Ghillie Dhu

You'll spot this towering Victorian church from across Rutland Place, but step inside and it's pure party palace. The soaring ceilings and original Gothic windows create this mad contrast with the banging sound system and neon-lit bars scattered across multiple levels. It's properly massive – you could lose your mates for hours wandering between the different spaces. The cocktails are surprisingly decent for somewhere this size, with bartenders who actually know their way around a shaker. Come Friday night and the place transforms into Edinburgh's answer to a proper night out, with DJs spinning everything from house to chart hits until 3am. It's touristy, sure, but locals pile in too because where else in the West End can you drink in a actual church and dance until dawn?