Regent Bar

About this place Regent Bar

The Regent Bar on Montrose Terrace in Abbeyhill is Edinburgh's neighbourhood gay pub — the kind of place that sustains a community rather than attracts a crowd. The bar sits just east of the Pink Triangle area, a short walk from CC Bloom's and the Broughton Street venues, and serves a regular clientele of Edinburgh gay men and lesbians who want a proper pub environment without spectacle or attitude. The quiz nights have been running for years and are among the most popular events in Edinburgh's LGBTQ+ calendar for their combination of competitiveness, warmth and the specific pleasure of spending an evening in a room of people who know each other. The Regent is the bar that Edinburgh's gay community uses when they want to be local rather than perform being out — the pub that serves the same function as the village local in every community. Visitors who find it and stay are invariably welcomed.