The Pear Tree in Edinburgh, City of

Student friendly pub atmosphere.

Nice atmosphere, could be cheaper

Great venue Outdoor seating with stage and DJ set up Inside decor is stunning Great wee touches

Comedy night Great space Popular Great pub

Probably the best Place to watch Football in an outside Area in EDI!

Popped in for a wee lunch on a sunny afternoon in Edinburgh. The Pear Tree was busy which is good and the queue at the bar moved quite quickly. We ordered One Fish & Chips, One Beef burger with Chunky Chips and a pint of Tennent’s Lager. A nice atmosphere, nice staff & nice food, at a good price, thanks.

Well known for its extensive beer garden, which should not be missed as an Edinburgh experience (especially a studenty Edinburgh experience). A hub of the Fringe during August, too.

Came here after a fringe show. Was very busy but friendly.

Great pub to enjoy a pint and listen to some local music, watch the Rugby or enjoy the sinshine

We were in Edinburgh for the Fringe and came here for some comedians on our way to the Jazz Club. We arrived about 11pm and there was plenty of room to sit. 2 different programs playing on the large tv screens. The staff were very pleasant and helpful.

Didn't have any food but drinks service good.

Age wise, I'm kicking on now, but I have always enjoyed my monthly visits. Young staff who are eager to please and give you first-class customer service. There are times when I reminisce about my younger days, especially with so many young clientele on the premises. Great atmosphere, lovely people.

We visited here during the fringe festival. Theu cater for groups very well with masses of outdoor space and a good choice of drinks. Staff were very friendly

Stag doo accommodated for 20+ people, good beer, and great beer garden

really good vibes in the beer garden, perfect place to go in a nice evening, they have space for live events and overall really nice vibes outside and inside, usually pretty busy in the summer evenings. price not too bad probably average for Edinburgh. only downside is the Guinness didn’t come in a guinness glass just a plain one.

I went to see the Olympics opening in the garden, the food was good, the guys that work there are on the ball. Inside is spacious with very comfy sits. Ideal spot to watch games and have a beer

Nice beer garden in centre of Edinburgh

Great day in the sun with a cool singer with her guitar

This pubs in a nice spot with a large outdoor tabled courtyard where there's often live music. The choice of beers is poor and there's no cask beer. It's not really a pub to go into, the Al fresco is the main reason to visit.

Lively atmosphere big screen for games

Quick and polite service. Extremely busy and crowded. Despite this toilets we're very clean.

Great pub for watching football. They have a massive outdoor screen.

Very disappointed as a large group of us emailed ahead to confirm a specific Olympic women’s football game would be played on the outdoor screen, we were told that it could be and this was also confirmed with a phone call on the day. We arrived (over a dozen people) and mentioned it would be starting at 6pm and was told that it wasn’t on their schedule so they wouldn’t put it on. The staff member was abrupt and eventually called the events manager who we had emailed with but couldn’t get through to him, the email chain was shown to her (where he had confirmed they had the access to the channel and would play it) but she said she wouldn’t put the game on without his verbal confirmation. By this stage we’d all ordered food and drinks so couldn’t leave to go elsewhere to watch, so had to watch the game on a mobile phone. The duty manager was also disappointingly rude/dismissive about it. Very disappointing experience all round and a shame as we were regular customers.

I've been coming to peartree for years, especially in the summer and especially for sport. Extremely disappointed by the treatment of our group by staff today, especially the duty manager. We had arranged by email to watch the Women's Football for the Olympics, and "Brian" confirmed all set to go at 6pm on the 31st. We arrived, and witnessed another group request to put a different sport on. They switched over no trouble. We spoke with the Duty Manager, showed them the email, and she was incredibly rude and dismissive saying that she didn't have record of that, people asked for the gymnastics, and even argued that the women's football wasn't even on. I showed her the email, she said the would speak with "Brian" and nothing happened. We followed up several times and were rudely told they didn't have record, refused to acknowledge the email, and refused to put the football on. With most of us having intense retail or hospo experience we were kind but firm about our request, and were met by rudeness and disrespect by the Duty Manager. Some serious training needs to be given to anyone there who would like to call themselves supervisor or duty manager, as the treatment to our group was outrageous. Sad that the reputation and our love of this pub can be tarnished by a couple people's poor planning and behaviour.

I garden is wheelchair accessible. Steps at the entrance to the pub. Children seem to be allowed in the yard. Good place when the weather is nice

Nice croudy place with very big terrace. Too bad they didn't want to charge our phone. But ok.

Surly dark haired barmaid managed to tear herself away from chatting with friends to pull a pint and then bit my head off for trying to pay with cash. Totally ruined my day. Won't be back.

Although the main attraction of this historic pub is the large courtyard (with covered areas) and enormous screen to watch sporting events, don't overlook the interior which is very nice. It has a good selection of drinks. Food offering is a bit limited and what they have is okay but nothing special. If ordering food, remember to note your table number first.

This is great place if you are looking to watch sports. The atmosphere is amazing and the courtyard is perfectly for enjoying the big TV.y review comes with some buts, first is quite expensive. This is is going to be one of the most expensive places to drink in Edinburgh. Second, the service is absolutely rubbish, they have so many people that the staff do not care how they treat you, I think they even are a little bit rude. Take it or leave it, it’s great for watching sports but it has theirs downs.

Decently priced drinks Best place in town to watch football

Good if you can get the student discount but nothing impressive. The beer garden is okay given that there there are not many in the city.

I'd appreciate if I could have the option to order virtually, food was good, though. A bit weird to eat it directly from takeaway containers but ok.

Huge beer garden and great place to watch any sport on their outdoor screen, fantastic beer selection too.

Good outside sitting possibilities Good beer Nice outside area and nice inside Who likes sports and beer is here right as the restaurant has a big screen in the beer garden The food is unfortunately poor But beer is also food 😎

Great beer garden for watching sport!

Lovely afternoon in the sunshine 🌞

They started playing the women’s Champions League final 25 minutes late (17:25) despite it being timetabled on their website to start at 17:00 in lieu of the awards for the men’s FA cup. (The men’s game had already ended)

Only stayed an hour or so but they had a table reservation system that was very clear.

Great bar for students and groups who want to eat well and drink while watching a football match in a cozy atmosphere

If you are looking for a pub to watch sport events, this is the right one for you, with a huge screen in the patio (will it be the biggest in the city?), and what seemed like a proper atmosphere for it. We really did not care about what was being broadcast, really, but we definitely enjoyed the food and the drinks, of which they had quite good varieties, being in one of the tables outside. As a curiosity, I was not expecting the pub to have some real pear trees in their garden!

Cracking beer garden and great place to watch sport. Student vibe and buzzing on a sunny day

Wonderfull place to see the match in Edinburgh. Cheers 🍻🍻

If you're looking for decent sized outside space in Edinburgh this is the pub to go to, but it will be playing some sort of sporting event on a large screen!

Great pub and outdoor tables, huge live screen for sports

The place is okay for drinks and on a good game night. The food is just average and the service is just okay.

Cheap drinks and cheap food but good quality. Will be back.

Staff were really pleasant and helpful

I have just been here and am shocked by the level of aggression of who appeared to be the manager. It’s obviously popular because of the location and the large beer garden. But I would strongly recommend that you avoid this place. It was upsetting and completely soiled my day. There are so many lovely places in Edinburgh with much better food and without the threat of menace from the staff.

A great pub, with a great selection of drinks and a young crowd.

Was fairly quiet when we popped in, stayed for a nice G&T

I loved this pub, cozy fireplace and deco is simple yet superb

Decent selection of drinks. Location of this place makes the clientele a bit hit and miss. Loads of students with questionable personal hygiene habits, sporting mullets and wearing ill fitting clothing spring to mind. Still, it's usually a good vibe and the staff are cheerful and on the ball. Great in the summer for sports in the beer garden.

Big screen outside and asahi on draft 😃

Lovely atmosphere! Great food and drinks

Excellent food at realistic prices

Good bar with a decent selection

Reminds me of a chain hotel lounge. Lost a lot of its character.

I only gave 5 stars for the Christmasy atmosphere. Other than that the food deserves 2 stars and this is only because the curly fries were nice. We ordered chicken wings with hot sauce only to arrive incredible dry and cold! It felt like they were cooked a day before and re heated for us. The staff was nice and offered to bring fresh cooked ones only to be exactly the same dry meat taste. Over cooked and no flavour at all. The burger meat was dry as well. We were 6 adults and 4 kids who ate and no I cannot recommend this place for delicious food, when you talk about basic dishes you'll find in a bistro pub. They need to change their chef of pay him more!

Out of the way great find. Lovely food, chips best ever!!!! Quick polite service.

Staff.very rude spoild night out a bit they did not talk to each other never mind the customers .drinks just thrown at us and payments snatch out our hand .to upset 7 customers is quite hard to do but they managed it .Will not be back

Nice place great atmosphere. Good range of draught beers and drinks

Decent atmosphere and setting, however if you want to sit outside make sure you're dressed up or the weather is appropriate. A little pricey and limitations on student discounts.

Gemütlicher Studentenpub mit Kaminfeuer.

A great place to sit outside and watch sport on a big screen, as long as the weather is OK

Una terraza muy grande y bonita, donde tomar buena cerveza y ver partidos de fútbol.

I've got an issue with this pub as it doesn't accept cash. Nope not a coin. No collection tins for charities or are you able to tip the staff. Such a shame. I ordered 2 pints only to discover they didn't take cash luckily a fellow customer noticed our predicament and offered to use his card and I paid him.

Pub blisko uniwersytetu, więc klimat raczej pod studentów.. Jedzenie dobre, duży wybór alkoholi. No i jak na Edynburg nie masakrycznie drogo.

Cheap and cheerful. Good for watching sports

Fab place, had rugby world cup on screens, lovely atmosphere and prices were ok

The rugby World Cup is heavily advertised and there’s a fantastic big screen set up. Went along to watch South Africa today. Had to ask staff 4 times to get the channel changed from cricket. And sadly they didn’t put on the sound, but were piping music instead. Staff just didn’t care at all about it. They weren’t showing the rugby inside either - lots of students watching Formula One.

Popped in to see Champions League. Plenty of TV screens and a huge one on the terrace.

Huge beer garden! Large variety of lagers including Asahi which is always a treat. Very busy on a weekend but not super difficult to get a spot.

It seems that this place is more interested in satisfying Asahi and other drinks manufacturers than their actual customers.

Easy place for large gatherings outside. Close to George Square campus.

Great place. Highly recommended. Atmosphere.

Look no further than The Pear Tree for your beer garden and big screen sports viewing. With a massive sun soaked beer garden and an huge outdoor TV screen, it's a cracking place to enjoy a beer a match of some description.

Always the best spot to go to on a summers day or when the sun is out, great atmosphere, and not too pricey either. A great suntrap gem, and they also have live music

This is a great place to watch sport if the weather is good; large beer garden at the front of the entrance to the pub with a giant TV and nice atmosphere when busy, as it usually is when the weather is good. The beer on offer is decent, with plenty of non-alcoholic drinks available too. The fish and chips is superb. One of the best I’ve had in Edinburgh. The rest of the items on the menu is what you would expect from a pub. Personally didn’t think anything looked as good as the fish and chips but may be wrong here. If you fancy a ‘chippy’ while basking in the sun and watching sport then this is the place for you. Even if sport and sun isn’t your thing, I’d say it’s worth it just for the fish and chips.

Great to drink outside with plenty of company

A lovely pub that was recommended by a friend. We were a family of 4 including a 15 year old and 7 year old and we wanted somewhere for a bite to eat and drinks, watch some football and play some competative Uno. The Pear Tree was ideal, the food was great and generous portions, the drinks reasonable and Daisy was well impressed with the homemade J20's (Passion Fruit Juice and Orange Juice!). The only small drawback was one member of staff who was very rude to a family that were sat near to us outside, and then also very rude to my Wife when ordering food, shrugging her shoulders and refusing to answer a query - hahaha! Suppose we can all have bad days though, or even worse end up in a job we hate!!

Great place, recommended for families. Drinks were lovely, food beautiful. One staff member was very miserable and commented on a dog nearby that shouldn’t be in the pub beer garden. The dog was no bother. The way she spoke to the people wasn’t the best, she was also very miserable when serving. Apart from that everything was great!

Great place with a really interesting history (including a story about Rabbie Burns). Highly recommend it

Excellent venue. Huge beer garden with TV screen. Great selection of beers etc.

Best beer garden in Edinburgh great time there

Staff were rude because we were waiting outside for bubbalicious fringe show to start with toddlers. Totally ruined it for us.

Reasonable place for a drink or two. Fair choice of drinks. Big outside seating area with staff or screen. Card only payment.

Amazing place, quick service, friendly staff, amazing entertainment options. Was there during Fringe, but they have performances regularly all year round. Rooms for shows are small and cramped but that's part of the experience and fun.

Nice beer garden with live music

Great atmosphere, great venue, gorgeous outside and lots of seating, long lines for bevs though.

This is a great ping during the Fringe. They’ve got serving loads of people quickly down to an art form and the only problem is finding a seat.

A great place to watch sport. Lots of outdoor tables, and a good atmosphere.

Drank here to watch England beat Australia in the world cup semi-final. Too few staff behind the bar making the queue massive, often out of the door. This just meant we drank less as it put you off joining the end and having to wait so long to get served. But the venue was awesome. Huge screen. Excellent atmosphere.

Excellent pub with a nice garden located in a central spot. Had a great band playing.

I went when it was quiet but a really nice pub and possibly the largest outdoor sports TV in the world.

A great bar with live music and a brilliant atmosphere. Very highly recommended.

Great outdoor "beer garden", with live music 🎶

Always a nice place to relax. A great place to draw breath during the festival.

Always enjoyed the pear tree beer garden. It's nice outside in all weather and the staff are friendly and helpful. Guinness is available

Went here for the free fringe. Went and seen the fantastic five Northern Irish comedians. Great venue and a good selection of beers behind the bar. Tourist prices but can't complain as there was plenty seating and massive outside telly for sport.

A really enjoyable evening at the Pear Tree catching up with old friends. The staff were excellent, and there is a nice mix of different age groups and people from all walks of life. As a bonus, they sell gluten free beer by the pint, which is brilliant news for many!