The Standing Order Wetherspoons Bar on George Street is cheap. This for many a relief as George Street is expensive. In my view it shouldn't be on George Street - it would be so much better fitting on Princes Street.  \n\nIt is also big, crowded and extremely noisy due to all the sound is bouncing around the high ceilings and of the bare walls. The main drinking hall has neon strip lighting and keeps every area well lit. \n\nI usually avoid going here as  by paying a little bit more money for a pint in a different bar I actually will be able to talk with my fellow drinkers on the same table without having to resort to shouting.\nAlso I prefer a bar with atmosphere, like background music, a little bit of decoration on the walls and comfortable corners and dimmed lights. - all of this that is missing in this Weatherspoon (if not all of them). \n\nYes, the beer is cheap. \nYes, the food is adequate (and cheap)\nYes, there is plenty room for all your footie mates and hen/stag party without having to make a reservation. \nYes, you can actually afford to buy about 2-3 rounds for all of your friends from Uni \nand still have some change for those bathroom polo mints, when you have pulled that 'sexy one'. \n\nOnly when you don't mind having to queue ages for those cheapo rounds, sometimes 3 persons thick alongside that really big S-curved bar. \nAnd that 'sexy one' you pulled is clearly a result of cheap lager you both consumed in copious amounts. \n\nJoking aside, this place is collecting a certain demographic of drinkers, yes drinkers, I don't see why anyone would like to go here and only drink soft drinks. It collects drinkers like flies to a honeypot - did I mention they serve cheap lagers?\n\nIt is about volume, cheapness and certainly no overheads, and these Wetherspoon places know how to maximise and profit from this. \n(That is likely why there is no music -it is very very expensive to have a full PPL \nmusic & TV licence in a public house and the bigger the place the more it costs..) \n\nThe food is of an average quality, cheap and err.. cheap deals with the cheap lager (you see a pattern emerging here). Nothing exciting and nothing special. It will fill your stomach and will not offend (apart from when it is brought back up after too many beers...) Burgers, Curries and Bangers. Food that will sound \nthe same whether you order it in a drunken slur or shouting it sober over the table . Food that substantiates you, so you can drink more. As more or less mentioned by another reviewer - this is McD disguised as a bar. Now that is quite an accurate description, as I do not frequent McD either for similar reasons. And I guess that the aformentioned demographic WILL visit McD for those same reasons too.\n\nSure, on the surface there is nothing essentially wrong with their concept, perfectly acceptable, but that is also my main reason why I choose not to like it because I am a local looking to have a good time, not acceptable, good. Not compromised by pricing and  and not just looking for a cheap booze up.