Opium was one of the regular nightclubs I visited when I first moved to Edinburgh and I was still young and impressionable. For some reason I have fond memories.\n\nLet me get a few things straight. I don't regard Opium as some dark or brooding bar where bad ass punks go to rock out. No its a place where teenagers and students would like to be, rock out. I should also say that this place always seemed to smell a bit to me. I know that's not that unusual for a late night drinking spot, and others disagree but I thought I should point it out.\n\nAnyway the key to Opium is to not take it too seriously. The bar downstairs plays an impressive range of rock, increasingly more classic rock and pop rock \""emo\"" stuff, the latter of which you will just have to put up with. Upstairs is the small dance floor where you can boogie on down (shake your head a lot). This place is definitely best enjoyed with a large group of friends who can laugh past some of the \""dark\"" facade and get some classics on the juke box going.\n\nThere are cheap drink deals throughout the week. It can get quite busy on a Friday and Saturday night, considerably less so on week nights.