Smithie’s Ale House

Lovely wee pub! Friendly, warm and welcoming to everyone who walks in. Run by a lovely family! Drink prices are really cheap in comparison to other bars just up the road. Quiz nights and a juke box & customers of all ages! Would definitely recommend!

This review is long overdue but I’ve had a bit of a love/​hate relationship with Smithies for a while. This is because it’s my man’s favourite pub. It’s like Cheers for him in that whenever he goes there he seems to know at least a handful of the people there and almost inevitably ends up staying much later than planned, drinking too much, coming home steaming, and eventually giving me puppy dog eyes in the morning as he asks for tea and bacon to cleanse his liver.
But, I have to admit, Smithies is a really good pub. It’s a total old man boozer (despite the fact that it sells what is apparently very nice champagne!!!), but not in a smelly way, just in a really friendy way. Everyone who works behind the bar is family — dad, mum, son and daughter, which gives it a really nice vibe. They all obviously care about their establishment as well as their customers.
The pints are good and reasonably priced, even the food is nice. It’s basic pub fare of soup and toasties but is well done.
Smithies is a great relaxed pub hidden away in Canonmills. If you happen to find yourself in here and notice a baldy Glaswegian whose voice carries across county lines, tell him to go home, his girlfriend doesn’t want him too hungover in the morning.

Smithie’s is a small pub located in the Cannonmills area of Edinburgh, and is frequented by a loyal group of friendly locals. I came here a few times as it is about 100 metres from where a few of my friends live. We came here to watch a few World Cup games and it seemed a pretty nice place. The décor is pretty nice and is styled in the traditional British pub way. Drink prices are pretty good with a pint costing £2.75 and can be a good way of avoiding the price hikes you will find in nearby New Town.
There is a good range of drinks available including real ales and malt whiskeys and they do sell food, although not proper meals. They do pies, toasties and hot dogs at pretty decent prices and these certainly complimented the beers we had whilst watching the football.
The pub is pretty small however and during the football many people had to stand as there was not enough seats to go round. I will definitely be returning when I next go and see my friends in this part of town.

Cracking wee pub, does what it says on the tin.
Loads of beers/​ales, decent prices, cheap food (£1.50 toasties/£2.00 hot dogs!), sky on the telly, seat normally available.
Great bar if you fancy a pint and somewhere to chat with a mate for while.
4 stars!

This is a great little local, just round the corner from Cannonmills. Definitely one for locals only, but not in an unwelcoming way. I have been there a few times, either to watch football on the 3 big tvs, or for a few quiet drinks. They don’t have a full food menu but do have toasties or pies as options. It’s a small pub with 2 entrances and a round bar in the middle, with 6 or so tables at either side of the bar. It doesn’t usually get too busy, plus a lot of the locals prefer to stand or sit at stools at the bar, so we’ve always managed to get a table.

Smithies is a quirky traditional alehouse nestled in amongst rows of traditional tenement flats in the Canonmills area of the city.
Smithies is a great pub and always bursts with character, attracting locals and visitors to the nearby Banana Row recording studios alike to make for an interesting mix of clientele. The bar has a great selection of beers, lagers and Real ales on draft and has plenty of trasitional bar snacks if you’re peckish. All in it’s very reasonably, particularly considering its proximity to the city’s most expensive bars a stones through away in the New Town.
All in a great local watering hole.
Ess

Great little pub. Good selection of beers on draft and the atmosphere is great. Thursday holds a pub quiz. A pint is 2.75 and toasties are available throughout the day and evening. Closing time is 12. Good pub that is easily accesible but is quite small — a bit too small for a large group to visit.