Ye Olde Inn

What Ye Olde Inn does

Ye Olde Inn is a privately held, single-site community pub and restaurant operating from 25 Main Street, Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh since approximately 1924. The venue operates daily from 11am to 9pm for food service, offering a traditional Scottish pub menu with mains priced between £11.95 and £17.95, plus starters, burgers, sandwiches, and desserts. The physical footprint comprises a conservatory, lounge bar, public bar, and what the venue claims is Edinburgh's largest beer garden seating 300 people. The business is privately held, employs approximately 15 staff, and shows no evidence of external investment, technology platforms, or AI/ML systems.

The company generates revenue through two primary streams: walk-in food and beverage sales across multiple seating formats, and private venue hire through a dedicated function suite used for weddings, birthdays, baby showers, and corporate events. Customer segments are split horizontally across local residents and families, tourists (including NC500 route travelers), and event bookers. Pricing is uniform unit-based, with no tiered or subscription models. Marketing is conducted through organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram), Google Reviews, downloadable PDF menus on a WordPress website, and a weekly Wednesday pub quiz at 7:30pm designed to drive recurring footfall.

The go-to-market motion is entirely direct-to-consumer via the physical site, with private bookings handled by phone or web contact form. There is no disclosed technology stack beyond a standard content-managed website, no app, no API, no disclosed partnerships or alliances, and no institutional ownership. The business relies on 100+ years of local heritage and physical infrastructure (notably the 300-seat beer garden) as its primary competitive assets.

Name

Ye Olde Inn

Legal name

Ye Olde Inn

Website

https://yeoldeinn.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ye Olde Inn is a privately held, single-site community pub and restaurant in Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh, established circa 1924. It serves local residents, tourists, and private function bookers from a multi-area venue featuring a 300-seat beer garden and dedicated function suite.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pub and Restaurant Hospitality

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bars & Pubs (Non-Music) (MPAGAIAC), Family-Style Restaurants (THAFACAC)

Keywords

• Pub restaurant
• Venue hire
• Beer garden dining
• Function suite events
• Scottish pub food

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and beverage sales: Core revenue from restaurant and bar sales including starters, mains, burgers, sandwiches, desserts, and drinks. Menu prices range from £4.65 for soups to £17.95 for premium steaks.
2. Private venue hire: Function suite available for large events including weddings, birthdays, and business functions. Revenue from venue rental and catering packages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ye Olde Inn is a traditional community pub and restaurant in Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh, offering food and drink service from 11am to 9pm daily across a conservatory, lounge bar, public bar, and Edinburgh's largest beer garden seating 300 people. The food menu spans starters, sandwiches, burgers, grills, main courses, sides, and desserts, with Scottish specialties such as haggis, neeps and tatties and Balmoral chicken. A dedicated function suite is available for private hire for weddings, birthdays, corporate events, and baby showers.

Product overview

Ye Olde Inn is a traditional community pub and restaurant offering food and drink services. The core offering includes a restaurant and bar with multiple seating areas (conservatory, lounge bar, public bar), Edinburgh's largest beer garden seating 300 people, and a function suite for private events. The food menu features traditional pub fare including Scottish dishes alongside burgers, grills, and bar snacks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant & Bar Services Traditional pub offering food and drinks service, including a warm cosy fire, bright conservatory, lounge bar, and public bar. Food served daily from 11am to 9pm.
• Beer Garden Edinburgh's largest beer garden, seating 300 people. Outdoor seating area for dining and drinking.
• Private Functions / Venue Hire Function suite available for large functions including weddings, birthdays, and business events. Lounge and public bar also available for private hire, with catering and buffet options.
• Food Menu Full food menu featuring pub classics, grills, burgers, sandwiches, starters, main courses, desserts, and sides. Includes Scottish dishes like haggis, neeps and tatties, and Balmoral chicken. Menu pricing ranges from £4.65 for soups to £17.95 for premium steaks.
• Wednesday Pub Quiz Gooses Pub Quiz held every Wednesday night at 7.30pm, free entry with prizes including a £25 bar tab for the winning teams. Full menu available during the quiz.

Quantifiable outcome

• Edinburgh's largest beer garden seating 300 people
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Brewhemia: Edinburgh-based craft beer and food hall venue. Comparable as an Edinburgh bar with food offering competing for the same tourist and event-driven spend, though with a more modern, multi-vendor format.
• Mums Great Comfort Food: Edinburgh independent restaurant focused on comfort food and events. Comparable as a privately held Edinburgh food operator competing for the same local casual-dining and function-hire demand, though without the bar/pub heritage.
• The Standing Order (Edinburgh): Iconic Wetherspoon pub in central Edinburgh. Comparable as a high-footfall Edinburgh pub serving food and drinks, though located in the city center rather than a suburban catchment like Ye Olde Inn.

Broad incumbents

• Greene King: UK pubco and brewer operating thousands of community pubs and family dining venues. Closely comparable business model — community pub with food and family appeal — but with brewing infrastructure and scale advantages.
• JD Wetherspoon: UK's largest pubco operating hundreds of high-volume pubs across the country. Directly comparable as a pub-and-food operator with similar menus and family-friendly positioning, but operating at vastly greater scale with national procurement advantages.
• Mitchells & Butlers: Major UK pub and restaurant operator (All Bar One, Harvester, Toby Carvery, Vintage Inns). Comparable as a multi-format pub-and-food operator with similar function/dining segments, though much larger and portfolio-driven.
• Marston's: UK brewer and pub operator with hundreds of destination pubs featuring food and family dining. Comparable community pub and food business model, though with brewing integration.
• Stonegate Pub Company: Largest UK pub operator by site count (Slug & Lettuce, Yates's, Walkabout). Comparable as a multi-brand pub and bar operator with similar food-plus-drinks revenue mix and venue-hire functions.

Direct peers

• BrewDog: Craft brewery and bar chain with multiple Edinburgh locations. Directly comparable as a bar operator serving beer-led occasions with food and a strong Scottish identity, competing for similar evening and event spend.
• Belhaven Pubs (Greene King Scotland): Scottish-focused pub brand within Greene King operating traditional community pubs with food, drinks, and function hire. Closely comparable as a Scotland-based traditional pub with similar food, beer, and event offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/yeoldeinn
• Instagraminstagram.com/yeoldeinn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ye-olde-inn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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