Bar Salsa hasn't been reviewed since 2008.
Back then Kid Rock got to number one by putting his dick in 1.3million ears, Michael Myers took comedy out into the streets and shot it in the face with 'The Love Guru' and Bar Salsa was considered just about the worst anyplace ever.

After 2 hours of searching under the terms 'Good Review' and 'Bar Salsa', Google stopped laughing long enough to offer me these 3 gems: (Presented in their unedited form to protect the poetic integrity of the original authors.)
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"DOnt rememer much was pretty mashed. think itwas ok. mutned. Greg2008

and

"shitty toilets haha ya fuck tasty barmaids" ANON

and finally

"SHOUT OUT TO MA BOI DAVEY LOL GREAT NITE FUCKIN SCORE" Jimboiz
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The year is now 2011 and you wouldn't recognize the place. The bar has undergone a level of change so spectacular I can only suspect one or more warlocks may have been involved.

To put the transformation into perspective try to imagine Bar Salsa as Paris Hilton's vagina: Instead of a howling mess of spilled beer, herpes and endless nests of Arthropods, some necromantic power with a strong stomach and an immunity to centipede attacks has reached deep inside and cleansed it to the very core.
What was the sort of place you'd get if you asked Gary Busey to draw what he sees when he closes his eyes and screams, is now the very personification of ludicrously-awesome.

Located between the Cowgate and Grassmarket, Bar Salsa resides at arterially damaged heart of Edinburgh. In an area that serves as a hub for students, back-packers, stag & hen nights the bar is perfectly situated as a last stop before taking a screaming vodka-fueled-jog into Sneaky Pete's or the Liquid Rooms.

Since the Grassmarket tends to be a focus point for Bachelor parties, the view from Bar Salsa's window might fool you into thinking that you are in Gotham City and that the Justice League has really let themselves go.
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COMMISSIONER GORDON: "Thank God you're here Batman, the Joker has taken hostages and is......Oh, I see you have brought some guy dressed as Spongebob Squarepants who's NOT going to get laid tonight and you appear to have piss stains down your tights."

BATMAN: WAAAAAAYHEYYYYY!
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The levels of hilarious madness safely on display outside the bar is constantly entertaining. With all of it outside and not in, you get to feel like someone who passed on going to Vietnam and decided to stay home and watch Rambo 3 instead.

The Bar itself is now clean, friendly and accessible. The drinks are outstandingly cheap with all spirits £1.25, bottles at £1.95 and all pints £2.25. I particularly can particularly recommend the massive selection of flavored shots if you happen to fucking hate your or your friend's liver.

The atmosphere in the Bar is amazing. The combination of good music, positive chat and friendly, sassy service could be bottled and sold as pure distilled awesome* and/or rocket-fuel for any of the space missions that didn't ass'plode.

(*The bottle in question would have to be kept out of reach of children who's faces could melt if exposed to the heroic levels of rock/karate contained within)

4 years ago the barmaids maybe sucked. Based on reviews it seemed that they couldn't give a fuck if they found you in the desert fuckless and they were overstocked in fuck. 2011 brings a new breed of Bar Salsa Barmaid. Sent from some sort of fuck-filled future to test our primitive drinking habits, their service is genuine, fun-filled and upbeat with each of the girls and guys working their asses off to keep the drinks and party rolling. Apparently weaponized in the war against boredom, a trip to the bar here was a pleasure. Sexy, smart, quick witted, there is every possibility that these are the product of a high-speed crash between a bus full of cyborg and a tank full of sex.

Fresh music, great service, cheap drinks and a perfect location. The toilets, once described by Physician Jean Astruc in a series of breathless screams and clicking sounds, are now clean and shit-free. The Bar has transformed and is the perfect place to start your night.

In the words of the poet 'Jimboiz':

SHOUT OUT TO MA BOI DAVEY
LOL
GREAT NITE
FUCKIN SCORE

Jimboiz, where ever you are, I couldn't have said it any better myself........unless I got a grown up to help me.

Bar Salsa....
Now the Best value boozer in edinburgh and tasty barmaids to boot!!
All spirits 99p Wow
All Bottles £1.49
All Pints £1.99
How can they do it???
Cos they are the boys.
Go down and have a few you'll absolutely luv it!

OK people! In response to all the prevoius reviews of this bar I have drank here since 2001, and that is pretty good considering that when I find a homely bar to drink it is spoiled by the type of regulars that want to run the place themselves and claim it is there teratory, this however is not true. I have found (If you give the bar a chance and not just for the cheep drinks, but that is deffinatly a bonus) very welcoming, fun and the staff are carefully picked and and have become very good friends that i can trust. I have seen a turn in management in the bar and I find the current one is well up for the job, he has succeeded were so many have failed (and that is not a dig at all previous managment). But you have to understand that the bar is located in the central and busiest boozing locashion in Edinburgh anyway, so they have to be careful on who they serve and who they don't, IF YOU HAVE THE ID THEN BLOODY BRING IT! and stop mouning, it will make your night out alot easier. So i put to you this dis the bar or be dismissed from the bar because YOU were the fool. This is your choise.

The only good thing about this place is its cheap drinks. There is ALWAYS puddles on the floor, the bar staff are soooo rude the bouncer just doesnt seem interested in his job and the people in it are completley wrecked. But like I said the drinks are cheap, shots for £1 and doubles for summit like £2.50 on a friday night, you cant really complain

They seem a bit mad on ID-ing in that place...I got in, got served and THEN one of their friendly members of staff came over to the table to ID me. I didn't have any 'proper' ID and was generously told that I could finish my drink and then I'd unfortunately have to leave. This was after I'd assured the guy that I was 19 (which I genuinely am), only to receive the sneering response, 'Yeah, and I'm 36' (which he patently was not). I know bars are obliged to ID but the way they went about it was ridiculous. I will definitely not be going back.

I went in thier one night and they wouldnt take my Student ID which most places do take because the bar man used to make them Bastard mine was Genuine too!

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twinlaster doesnt hav a clue bout wat he is talkin bout,its cheap which is class,the bar staff r friendly and the doorman knows how to hav a laugh and talks to u if u talk to him unlike sum places wer they blank u completely,the music is gd and it gets busy wi ppl hu wanna hav a gd laugh,av had many gd nights ther and a wanna keep them comein so LETS GET STEAMIN !!!!!!!!!

i think that bar salsa is a great pub.It had cheap drinks,a good atmosphere(when there arent any neds or trendies around)and the staff seem pretty cool.Me and my mates like to go there practically everyweek and just chill out.I highly recomend this pub to any cool people.

what can i say....choice of music...good...mixture of people ....goood and the craic? well no need to say it?
GOOOD. I like it.