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Sian Buchan

Bartender · Owner / operator — Edinburgh cocktail bars, written from behind the stick. Her CLASS guide walks the city bar by bar with a drink named at each one.

Listed with the bar people, owners and locals in Edinburgh.

Sian Buchan is a working Edinburgh bartender who names other people's rooms in a trade magazine. At the 2025 Edinburgh Bar Awards she was shortlisted for Unsung Hero and won the Legend Award for outstanding contribution to Scotland's hospitality scene, both on SLTN's published roster.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• CLASS ↗their pick · 2023-05-10
  • NightcapNew Town

    “Another couple of blocks down and within stone's throw of each other you have two late-night bars: Nightcap and Uno Mas, both open until 3am.”