Pub · City of Edinburgh
Leith Walk, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Playfair is a J D Wetherspoon pub located in Edinburgh, offering food, drinks, and live sports, with facilities like Wi-Fi and an outdoor area.
Regulars and our editors tag it for late night, craft beer, food served, cocktail bar, outdoor seating, sports pub, big screen and real ale.
Doors open from 08:00 at the earliest in the week, and the latest it serves is 01:00. 8 other pubs on PubCrawl sit within a 2 minute walk, so it is easy to build a crawl around.
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The Playfair is open Every day 08:00–01:00. Hours can change over bank holidays and big fixtures, so check before a late start.
The Playfair is a pub at Leith Walk, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 8 other pubs listed on PubCrawl are within a short walk.
Slug & Lettuce, Boom Battle Bar, Little Picardy and Theatre Royal are all within a short walk, and each has a page on PubCrawl with hours and reviews.
Yes — The Playfair 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 — The Playfair is listed as serving food. Kitchen hours are normally shorter than bar hours.
Yes — The Playfair 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.
Bookings are handled by the pub, not through PubCrawl. Call +44 131 524 7760 to ask about tables or a space for a group.
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