Bramble is an Edinburgh cocktail bar on Queen Street focused on creative drinks made with carefully selected ingredients.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-20
Plan Your Visit
16A Queen St, Edinburgh EH2 1JE, UK
Check before visiting. Sources disagree about hours; confirm the latest details with the venue.
- Style
- Creative cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Booking
- Walk-ins only.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Menu
- View the venue’s menu ↗Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
27.6 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 79.8
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 67.8
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Serious press
- —Outside window · Evidence exists, but falls outside the scoring window; contributes zero
- Social Vibes
- 62.3
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
89/ 100
Historical 89/100 and high confidence retained. This source review checks attribution, not the proprietary score or a representative current customer sample.
Score context
The cited sources include a January 2019 editorial review and an award publisher’s venue profile. These are not independent customer accounts. The award profile’s publication date was not confirmed.
Guest sources checked:
Source excerpt
“The first step to an evening at this speakeasy, tucked off Queen Street in a basement, is actually finding it.”
Excerpt from Krystin Arneson’s editorial review. Publisher metadata dates it to 23 January 2019; it is not a customer quotation.
Source: cntraveler.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- cntraveler.comCondé Nast Traveler — Krystin Arneson, critic review · Published 23 January 2019 (publisher metadata); visit date unknown
Krystin Arneson’s editorial review; the publisher’s metadata dates it to 23 January 2019, rather than the stored 2018 date. The visit date is unknown.
Award & ranking citations in this read
- top50cocktailbars.comTop 50 Cocktail Bars — award publisher’s profile · Stored 14 July 2026 date unverified
Top 50 Cocktail Bars’ venue profile, rather than customer feedback; the stored July 2026 date was not confirmed.
Crowd signal
Google 4.7★ across 1,050 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.
No recorded regional recognition in the scored window.