Finn Bear - Edinburgh

This used to be a fairly bog-standard pub frequented by summer stag parties looking for nose-bag food. One to be avoided. Now a very friendly gastro-pub with nice staff and great service. Super location and dog-friendly. Now attracting families for food rather than stags for drinks. Nice.

We originally had a reservation at Finn Bear but we ended up canceling it due to changed plans. Despite this, we still ended up dining at the restaurant later that day and enjoyed a delicious lunch in Leith.

My daughter and I decided to try this restaurant for the first time for lunch, but we left feeling disappointed. It wasn't very busy, with only two tables occupied by diners. However, our food took 30 minutes to arrive. I ordered a cheeseburger and chips, but was surprised to receive just a small tin plate containing only the burger and chips - no salad or any other side dishes. The chips were good, but the burger had no taste at all. I was charged £11.50 for this disappointing meal, and I have no plans to return in the future.

The food at this restaurant may be good, but the drinks are not recommended. I visited on a Friday and the bar was crowded with everyone trying to order. The system in place required customers to sit down and wait for their drinks, resulting in a 20-minute wait for a pint.

Lovely place sister spot to the Pantry in Stockbridge which has long been a favourite haunt of ours. Every time we’ve come here with our wee one, staff have been friendly welcoming there is a toy corner upstairs which is fab . Brunch menu is limited but excellent service is great without fail. Our one complaint is the lack of accessibility there are steep narrow steps into the restaurant up into the main seating area. There appears to be no disabled toilet unless we missed it? Happy to be corrected... The baby change is in the women’s toilet please put these in the men’s too! is a pull down affair that is very hard to spot with no signage . Stalls are tiny you can barely fit yourself in to change your baby I had to stand outside the stall pic attached . Ironic given there’s a sign by the play area saying that you can’t change your baby there. Hard to believe in 2019 that a restaurant could continue to be this inaccessible especially when it bills itself as ‘family friendly’. In every other respect it’s fab the food is wonderful but disappointing in terms of inclusion in other respects.