Bag o' Nails
Pub 63: Bag o' Nails I avoided this pub for the best part of 4 years because the first time I visited the music was slightly too loud for my liking. There are so many pubs in glasgow and there is literally no reason you should have to tolerate nonsense when there is almost always a better option nex
Bag O' Nails, 165, Dumbarton Road, Partickhill, Partick, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G11 6AA, United Kingdom5/10Pato Pubs #93Bananamoon
Pub 93: Bananamoon Picture the scene: Rome, 2022, grubby hostel dorm, 35 degrees, and an english lady on the next bunk over wants to talk about her university art project. I'm meaning, this is a severe and genuine stinker of a vibe. Anyways, she explains that she's studying in glasgow and is doing s
Bananamoon, 360, Great Western Road, Queen's Cross, North Woodside, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4 9HT, United Kingdom5/10Pato Pubs #127Bank Street Bar
Pub 127: Bank Street Bar Last wednesday was the taxis cup for glasgow uni, so probably should have known better than to try bank street bar, where it seemed the entirety of the young conservative party of glasgow were boozing. And in true tory behaviour, they'd reserved the entire mezzanine which is
Bank Street, 52-54, Bank Street, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8LZ, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #97Big Slope
Pub 97: Big Slope Absolutely not a scoobie why this place is called big slope, but I can promise this pair of 'Eejits' did leave it with big smile. Rolled on in here for some pres before the big pulp gig at the hydro last weekend and it was exactly what we were after. It's packed, it's sunny, old pu
Big Slope, Sauchiehall Street, Stobcross, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 7TG, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #10Bon Accord
Pub 10: Bon Accord Welcoming the mither and faither to patopubs. And what a place to start. The Bon Accord is a classic but I've only been in a few times and I think that's a tragedy. It's easily one of the best pub interiors in Glasgow and probably the best drink selection going Putting my urban de
Bon Accord, 153, North Street, Cranstonhill, Anderston, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 7DA, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #29Brel
Pub 29: Brel Back with a bang after forgetting the last 2 Sundays. In all fairness, I'm in Belgium right now and last night I was occupied with beer and the Scottish national team. And holy jesus, I forgot the strength of belgian beer. Woke up with a head like a watermelon, rolling around in some se
Brel, 37-43, Ashton Lane, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8SJ, United Kingdom6.5/10Pato Pubs #4Coopers
Pub 4: Coopers The kind of photo that makes people give up alcohol. Proper before-and-after sobriety vibes on this. Immediately after getting KB'd from kitty's across the road, ol' coops was happy to help a steamer in need. Coopers is a belhaven pub so a bit chainy, but the building is lovely and th
Coopers, 499, Great Western Road, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8HN, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #131Cottiers
Pub 131: Cottiers This is what wednesday nights in april are all about. Sitting outside the pub to enjoy the sun, even though it's definitely not quite warm enough to do so, drinking 3 pints @ £6.30 a pop, then attending a spoken word poetry gig by land yacht regatta that martyn shepherd will later
Cottiers Bar and Restaurant, 93-95, Hyndland Street, Partickhill, Dowanhill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G11 5PU, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #114Curlers Rest
Pub 114: Curlers Rest I remember sitting in the house with my dad one Friday night, probably watching some old beatles documentary, and after about 17 gin and tonics he decided it was as good an occasion as any to tell me about his 19th birthday party in curlers rest. I'm a bit hazy on the details b
The Curler's Rest, 256-260, Byres Road, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8SH, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #36Deoch an Dorus
Pub 36: Deoch an Dorus For this one, I think I might take it back to the fundamentals. Right off the bat, this is a solidly good pub that does all of the basics right. Classic exterior, gaelic name, enormous bar, good location, (relatively) friendly locals, reasonable prices. I can't ask for much mo
Deoch an Dorus, 427-429, Dumbarton Road, Partickhill, Partick, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G11 6DD, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #31DRAM
Pub 31: DRAM This one's for the winchers! Dram's quite nicely split up so, although it's quite a big pub, it doesn't lose any of that cosy feeling. Plenty of nooks and crannies to hide away in. If you are this set of lovers, though, then you just go for the smooch in full view. Got to respect it :)
Dram!, 232-246, Woodlands Road, Queen's Cross, Woodlands, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 6ND, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #135Festa
Pub 135: Festa Saw a clip of festa on tiktok last week. Taken on a fuzzy digital camera, showing a crowd of baggy shirted 20-somethings drinking wine and smoking cigs outside in the sun. Most of whom talking about fred again or cameron winter (that, I cannot confirm). Trendy aye, did I like it? Anno
393-395 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HY, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #90Hillhead Bookclub
Pub 90: Hillhead Bookclub Big old squad outing to the bookclub yesterday for the first time in absolute donkeys, but used to be in here almost every other week back in the early days of uni. One memory that sticks out was from yea back in first year. Saw the table tennis tables and started acting th
Hillhead Bookclub, 17, Vinicombe Street, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8SJ, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #5Inn Deep
Pub 5: Inn Deep Just a couple of dudes, deeply confused by the big beer menu. Inn deep at its worst is beanies, beards and jellybean IPA's. At its best, it's fantastic. Was in a few weeks ago on the penultimate stop of a sub-crawl and we struck gold. Drinking outside by the Kelvin, in the drunken sw
Inn Deep, 445, Great Western Road, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8HH, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #1Innis and Gunn, Ashton Lane
Hi! Read a thing in the news a while back about how some guy had been to every pub in Stoke. Thought that sounded rubbish and that the Glasgow challenge would be much better. I've been documenting my progress in a spreadsheet but it's just not visual enough for me and now's the time for a dedicated
Innis & Gunn Beer Kitchen, 44, Ashton Lane, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8SJ, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #77Jinty McGuinty's
Pub 77: Jinty McGuinty's Unfortunately it can't all be champagne and caviar. Sometimes it has to be a pint of San Miguel, sandwiched between a pair of Reebok club c 85's. And you know what, sometimes it's all the better for it. Bring back 2019 and all of the horrid, deprived subcrawls it brought wit
Ashton Lane, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8SJ, United Kingdom5.5/10Pato Pubs #25Kelvingrove Cafe
Pub 25: Kelvingrove Cafe Honestly, I've got very little to say about KC other than it is quite posh and more than a little expensive. I was a fan of the netflix program lovesick and those guys were always drinking in here, but it does feel a bit 'rah where's my baccy'. The guinness was very tasty th
Kelvingrove Café, 1161-1163, Argyle Street, Cranstonhill, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 8TB, United Kingdom6.5/10Pato Pubs #61Kitty O'Sheas (West End)
Pub 61: Kitty O'Sheas (West End) Knees trembling, hands fidgeting in pockets, there's a monkey crashing cymbals in the brain, and, despite having only eaten a stodgy chippy supper, mum's spaghetti is all over the pavement. Yes, it's the final approach on the mission to get past the kittys bouncer. T
Kitty O'Shea's, 500, Great Western Road, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8EN, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #73Lebowski's
Pub 73: Lebowski's Surprisingly, my first ever visit to Lebowski's was only this year. Came in for the Glasgow food week deal where you got a 3 course meal for a tenner or something. First up was apple and celeriac soup which was unexpectedly lovely, and the next courses were americana inspired but,
Lebowskis, 1008, Argyle Street, Cranstonhill, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 8LX, United Kingdom9/10Pato Pubs #58Òran Mór
Pub 58: Òran Mór Honestly, where to start with this place. If you're anywhere west of st georges cross, it's the fall back, the posh night, the afternoon entertainment, educational evening, the final dram before the taxi. I love it. Also probably worth pointing out that there's not many places in gl
Òran Mór, Byres Road, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8QX, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #40The Aragon Bar
Pub 40: The Aragon Bar Happiness is a warm ~pub~. Had an impassioned debate last night about the difference between a pub and a bar. A few different suggestions including atmosphere, clientele and the need to serve a community. Couldn't really reach a definitive answer, but what we do know is what a
The Aragon Bar, 131, Byres Road, Partickhill, Dowanhill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8TT, United Kingdom6.5/10Pato Pubs #16The Arlington
Pub 16: The Arlington Without doubt, one of the wackiest atmospheres I've ever witnessed in a drinking establishment. Seriously just cannot work out what's going on in here. The old man exterior, the 70s disco tiling up the walls, caribbean beats, the stone of destiny just kicking about up the back.
The Arlington, 130, Woodlands Road, Queen's Cross, Woodlands, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 6LF, United Kingdom6.5/10Pato Pubs #27The Belle
Pub 27: The Belle Don't think I've ever encountered such chaotic characters in the space of one pint, in one place, as I did here. One visit, one schofferhoffer, and 2 absolute oddball locals. Had met the guy in the pic about 5 minutes prior, and he'd explained how he was a geography teacher but liv
The Belle, 617, Great Western Road, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8HX, United Kingdom3/10Pato Pubs #15The Bellrock
Pub 15: The Bellrock Right. That's enough of the big luv-in with all these pubs. Time now for some proper stinkers. The bellrock is about as flat-roof as pubs get and I'm pretty sure this is where trainspotting must have filmed the toilet scene. The drinks are cheap though, and the karaoke DJ was in
The Bellrock, 6, Cornwall Street, Ibroxholm, Plantation, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G41 1AQ, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #84The Ben Nevis
Pub 84: The Ben Nevis I was going to start thinking about writing something witty or clever about the ben nevis, but then I noticed that Owen was wearing white chinos in this photo and it's completely thrown me off my stride. I'll come back next sunday with something better. The ben nevis has an exc
The Ben Nevis, 1147, Argyle Street, Cranstonhill, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 8TB, United Kingdom6.5/10Pato Pubs #132The Brewhaus
Pub 132: The Brewhaus "Picture the scene: The other fuckin' week there, down the fuckin' Volley with Tommy, playing pool. I'm playing like Paul-Fuckin'-Newman by the way. Givin' the boy here the tannin' of a lifetime". This is a class pub, but I'm not sure it's the kind of place begbie would be booz
Brewhaus, 182, Queen Margaret Drive, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G20 8NX, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #126The Clarence
Pub 126: The Clarence May 2025, Portree. We are gathered in a small field, perched on top of a perfectly odd lump of rock, proudly jutting out into the sound of raasay. The hebridean sun is setting over the black cuilin, casting the final rays of an unseasonally hot day upon us, before the haunting
168, Hyndland Road, Partickhill, Hyndland, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 9HZ, United Kingdom4/10Pato Pubs #130The Crescent
Pub 130: The Crescent Mike Scott of the Waterboys is truly one of Scotland great lyricists. Hunners of classics but nothing tops the eternal whole of the moon. More akin to a greek epic than a song, Scott regales about the near-supernatural vision of a woman who takes one look at the ordinary and se
The Crescent, Argyle Street, Cranstonhill, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 8TD, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #76The Doublet
Pub 76: The Doublet I've heard two ways of pronouncing the name of this pub. One is the correct way, and is said by almost everyone: "Duh-Blit". The alternative is said by the other 1% of the world who go to Glasgow uni, in their finest french tongues: "Doo-Blay". Unfortunately for almost all of us,
The Doublet, 74, Park Road, North Kelvinside, Park District, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4 9JF, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #98The Islay Inn
Pub 98: The Islay Inn I'd absolutely love to know where the connection between the highlands & islands and finnieston came from. All in the space of about 2 blocks you've got the islay inn, the park bar, the ben nevis and the snaffle bit. Quite likely the greatest concentration per square mile of tr
The Islay Inn, 1256, Argyle Street, Cranstonhill, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 8TJ, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #72The Lismore / Lios Mor
Pub 72: The Lismore / Lios Mor To try and make my way through this long, long list of public houses, it's sometimes necessary to link together 3 or 4 new pubs in a day. It's an efficient way to tick them off but you don't quite get the time to soak up an atmosphere and really understand a pub. Prime
The Lismore Bar, 206, Dumbarton Road, Partickhill, Partick, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G11 6UN, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #96The Machair Bar
Pub 96: The Machair Bar Found out a couple weeks back that it's actually really easy to feel like a complete VIP in glasgow. Step 1: Wander along great western road on a beautiful sunny evening and grab the first pavement seats you can find. You likely have to scratch, hiss and elbow to fend off you
Great Western Road, Queen's Cross, North Woodside, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4 9HS, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #104The Old Schoolhouse
Pub 104: The Old Schoolhouse With the closure of the original stand last week - good night and god bless - the holy trinity of woodlands boozing has been smashed to pieces. Everyone knows that you get a few jars in the sun at the old schoolhouse, get in the stand queue nice and prompt, then top it a
The Old Schoolhouse, Eldon Street, Queen's Cross, Park District, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 6NF, United Kingdom8/10Pato Pubs #116The Park Bar
Pub 116: The Park Bar Shock horror - a patopubs review on a monday night. In truth, I did make a start on one when I got in from the pub last night, but I was a bit mwi and my patter was even worse than usual so scrapped it. So much so, that when I got into the close, 'old dementia alan' from one of
The Park Bar, 1202, Argyle Street, Cranstonhill, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 8TE, United Kingdom2/10Pato Pubs #91The Record Factory
Pub 91: The Record Factory I honestly cannot think of another boozer in Glasgow that is so consistently bad, but I simply can't stop returning. I actually don't think I'm a complete idiot, but the fact I keep ending up in the record factory is pretty reasonable evidence to the contrary. With the com
The Record Factory, 17, Byres Road, Partickhill, Yorkhill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G11 5RD, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #38The Rock
Pub 38: The Rock Really, truly nice to see Glasgow finally show some recognition for the planet's greatest living actor and entertainment megastar. Dwayne may not be here to celebrate, but you can just feel the spirit of WWF course through you as his specialty lager makes it way down your neck pipes
The Rock, 205, Hyndland Road, Partickhill, Dowanhill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 9HE, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #110The Snaffle Bit
Pub 110: The Snaffle Bit The snaffle bit (top tier pub name) forms one third of the infamous teuchter triangle in finnieston, alongside the islay inn and park bar. Admittedly, it is probably the weakest of the bunch as the others feel a bit more authentically islandy. To use the words of the Big Yin
The Snaffle Bit, 979, Sauchiehall Street, Stobcross, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 7TQ, United Kingdom7.5/10Pato Pubs #113The Stand
Pub 113: The Stand Oh, how I desperately wanted to rate the original stand as a pub but, as a victim of my own rules on what constitutes a boozer, I could not. The old venue was genuinely the best drinking establishment in Glasgow. The flickering candlelight, toy-story colour scheme, and an amazing
The Stand Comedy Club, 333, Woodlands Road, North Kelvinside, Park District, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G3 6NG, United Kingdom9/10Pato Pubs #39The Thornwood Bar
Pub 39: The Thornwood Bar I think by the general malaise on show here, it's clear to see I was in the midst of a quite serious state of burst-ness this morning. No matter though, nothing that a trip to the thornwood can't fix. With the mother and the dogs in tow, the February sun came out for the oc
The Thornwood, 724, Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, Broomhill, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G11 6RB, United Kingdom7/10Pato Pubs #62The Ubiquitous Chip
Pub 62: The Ubiquitous Chip Oran mor one week, citizen the next, and now ubiquitous chip? I need to stop pretending that I have cash to burn and get back to the greaseball pubs and eat scampi fries. The chip is split up into 3 separate pubs, but the place is an absolute labyrinth and I wouldn't be s
Ubiquitous Chip - The Pub, Ashton Lane, North Kelvinside, Hillhead, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G12 8SJ, United Kingdom10/10Pato Pubs #100The Woodside Inn
Pub 100: The Woodside Inn Right, that's it, stop the count. 100 boozers and we finally land on the one just a few drunken stumbles from my new flat in the town. I'll be honest. This feels momentous as the point in which I make the evolutionary leap from a weekend binger to a total weekday boozehound
the woodside inn, North Woodside Road, Queen's Cross, Woodside, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G20 7YB, United Kingdom6/10Pato Pubs #30Wintersgills
Pub 30: Wintersgills Ah, dear old wintersgills. I'm a bit of an architecture guy and have always admired the big art-deco sign, drawing your attention and inviting you into a bygone era. So when we finally ventured in on Saturday night, this very fate awaited us. Except the bygone era that we entere
Wintersgills, 226, Great Western Road, Queen's Cross, Woodlands, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4 9EJ, United Kingdom