The Cowgate's giant courtyard pub, four spaces, more than 30 screens and an outdoor projector that turns match days into street parties.
Published Jan 23, 2026 Location 139 Cowgate, Edinburgh Old Town, five minutes from the Royal Mile Price $$ Pints at city centre prices, pitchers for groups Hours Daily 11:00am – 1:00am Courtyard Big screen, benches, heaters Food Pub kitchen until evening Booking Book for Six Nations Drinks Specialty Sport on 30+ screens Courtyard projector for big fixtures Sports Bar Old Town Courtyard Screen Cowgate 4.2 None aggregate across Google and Tripadvisor reviews Visit The Three Sisters Reserve a table Ask the editors Listings are editorial. Tell us if hours or details have changed and our editors will verify and update.
The Three Sisters takes up a courtyard and four separate spaces at 139 Cowgate, in the basement spine of the Old Town. DesignMyNight calls it world famous as an Edinburgh venue, and on a Six Nations Saturday it behaves like it.
The numbers do the talking, more than 30 screens inside and an extra large projector over the courtyard's artificial grass and benches. DesignMyNight rates it second only to Murrayfield as the place to watch the Six Nations.
Tripadvisor reviewers praise the atmosphere and the courtyard while warning about slow service at peak, which is the honest trade. The kitchen turns out pub food that nobody calls the main event.
It opens 11am to 1am daily, swallowing everything from afternoon group lunches to Fringe crowds in August. Stag and hen parties orbit the Cowgate, and this is one of their suns.
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Six Nations and major football weekends need a booking or a very early arrival, the courtyard fills hours before kickoff.
