Find out more about Tonic bar…

When Tonic opened in summer 2000 at 34a North Castle Street in Edinburgh, it was seen as a bright and bold, cutting edge cocktail bar, in a cosy basement space at the corner of Castle Street and George Street. Small and trendy, with a loyal customer base, it’s now regarded as Edinburgh’s original and premier cocktail bar – from where other imitators nearby have merely followed.

Down the steps, enter the hidden drinking den with its cool, retro design in burgundy wine red, chrome, white and mahogany, snazzy posters of Martini glasses, a row of high stools along the bar and neat tables and chairs. On warm days, sit outside in the patio or at the pavement tables, with sun umbrellas, perfect for a lazy summer lunch or evening drinks.

“At Tonic you’ll find the classy approach – refined, swanky and good value.”
Itchy Guide to Edinburgh.

“As a regular patron of all Edinburgh’s drinking establishments, I find TONIC to be the very best cocktail bar in the city with an incredible and lively atmosphere. The staff are outstanding and well recognized as the Scottish cocktail scene’s true super stars. Highly recommended.” – Chris Langan, Edinburgh

Tonic has been through changes across its many years of trade but the born concept for a pure love of cocktails and the diverse and varied flavours that can be achieved by combining different, often unexpected spirits and ingredients together has never been lost.

For us, Cocktail-Making is an art, created to release a myriad of flavours and tantalize your tastebuds. Our mixologists use only the finest, premium spirits and ingredients and prepare each drink with masterful skill and precision.

The Tonic cocktail menu consists of much-loved classics that have been deconstructed and put back together with a twist along with an array of newly created, fun and flirty creations using ingredients from all over the world.

There have been many styles of food in Tonic across the times but none as suiting as now. Our Tapas menu gives you a feel for what we are all about with contemporary twists on traditional classic Spanish tapas dishes. Just like our cocktails, our food is given huge thought and great preperation. Creative dishes to compliment a well worked cocktail menu.