Biddy Mulligans Reviews Summary

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Clean bathrooms."
• "Facilities are top notch very clean."

Cons:

• "First off the table was very sticky and obviously hadn't been wiped for ages."
• "The place looked tired and cleaning was not good at all."
• "The bar area was chaotic and the floor area behind the bar where the staff were working was covered in rubbish and empty bottles etc."
• "Before leaving my mother paid a trip to the bathroom to find it flooded but no signs to warn customers."
• "The floor is sticky, and the back of the bar is not very clean."
• "The toilets were also very dirty and one was overflowing and rammed full of used toilet rolls."
• "Ladies toilets were disgusting. Only 2 working and they were extremely dirty."

Service

Pros:

• "Great beer, delicious food, super friendly staff."
• "Fantastic pub popped in for food and drinks with some friends great atmosphere amazing value for their food and drinks we loved the fish & chips."
• "Cannot fault the bar staff, so lovely and hospitable, especially Lewis, great craic and impeccable service."
• "The staff from Buddy Mulligan's couldn't have been more accommodating."
• "We were cheerfully greeted by Owen (great service!) who helped us start the day the right way."
• "The staff were on the ball, friendly and fast, the service was great!!"
• "The staff were friendly and the service good."

Cons:

• "Terrible service, they lost our order and blamed it on the app."
• "We asked to see the manager who proceeded to be incredibly rude to us, telling us to leave."
• "40mins later I'm STILL WAITING. Other people have came in, sat down, orders taken."
• "Ordered chicken ceaser salad came with no chicken had to ask waitress."
• "Poor service all around."
• "The service was so slow. As in it took an hour and a half to get our food slow."
• "Service was painfully slow. Seriously under-staffed."

Atmosphere & Entertainment

Pros:

• "The atmosphere in this pub is electric, absolutely love the live music."
• "This place is always my go to! Staff are great, doorman is incredibly nice and the live music just tops off the place to give you that homely scottish feel!"
• "The live music was lovely and all the people singing along made the pub experience even more real and fun."
• "Wonderful, ambience with a wide screen for all your sports events."
• "Live entertainment when I was here on a Thursday night which was really good, can't beat a live singer and guitarist in such a lovely wee Irish pub."
• "Great music and lively crowd."
• "The live music renders a festive atmosphere."

Cons:

• "And the singer was so bad I wanted to disconnect the speakers in there."
• "Would not recommend. First of all, they didn't have cocktails or Bacardi! Not sure what pub could say that?"
• "The chips were raw and the broccoli was uncooked."
• "Music was popular 70s-90s American music, sung by a Scotsman with a guitar."
• "Slightly less atmosphere than the moon, if someone had installed a sound system on the moon, so loud it vibrated the beer out of your glass."
• "Seriously grubby feel about the place and gives an Irish bar a bad name."
• "Overpriced and a let down for the long WAIT."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "They have the oxcheek meal....Whoa!@@@"
• "Food fab, drinks fab."
• "Food was excellent and the service was friendly."
• "The food is really good too - being tasty but affordable."
• "The food we had last night was really good and reasonable."
• "The food is tasty and there is always great music in the evenings!"
• "Our group all agreed the fish and chips were really good. Fish was excellent and fried perfectly."

Cons:

• "Ordered 2 steak and ale pies, when it arrived 1 had 2 pieces of meat the other had just 1."
• "Unfortunately poached eggs needed a little less time to be delicious and runny..."
• "The chips were raw and the broccoli was uncooked."
• "Really not good food. Don't order the burger."
• "The Irish stew/pie and all the veg was lukewarm or cold."
• "The daily soup was awful, totally watered."
• "The sandwiches were not good and not worth the price (10 & 12£)."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "The prices are fair for the area."
• "Very competitive prices for the Grassmarket area and highly recommended."
• "Prices are fair and it has live music which makes a difference."
• "Reasonably priced for the grassmarket too."
• "A tiny bit expensive but taste great all the same."

Cons:

• "Two breakfasts cost £13 each, swapped out some items and were charged £3 each for extra bacon and eggs."
• "I was charged £17.34 for a pint of Innis & Gunn Session IPA, a pint of Jubel Peach and 2 bags of crisps."
• "£6+ for a wine is a bit expensive."
• "Drinks are overpriced compared to elsewhere in Edinburgh."
• "A final complaint was about the 10% service charge automatically added to the bill."

Staff & Management

Pros:

• "Just left and I couldn't be happier with Ben. My autistic girl broke a glass and was mortified and upset. Ben spoke to her and made her feel at ease, what an inspiration that man is."
• "My bartender/server Lewis was the nicest most accommodating customer service worker I have came across in a long time."
• "We were served quickly and the staff were absolutely lovely."
• "Tonight, I went to BIDDY MULLIGANS for a quick meal and a pint. This was because of the Edinburgh Festival I attended. Going into this public house was exceptional. The meal I had was the fish.This was magic."
• "Lovely place. Good atmosphere and the people are very nice."
• "Service here was very good as well."
• "The staff were very attentive."