Alfie's Sports Bar
Pub 74: Alfie's Sports Bar Back to the real boozers. Nae nonsense. The sign on the front might say 'Alfredo's', but this is alfies: a bar of TV sports and general saturday night depravity. Just fitba, a puggy, an old lady with a sunfly karaoke system, and some knackered lavvies with a sinkhole that
West Nile Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 2SD, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #136Alpen Lodge
This page has never had decorum and, even now that a not-insignificant number of internet people have arrived, now doesn't seem like a good time to start.
Alpen Lodge, 25A, Hope Street, Laurieston, Blythswood Holm, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 6AB, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #78Avant Garde
Pub 78: Avant Garde Once again, I managed to find myself responsible for organising some christmas work night out silliness. Niamh was to sort the dinner (mexican!) and I was to sort the entertainment for after. Reliable as always, I booked all 14 of us into a ceilidh. Except this was not the grand
Avant Garde, 34, King Street, Hutchesontown, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 5QP, United Kingdom8.5/10Pato Pubs #67Babbity Bowster
Pub 67: Babbity Bowster I think babbitys can lay a claim to be the best behaved pub in glasgow. I went in here when I was 18 and my pal almost got us all kicked out because he said some swear words. Instead, this is a haven for old men who play dominos and like to play matt monroe on the wireless. A
Babbity Bowster, 16-18, Blackfriars Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1PE, United Kingdom2/10Pato Pubs #124Bar Home
Pub 124: Bar Home Two weeks since the last post, as last week I was simply too hungover to write anything meaningful. It wasn't even the kind of pulsing headache, jake shakes nightmare that you'd come to expect. Just a pure and simple lack of ability to get anything done. Sunday evening, I had two t
Bar Home, 80, Albion Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1NY, United Kingdom4.5/10Pato Pubs #26Bar Soba (Merchant City)
Pub 26: Bar Soba (Merchant City) Asian fusion restaurant / bar with probably the most overpowered student discount in the whole of Glasgow. Could be sitting with a table packed with scran and pints as far as the eye can see, but as long as it's a Tuesday and you've got that wee token? 40 quid. The s
Bar Soba, 11, Mitchell Lane, Laurieston, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 3NU, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #55Bavaria Brauhaus
Pub 55: Bavaria Brauhaus In tribute our wonderful host nation, this post is dedicated to the jolly germans and specifically the bavarians. It's no surprise Scotland fans have felt at home, seeing as Munich is probably one of the few places in the world that can match our absolute dedication to bevvy
Bavaria Brauhaus, 30, Bothwell Street, Blythswood Holm, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 6NU, United Kingdom3/10Pato Pubs #92Bier Halle
Pub 92: Bier Halle Absolute bad vibes right from the off on this one. The day of graduation, rain is utterly pishing down but just the two of us left still sitting out under that silly tent on gordon street. Suit jacket buttoned up like a rookie, just paid £7 for a 'german' beer in a plastic cup, fl
Republic Bier Halle, 9, Gordon Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 3PL, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #8Bloc+
Pub 8: Bloc+ Bloc, bar bloc, bloc plus? Who knows and who cares? It's a bit manky, the clientele are funky, and I wish they'd stop promo-ing tropical rumbulls. Yet, it still holds a bit of a special place in my public house heart. Also, between us 3, I reckon we've eaten enough of the fiver steak de
Bloc+, 117, Bath Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 2SZ, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #42Blue Dog
Pub 42: Blue Dog Decided to mix it up a little a couple weeks back and swung into the blue dog. Nestled away in a little recess behind it's noisy neighbour (society rooms), it feels quite hidden and almost a little bit prohibition era. Would give an extra mark if they put a portly gentleman with a b
Blue Dog, 153, West George Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 2JJ, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #81BOX
Pub 81: BOX Ended up swinging into box on friday night for the first time in absolute yonks. The original plan was to go to broadcast but it turns out it's currently flooded, and I can only assume that one of their god-awful bogs have finally exploded and drowned the place in pish. Regardless, box w
Box, 431, Sauchiehall Street, Chinatown, Garnethill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 3LG, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #43Broadcast
Pub 43: Broadcast I shall not be swayed by a paddys day sunday and start dropping irish pubs. Stick to the guns and go funky - kitty's can come another week. I can only really comment on the main bar here as my one visit down the stairs was brief and really quite hazy. I do remember it cost me a fiv
Broadcast, 427, Sauchiehall Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 3LG, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #111Camerons
Pub 111: Camerons You know what. I'll throw all the criteria out the window and say that if a pub is good enough for macca then it's good enough for me. After all, this is a man of such wisdom to write "ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on yah, la-la how the life goes on". I'm not exactly sure when this
129 St George's Rd, Glasgow G3 6JA6.5/10Pato Pubs #19Chinaski's
Pub 19: Chinaski's Sad to say that both of these charming young lads have now fled Glasgow. Fittingly, the last thing we all did together was watch the fellowship of the ring. And like Frodo went in search of Mount Doom, these two have ended up in australia and aberdeen. Think the fiery depths of do
Chinaski's, 239, North Street, Cranstonhill, Anderston, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 7DL, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #115Chrystal Bell
Pub 115: Chrystal Bell What a feat. Managed to convince the bulk of the work night out to follow me 15 minutes to an old man boozer in the gallowgate. Lost about 20% of the group somewhere in the calton, but I reckon that's probably par for the course. I'm sure they'll turn up at some point. And in
Chrystal Bell & Co, Watson Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 5AL, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #37Committee Rooms No9
Pub 37: Committee Rooms No9 There are probably very few other pubs in Glasgow that have witnessed as many formative moments for me as committee rooms. I honestly think it's a bit of an average pub but it's undoubtedly had its share of wild scenes. None more so than our man in photo 1. Popped in here
Needs manual address8/10Pato Pubs #125Corner Bar
Pub 125: Corner Bar We all knew from the off that vapes were, and always would be, for wee guys. First time I ever saw one was when a guy in school, about 2012, shouted "smell this, CANDY FLOSS" and blew a hiroshima cloud in my face. And now they've only gone and blown up half of union street. The s
Central Cafe, 240, Argyle Street, Laurieston, Blythswood Holm, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 8HA, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #49Cùl Cùil
Pub 49: Cùl Cùil Just went to google translate to see what cul cuil translates to, assuming it's some scots gaelic thing, and it's literally just came out as 'rear end'. Nice. Think I'll just stick to cool cool. In all fairness, it does have a lovely back garden, which we tried to book for fridays w
Cùl Cùil, 84-86, West Nile Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 2QH, United Kingdom4/10Pato Pubs #12Driftwood
Pub 12: Driftwood I can't do a firewater post without following up with a driftwood one. Honestly, I can't remember a huge amount about this pub. When we used to go it was probably the cheapest place to drink on sauchiehall street, yet you would still see folk up the back pouring from bottles they'd
Driftwood, 4, Sauchiehall Street, Woodlands, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 6UJ, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #65Drouthy's
Pub 65: Drouthy's I will not lie to you. I am hungover. Not dreadfully, but enough for these pictures to make me feel not fantastically well. For my own sake, and probably yours, I'm keeping this one short. Drouthy's is a pub. It sells a variety of alcoholic beverages. You can sit outside if it is s
Drouthy's, 155, Queen Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 3BJ, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #44Drum & Monkey
Pub 44: Drum & Monkey Honestly, I'm just pleased that someone can open up a classic style pub in a historic Glasgow building and find that it isn't a wetherspoons or G1. Very refreshing and good news for all! Stopped in here just for a singular pint on a work night out so I'll have to reserve the in
Drum & Monkey, 93, St Vincent Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 5TF, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #57Drygate
Pub 57: Drygate Tucked away in a corner between the mighty behemoth that is wellpark mega-brewery, and the haunting necropolis, lies the dinky (not really) drygate. It may be a bit industrial but there's good character in here and the dj sets, comedy gigs and class scran set it apart from the rest i
Drygate, Calton, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4 0YF, United Kingdom0/10Pato Pubs #11Firewater
Pub 11: Firewater Since I set up this account, I've been dreading the day I'd have to dig up this horrible cache of images. A small part of the 300-strong pub list, but a big part of my adult development (into a mature, well-rounded steamer). I don't even really know if this counts as a pub but I ju
Firewater, 341, Sauchiehall Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 3HW, United Kingdom3/10Pato Pubs #66Hide & Seek
Pub 66: Hide & Seek An aptly named bar, because you will undoubtedly spend about 10 minutes trying every lane off of buchanan street in an effort to actually locate it. Unfortunately, you've wasted your time, and the best thing to do at this point is to spin about and find somewhere else. I can admi
Vodafone, 84-90, Buchanan Street, Laurieston, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 3JL, United Kingdom6.5/10Pato Pubs #3Hootenanny
Pub 3: Hootenanny The 2020 lockdown was awful, but the haircuts it produced were even worse. 2 of the dodgiest Covid trims on display here, in what I think is one of the first days scotgov set us loose on the town. Hootenanny is a decent pub with some good west beer on tap, and when the sun's shinin
Hootenanny, 22, Dixon Street, Laurieston, Tradeston, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 4EE, United Kingdom4.5/10Pato Pubs #18Innis and Gunn Taproom (City Centre)
Pub 18: Innis and Gunn Taproom (City Centre) Maybe my best quality as a human being - I'm always willing to take time for photos with fans. The second Innis and Gunn on the feed. Can't believe I'm already hitting the chains at this early stage. Not even hit Wetherspoon's yet but god help me when I'm
Innis & Gunn Brewery Taproom Glasgow City Centre, 22-24, West Nile Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 2PW, United Kingdom8.5/10Pato Pubs #108Intermezzo Bar
Pub 108: Intermezzo Bar Drinking in the intermezzo is genuinely like nothing else in glasgow. It is an actual time capsule to another glasgow era - probably one with more hillman imps and gangland stabbings, right enough. The best way I can describe is to imagine that your gran is hosting the family
Intermezzo, 22, Renfrew Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 3BW, United Kingdom5/10Pato Pubs #34Jackson's
Pub 34: Jackson's Some pubs serve sole functions, and that's fine. This is one of them. Fully convinced that anyone drinking in here who isn't on the subcrawl is an NPC. I'm sorry, but there's simply no way anyone just wanders into Jackson's for a quiet pint and a read of the paper. Shame as well be
Jackson's, 95, Cambridge Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 6RU, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #20King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Pub 20: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut I'm counting it as a pub. Please do not argue this fact. Ultimately, it's a normal boozer, but with a converted loft and Hunter S. Thompson quotes in the pissers. Regardless, I was quite surprised by how far I had to go back in the collection to dig out some tuts pics.
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272A, St Vincent Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 5RL, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #53Maggie's Rock 'N' Rodeo
Pub 53: Maggie's Rock 'N' Rodeo Choose your fighter - Shit Glasgow Cowboy Edition. Maggie Mays rebranding to a rodeo bar is, quite seriously, one of the biggest power moves I've seen in many a year. Pulling the plug on a busy and profitable, but soulless, bar to go full switcheroo and install an act
Trongate, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 5ES, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #128Malo
Pub 128: Malo I think that anyone who knows almost anything about me, probably wouldn't mark me down as the kind of character who frequents posh wine bars. And they'd be right. Typically, it's smelly old boozers where you wade through puddles in the toilets and need biceps to pry your pint from the
Bothwell Street, Blythswood Holm, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 7JD, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #13Malone's
Pub 13: Malone's Physically in pain writing this post. I'm so hungover that the mere thought of a pub is making me want to whitey. However, this is patopubs and I'm committed! Malones is a good place with a lot of atmosphere upstairs. I'm not so keen on the tunes but that's a whole separate matter.
Molly Malone's, 224, Hope Street, Chinatown, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 2UG, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #17McChuills
Pub 17: McChuills Becoming a bit of a Sunday night routine this. Keeps me on my pub toes so it's all good. Wandered a bit aimlessly in here on friday night looking to catch the first half of the football (really quite annoying being pals with a burnley fan). Turns out I'd seriously misjudged the vib
McChuills, 80, High Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1NL, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #54Mono
Pub 54: Mono A splendid spot to bathe in some natural light, sip a flat white (beer), and browse through the vast selection of records on offer (which you will definitely not buy as they are all very expensive). It all feels very european until you decide to try the outside seating and you realise y
Mono, 12, Kings Court, Hutchesontown, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 5RB, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #7Nice N Sleazy
Pub 7: Nice N Sleazy The most aptly named pub in Glasgow. Upstairs is fairly tame, and the star point is the £3 white russians they serve. Downstairs is a whole different kettle of codfish. The bad, the badder and the ugliest of Glasgow all come together here, forming one of the strangest atmosphere
Nice 'n' Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 3LW, United Kingdom5/10Pato Pubs #129O'Neills (Hope St)
Pub 129: O'Neills (Hope St) "You took my sadness out of context, at the o'neills bin store / beer garden complex" I know there are probably sadder looking beer gardens, but I'm not sure I've seen one which gives off more soviet winter type vibes than this one. The rain-sodden astro turf is really th
O'Neills, 71-73, Albion Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1NY, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #45Platform
Pub 45: Platform Enjoyed my time at platform last night, but the mixture of the london black stout and a stodgy chippy supper later on meant my stomach today has been about as stable as reactor 4 at chernobyl. Anyways, inspired by the occasion, and like Christ himself, I have risen from the dead and
Argyle Street, Laurieston, Blythswood Holm, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 8HA, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #82Rab Ha's
Pub 82: Rab Ha's If you happen to have a similar dopamine algorithm to me, then you'll also have had the displeasure this week of being inundated with tiktoks and reels of the unbearable brewdog boss-man james watt. His penchant for having the worst accent in the world, the worst wife in the world,
Rab Ha's, 83, Hutcheson Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1SH, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #118RADIO
Pub 118: RADIO About 6 months ago, I had a review drafted for mango. It was hard not to be fascinated by the place, with a ground floor that felt like a little bit of sevilla right here on sauchiehall street. Geezers with puffy shirts and moustaches, doing wee salsa dances, still all the while drink
373 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3HU5.5/10Pato Pubs #33Revolution de Cuba
Pub 33: Revolution de Cuba I definitely have older pictures in pubs but I think they're stashed away in an old lockbox far from public view. I mean, there's photos of us as 16/17yr olds spanking VBL's and venoms in football club functions. Despite all that, this is the oldest one I can find in my Go
Revolution, London Road, Barrowfield, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G40 3AS, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #70Revolution (Mitchell St)
Pub 70: Revolution (Mitchell St) Had plenty pre-conceptions of revolution before I finally headed in at the end of last year. Most of them not good. Was expecting spicy-ness, wee bams, jaeger bombs and the lower end of the UK top 50 dance chart. And, in honesty, I wasn't far off. HOWEVER, had a clas
Mitchell Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 3NQ, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #103Rufus T Firefly
Pub 103: Rufus T Firefly Guest spot from wiktor jurek this week as im currently at the fringe and im pished. ~~ Some nights start with a plan, and others begin at the glee comedy club, watching a comedian named Reverend Obediah Steppenwolf the Third do the Lord's work by inciting a civil war in the
Rufus T Firefly, Hope Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 2UW, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #95Shilling Brewing Co.
Pub 95: Shilling Brewing Co. I'll start off by making it clear that I like this pub. It's important for context. But I don't like the fact that it exists where it does. I only found out last week that back in the 2010s, and for years before, this building was glasgow's very own frankenstein theme pu
Shilling Brewing Company, 92, West George Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 1PJ, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #134Sìsì
Pub 134: Sìsì I love a rooftop bar so much. Why there are so few in glasgow, I simply don't understand. If people are willing to sit in that soviet bloc beer garden at O'Neills in rain or shine, then the answer simply can't be the weather. What is funny too is how you immediately feel like you're in
The Social Hub, 8th Floor @, 15 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1TQ, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #50Sloan's
Pub 50: Sloan's It's hard to believe that we've finally reached the almighty total of 50 pubs together. Almost a year of weekly boozing and I feel like we are all somewhat better off for it. At this rate, however, I think the task of completing them all could really be quite difficult. I'm picturing
Sloans, 108, Argyle Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 8BG, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #28Slouch
Pub 28: Slouch Crabbies, the America Gaff Shirt™, and quite raucous rock n' roll tunes. What's not to love? Big fan of slouch actually. Not been in since they've done the place up but I just hope they've kept the couches. Made it feel a bit dive bar'y. Something I think we're missing since the prior
Slouch, 203A, Bath Street, Chinatown, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 4HZ, United Kingdom9/10Pato Pubs #109State Bar
Pub 109: State Bar You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, and, similarly, you shouldn't judge a pub by it's doormen. Usually, approaching an old geezer pub on a side street off sauchiehall and seeing a pair of cross-armed nutter bouncers, you get a hint that you are most probably entering dangerou
148-148A Holland St, Glasgow G2 4NG, United Kingdom6.5/10Pato Pubs #85Stereo
Pub 85: Stereo In the last 3 days, I've had 3 nights out and 2 mild hangovers. Really didn't take it too far on any of those evenings, but being 25, 4 or 5 pints is more than enough to have me giving it the old honk-shoo on the train home. Anyways, friday was a lovely trip with pals to see a valenti
Stereo, 22-28, Renfield Lane, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 6PH, United Kingdom9/10Pato Pubs #2Strathy Union (old)
ClosedPub 2: Strathy Union (old) Truly, one of the holiest drinking spots in the town. Will never forget the society ceilidh nights in level 8, and the £1 pints in the barony will also live long in the memory. [9/10] (Photos 2017/2018?)
Needs manual address4/10Pato Pubs #69The Admiral Woods
Pub 69: The Admiral Woods I don't know what relationship the owners of the admiral and the woods had, but when the former went down with the ship, he should have taken the name with him. The admiral was a far superior boozer and the cosy booths and macaroni cheese hugged you like a warm blanket. The
The Admiral Woods, 29, Waterloo Street, Blythswood Holm, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 6BZ, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #41The Auctioneers
Pub 41: The Auctioneers Tonight, we are firmly in the territory of work night out / 'great place to watch the six nations' pubs. Quite exactly the territory you should try to avoid at all times if possible. Don't get me wrong, I love the six nations and I particularly love a work night out, but the
The Auctioneers, 6, North Court, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 2DP, United Kingdom5/10Pato Pubs #52The Black Bull
ClosedPub 52: The Black Bull Ok, this is exactly why this challenge thing is so fun. Rock up to a stinker of a pub at 9.30pm, tank 6 J&B's, then scare the elderly locals with an electrifying (yet tasteful) rendition of a blink-182 classic. And the best part? Never return :) [5/10] (Photos 2024)What is
The Black Bull, 226-228, Main Street, Kirkhill, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, G72 7EN, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #60The Citizen
Pub 60: The Citizen I've made some pretty dodgy calls on fashion over the years, and I definitely don't think pairing a Hawaiian shirt with a black denim jacket is ever one I'm likely to repeat. Think hair is also at like 8 on the bigness scale here too Regardless, neither of these wacky characters
The Citizen, St Vincent Place, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 2DP, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #88The Clutha
Pub 88: The Clutha I've always thought that there are actually only a few truly raw and great feelings left in this world: getting 6 reacts on the work teams chat, scotland actually winning a good game of football (lol), your car passing it's MOT on first go, a really great kebab after a night out,
The Clutha, Clyde Street, Laurieston, Gorbals, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 4SP, United Kingdom3/10Pato Pubs #99The Grant Arms
Pub 99: The Grant Arms I've been fascinated by this building for all the years that I've walked past. Used to stoop under the hielenmans umbrella on the way for the train, tempted to stop in for a pint en-route, but for some reason always put it off. Ended up doing the glasgow central tour last year
Grant Arms, 188-190, Argyle Street, Laurieston, Blythswood Holm, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 8HA, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #68The Horse Shoe Bar
Pub 68: The Horse Shoe Bar I think if a photo could sum up the horseshoe, then it's probably this one. On the left, my well-meaning but somewhat alcoholic gen-Z pals; on the right, an extremely loud, yet still pleasant, american tourist; and in the centre, a pensioner who looks old enough to probabl
Drury Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 5AA, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #21The Howlin' Wolf
Pub 21: The Howlin' Wolf Is there a more consistently busy pub in all of glasgow? Howling wolf? More like heavin' ale-hoose! Honestly tried for about 10 minutes to get that joke to work. I know that it doesn't, but that's the best I could manage so I'm leaving it in. I know I don't do ratings out of
The Howlin' Wolf, 100, Bath Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 2EN, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #59The Lab
Pub 59: The Lab Just read yesterday that the lab is going to be shutting for good this weekend 😢. I can't confirm or deny that, but what I do know for sure is that there will be a special spot in pub heaven reserved for it. One of the best all-rounders, and the beer garden was a bit of a city centr
The Lab, 26, Springfield Court, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 3DQ, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #75The Last Bookstore
Pub 75: The Last Bookstore Let's start. This is cool. The John smith and sons shop front is absolutely slick and the ambient tunes hover just around the right conversational level. It's spenny but you're paying for the atmosphere, and on this occasion I didn't grudge the £6 pint. I don't know if it'
The Last Bookstore, 157, Hope Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 2UQ, United Kingdom8.5/10Pato Pubs #22The Laurieston
Pub 22: The Laurieston Ah yes, the grand old dear Laurieston. Beheaded in its youth to leave a stumpy flat-roofer in the most barren of Glasgow postcodes. It has no right to still be going, never mind going this strong. Anywhere else you'd be bricking it to swagger in as a cartoon Francis begbie, bu
Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, 1, Carlton Place, Laurieston, Tradeston, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G5 9TW, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #106The Locale
Pub 106: The Locale Always thought that it's a bit of a funny thing that it's called 'the locale' even though it's local to almost nobody. The closest population centres are probably the nerds that spend 6hrs in the mitchell library, and the classy individuals that spend the night in seventh heaven
The Locale, Sauchiehall Street, Sandyford, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 7PL, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #112The Maverick
Pub 112: The Maverick I'm sorry, but if your pub is advertising tricks like this, then you have to be ready for the rinsing when actual qualified nerds like me come around. I have wondered whether I could go in and do this daily, but even my appetite for cheap tequila isn't quite strong enough for t
The Maverick, 25, Kent Road, Cranstonhill, Sandyford, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 7EH, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #87The Old Hairdresser's
Pub 87: The Old Hairdresser's An ode to lost friends. Lisa and wiktor are not dead, but they are moving to Spain and it honestly feels much the same. The loss of patter in Glasgow will be immeasurable, but ultimately our loss is zaragoza's gain. And surely there is no better excuse than to go out on
The Old Hairdresser's, 27, Renfield Lane, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 5AR, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #105The Piper Bar
Pub 105: The Piper Bar I must have been boozing semi-regularly in the piper for about 3 years and it wasn't until a month ago I realised there was an upstairs. I already knew I was a dafty, but what a revelation! And an even bigger plus, this corner spot overlooking, an admittedly barren and empty G
The Piper, 57, Cochrane Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1HL, United Kingdom8.5/10Pato Pubs #56The Pot Still
Pub 56: The Pot Still It really is scandalous that we've not covered more whisky pubs on here by now. Bon Accord is a good 'un but it's not got the wall to wall bottles that make the pot still so lovely. It's like an alcy's version of ollivanders wand shop. And the result of picking the wrong whisky
The Pot Still, 154, Hope Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 2TH, United Kingdom5/10Pato Pubs #79The Press Bar
Pub 79: The Press Bar I actually adore when people just decide that pubs are dog-friendly without any indication or even asking. "I have a dog, he's coming with me for a few jars, and there is absolutely nothing you can say or do to stop me". Really great stuff. The press bar is a proper old fashion
The Press Bar, 199, Albion Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1RU, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #35The Priory / Brunswick Cellars
Pub 35: The Priory / Brunswick Cellars Jesus God. There is something deeply unholy about this establishment. From what I've heard, the priory's days are numbered, but it's returning from the dead as the 'Brunswick Cellars'. You can call it what want but there is no way of lifting the curse that haun
Vibes, 239 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EZ, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #32The Scotia
Pub 32: The Scotia Maybe a bit unfair to paint the scotia with this brush right from the off, but as soon as I think of it I just get the most unbearable stench of fish. Walked past it every day for a year on the way to uni and because it's right nextdoor to the fresh market the honk from it was jus
The Scotia Bar, 112,114, Stockwell Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 4LW, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #80The Steps Bar
Pub 80: The Steps Bar Happy new year, one and all. I like to see myself as an optimist. And, however foolish it is, with every annual restart comes a renewed hope for life, a desire to improve oneself, and - in my particular case - fresh motivation to double down on the bevvying. I'm really looking
The Steps Bar, 62, Glassford Street, Laurieston, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 1UP, United Kingdom3/10Pato Pubs #48Tingle
Pub 48: Tingle TINGLE! I think this is a genuine contender for the stinkiest bar in glasgow award, with regards to both aroma and vibes. I haven't been inside in years but I remember the intense mixture of vodka and piss would hit you like a sucker-punch when you walked in the doors. Regardless, I d
Tingle, 33, Mitchell Street, Laurieston, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 3LN, United Kingdom8.5/10Pato Pubs #23Variety Bar
Pub 23: Variety Bar The art-deco darling of sauchiehall street and the golden spot of the glasgow party strip. Easily one of my fav pubs in glasgow and seeing it back and firing on all cylinders again just warms me up like a good soup. Was in last week after the kings and they've revved the place up
Variety Bar, 401, Sauchiehall Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 3LG, United Kingdom9/10Pato Pubs #46Vinyl Bar
Pub 46: Vinyl Bar Sometimes I think that I'm becoming a snob, getting accustomed to spending £5.80 on a pint of lager and looking badly upon a place that doesn't serve 'authentic asian street food'. But then all it takes is a visit to one really great place that does all the basics properly, and eve
Vinyl, 42, London Road, Hutchesontown, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 5NB, United Kingdom8.5/10Pato Pubs #14Vroni's Wine Bar
Pub 14: Vroni's Wine Bar First things first, apologies for the dodgy blazer. Depop purchases go one of two ways, clearly. Anyways, this chilled out wee spot might actually be one of my favourite new places. The bar staff all looked like they were having fun which was class. My knowledge of wine does
Vroni's, 47, West Nile Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 2PT, United Kingdom2/10Pato Pubs #123Walkabout / Felsons
Pub 123: Walkabout / Felsons I really seriously don't care for walkabout, and even less for its wee brother, felsons, the boring pool hall that lives upstairs. A pair of truly nasty boozers for weird old guys. What I'd much rather talk about is that @wiktorjurek_ is back in the country in a week and
Walkabout, 128, Renfield Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 3AL, United Kingdom4/10Pato Pubs #102Whistler on The Green
ClosedPub 102: Whistler on The Green Had a fair idea of what I expected whistler to be before I walked in. I'd imagined it was going to be in keeping with the style of the rest of the trongate, which consists solely of porno shops, offies and the high court with the most dangerous people in scotland. Sadl
Greendyke Street, Hutchesontown, Merchant City, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G1 5PU, United Kingdom0/10Pato Pubs #117Yes Bar / Trumans
Pub 117: Yes Bar / Trumans Holy moly, here's one from the archives. Stumbled over it the other day whilst raking through some old messenger chats, looking for something else. It felt like indiana jones discovering some precious old relic and - trust me - manoeuvring around the dangers of decade-old
Yesbar, 14, Drury Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G2 5AA, United Kingdom