The Rat Pack - Piano & Cocktail Bar

"From Edinburgh and never been here before, tend to prefer pubs but I had a great time here. Staff were great (especially the Bulgarian guy) and the music was great. It was also notably not the usual 80% men dominating the space and overall good vibes."

"Brilliant Friday night, cocktails were amazing and reasonably priced everything was just as I expected if not more for a jazz club"

"Midnight on a Wednesday in November. Wasn’t expecting much but came for a ‘classy’ post dinner drink. 10 people in the bar but the piano and music was loud enough for a stadium concert. Claims to be a cocktail bar but didn’t know what a martini was. Once they had looked it up they poured me the most vermouth-filled martini I’ve ever had, then charged a small fortune for it. The second cocktail I had was from their signature list - again they had to look up how to make it. The live pianist, while perfectly competent at the piano, and with an average voice, relied so heavily on a drum machine that I felt I was in a Butlin’s camp. Every piece of music was rammed down your throat with absolutely no nods toward the classy rat pack era from which the bar claims to draw inspiration. This is a bar full of late night drinkers and revellers - most of whom are naïve enough to think they’re getting a true piano bar experience. A fine atmosphere if you are very drunk, 40 plus, and don’t care about the quality of your overpriced drink, otherwise - avoid at all costs!"

"Cocktails are OK. Crowd is around 30+. Music slightly old school and people are dancing on weekends. Overall OK!"

"One of the very best cocktail bars! The rat pack needs to be a chain across the UK. Such a variety in choices to drink from. I'm not a big cocktail drinker, however the cocktails from the sweets category were so delicious, I could happily drink these all night (I certainly made my way down the available sweetie cocktails they had to offer! Drumstick cocktail being my favorite) The prices wasn't bad at all and the atmosphere was lovely, a truly traditional jazz bar. Definitely would go back here when we visit Edinburgh again. You certainly will have an amazing night out at the Rat Pack. Thank you to the amazing work from the team that bring this bar to the highest of standards!"