who we could see rushing around everywhere and getting asked questions regarding when they were getting their food , never once did she show her stress . I really hope she is appreciated by her managers as she is definitely a harder worker , professional and still went that extra mile to make sure everything was ok . Thank you Caitlin .

Busy prematch (Murrayfield) boozer. Quite posh with nice decor and glasses. Open fronted onto street.

Such a neat place!! Delicious and unique gin cocktails, yummy food, cool atmosphere and the owner, Tony, was so friendly and helpful. A must visit!!!

Lovely cocktails, huge variety of gin and cocktails. Pleasant atmosphere and friendly staff.

Thought drinks were expensive so for that reason unlikely to return

Wonderful place, great service and lovely food as well! Highly recommend!

My wife and I attempted to visit this establishment. I double checked their posted hours on Google and Facebook. It was the only reason for us to visit this part of edinburgh. We checked their social media for updates of delays, but nothing was posted. After an hour after their posted opening, they finally opened. Due to their late opening we could not enjoy the restaurant as we wanted. We order two gin cocktails which were very good. Our serve was good for the time we were there. We ordered the scotch egg and muscles. The egg was very good, however the muscles tasted old and we did not eat them. Overall an underwhelming experience.

Best Sunday roast! Loved the wide selection of gins and highly recommend the spritzes. Such a cool space, great atmosphere & friendly staff.

What a fabulous gin bar. Super friendly prompt service. Busy and noisy inside but a super feel to the place. So many gin choices and wonderful menu options. Sit inside or our the front. Table seating high and low, booth also, large velvet chairs. It's a top spot so do visit on your trip.

Great chilled atmosphere, delicious share plates, delicious drinks, and fair prices. Service was attentive, friendly, and really knowledgeable about the gin on offer. We were on a short visit from Canada but would absolutely frequent this place if we were here longer. Cheers!

It's a very nice place to come to close to Haymarket station, if you prefer something quieter than Princess Street. Staff are friendly, it's clean and nice crowd too.

Lovely vibe, great food, gorgeous gin out of gorgeous glasses, fantastic space to spend some time

Ok cocktails and service. Nice place.

A great Gin menu with varieties previously unheard of, reasonably priced cocktails as well as wines. The food was lovely with a great deal of tempting choices on the menu. Friendly atmosphere and helpful staff.

It’s very nice pub. We had a pleasant time there.

Food is great and white chocolate cheese cake is amazing. Wish I had the receipt. The best I had in Edinburgh. Pitiful we only stayed 2 days in the city and can only try this Gin bar once. If you ever visit Edinburgh, this place is a must visit.

Love this place for a quick drink on the way into town. Friendly staff and a good selection of drinks.

Was rammed when we arrived but food ordered quite quickly and delivered to the table in good time and tasty. Negatives were lack of Gluten free options (for one of our party), never even offered desserts and we missed the 17.5% service charge, beware!

My partner and I went for dinner here. we booked in, then had to wait approval to confirm the booking.. that was something different. The drinks menu was only gin and wine it didn't have soft drinks or beer even though it was sold here. We got the share plate for the two of us. Food was nice I wasn't aware that the scotch egg had haggis around it and not beef Mince I'm glad I asked (I did try it and it wasn't for me) but still would of like to of known before hand. Everything else was nice.

Coming to eat at the last minute we enjoyed the burger and the chicken. Friendly waiters. Nothing to say . To redo

Book ahead if you want a table in the bar area, this establishment fills up pretty quickly. I would say the decor is fifties--sixties style not quite sawdust on the floor but wouldn't be surprised if I saw it. Then you go the the loo... A total turnaround... Modern bright and spotless. We only dropped in for drinks so can't comment on the food. I don't live in Edinburgh otherwise this place could well become my local. It's just a five minute walk from Haymarket station...

From Sunday to Thursday of January 2024, we can have 25%discount food menus. It was nice offer. I visited on the 11th January, we had nice foods in there. Thank you! On 14th March, I passed this PuB. Although this PuB is closing in due to Lockdown, this shop’s sign was turned on. Very beautiful. I am looking forward to visiting this PuB soon!

Very quiet when we went in and cold, which is understandable given that it had only just opened when we went in. The drinks we wanted weren't available but the replacements were fine.

Great service! Definitely be back

The food is really really good.

You have to try the Scottish tapas! Excellent, (I clarify it stings a little)

A great place to relax and explore the wonderful world of gin. Never have I ever spent so long pouring over a bar menu. The range of gin and mixers is exhaustive to the point where 'choice anxiety' starts to creep in. The service for a busy bar is incredible fast, friendly and efficient - we waited no longer than 10 mins to be seated, served and sipping our first gin and tonic which were lovely. The range of gin is so vast that you may find not all are available as stock is being replenished after running out (some of the gins seem fairly artisanal and are probably difficult to restock frequently), but just move down the neverending list on the menu and you'll easily find something else that will intrigue. Have fun!

Amazing Sunday roast here, been a few times now!

Great little gin bar beside Haymarket station. I’ve only ever been when six nations is on and unfortunately not had a chance to try the food. Gets mega busy when the rugby is on but the bar staff still manage to get drinks out really quickly. There’s limited seating out the front for smokers.

Morrison Street location is convenient for bus, tram and train connections. Cheerful staff, good food, stayed longer than our booking slot and were made to feel welcome.

Lovely place and friendly staff.

Lovely gin and cocktails. Great service

Phenomenal experience - we went 3 nights in a row on a 4 night trip. Amazing variety of gins and well balanced cocktails. Best negroni I've ever had.

Nice place but little more expensive than other local bars.

Amazing place! Wide variety of gins on the menu. Staff were very helpful in giving tips on what to try. Food was great. The atmosphere was really cool.

Delish food and an extensive list of gins! Worth a visit.

Excellent food we had fish and chips, harrisa corn and steak sandwich and all was perfect and delicious. Place is so nice with calming atmosphere strongly recommended

A group event here. The food provided was good - especially the vegetarian cauliflower and the little fish and chips portions. The proportions were a little odd. The place, though, lacked the atmosphere for a great event - lighting, music and seating didn’t really work. The bar service was also pretty poor. I didn’t particularly enjoy it and quite a few of our party left early.

Nice bar in Edinburgh Haymarket district. Doesn't show the footy therefore avoids the sporty types. Can get busy at times. Reserve a table to avoid disappointment

Locale caratteristico e grazioso con ottimi cibo e birra

Wow, just had the Scottish Tapas and loved it. Just what I wanted. Light and full of flavour. Highlight was the blackened cod with asparagus and baba ganoush. Lovely dish. Smokey flavour balanced well with the whiskey I was drinking. Highly recommended.

Fabulous drinks, bar staff, and atmosphere! Expensive, but great!

Surprisingly high quality dinner, great gins/GTs, nice modernish take on a pub and good service. We had a Sunday roast and a steak sandwich and the latter was probably the best I’ve had.

Ambiance du bar sympa. Accueil moyen, on a l'impression de déranger. Dommage car la carte de gin est top. Le bar ferme également a 11 heures au lieu de 00h indiqué.

Very friendly staff good atmosphere

Didn't have food only drinks .sorry didt get her but waitress was lovely friendly & knowledgeable about all the different Gins & wines .recommend this place

Recently discovered The Jolly Botanist and have made a couple of visits since then. It has a quirky unique decor inside with is very welcoming and comfortable. The food is fantastic! We opted for the 'scottish tapas' for a little bit of everything. It was all cooked to perfection and every dish was as delicious as the next one. Staff are friendly and helpful. With a great knowledge of the many drinks the have on offer. Treat yourself to a night here and you definitely won't regret it. Only problem will be decided which one of the fantastic dishes to order 😁

Had a lovely evening at the Jolly Botanist tonight. The food was lovely. The staff so helpful. The atmosphere was perfect.

Nice and quirky place to grab a drink. However very misleading on prices. When I went to the bar to pay I was told £19 for two gin and tonics for the total but when I checked my phone it had charged over £30. After explaining to the bar staff, got no apologies or explanation as to why this was incorrect and was told that's how they charge it. As nice as it was I don't want to be falsely charged again.

This place was great. Went with my dad and uncle for some Sunday lunch and was not disappointed at all. The Scottish tapas menu was really well thought out and has something for everyone. We got 3 dishes each, which was more than enough. However, this did make the meal relatively expensive, considering it was just an afternoon lunch. That being said, everything we ate tasted amazing, all the dishes were cooked well and the presentation was nice. Usually I'm not a dessert guy but the cheesecake I got was different class. Thankfully it was very light as it would have been hard to eat a heavy dessert after all that. I reckon this place is ideal for any sort of occasion. Definitely will be back!

Ein sehr hübscher Laden, mit toller Musik und sehr leckerem Essen. Die Getränkeauswahl an Gin und Bier ist riesig und wir hatten einen tollen Abend.

Nice cosy place for a gin and tonic while waiting for the rain to go away. Food was splendid and the selection of gins was awesome!

The food is great and have a good selection of cocktails.

Jack the bartender was such an amazing mixologist. Hes got a god like way to figuring it your best cocktail! Would recommend to everyone! Try the jolly and find Jack!

Food was great, but a little pricey. Great atmosphere and great drinks. Recommended getting the ribs and the pork belly bites.

Lovely place but food we had wasn't great. Gin fantastic though.

We enjoyed our visit to this quaint little pub while staying in the West End of Edinburgh. My friend and I both had a delicious steak and ale pie. The alcoholic specialty is gin but there were lots of other choices. I had a wonderful cider and my friend had a beer. Altogether a great place to stop for a bite.

Nearly £30 forc3 gin and tonics - it's a bit steep for Haymarket!!

Delightful atmosphere, food and service. Really excellent experience. The food was creative, delicious and fun! The four of us think that it was perhaps the best food we had on our trip to Scotland! We went back for a second time. Thanks Jolly Botanist!