The Halfway House

24 Fleshmarket Close
0131 225 7101

Turn off near the top of Cockburn Street and head directly down to Market Street on Fleshmarket Close and you'll come across a couple of pubs in a truly unique Edinburgh setting. The building that houses the intimate little Halfway House is centuries old, and has spent much of it as a pub. There's even a brief history lesson on plaques outside the door. The tradition here is for good malts and ales and if you're lucky you might even get some home-cooked Scottish fare too. Haggis, stovies and soup; pretty much what you'd have been served a few hundred years ago, and at very reasonable prices considering you're in the middle of town.