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 The Oxford Bar |
The Oxford Bar is an unassuming little place on Young Street, well away from the main centres of interest for visitors to Edinburgh's pubs. But for a number of reasons it has to rank amongst the best handful of pubs in central Edinburgh.
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The Oxford Bar, or "The Ox" is actually quite fascinating in itself: the door opens straight onto the far from roomy bar. Off to one side a doorway leads through to a traditionally furnished side room wrapped around a fireplace and with a window in the front wall.
 Pub Sign |
But the first thing that makes the Oxford Bar really special is the quality of its beer. It features in the 2007 CAMRA Good Beer Guide, meaning that it has featured in six out of the last seven annual Good Beer Guides. This makes it one of the very best pubs in central Edinburgh for beer.
The second reason, and why a steady stream of folk make their way to the Oxford Bar, is that it is the favourite pub of Detective Inspector John Rebus, the fictional central character in the series of crime thrillers produced by bestselling author Ian Rankin. You can't expect to meet Rebus here, but you will probably meet others looking for him: and you might just bump into his creator, who shares Rebus's love of The Ox.
Address: 8 Young Street, EH2 4JB 
