Milnes Bar Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Wonderful little pub. Prompt service and good prices. Really nice food and lovely, friendly waiters."
• "Great place for fantastic food. Service is absolutely excellent and very attentive."
• "The staff have been friendly and obliging."
• "Staff was quick and efficient."
• "Very friendly attentive staff who were happy to help with the ordering of drinks etc."
• "Staff very helpful and really good quick service."
• "Friendly attentive staff took your order and delivered your food quickly so easy to get in, have lunch and be back at your desk within the hour."

Cons:

• "30 minutes to order food at dead counter with rude and lazy staff."
• "They didn't, said that was my problem and we're extremely not polite."
• "I was still surprised at how unfriendly the barman was."
• "We've been ripped off by a seemingly friendly guy at the bar."
• "The bar man upstairs was very rude to us."
• "The staff were absolutely rude and started laughing on us."
• "When we ask the barmaid with really bad manners told us we need to leave immediately."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was great also and the atmosphere was homely."
• "The food was very tasty, with delightful vegetarian option."
• "Was tasty pub food."
• "We ate pork belly and sirloin steak and both were very tasty."
• "Food was very good and reasonably priced with a good choice."
• "This is a lovely Scottish pub. Fish and chips are crispy and lovely."
• "The food was absolutely amazing, really tasty fish, very light and my friend had the haggis dish and said it was the best she'd had."

Cons:

• "Really slow food service, cold when it arrived despite the waiter trying to convince us the plate was really hot - it wasn’t."
• "The beers were disgusting and almost undrinkable, uncarbonated and way too hot - not what you expect from relatively expensive beer."
• "The veg on offer was poor and the chips were of the frozen variety."
• "Luke warm food and warm beer."
• "Rump steak skewers overcooked and very chewy, sauce thick and tasted awful."
• "Haggis pie avoid! It had obviously been sitting out for a while and then microwaved."
• "Everything was overcooked."

Price

Pros:

• "Wonderful little pub. Prompt service and good prices. Really nice food and lovely, friendly waiters."
• "Good food with good portions and nice beer and cocktails for an affordable price!"
• "Food is very decent fare you'd expect a city pub to have and actually reasonably priced."
• "If you are looking for a nice relaxing place for drinks and food on a budget then this is a place for you."
• "All for very reasonable prices for Edinburgh city centre."
• "Nice traditional pub with good food at reasonable prices, a convenient place to stop off for lunch if out shopping."
• "The food is fairly decent quality / price for a central bar - mostly 'pub grub', though I'd say better than most bars."

Cons:

• "For drinks it's far from the cheapest place I've ever been by a long shot."
• "£7.10 for a pint of lager. Just taking advantage of the cost of living crisis. Most expensive pint in Edinburgh."
• "Overpriced for both service and produce."
• "Certainly pricing to rip the tourists off. Avoid like the plague."
• "Stopped by in our hunt to find somewhere to watch the Saturday afternoon football... the price of a pint compared to other pubs in the area was astonishing - at least £1 more expensive per pint."
• "Also probably the most expensive place for drinks we visited during out 3 day stay in Edinburgh £9.10 for a double vodka and draught coke."
• "Daylight robbery. The dearest pint we’ve ever had in Edinburgh (we’re locals)."

Hygiene

Pros:

• "It's a busy place but even so the tables have never been sticky and I don't worry about catching anything from the toilets, overall the hygiene standards seem up to scratch."
• "Toilets clean hot water and clean sinks."
• "This pub has character especially downstairs."
• "It's a busy place but even so the tables have never been sticky and I don't worry about catching anything from the toilets, overall the hygiene standards seem up to scratch."

Cons:

• "Toilets were little worn out, in ladies room 2/4 booths were out of use."
• "Half the toilets are broken, no toilet paper, no soap, and absolutely stinks of stale urine, clearly not been cleaned in weeks."
• "The women's toilet was extremely dirty, not only for the disgusting smell, but for the amount of filth that was covering the floor."
• "Most of the tables hadn’t been wiped clean and were sticky, so we had to wipe one down ourselves."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The food was great also and the atmosphere was homely."
• "Pretty quiet environment made for a pleasing dinner."
• "What a lovely meal we had this evening in a relaxed atmosphere."
• "A great pub for a few drinks only a short walk from Princes street."
• "Comfortable pub interior and nice to see a dog friendly place."
• "Really nice cosy vibe downstairs and isn't too loud on a weeknight, which is great."
• "The bar had a nice atmosphere and had lots of space as there are two floors."

Cons:

• "WASTE OF MY MONEY!! Terrible drinks. Horrid service. Disgusting tables. And abysmal atmosphere."
• "We sat in the basement, okay-ish cozy, perhaps a bit run down."
• "Such a shame as the atmosphere and setting is great."
• "Disgraceful place... probably the worst place in Edinburgh."
• "Really busy pub, down in the basement it is a little cramped for room."
• "The gents toilets are not the best."
• "The location is great and unfortunately the big company that owns it knows that so don't bother putting any effort into making it nicer."