Frankenstain Pub, Edinburghback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The only thing monstrous about this place is the beer, which is clrealy one of the eponymous (or would be if spelt correctly) Doctor's rejected potions.
That said the food was good value for money. It was well cooked and tasty and fairly cheap. And it's a real bonus that students can eat cheaply there. As for the decor, it is good clean fun, and although the novelty wears off, their target market (students, hens, stags etc) has a good venue.
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For novelty value only. Despite the ornamentation no detectable atmosphere or personality. Preferred Jeckyl & Hyde.
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It did first open in 1818 (which is to say a little after six o'clock in the evening) in reality about six years ago.
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Have been there, pleasant staff, help allowed us to have several tasters of different ales, decor gets 'old' very quickly, and very gloomy inside, had us both sqinting at our nachos, to see what we where eating... worth one visit, okay if you're local
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This pub is fantastic - it's our regular start-off pub before a night out. And as we're students, it's 2-4-1 on cocktail picthers on Wed nights!!!
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Strange, expensive, worth a look but wouldn't stay long.
Betty Ford - 21 Oct 2004 12:15 |
awesome atmosphere and great music -
kirsten - 24 Sep 2004 12:18 |
Not sure what to say about the Frankenstein pub, it probably won't make the CAMRA National Inventory of Pub Interiors but if you like wacky refurbishments and strange theme pubs this is a place not to miss. It is basically a church with a pub based on a Frankenstein theme built inside it. One can only imagine the thought process by which they arrived at this juxtaposition between good and evil, but it works perfectly.
Based on three levels, the crypt, the main bar and the gallery, it is quite obviously a church with the pulpit visible behind the main bar where the DJ performs in the evenings. The lower bar has a lifesize display of Frankenstein's monster and the toilets have spooky sounds piped into them.
The signage says that it was established in 1818 but those in the know will realise that that was the year that Mary Shelley wrote the novel of the same name. Frankenstein movies are shown on TV's dotted around the bars and there are two big screens used for sports. The food is good and service is attentive and friendly. Very popular Friday and Saturday evenings.
If you are visiting Edinburgh, search it out and go there, if only for curiosity value.
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Was supposed to open at 10 to show the Rugby. When it did open, just after ten we were told by some rude Scot that they had decided not to show it.
Mike - 24 Jun 2003 16:52 |
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