The Advocate

Showcasing the best of Scottish pub food and drink

7 Hunter Square Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH1 1QW Directions

   Open today 12:00 - 23:00

Business overview

Stop for a pint at the Advocate, a charming pub in Edinburgh's old town. By day we're a relaxing pub attracting locals, office workers, and tourists. You can enjoy a pint of Belhaven Best or some classic pub grub. Once the sun goes down, the sounds of live music take over. Artists like Martin Andrews and Mike Patterson often take to the stage here. And with a capacity of 206, the atmosphere often gets pretty lively. This unique venue became a pub in the 90s. Sports fans are well catered to, with Sky Sports and TNT Sports while four-legged friends are always welcome – who doesn’t love a dog-friendly pub? Head to our beer garden when the sun’s out and don’t forget to make use of the free WiFi.

Reviews

Great Pub

5
Great pub, fantastic staff and delicious and reasonable food. Shout out to Daisy and Poppy who went the extra mile.
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Exceptional Food

5
Great food, great atmosphere, comfy chairs - what else do you need from a pub! Will be back soon
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The Advocate.

5
Great pub! Brilliant laugh, all in all a really good night!
Had not been there since it was the Fiscal & Firkin(not a good pub then). Met a few friends on 18/6/10 for a bite to eat & a few drinks & had a great time. The food was really good, waiting staff really helpfull & took care of our table so well(even though they were only getting to terms with a new menu that had only started a few days before). After our meal we stayed to see the live music which was great, the bar staff were really pushed at times
but we never waited long to get served & they threw the banter around so well that the staff & the customers alike had a really good Fiday. Eventually we headed down to George Street(our original destination).
Well done the Advocate, we will return. *****
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An old favourite

4
The Advocate is consistently good - good food, good service and good atmosphere. It can get really busy at peak times and holidays due to it's central location. We go here regularly for food and have taken friends for dinner and everyone's returned again. The food is high quality pub grub - nothing spectacular but good quality and well made. The service is great, very friendly and helpful (stuff run off their feet in busy periods though). Overall a nice place to havea drink and grab some food.
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The Advocate

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I am a inbound wheelchair citizen and was treated dredful within this establishment, firstly the bar maid left me waiting for such long time as other people were visible at the bar and when i eventually got served her reason was that i was not tall enough!!

i felt de-littled and embarressed by her comments and she did nothing to accomadate me and my situation.

this pub was highly reccommmended to me but after my ordeal i would not reccommend this place to anybody- staff and a like are not bothered with my condition and have no care on there minds for people like myself. !!

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