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Contribute Feedback What Patricia Stangl likes about The Honours:
Fantastic as it is no frills but a proper pub. Such nice people to chat to and the staff were really lovely. A place to have a drink and a chat and tale in the day or chat to new people at the bar. View all feedback.
What Fabian Reyes doesn't like about The Honours:
We went to this bar because Rankin mentions it in a book. It's a boring bar, atmosphere is sad, no place to come back to. We had one drink and left within 15 minutes. View all feedback.
I was simply looking for a basic, interface-shaped diving bar in the area.. Many reviews to read, there is unambiguous literary history in this place...
The Oxford Bar is not my Art Pub. It is small and simple and without music, ambience and vibrator. I visited because a friend is a fan of Ian Rankin's Rebus...
The Oxford Bar has five great things for her, so the five stars. Here they are: -4 real Ales on ****, including Rebus' Favorite (although not mine)...
No food for us, just a quick one for the road after a tour of a few drinking establishments in Edinburgh. From the front door, you walk straight into a room with the bar on your left, a seating area with a few tables on your right, and a further small table ahead. I didn't explore deeper to see if there was more seating elsewhere. The bar area was comfortably full, with a variety of friendly patrons with the barman expertly managing the needs of all whilst welcoming us. A great range of ales available and a good selection of spirits. The establishment is nicely lit, courtesy of large windows on the front of the building, and whilst cosy and fairly busy, we quickly found a table to continue our conversation in comfort. I'm not sure how easy it would be to get in with a wheelchair (there may be a rear entrance). One thing that struck me was suitability in a zombie apocalypse. The windows felt to be fairly high from the road side (although I had had a few by this point) which would be a useful positive for defence as the Zs couldn't just fall into the building like most of these new cafes bar places, but there was certainly sufficient large tables to ensure you could barricade easily. Entrances both front and back within clear sight of each other means you can avoid surprise flanking although it does have the problem of being overrun in one wave, but the reduced space may mean your choice of weapon is restricted to shorter bludgeon types. Likely to be a good range of snacks to tide over a small group for a few days.
Made to feel really welcome. It would be our regular place if we were a bit closer.
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