Secret Edinburgh: Tim FitzHigham and the smallest bar in town

My favourite place in Edinburgh is a tiny not very well advertised members club on Dublin Street called the Dublin Street Irregulars. It’s in a cellar which only seems to have two seats and a large rack of wine. The wine is free which is better than the other clubs who seem to charge.  

 

I believe the membership list was fixed at six people some time in the reign of the old Queen and has never expanded which means there’s always a very good chance of getting a seat: one in three (six members, two seats).

 

If not the Irregulars…the Ensign Ewart has always been a favourite for a pint or if the festival has got thoroughly too hectic then I love to head down to Leith. Leith has so many happy mammaries, stunning fish restaurants and incredible pubs (Compass, Carriers, Port, Malt and Hops, Roseleaf to name a few). A single by the shore after a hectic day at the festival is the greatest way to finish a day (that, and bugling in the sunrise from the top of Arthur’s Seat, of course).