The Bonnington Leith

6 Nations Rugby this Saturday at The Bonnington

Five reasons to be cheerful...

1️⃣It's a new month.
2️⃣It's the weekend.
3️⃣You've just been paid.
4️⃣Brand New Food Menu
5️⃣Caley Pale Ale now on Draft

📍The Bonnington, Bonnington Road

We are launching our New Food Menu this Wednesday from 4pm, Bookings can be made via https://www.bonningtonbar.co.uk/book

Today Luis was delivering staff trainning on our NEW Cocktail Menu launching on Wednesday

We are launching our new food menu on Wednesday 28th Feb from 4pm

Come join us for Sunday Roast
from 12noon

Honey mustard roasted gammon with buttered leeks, roasted potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and apple sauce.

Roast Topside with buttered veg, roast potatoes Yorkshire pudding and a balsamic glazed red onion gravy. (can come with horseradish)

Lemon roasted chicken breast with buttered veg, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and balsamic glazed red onion gravy.

We've got a busy weekend ahead here at The Bonnington

✅Karaoke tonight
✅Scotland v England rugby tomorrow afternoon.
✅Rugby Sunday
✅Delicious food all weekend long.
✅Great drinks selection and friendly atmosphere.

We'd love to see you at some point!

📍The Bonnington, Bonnington Road

Event Space For Hire

Our weekly QUIZ takes place tonight at 7pm,

The 6 Nations is back next weekend, come join us at The Bonnington, we will be showing all 3 games 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇫🇷 🇮🇹

One of the malts we offer at The Bonnington

Balvenie DoubleWood 12yo

Balvenie DoubleWood is, to not much surprise, aged in two kinds of oak casks! It was firstly matured in refill American oak casks before it was treated to a finish in first fill European oak Oloroso sherry butts for an additional nine months. The expression was launched in 1993, and has become a somewhat iconic whisky over the years. Even at 12 years old, this rich and complex dram is an excellent example of what the Balvenie distillery can craft.

Tasting Note:

Nose
Gristy, supple nuttiness intertwined with spices. Honeyed sultanas and grapes. Hugely inviting.

Palate
Sweet with good body. The bourbon characters develop; gentle spice with a little vanilla, a hint of balancing peat lurking quietly in the substrata. Dried fruit too, combining with nuts, nutmeg, cinnamon, back into the bourbon notes - so well integrated.

Finish
Spicy, slightly drying, still sweet.

Overall
A classic, always a pleasure to revisit. (This is also a single malt with the ability to convert a non-whisky drinker with its deliciousness...)

Winner of 11 spirit awards

Did you know that Scotland has a giant 3D map made of concrete? 🤯 It's called the Great Polish Map of Scotland and it's located in the grounds of Barony Castle Hotel. It was built in the 1970s by Polish war veterans as a token of gratitude for the Scottish hospitality they received during WWII. The map is a masterpiece of art, history, and geography, showing the intricate topography of Scotland in amazing detail. It's also a symbol of friendship and solidarity between two nations that fought for freedom and democracy. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇱

We have listened and:

We are launching our new food menu on Wednesday 28th March.


Also on Sunday 10th March (Mother's Day) we have 3 course set menu, for £22.50 per person which includes a glass of Prosecco

Come join us for Sunday Roast

Every Sunday from 12noon

Honey mustard roasted gammon with buttered leeks, roasted potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and apple sauce.

Roast Topside with buttered veg, roast potatoes Yorkshire pudding and a balsamic glazed red onion gravy. (can come with horseradish)

Lemon roasted chicken breast with buttered veg, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and balsamic glazed red onion gravy.

Some local history 📖

Leslie Balfour-Melville (9 March 1854 – 17 July 1937), born in Bonnington, Edinburgh was a Scottish amateur sportsman, serving as captain, opening batsman, and wicket-keeper for the Scotland national cricket team.

Balfour-Melville was also an international rugby union player,tennis player, ice skater, curler, long-jumper, and player of English billiards. He was a prolific golf medal winner, winning The Amateur Championship, at St Andrews in 1895. He also held several administrative positions within national governing bodies. He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union, President of the Scottish Cricket Union, and Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1906.

Balfour-Melville was an inaugural inductee into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

🎶 Karaoke Tonight at 8pm with Mike Shy 🎶

Hey folks, it’s Tuesday and we’re continuing our valentines theme with two more Bad Boy Pub Quizzes this evening.
Join Col & the gang tonight…
Patron Saint Edinburgh @ 7pm
And The Three Sisters - Edinburgh @ 8 pm
get the team together to win a bar tab and much more and what’s even better... it’s totally free! 😈
See you down the pub.

DID YOU KNOW!

The Bonnington Waterwheel and Lade

This waterwheel is the only surviving example of dozens that once powered mills all along the Water of Leith. It originates from the Bonnington Mills, off Newhaven Road, and was moved to this site in the old mill lade following its restoration in the 1980's.
Today the wheel sits on a small section of the old mill lade. Sluice gates at Redbraes weir would have controlled a man made flow of water along the canal-like lade. The lade flowed across the
'haugh' to the mill, where the water would have rushed under the wheel causing it to turn and generate power, then the water would return to the river.

The power generated by this and many other
'undershot' wheels in Bonnington was used to mill grain, weave cloth, tan leather and manufacture paper.

Valentines Day @ The Bonnington 2 Courses Meal and Bottle of Wine £40 per couple #2024

Join us for an exciting day of 6 nations action!

Scotland v France 2:15 kickoff.
England v Wales 4:45 kickoff.

C’mon Scotland! 🏉 Heading to the game tomorrow? There’s likely to be travel disruption as Scotland take on France in the Guinness Men's Six Nations at Murrayfield Stadium.

Follow Edinburgh Trams, Lothian Buses and ScotRail for travel updates and find out about closures 👉 https://edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13464/road-reports

Locked in 🔒

Your Scotland side for Round 2⃣ of the Guinness Men's Six Nations.

Read more: https://bit.ly/497gLk7

Come join us for Sunday Roast

Honey mustard roasted gammon with buttered leeks, roasted potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and apple sauce.

Roast Topside with buttered veg, roast potatoes Yorkshire pudding and a balsamic glazed red onion gravy. (can come with horseradish)

Lemon roasted chicken breast with buttered veg, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and balsamic glazed red onion gravy.

We are showing the next round of the Scottish Cup this weekend. Come join us for a weekend full of sport.

Come join us this weekend we are showing the 6 Nations I 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇫🇷 🇮🇹

Remember our quiz now takes place on Wednesday Evening at 7pm. "Quiz & Wings"

Come join us at The Bonnington, give your brains and appetite a work out.

For those who can handle the heat try our Korean BBQ, but don't worry there are tamer options for those who can't.

See you Wednesday for a Clucking fantastic night.