Dragonfly

The hotspot of good vibes in Edinburgh is specifically at this cocktail bar. My partner and I were on a trip from Manchester and headed out for some drinks on a Sunday evening and stumbled across this gem and oh boy, were we glad fate brought us this way. The staff are super attentive, friendly and full of personality, there are a great range of different cocktails and the decor surrounding you is just *chef's kiss*. I wish there were more places like this in Manchester, it's the perfect mixture of a good time, great cocktails, memorable customer service and eccentricity without making you feel alienated.

Amazing. Bartenders are brilliant. Sam made us some great off menu selections. Highly recommended

We visited this place last night. The decor was truly beautiful and chic. We tried 5 different cocktails and all of them were great. They are not your typical cocktails as the creativity is certainly a level up than the standard and some alcohol products they use we hadn't even heard of before which was a nice surprise. I have to say though that the best thing about the place was the service! Polite and attentive from the start till the end of our visit (even though I got the booking date wrong 🙈). Just A+++

If you want great cocktails in a friendly chilled atmosphere, then you can't go wrong with dragonfly. The house cocktails are uniformly great. They're inventive and varied. You won't be getting an overly sweet concoction designed to get you drunk, you get a well thought out cocktail with a great depth of flavour and complexity. All this and you can get any classic cocktail you can think of, made with the same level of care and attention. The staff are friendly and attentive without being pushy. There are a range of seating options from small tables for one or two to a large backroom with plenty of space.

Visited the Dragonfly multiple times over the years, and returned in 2021 because they'd gone out of their way to make melon balls off menu. Was met by some kind of anti-Irish or anti-male sentiment by one of their staff, which was very disappointing. Understandably the staff will back their worker, which I commend, but maybe look out for some kind of bigotry or strong position held by staff if you plan to kick people after one drink.