Reviews The Kilderkin

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Angel
+4
Stopped in on a Monday for 1 pound pizza night. Excellent food and service. My daughter and I enjoyed the Gin and Tonic. Husband appreciated the beer
Mar 15, 2019
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Darth-Darth Binks
+4
Long gone is 'Jenny Ha's', the archetypal old man pub. Silent, dark and dingy. Kilderkin is more traditional, without ever seeming to pander to just the old folk that go in.

The choice of beer is good, the manager himself has a penchant for liking beers and I know he regularly attends beer, rum and whisky tasting sessions.

The food is also great, they used to do pizzas, but the burgers and the haggis, neeps and tatties are brilliant. It's not too cheap, but the food is of a high standard and worth the price every now and again.
May 11, 2014
5
Jane Garrett
+5
The atmosphere is relaxed and easygoing. Management and staff are very friendly and helpful. The food is pretty good - especially the fat chips which are wonderful! It’s good value for money. Tea/ coffees are also available and the beers are interesting and varied.
4
Evaldas Paliliunas
+4
We were walking across royal mile and were looking for place to sit down and have lunch. So, we somehow choose this bar. I coul say nothing special, sausages were mediocre, the feeling was that I got the same sausages earlier that day on Hotel breakfast buffet. Atmosphere is nice and you get feeling of pub. I would say it's good place to enjoy beer, but food didn't impress much.
4
Ben Zyl
+4
Pub quiz was in action, somewhat desperately when I arrived so avoided it. Staff were friendly and helpful albeit with a wild manic edge to their demeanor so I was polite and circumspect then moved to the pre-booked back room to meet the people I intended. Not a bad venue that central in Edinburgh and the prices were relatively inoffensive.
5
Dave Lowe
+5
Went to this pub during the fringe festival. Great beers/staff. Excellent atmosphere with great comedy
5
Marco Benitez
+5
Came in for late lunch and ordered the doner wrap as the haggis burger was too popular and sold out. Had a few different beers and the malt of the week, which was fantastic. The staff (and other patrons!) were very friendly and provided some great comedy.
4
Leif Satermo
+4
Pretty good spot right next to Arthur's seat, so come here once you finish that. There are pretty good menu options and the atmosphere isn't too bad either. Clean restrooms and friendly staff. Wide variety of food and drinks available.
5
Daniel Bearden
+5
I had a very pleasant experience here. It was my first time eating in a Scottish pub, and the guy who took my order was nice. He brought me an exceptionally good glass of whiskey and some haggis that I enjoyed as well. My companion had macaroni and cheese and she enjoyed that plate too. It was a fun a experience and I look forward to the next pub I visit.
5
Sach
+5
So popular. Food is delicious and not so expensive. Quite busy with many customers but people there were really nice.
5
Ryan Thrower
+5
Super friendly staff, the vibe inside is SO COZY (Cody). Had two pints and great conversation. Would definitely go back and highly recommend! They have £1 pizza night on Mondays! How is that even real!!! Can’t wait to try those out. Also have a great spirit list.
4
Tim Bayne
+4
It was a good place for a quick drink and bios to eat. The menu was limited to pizza and a few other snacks when we visited on a Friday evening. A larger menu is available during the day.
4
Klaivert Ziou
+4
Nice environment, lovely bar and the pizzas were very tasty. The only downside I could found is that they take quite a lot of time but they taste good!!
5
Maja
+5
Our first attention was just to drink some coffee and warm up. But when we entered the place we couldn’t resist not to order some beer and try their pizzas (they had special offer 2 for 1) which were delicious. The service was very friendly and the ambience was pubish (in a good way) it was very cosy.
5
Haley Dozier
+5
The BEST dining experience I've had in Scotland so far. The wait staff was incredibly friendly and the food blew me away. I wish I could give even more stars.
5
Jorge Correa
+5
Had a couple of Whiskies and lunch here. The food and service were excellent. Best fish tacos and the french onion soup was delicious.
5
Diego OroSa
+5
On a family trip to Edinburgh for a couple of days, we decided to go to Kilderkin for lunch because it is very close to Holyrood Castle and we had a visit very close to lunch time. The place was too crowded and they kindly told us that we could come in and if we were lucky, we could sit down. We found a place near the bathroom and sat down to be served; Immediately afterwards, my mother decided to go to the bathroom and the truth seemed to us quite normal, however, she was a little late. Meanwhile, my father, my brother and I kept waiting. It took very little time for a girl to come out of the bathroom, my father, making a movement of his arms to stretch, hit the girl lightly without realizing it, not knowing what was coming. Immediately after, my mother comes out of the bathroom and it didn't take a second for the owner of the place to make strange signs to us while holding a kind of wooden stick, we laughed out of pure courtesy and, being foreigners and despite knowing English, we didn't decipher what he was saying at first; The man immediately turns to my mother and reproaches her for why she broke the bathroom door. We, without having found out anything about what happened in the women's bathroom, were completely stunned by the situation and went from laughing to really not knowing what was happening. My mother without having told us something that had happened and in terrible English she said: "I sorry I pay I pay". The very kind man, however, if angry, walked away from the scene until he told us "guys, If I where you i'll leave". This was our story in this place that we did not last even 10 minutes, however, my mother's anecdote is phenomenal. My mother tells us that when she is in too much urgency to go to the bathroom, the first thing she does to enter the premises is to go directly to the bathroom; She in the bathroom, she knocks on the bathroom door and no one answers, however the door was locked. Immediately afterwards, my mother never crossed her mind the logical exercise that despite the fact that no one answered but the door was locked, it was highly likely that there was someone in the bathroom. My mother struggles "a little" (according to her) the door and manages to break the door frame; Now the door no longer fulfilled its privacy function. I imagine the image of the girl who was in the bathroom and how a Spanish-speaking woman tries to force the door and manages to break it (I don't know how to tell the truth). The point is that that girl my mother opened up to was the one my father subsequently beat up. This is the story of how we lasted 10 minutes in this place. With nothing to reproach my mother has exceeded. I apologize.
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