Pub · City of Edinburgh
65,67 Lothian Road, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Shakespeare is a historic pub in Edinburgh's finance district, dating back to 1799, offering sports, food, a beer garden, and is dog and family friendly.
Regulars and our editors tag it for food served, family friendly, sports pub, big screen, student friendly, beer garden, dog friendly and historic pub.
Doors open from 11:30 at the earliest in the week, and the latest it serves is 01:00. 8 other pubs on PubCrawl sit within a 3 minute walk, so it is easy to build a crawl around.
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Shakespeares is open Mon–Thu 11:30–00:00; Fri–Sat 11:30–01:00; Sunday 11:30–00:00. Hours can change over bank holidays and big fixtures, so check before a late start.
Shakespeares is a pub at 65,67 Lothian Road, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 8 other pubs listed on PubCrawl are within a short walk.
BrewDog Lothian Road, All Bar One, The Caley Picture House and NQ64 are all within a short walk, and each has a page on PubCrawl with hours and reviews.
Yes — Shakespeares is listed as dog friendly on PubCrawl. Some pubs restrict dogs to certain rooms or times, so it is worth a quick call ahead if you are bringing one on a crawl.
Yes — Shakespeares has outdoor space listed on PubCrawl. Capacity outdoors is usually smaller than inside, so a big group should arrive early on a warm evening.
Yes — Shakespeares is listed as serving food. Kitchen hours are normally shorter than bar hours.
Yes — Shakespeares is listed as showing sport on TV. On a big fixture it fills up long before kick-off, which is worth planning around if it is a stop on your crawl.
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