The Beer Cave
An independent bottle shop round the corner from Haymarket, weighted towards European craft beer.1
Why go
The Skinny files it under shops rather than bars and says why: Tucked away just around the corner from Edinburgh's Haymarket station sits The Beer Cave. Enter at your peril, for you are likely to leave laden with bottles aplenty.
1 It calls it One of the capital's finest independent booze shops
, stacked to the rafters with interesting bottles from all over the map
, with the focus heavily on European craft beer
and a nice range of hand-picked wines and spirits on offer too
.1 The breweries it names, Redchurch, Beavertown, Magic Rock and Fierce Beer, date the listing rather than describe today's shelf.
Good to know
- Hours: nobody publishes them.
- Getting there: 43 Dalry Road, a short walk from Haymarket station.
- Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme Pass, inspected 21 May 2026, FHRSID 1919981. Under three months old.2
- Not to be confused: DAHNE at 37 Dalry Road holds an Improvement Required. Different operator.
Verdict
could-visit — An independent bottle shop round the corner from Haymarket station, which is the practical fact: it is the one you can reach with a train to catch. The Skinny calls it one of the capital's finest independent booze shops and describes shelves stacked with interesting bottles, weighted towards European craft beer, with hand-picked wines and spirits alongside for anyone not drinking beer. The breweries it names are mid-2010s reference points, so treat them as a sign of the listing's age rather than as today's stock. Hygiene is a clean pass from May 2026. It sits at could-visit because one listing is the entire published record.