Sygn

Nailed it. For a party of 15 they never missed an order or forgot a cocktail (of which we had many). The prices were unbelievably cheap for the complexity and freshness of the cocktail ingredients.
I had the pulled pork nachos and the Smokey Burger (the one with bbq and an onion ring) and both were delicious. The nachos were so good the entire table kept asking to «try» them again (though were made with fried flour tortilla chips not the traditional, crunchier corn tortilla — this is ok once in a while cause it’s tastier but did get soggy more quickly).
Service was super friendly and we were checked in on often. Portions were big. We all had a main and prob 4 – 6 cocktails a piece and paid £24 pp. There was a DJ providing the music, which was inoffensive (by that I mean not obnoxiously overused/​generic jams) and didn’t impede conversation.
Would totally go back or/​and recommend to anyone visiting Edinborough

Very tasty food. Loved the calamari appetizer. The chicken Caesar salad was delightful, crispy croutons and fresh lettuce with well cooked chicken. The hot dog was so great! I had it with chili, onions, mustard. Oh and peppers and jalapeños. Yum. Onion rings were also delicious. Recommend! Now for a long walk!

Sygn is never going to be anyone’s top place to go for food and drinks, but it’s a decent, solid option in the west end.
If you’re signed up to Itison, you might have noticed that every few weeks there will be a deal for Sygn — usually burgers and cocktails for 2 for £16. This is good value for money, especially given the burger usually costs £10 by itself. And these are pretty good burgers. Edinburgh’s best? No, and they are served in a wooden tray (urgh), but they’re tasty and filling and you could do a lot worse! You’ll be limited to a selection of around 4 cocktails to choose from, but hey, it’s so cheap does that matter too much? I’ve had some good ones too.
Why only 3 stars? Because by itself, Sygn really is ‘A-​OK’. The food is decent (if a little pricey), the cocktails are similarly fine. I wouldn’t go out of my way to come here unless I had a voucher. But if you are looking for somewhere to grab a post-​work bite to eat, or catch-​up with a friend, then have a look on Itison for a Sygn burgers and cocktails voucher, and you’ll be satisfied.

First time I went to Sygn, a bar hidden away in a side road of Edinburgh West End. Its a typical bar where business people meet after work on a Friday night.
The interior is quite modern with dim lights, wooden tables and chairs and a bar with lots of alcohol offerings. They do special cocktails. Drink prices are not cheap. I paid £4.60 for a Hendricks Gin Tonic. Money flies easily. Sadly I thought that the drinks are a bit watered down. Maybe too much ice.
Staff was really friendly and service was exceptional fast for a Friday evening.
Would I go back. Yes :-)

Back to Sygn for my 3^rd visit, this’s time it’s 4 Stars!
I shared Duck Roll and Haggis Pakora for starter and opted for the Chorizo & Pork Burger with Apple Relish & Fries for my Entrée. All this was washed down with a Sonic Bloom Cocktail.
The Duck Roll was jolly tasty and full of flavor, however, were I to be critical (not to say honest), the Duck was on the dry side.
The Haggis Pakoras were oozing seductive temptress vibes, so say they sent my saliva glans into overdrive would be a masterpiece of understatement (think when Brad first met Angelina).
The Chorizo & Pork patty with Apple Relish & Fries was mega delish. I lurve a good Steak & Cheese Burger normally, but, felt like a change this time and was not in the least disappointed. All the flavors were so well balanced.
The Cocktail was tiddly in size, but tasted good.

Good for a cocktail before going out for diner. Nice atmosphere and helpful bar staff.
I booked a table via their website which was handy. I had a voucher from ITISON which gave us a great deal on 4 x burgers and cocktails for £26 instead of £60odd. They have recently re-​decorated the place and it looks great.
I had the portabello garlic mushroom burger and fries, it was delicious. I have only taken a star off as the veggie burger should have come with pesto but on enquiry, their pesto has parmesan in it which isn’t veggie! Everything else was fantastic and we had a really great lunch out.

Sygn Bar proved the popular choice for the next cocktail quest location and so on a incredibly cold night in january i made my way along to meet up with some fellow Unilocalers. i had booked a table as i was worried that on a thursday night the bar might be busy, but it proved to be fairly quiet when i arrived. so i grabbed a seat at our table only to have to get up again and locate another cocktail menu as they had only put one on a table for ten…
what was good about Sygn Bar is that if you’re seated in the restaurant bit, it is table service including all your drinks. some of us were just there for drinks and others to get some dinner as well and the wait staff seemed happy to with us ordering things at different times. the food menu looks ok, they have a good variety of up market pub grub and i ended up ordering the roasted veggie and hallumi wrap. the wrap was quite tasty and for £6.50 with fries it was pretty good value.
however, what i was let down by was the cocktails, especially as they have a massive cocktail menu with loads of drinks on offer! i had two, pretty chai for a fly guy and the popcorn sour. both drinks were nice, but weren’t great and certainly not the best cocktails i’ve ever had. my second drink was the real let down as while i enjoyed it, i didn’t think it was worth the £8 price mark even with the barrel aged alcohol in it. also chatting with the group most people seemed to feel the same way with the drinks being nice but not great, so rather a let down for our cocktail quest.
while the service here was friendly and helpful, we did find it hard to get someone’s attention for orders. once items were ordered they did arrive promptly though. and the staff were happy for us to pay our share of the bill at the bar which meant people could leave at different times. my bill came to a fairly hefty £24 for two drinks and a meal, so i’m not sure how quickly i’ll be venturing back as i was left fairly unimpressed with the offerings.

My first time at Sygn was only last night and I headed there as part of Cocktail Quest. It’s pretty modern inside and not much different to a lot of bars. Their food menu is quite pub — pizzas, burgers, hot dogs with other deep fried sides and things available.
As I was early, I decided to grab food. I had a chicken burger (minus the bun) with skinny fries and it was good. There was some debate over the box it arrived in later but the box meant that you probably got more chips than if it had arrived on a plate so that was a bonus!
The chicken was cooked decently and came with maple bacon and cheese. The maple bacon was probably lost a bit and I could recognise regular bacon but that was it. The lemon mayo was nice though and that is a compliment from someone who doesn’t like mayo. There was also rocket and some salsa on the side which was tasty enough.
Food wise — it is ok. Not mind blowing but they do voucher deals through the usual sites and I booked one this morning as I would go back on a voucher.
Drinks — we came for cocktail quest and they allegedly have a reputation for cocktails. Personally, I wasn’t that impressed. My cocktail of choice for the quest is a margarita so that was duly ordered. The rim was salted on half the glass (I like a full rim), rock salt was used (not that fussed over type) BUT it was very messily applied and half way down the glass. The drink itself was ok but missing that tang and kick that a bloody good margarita should deliver. My next drink then was a geisha martini — vodka, pomegranate and lychee. Again, didn’t blow me away and some kind of fruit greenery acted as the garnish so really it looked like I had ‘dead stalk’ in my drink once it had been in there for 5−10mins.
So for Sygn, 3 stars. Pretty ok but not mind blowing and probably won’t be my first choice for food or cocktails if no voucher deals on. For GF peeps, there aren’t a lot of options. I had no issues as the chicken I was told was GF and the chips will be cooked in oil used to fry evil stuff. I had no after effects so I would give it another go — and they do the GF fallback of nachos…

What a very pleasant little hideaway! It glows warmly out of the old shadows in the night with an inviting wink. Inside, it’s spacious but intimate, and the decoration is fantastic — halfway between classy cocktail joint and Southern diner, which is kind of what it is, really.
For a cocktail night, though… It isn’t for water buffaloes like me. Given that some of the «Sygnature» (iswydt) cocktails are a fiver, the £5.50 blanket cost for a mocky is a bit of a sting.
Presentation is key here, and most of the drinks come excitingly presented — I made a bad call starting with the apple and raspberry cooler because it was pretty much just a standard tumbler, which I soon learned was unusual. The drink itself was nice and refreshing, but visually not a patch on the monstrosity that arrived when I ordered the Um Bongo. A hefty earthenware tiki jug appeared before me with a leaf of aloe (I think) flourishing on the rim. Whee, such fun to look at! I wanted to put on my grass skirt and hula till the sun sank into the blood red ocean…
But seriously. I think I just paid £5.50 for a can of Lilt… I mean, I love Lilt, it’s my favourite drink, but you can’t just pour it into a (admittedly awesome) tiki jug and call it a mocktail. I think.
Ok, being fair, the menu states that there’s pineapple juice and bitters going on there, «topped off with» the Lilt, but if I’d been guessing, I’d have said it was the sole ingredient. It was fun, but I felt a bit disappointed — even more so since if actually asked for a non-​alcoholic version of the Nutella milkshake only to be told they had no Nutella, so it was actually a second choice.
If I were rating on drinks alone, this’d be a definite two, but the place is so lovely and the food looked so good that it’s a solid three, and it might even push to a four when I go back try that delicious looking food for myself. I’ll just make sure I stick to drinking only water…

I really like Sygn, and I have enjoyed visiting for Friday night drinks and for a quiet Tuesday dinner and cocktail night with fellow Unilocalers. It has a convenient location tucked away in the West End (although I find the street a bit dirty and dodgy, although perfectly safe). Based on its location, it has West End cocktail prices but I love the extensive menu of a huge variety of interesting cocktails — some were quite ordinary but others were really delicious, interesting, and beautifully presented. The mocktails were definitely overpriced, which is really a shame, though.
As for food, they brough around delicious samples of their pizza the first time I was there. The next time I was back I opted for the steak and cheese burger, which was delicious on a brioche bun. I thought the skinny fries didn’t blow me away and could have been much better, but I really did like the burger.
I was split between giving Sygn three stars or four, but what made me choose to be generous was that I really like the décor inside. It is really interesting and fun, including their great window decorations with bottles and their ornate ceiling. It’s a fun place to go, and I enjoyed being back tonight.

We regularly go for drinks after work and it is always busy and good fun.
Normally the staff are very friendly but I think we hit on a bad day though I would still say it was A-​OK. Our waitress was very rushed and stressed and didnt really have time tobe very friendly. We had a deal for 2 pizzas and 2 cocktails which was great value from a voucher site called it’s on I think.
Our cocktails when they arrived were really nice but there were only 4 choices we could have chosen from which did limit you unfortunately. Our pizzas were huge and very nice. I had Crayfish, rocket and chilli which had tons of fish but definitely no chilli! I’ll be back and hope to increase the rating soon…

Move over La Favorita! I think you have very good competition in the form of Sygn, situated in the West End.
Pizza and a cocktail was the deal this time. Started with cocktails, which had gin and cranberry juice and something else. Nice drink, but I would perhaps choose something else next time. Having said that, they do have a lovely cocktail menu.
I went for the ham hock and chargrilled pineapple pizza. So sue me if I had a Hawaiian ;-) This was the posh version of Hawaiian, and very flavoursome too. I wasn’t sure if the pineapple was really ‘chargrilled’, but it went well with the ham hock.
I enjoyed it, but only managed to eat half of the pizza so took the leftovers home.
Sygn is a great place to have a steak or a pizza. They also do sharing platters of various different things like haggis pakora.
Super friendly service. Definitely a fan!

I love it! — brilliant service and no nonsense menu.
We visited on Tuesday on an «itison» voucher. We were taken to our table as soon as we arrived.
The place is clean, clever lighting and the overwhelming colour scheme is beech, brown and yellow shades, which I found very calming. They have floor to ceiling windows and that creates a visual bigger area.
There are 2 large communal tables with benches that would do nicely for a family meal on a rainy day.
The waitress explained the deal and we were guided through the available cocktails — we both decided on the gin & cranberry. This was a lovely sweet & sourish drink (if not a bit girly & pinkish)
A pizza was part of this offer and Anita A went for the pulled pork and pineapple. I choose crayfish and chili oil.
Both pizzas were crispy based and served on a wooden pizza board. The wine we choose to drink was an Argentinian Cabernet (separate from the voucher) which could have been warmer, but was a tasteful accompaniment with the delicious pizza.
The pizza was large enough to warrant a leftover takeaway which our waitress was happy to supply us with.
I recommend this place and just so you know that even though this is considered west end

Came for the birthday drinks, stayed for the Geisha Martini.
It’s delish.
Sygn was never really on my radar, I’m contrary and try to stay away from trendy places and it just seems so darn trendy! This was my second visit and it definitely outweighed the first. I was first here about 18 months ago and the crowd was big, drunk, loud and very fashionable (note, I say fashionable, not stylish). I had a pint, as is my way, and was sneered at by a group of girls who were downing cocktails to beat the band and audibly mentioned to each other how ;OMG they could never order a pint… it’s just not girly.’ So I left with a somewhat negative view…
Fast forward 18 months, and the crowd is thinner, particularly since it was a Saturday night but far nicer, mainly male and everyone was dressed up. We had tables reserved and had a chance to order food but I had my eye on the cocktails. The cocktail menu is extensive and impressive. Truth be told, I only had the one cocktail, a Geisha Martini, but it was really good. I then switched to pints and no comments were heard…
As for the venue itself, it’s nice, bench style tables and seats. There’s a room at the back that seems to for private parties. The staff are friendly, banter-​ful and are dab hands with cocktail-​making. It is on the pricey side here, and the clientele are super fashionable (again…fashionable) so you might look out of place in jeans and a t-​shirt if you’re a girl. A nice touch is that the bathrooms (I really do judge a place by it’s toilets…) have individual cubicles with sinks and hand dryers in them. Admittedly on my first visit it looked like someone had had a cocktail party in one, glasses everywhere, this time they were clean and the extra privacy as you fix your face is nice.
I’m glad I came back here, my first impression of the place was definitely skewed and I’d be willing to come back for a bite to eat.
Also, pizza til 1am?! Score!

Had a Steak and Cheese burger here with a couple/​triple/​quadruple of Tom Collins’ to wash it down.
Burger was quite delicious, although I agree with a previous reviewer that it was a COMPLETE BITCH to eat as it was too big to stuff in mouth (my preferred way of scoffing burgers)… although cutting it in half and then juggling it into my mouth seemed to do the trick.
Steak was medium and juicy and there was a cute little pot of tomato relish on the side. Chips were rougly cut and chunky, just right.
Looking forward to revisiting to try the Pork and Chorizo burger with apple and cider sauce…

After a day of hardcore shopping, we were hungry and thirsty! I wanted a cocktail and the boy wanted a burger, so we compromised on Sygn.
After a short wait, our burgers appeared, 2 meaty monsters on a board, looked very appetising I must say, topped with cheese and served with home cooked chips.
The boy asked ‘how do I eat this?’ I replied ‘by putting it in your mouth silly!!’ but only after I tried to myself, did I know what he really meant! Now I have a big gob, but even I struggled to get my chompers round this! I had to give up and cut it in half, like a girl. Boo! Hate using cutlery with burgers, but needs must and so here we have it, oozing with juices and cooked perfectly, for me anyway, still with some middle pinkness. Chips were crispy on the outside but with a lovely fluffy inside, without a doubt, home made, all served with lovely side of chunky relish.
We washed these monster burgers down with a couple of mojitos, they certainly had a good measure of barcardi in them, and were very refreshing. More please!
Burgers and Cocktails = job done! Didn’t even have room for a pudding!
NB: they are doing 2 bellinis for £8 special offer just now, so I’ll definitely be going back, and to try out the chicken burgers with Swiss cheese! Yum Yum!

The word of the day for this visit was ‘Slow’.
I’d never eaten here before, but Joe A. bought a voucher for burgers and cocktails so we visited on Wednesday before going to the cinema at 8pm. Table was booked for 6.30pm so we had plenty of time… we thought.
It was pretty quiet but even so they did seem a bit under staffed. We ordered our cocktails and they took quite a while to arrive, but were very nice so all could be forgiven. We also ordered our burgers and i went for the mushroom veggie option.
We finished our cocktails and patiently waited for our food, as we saw other tables get their food, eat it and leave. An hour and a half passed and all we had had was one little cocktail. Finally a waitress (who looked like she might have been a supervisor/​manager) came and asked what we had ordered. After she went away to investigate, she came back and apologised that when our order was made, the till roll ran out and so it wasn’t received by the kitchen. She was very apologetic and i understand this was just unlucky. As a result she offered us both another complimentary cocktail. However, she never reappeared to take our drinks order so Joe went and ordered for us.
Our food turned up and it was nice but my chips were a bit under cooked and raw in the middle, but by this point i was so hungry and didn’t say anything. Our new drinks also took their time and didn’t make an appearance until Joe had finished his food.
As a result of all this we had to go to a later showing of the film and i fell asleep :)
When we left, the same waitress again apologised. She was lovely and handled it really well. I would go back there, but just make sure i have plenty of time. And maybe order my next drink as soon as i receive my first one. As for the food order, that was an honest mistake, hence why i’ve given them three stars and not fewer.