The Playfair
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Location
Opening Times
Facilities
- tvTV Screens
- accessibleStep Free Access
- baby_changing_stationBaby Change
- deckLicensed Outside Area
- wifiWifi
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Breakfast deals
Customers at more than 650 Wetherspoon pubs across the UK will be able to enjoy breakfast deals for £2.99 each or less.
Spring beer festival
A range of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available during a 12-day beer festival this spring.
The festival will run from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 16 March, inclusive.
Six Nations 2025
Rugby fans can enjoy the Six Nations Championship live at Wetherspoon.
Wetherspoon’s pubs will be showing all of the fixtures from Europe’s biggest rugby tournament.
Poretti on draught – new world beer
Poretti (4.8% ABV) is an Italian premium full-flavoured lager, characterised by a pillowy white head, brilliant clarity and a polished golden colour.
The Good Beer Guide 2025 – We’re in it
In total, 251 of the company’s pubs are listed in CAMRA’s publication, which is the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide.
Pub history
The Playfair is named after William Henry Playfair, responsible for some of New Town’s finest architecture, including the National Monument on Calton Hill, overlooking the pub. Calton Hill also overlooks the New Town area of Edinburgh, conceived in the mid 18th century by the Lord Provost, George Drummond. New Town contains some of Edinburgh’s finest architecture. It was William Henry Playfair, more than any other architect, who earned Edinburgh its label as ‘the Athens of the north’. His classical-style buildings include the National Monument, Royal Scottish Academy and National Gallery of Scotland.
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