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The pub’s story
Whiski Rooms is a purpose-built 2011 whisky bar, restaurant, shop and tasting venue on North Bank Street, rather than an older pub merely trading under a new name. It followed Whiski Bar’s Royal Mile success: contemporary accounts say the Stills converted former gift-shop units at 4 and 6 and added the former Bank of Scotland at 7 to make three adjoining spaces. The operator announced opening in June 2011, with trade coverage placing the launch that summer; by 2013 it had won an SLTN whisky-bar award and housed the UK’s first on-trade Ardbeg Embassy. Today it combines Scottish food, more than 300 whiskies, a shop and daily guided tastings. Choose it for a structured tasting or a Princes Street-facing dram, not as a quiet traditional local. Its official site now lists 10:00-01:00 opening every day.
What to notice
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Daily guided tastings and the adjacent shop make this a destination rather than a quick pub stop.
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The venue has views over Princes Street; bookings and walk-ins are both welcomed, but tastings can be scheduled separately.
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Official hours: 10:00-01:00 every day. Confirm special-date hours directly with the venue.
The time rail
The building, the pub and its interior may date from different periods. The timeline keeps documented dates separate from tradition.
Whiski Bar opened on the Royal Mile, providing the operating base from which Whiski Rooms was developed.
The operator announced Whiski Rooms’ opening; its archive records the new bar, bistro, shop and tasting-room concept.
Trade coverage says former gift-shop units at 4 and 6 North Bank Street were joined with the former Bank of Scotland at 7 to create the venue.
SLTN reported Whiski Rooms winning its Whisky Bar of the Year award and hosting the UK’s first on-trade Ardbeg Embassy.
Whiski Rooms continues as a whisky bar, Scottish restaurant, shop and daily-tasting venue at 4-7 North Bank Street.
Sources & confidence
The official venue pages support current address, whisky/tasting/shop offer and setting. A current city visitor listing supplies a suggested daily schedule, but because the official site does not publish recurring opening hours it is retained as a caveated visitor note and not fed into Open now.
Research reviewed
- Whiski Rooms | Edinburgh Restaurant, Whisky Bar & Daily Whisky TastingsWhiski Roomsofficial
SupportsCurrent whisky-bar, restaurant, shop and tasting identity, 300-plus whiskies, daily hours and booking/walk-in information.
- Contact Us | Whiski RoomsWhiski Roomsofficial
SupportsCurrent address, contact details, location on the Mound and Princes Street view context.
- Whiski Bar archive: Whiski Rooms openingWhiski Bararchive
SupportsThe operator’s contemporaneous launch description and June 2011 opening announcement.
- A modern take on an old spiritScottish Licensed Trade News (SLTN)editorial
Supports2011 launch chronology, 2013 award and Ardbeg Embassy history.
- Design focus: Whiski Rooms, EdinburghDRAM Scotlandeditorial
SupportsContemporary account of the three-unit conversion and owners behind Whiski Rooms.
- Whisky paradise at Edinburgh’s Whiski RoomsBar Magazineeditorial
SupportsContemporary explanation of the shop-and-tasting concept and its relationship to Whiski Bar.
- Whiski Rooms, EdinburghCampaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)specialist
SupportsCurrent specialist venue record and North Bank Street address.
- Whiski RoomsForever Edinburgheditorial
SupportsCurrent tourism listing, views, daily tasting offer and independent opening-hours cross-check.
- About Whiski GroupWhiski Groupofficial
SupportsCurrent group description of Whiski Rooms, its view and daily tasting formats.
