Marcos Leisure centre was an Edinburgh Institution, loved by generations. Closed down in 2008, 6 years later the original site has re-opened to house the World's finest American pool hall.
Our ground floor (The OLD marcos) still features original brickwork and steel beams and is a throwback to our history, featuring memorabilia and memories from the old place. Downstairs is the complete opposite, a modern, futuristic purpose built pool hall (The NEW marcos) unlike any other pool hall. A safe and cool place for everyone to enjoy this easy to play game.
We have top bar facilities, great jukebox, HD Sky TV and Stone Baked Pizzas and snack bar.
And of course you can get a selfie with Little Marco.
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Good prices, good pizzas as well. Perfect to chill and have a very nice game, for few pounds you can put your music as well.
Seems to be feast or famine with this place as far as the service/food goes, or maybe people are just more accepting of what they get for their money? We were met by a lad at the front desk who was absolutely miserable. Booked our table and never had any details explained about when we had to leave and then ordered pints that all tasted awful. Tasted like the lines hadn't been cleaned for any pint we tried so we eventually switched to bottles. We ordered two pizzas and were all fairly hungry but the quality left us politely passing on the last slice as nobody really wanted to eat it for anything other than just not to waste money. As for the actual pool, can't complain. Cues are a bit cheap feeling and as others have said the lighting is a bit all over the place but for the most part, no complaints. The real sting came when we went back upstairs to leave and were hit with double the price we had already paid because we ran over a time that we were unaware even existed. Ended up paying about £55 for the pool alone for about 3 hours which is a joke considering it was only one table and there was no attempt to let us know our time was up, presumably so they could milk another £25 off us. Just feels a bit shady to not explain the service upfront or give us a time to leave and really soured what was already a bit of a disappointing experience. If you are just there to play a few games of pool and drink a couple of (bottled) drinks then it seems like a decent place but I'd keep an eye on the clock and steer clear of the food as it almost feels designed to rip you off. Don't imagine I'll be back. Edit: this was on Sunday and we had not arranged a booking. Thought my name would show up on the payments as they were happy to take that twice.
If you like your Pool, this place is Ok. Catering for the Student and Lad club. Fresh food and drinks. For young reprobates/students it's perfect to spend your or the governments money. American style Pool tables and sadly the Gas Cooker tables are gone.
Totally recommended! 🎱 Really nice place, has quite a lot of character, plenty of pool tables and they're spaced nicely as well, you don't have to hit the walls or other people when playing. Lighting downstairs is brilliant. The selection and quality of pizza has to be recommended as well! Games for students are half price and a really decent price even without that.
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Opening Times
| Mon | 15:00 – 00:00 |
| Tue | 15:00 – 00:00 |
| Wed | 15:00 – 00:00 |
| Thur | 15:00 – 01:00 |
| Fri | 11:00 – 01:00 |
| Sat | 11:00 – 01:00 |
| Sun | 12:30 – 00:00 |
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