Broughton Street — Edinburgh's Queer Neighbourhood
Scotland's densest concentration of LGBTQ+ businesses — Edinburgh's Broughton Street queer corridor since the mid-1990s.
Visitors praise Broughton Street for its friendly atmosphere, great vibes, and good drinks, with many enjoying the entertainment like quizzes and karaoke. However, some reviewers report negative experiences involving disrespectful staff and accusations of racism and unfair ejection from the venue, while others mention the venue could benefit from refurbishment and cleaning.
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Absolutely loved it here we went for an evening on Wednesday they had a quiz and Karaoke and the hosts we're fantastic the games were great including human hungry hippo which was brilliant. The atmosphere was great, super friendly people and some of the Karaoke singers were amazing 👏 Thanks Ross you're a fantastic host and Laura the DJ and host was fantastic really funny and boy can she sing 👏 looking forward to going back 😀
Drinks and vibes. Love the layout of the bar.
Friendly staff and a great place to catch-up with friends and dance
Our favorite LGBTQ bar when we visited Edinburgh. Met a lot of cool people there. Good vibe and good drinks.
Nothing bad about this bar🎉
We were kicked out for being Spanish. We mispronounced "3 half-pints" and he thought we were drunk. If we were drunk, we wouldn't have the patience to write this review at 3 a.m. The manager was racist. We always recommend this place as a guide, but never again. They claim to be inclusive, but they're anything but.
Absolutely unacceptable experience. We were treated with complete disrespect from the moment things didn’t go perfectly. One member of our group was suddenly told to leave for being “too drunk”, with no real attempt to handle the situation calmly or professionally. It felt abrupt and unnecessary. What made it worse was the attitude from staff—dismissive, impatient and borderline rude, especially towards those of us who are not native English speakers. Instead of trying to communicate or de-escalate, they chose the easiest option: kicking us out. The whole situation was handled poorly and left us feeling uncomfortable and unwelcome. Definitely not a place I would recommend
I went on a Thursday night and found The Roze Garden, I will definitely be back, great vibe and Chloe was world class
Could use a wash and a refurb. Very expensive glass of wine too, served in a very cheap glass. Quite smelly. I love The Street but it's sad to see no money is invested in its upkeep.
Great bar friendly staff very interesting decor good atmosphere and a good night
Filthy downstairs toilet areas .And the stairs n ramp to access.£6.75 fot a pint of Heineken. Broken mirrors.Pity i can’t share the pics.
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Last updated on 5 October 2026