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The Cumberland Bar on the corner of Cumberland Street, its garden behind iron railings.
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Cumberland Bar

A New Town bar on the corner of Cumberland Street, with eight real ale taps, food all day and a beer garden behind its railings.

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Welcome

On the corner of Cumberland Street, in the quiet Georgian streets of the northern New Town, a stone-built bar with its name in gold above the door and a little garden behind iron railings has been a local favourite for years.

The Cumberland is a real neighbourhood bar, busy with locals from the streets around it.

Inside, a long polished wooden bar runs the length of the room under globe lamps, with high stools along it, eight real ale taps and a good range of local and imported beers. The kitchen serves all day, from pub classics such as fish and chips and burgers to a traditional roast on Sundays. Out the back is the beer garden, a secluded spot rare in this part of the city.

The bar opens every day from noon until late, and the kitchen serves until nine, seven on Sundays.

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Before you go

Open every day from noon until eleven, midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

The kitchen serves until nine, seven on Sundays.

Where
1-3 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh EH3 6RT.
Kitchen
Noon to 9pm, Sunday noon to 7pm, with a roast on Sundays.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–11pm
Tuesday
noon–11pm
Wednesday
noon–11pm
Thursday
noon–11pm
Friday
noon–midnight
Saturday
noon–midnight
Sunday
noon–11pm
Where it is

On the corner of Cumberland Street and Dundas Street, in the northern New Town.

Close byThe northern New Town.
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  3. Grow UrbanGrow UrbanA plant shop and café in the New Town, founded in 2019, selling houseplants, pots and garden tools, with coffee and cake among the leaves.Under a mile1 min by road
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