Diane’s Pool Hall in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Telephone:	+44 131 228 1156
Address:	242 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH3 8DT West End
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:	190 ftWest Maitland Street 580 ftTorphichen Street 600 ftHaymarket Station
Categories:	Pool Halls

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Today	8:00 am – 1:00 am Closed now
Local time (Edinburgh)	7:57 AM Wednesday, July 16, 2025

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Monday	8:00 am – 1:00 am
Tuesday	8:00 am – 1:00 am
Wednesday	8:00 am – 1:00 am
Thursday	8:00 am – 1:00 am
Friday	8:00 am – 1:00 am
Saturday	8:00 am – 1:00 am
Sunday	8:00 am – 1:00 am

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5 reviews of Diane’s Pool Hall

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Catriona C.

Place rating: 3
Musselburgh, United Kingdom

As a deeply competitive person who throws a childish strop when losing, playing pool against a sneaky sneaky pool shark was probably not the best choice of the evening. However, Diane’s is everything I love — rough, seedy, dirty, beer best drank in a bottle, cheap at half the price. Plenty opportunities to go people watching on an evening. Just don’t play someone who says ‘oh yeah, I am rubbish at pool’… then sinks 5 in a row. Rubbish means rubbish, right?

Gavin M.

Place rating: 5
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Grotty, dirty, cheap, and the unofficial Ground Zero of Edinburgh’s seedy underbelly, a visit to Diane’s will always be a memorable one. Expect to be offered knock-off DVDs in the corner, expect a brawl outside «on the cobbles» before you leave, expect to drink heavily alongside dealers, con artists, and every type of petty criminal under the sun.
Needless to say, I absolutely love it.

Jonathan M.

Place rating: 4
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I’m very picky back home when it comes to pool halls — there is so much choice and getting a place which you feel comfortable in is a task in itself.
In Edinburgh however, I can think of two pool halls — a horribly run down one in the bowels of the student union and Dianes. For me, its a bit out of the way, but the actual pool tables are well kept and more importantly, rather cheap per game.
As it has already been pointed out, there is a major bias to men in this place — mostly the hairy big type, but actually, I though Dianes had a chilled and fun atmosphere. I will most certainly be coming back for the rematch against my mate.
I plan to beat him this time.

Stuart B.

Place rating: 4
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I severely doubt that a woman has entered this place long enough to get it named after her. I know the majority of pool players are guys but jesus, this place needs some female patrons.
Pool however, is cheap. 20p tables will keep you here all day or until someone picks a fight with you. Good selection of cheap drinks at the bar doesn’t help the situation either.
Great for what it is!

Anna F.

Place rating: 3
York, United Kingdom

I stumbled (literally) across Diane’s Pool Hall about 2 years ago. It had been a wild night out with some good friends, and we were strolling through the city in the early hours of a Sunday morning, groggy and still slightly merry when we came across this place. A pool hall open at 8am?
Awesomeness!
We had a blast playing pool. And quite surprisingly we weren’t the only customers. A few early drinkers or perhaps people just finishing a night shift were entertained with us and our play fights over pool (or perhaps with the presence of a younger mixed sex crowd instead of the 45+ men that seem to dominate).
It was cheap and we had a blast but I wouldn’t exactly aim to come out here for the sake of the place.