The best lounge bars Scotland

This pub restaurant is ideally located in the heart of Stockbridge, near the picturesque Stockbridge Bridge. No matter what time of day you spend, you're tempted to curl up in the big leather armchairs to drink a coffee or get closer to the bar to order a beer. In the evening, you can sit down under tapestries decorated with Lichtenstein-style pop art motifs to drink cocktails, whiskies or wines in an arty, friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

You don't just stumble in here, the bar is hidden in a basement. The ingredients of this seemingly innocuous address are: creatively blended cocktails (around £8), a wide choice of wines, beers, ciders and spirits (a page of gins and a page of whiskies), great DJ sets on Friday and Saturday nights and a handful of die-hard fans who keep the place buzzing. Sure to be here in a good place, these inveterate night owls will tell you that they escape the "did you see me" atmosphere of the bars of George Street.