Salt Horse is at 57-61 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh EH1 1NB - in the Old Town, a short walk from the Royal Mile. We're open seven days a week.

How many beers does Salt Horse have?

Salt Horse has 14 rotating draught lines and over 200 cans and bottles from Scotland, England, Belgium, Germany, Scandinavia, the USA, Japan and beyond. The selection changes regularly.

Does Salt Horse serve food?

Yes. Salt Horse serves smash burgers, fried chicken sandwiches, wings and hand-cut chips. Burger mince comes from Lincoln Red cattle on the Balcaskie Estate in Fife, dry-aged for six weeks. Vegan options including smash burgers and Nashville hot chicken sandwiches are always on the menu.

Does Salt Horse have vegan options?

Yes. Salt Horse has a full vegan menu including smash burgers, Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, loaded chips and sides. These are made to the same standard as the meat options - not an afterthought.

Can you book a table at Salt Horse?

Yes, tables for up to 6 can be booked online at salthorse.beer/book. Salt Horse always holds half the bar for walk-ins, so booking is optional. For groups of 7 or more, use the group enquiry form at salthorse.beer/groups.

Does Salt Horse have rare beers?

Yes. Salt Horse stocks rare and hard-to-find bottles including Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen, Burning Sky, Mills Brewing and Crossover Blendery. The Belgian selection includes Trappist ales from Westmalle and Chimay, lambics and gueuzes from Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen, Boon and Tilquin, and a 6-litre St Bernardus Abt 12 Mathusalem.

What are Salt Horse's opening hours?

Salt Horse is open seven days a week. Full current opening hours for the bar and kitchen are listed at salthorse.beer/#location.

Yes. Salt Horse is an 18+ venue. All guests must be 18 or over. The venue is also card-only - no cash accepted.

Salt Horse — Great Beer & Burgers, Edinburgh

Name: Dookit Brewing Tap Takeover at Salt Horse
Start: 2026-11-20T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-20T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Salt Horse

Tap Takeover

Caribbean Chocolate Cake Launch 2026

Friday 13th November 2026 · 4pm

Lucky for some, CCC returns Fri 13th!

Siren Craft Brew first brewed Caribbean Chocolate Cake with Florida’s Cigar City over a decade ago. Every November it returns as a new series of rich tropical stouts and this year’s launches on Friday 13th. It's the start of the festive season, in a glass.

Caribbean Chocolate Cake Launch 2026 at Salt Horse

Tap Takeover

Dookit Brewing

Friday November 20th · 5pm

5 Taps + 1 Cask

A small but mighty, one man brewery based in Glasgow. Known for beers which celebrate Scottish ingredients & botanicals, his beers have a unique sense of place, with each new release supporting Glasgow-based artists.

Just the
Good Stuff.

We carry a carefully curated and rotating selection of craft beer with fourteen lines on draught and over 200 in cans and bottles. Crack one open here or haul it home. Your call.

14 rotating draught lines — always something new

Around 200 cans and bottles from the UK and beyond

Always a good selection of alcohol-free and gluten-free beers

A small, well-formed selection of wine and spirits

Take away available from the bottle shop

Smashed.
Gone in Minutes.

Burgers, wings, chips. That's the focus. The menu's small but tight — dry-aged beef, fried chicken sandwiches, proper chips hand cut and cooked twice. A few things for sharing. A few for soaking up the next beer. Vegan options that hold their own.

Freshly made. No shortcuts.

Bookings

Booking is optional — we always hold half the space for walk-ins. But if you want to guarantee a spot, book below.

Groups over 6?
We can't guarantee multiple booked tables will be next to each other — send us an enquiry and we'll sort it.

Send an Enquiry

Good to Know
Tables are reserved for 10 minutes — give us a call if you're running late. Garden seating is first-come, first-served and cannot be reserved.

Location & Hours

Where We Are

Salt Horse

57-61 Blackfriars St

Edinburgh

EH1 1NB

Google Maps +44 7848 525437

Due to our licence we are an 18+ venue.
We are card-only. No cash accepted.

Bar Hours

Monday	4pm – 11pm
Tuesday	4pm – 11pm
Wednesday	4pm – 11pm
Thursday	4pm – 11pm
Friday	12pm – 12am
Saturday	12pm – 12am
Sunday	12:30pm – 11pm

Kitchen Hours

Monday	4pm – 9pm
Tuesday	4pm – 9pm
Wednesday	4pm – 9pm
Thursday	4pm – 9pm
Friday	12pm – 10pm
Saturday	12pm – 10pm
Sunday	12:30pm – 9pm

Walk-in only after the kitchen closes.