text: The Royal Dick bar is not the easiest place to find Its on the SE corner of the Meadows head through the main entrance to the Summerhall Arts hub and you will feel like you are back at school and have an urge to run in the corridors Cross the hall head out to the yard and right in front of you is the Royal Dick BarnnThe bar with illustrated vet cards laid out beneath glass crowned by mad scientist distillation equipment and old books all around you Off in the cubbyhole rooms are a disinfected operating table animal bone wall art and enormous model ship The whole feels like a house party thrown by a mad professor They have a great on site brewery Barneys Beer so trying a beer or two is a mustnnThere is both food and drink on offer here The menu offers either full sized dinners or small tapas style bites The bread and dips crab sweet potato and chilli fritters or paprikaspiked octopus and potato even or padron peppers are a perfect snack while enjoying a drink Though in ambience it is more bar than bistro the menu and food presentation are distinctly restaurantified homecured organic salmon gravlax bouncy fresh Scrabster cod with bacon and mussel chowder or shreddable braised blade of beef with barley risotto The feather steak with Cafue de PAri Butter and chips is an absolute treat and really reasonable too More barstyle is the wide ranging and inventive list of sharing platters offering everything from bread and dips nThere is a decent if not extensive wine list and a really good traditional style cocktail menu nnIve heard that on the last Thursday of the month they offer brewery tours and tastings for those who want to try more of the local tipplennThis bar is definitely worth the trip from town