St Bernard's Bar — Restaurant in City of Edinburgh

Avoid.

Despite having a quirky and welcoming appearance, this merely masks a bar run by a very rude and nasty man. My partner and I stopped for a lunchtime drink at St Bernards, we have enjoyed many wee jaunts to this establishment over the past years. The barmaid served us and we sat and enjoyed the atmosphere, this was ruined when the owner appeared, within minutes of his arrival we became aware he had really upset the young girl behind the bar. The details of what he said to cause the upset were vague as the music is so loud it's difficult to overhear what he was saying but our drinks were served by the barmaid in tears and looking distraught. My partner kindly checked in on her to see if she was ok, she said she was but was visibly upset. The owner then feebly attempted to smooth over the incident with the girl offering a lackluster fist bump as a means of apology. We finished our drinks, paid and left. We will never return here. For a grown man to treat a woman (or anyone for that matter) in that way is disgusting, but to also try and use the volume of the music to do this covertly left my partner and i both questioning if this is a regular occurrence.

I would suggest the owner spends less time fussing over nick naks and works on his own personality issues in dealing with people.

I hope he reads this and takes note that this behaviour is completely unacceptable, and we hope his staff find the strength not to tolerate this kind of toxic behaviour in their...

Great pub for some fancy beverages

It's definitely more upmarket than your standard lager on tap style joint, without being over the top (or overly expensive).

We had,

Lavender appletini mocktail, this was nice, but felt like it was missing something. Possibly would have been better with flavour from alcohol if it hadn't been a mocktail - but I was driving. Wasn't too keen on the lavender bits just floating on top, but the flavour paired OK with apple. Maybe could have been better with some of lavender syrup instead and then just a single sprig for garnish. 6/10

Virgin mojito, it's a classic and it was done well. Not much else to say, all the ingredients were fresh and work well together, 8/10

There was a great selection of drinks to choose from, so I would definitely come back another time to try out more cocktails.

The bartenders were so nice, and really went above and beyond. My wife was eyeing up the watermelon someone else had as garnish for their cocktail and asked if she could buy one as a snack - they said unfortunately they don't sell that separately, but then just went ahead and gave her one, which was greatly appreciated!

The decor in the pub has that style of 'pack as many cooky things on the walls as possible' vibe, which is always fun. They were blasting a Smashing Pumpkins album (note: whole album. these people have class) which definitely contributed to the cool vibes - I would only say it was a...

Last October, I was judged based on my appearance on arrival and embarrassingly escorted out of the bar. I had been painting my workplace throughout the day and wished only to relax with some drinks at the end of the evening. I may have looked a bit messy or casual.

I tried to pop back in to explain I was a local and lived nearby. The police were then called.

I was arrested and then appeared in court today.

The crown immediately ceased prosecution. The barmaids temperaments and snobby, pretentious attitudes ultimately caused me my first appearance in court. In court it was read that based on my appearance I was "not the usual type of clientele". The initial elaborate statement crumbled at court despite foolish comments about me being 'scary' which were not asked for or acknowledged by the court.

Accusing a man who had done not a thing wrong of being threatening is absolutely disgusting and people like this are what make the legal system and legitimate cases so hard to interpret.

This bar is the most toxic, pretentious and inflammatory experience I have ever had. You should be ashamed for wasting everyone's time as a direct result of hostility towards customers of different backgrounds and seriously review the way you treat your customers because it certainly doesn't show dignity, respect or compassion in any way.

Hard pass on St...