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The pub’s story
Inn on the Mile is a boutique hotel bar and kitchen in a former British Linen Bank branch at 82 High Street. The British Linen Company was formed in 1746, but the present Royal Mile building is much later: the venue’s history and an independent city guide both place it in 1923. Its banking story is visible rather than merely decorative. The operator points to the Doric frontage, penny-covered bar and retained safe. The former Bank Hotel is not a traditional cask-pub: CAMRA lists no real ale, while the current offer centres on food, whisky, drinks, outdoor tables and nightly live music. It works as a breakfast-to-evening Royal Mile stop and as a small hotel bar, rather than a late-night crawl guarantee. Official copy supplies starts and late opening but not every fixed close; the app uses a recently updated directory schedule and flags that distinction.
What to notice
- 01
The penny-fronted bar and original safe are the clearest surviving references to the former bank.
- 02
This is not a cask-ale stop: CAMRA lists no real ale; the venue’s current emphasis is food, whisky, hotel guests and live music.
- 03
The operator gives 08:00 starts Mon. Sat and ‘late’ Fri. Sat; the app’s complete hours use a directory updated 12 June 2026. Confirm late/Sunday plans directly.
The time rail
The building, the pub and its interior may date from different periods. The timeline keeps documented dates separate from tradition.
The British Linen Company was formed; this is the institutional history behind the later bank building, not the date of the premises.
The business took the British Linen Bank name, according to the group archive record.
The current 82 High Street building was built as a British Linen Bank Royal Mile branch, according to the operator and an independent city guide.
The operator says the British Linen Bank was acquired by the Bank of Scotland before the building’s later hotel-and-pub use.
CAMRA’s record documents the venue under its current name and notes its former Bank Hotel name.
Inn on the Mile continues as a hotel, pub and kitchen with live music, food and drinks at 82 High Street.
Sources & confidence
The venue’s official history supports the building’s claimed banking lineage and the 1923 former-branch identity, but it is operator history rather than an independent architectural survey. The current official pub page supports address, service, daily live-music claim and the published hours. Because fixed Sunday/late closing times are not published, no machine-readable weekly schedule is inferred.
Research reviewed
- History of our Hotel & PubInn on the Mileofficial
SupportsThe operator’s building and British Linen Bank narrative, retained banking details and 82 High Street address.
- Food & Drink | Inn on the MileInn on the Mileofficial
SupportsCurrent pub-and-kitchen offer, live music, official starts and kitchen hours.
- Book NowInn on the Mileofficial
SupportsCurrent walk-in policy, access information, under-18 policy and dog policy.
- Inn on the Mile, EdinburghCampaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)specialist
SupportsFormer Bank Hotel name, no-real-ale status, address and accommodation/facilities; its time data is explicitly marked stale.
- British Linen Company (British Linen Bank)British Banking History Societyarchive
Supports1746 formation of the British Linen Company.
- Our company archivesLloyds Banking Grouparchive
SupportsBritish Linen Bank institutional dates and the later Bank of Scotland subsidiary record.
- Edinburgh’s Repurposed Bank BuildingsEdinburgh Expert Walking Tourseditorial
SupportsIndependent confirmation of the former British Linen Bank branch and 1923 building date.
- The Inn On The MileRestaurant Gurueditorial
SupportsRecently updated full-week directory operating schedule, used only where the operator page omits fixed closing times.
