Edinburgh Gin

You're descending into the railway arches on East Market Street, that industrial pocket below Waverley that most folk walk straight past. Inside Arch 16, there's actual gin production happening—copper stills gleaming, the smell of botanicals in the air—which immediately sets this apart from your typical city-centre cocktail bar. The space itself is brilliantly raw: exposed stone, mood lighting, and enough gin bottles to make a collector weep. You can nurse a G&T made from their own spirit or get properly ambitious with their cocktail menu, all while watching the craft happen in real time.