GLASGOW
8 . Around Jamaica St- St Enoch
There are 22 pub trails in Glasgow. There are ten trails in the centre of the city, plus five in the West End, two on The Southside across the river and four going East.
Three trails explore three of the main streets in the city centre HOPE St; RENFIELD St and WEST NILE St
Two trails are around Squares; GEORGE SQUARE and the OLD FRUIT MARKET in Merchant City.
Another five, trails take in : QUEEN St & GLASSFORD St, JAMAICA St/ST ENOCH, BATH STREET , WATERLOO St & BOTTOM of HOPE St and CHARING CROSS .
Across the river Clyde, on the South side are PAISLEY ROAD WEST and QUEEN’S PARK trails.
Going east are trails for Around THE TRONGATE, up GALLOWGATE , DUKE STREET, Dennistoun and along to SHETTLESTON
In the West End there are more trails - St George's Cross subway to Kelvin Bridge , BYRES ROAD , KELVINBRIDGE , KELVINHALL TO PARTICK and MARYHILL
Plus the SUBWAY CRAWL - 15 subway stops and the closest bars.
Glasgow pubs around Jamaica St and St Enoch Square
GLASGOW: JAMAICA ST- St ENOCH TRAIL
Leave Glasgow Central Station by the right hand side exit and after going down the stairs cross over the road and turn down to the right. O'Neils is in the middle of this block. Cross over and walk down to the corner to find The Grant Arms. Cross over to continue down Jamaica St. The Crystal Palace is at the next corner and the opposite corner has MacSorley’s. Cross over and turn into Howard St to see The Imperial on the right. Return to Jamaica St and turn left and just at the corner is The Mint & Lime. Now walk across the bridge and go down to the second crossroads and find The Laurieston.
Walk back up to the bridge and turn right, walking along the riverside to the pedestrian bridge and cross back across the river. When across turn to the right and reach the road, crossing over to go up Maxwell St. Turn left at the top and on the corner is Gallagher’s (was Kelly’s and was Coyote). Continue left and walk along Howard St to reach another corner pub, Hootenanny. Diagonally opposite this corner on the left of the square is Times Square which has swallowed Crafty Joe’s forming a larger pub
A place this size is bound to have its own guides to illustrate the vast quantity, quality and styles of pubs.
Glasgow guide illustrating top ten pubs in different styles of drinking (and dining) eg Style pubs or Live Music pubs.
Timeout listing of best 20 pubs - controversial
A good proportion of the pubs have real ale but many do not. The west coast still has a bit of a lager flavour - occasionally only lager. Real ale is not limited to trendy style pubs, and not even in many of these.
Glasgow does not have the tourist grouping of pubs as found in Edinburgh - they are mainly aimed at Glasgow folk.
Practically every pub offers food at lunch or all day
O'Neil's
was The Royal Scot
O'Neil's is an Irish bar with not a lot of Irishness. A few flags draped from roof and a light saying "craic it up". The door in centre takes you to a large room with the servery along the rear of the left wall. Dining style seating either side of the door where windows overlook the pavement. Aged wooden and tiled floor with tall tables in the middle of the room. The left wall is stripped back to the brick. Upstairs via staircase opposite servery. Lots of TVs around the room. Food served
Have a pint here
Bitter: Punk; Chieftain IPA (Franciscan);
Lager: Tennent's; Coors; Peroni; Heineken; Lost; Carling; Hop House 13
Cider: Strongbow Dark fruit
The Grant Arms
The Grant Arms has a large room with bar on left wall. Lots of tables and chairs around the room broken up by pillars
Have half pint here
heavy McLaughlin
lager :Carling ; Cobra; Coors; Tennent's
Cider Strongbow
Guinness
see Old Glasgow Pubs
The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace is a Wetherspoon's large roomed bar with windows from ceiling to floor around two sides.
Regular in The Good Beer Guide, including 2023, 2024
Real Ale: Ghost Ship; Dark Arts ((Peerless); American Pale Ale (Portobello); Tea Vicar (Mor); Doom Bar; Belhaven 80/-; Golden Newt (Elgoods); Abbot; Mosaic (Adnams)
heavy/bitter: Worthington; Punk IPA
Lager: Carling; Leffe; Corona; Tennent’s; Innes & Gunn; Budweisser; Bud Light; Staroperaman; Stella; Caesar Augustus; Carlsberg; Blue Moon;San Miguel
Cider: Strongbow; Strongbow Dark Fruits; Stowford
PLACES TO VISIT WITH PUBTRAILS
The towns and villages highlighted on this web site have a wide variety of pubs and beers in them. All of the places are great to visit, whether for a day or longer, and most have tourist attractions for all of the family.
There is a large variety of pubs throughout the different towns shown below. Some you may wish never to visit again but even discovering these can be interesting. There are pubs that you would not take your wife into. While some you could not take your girlfriend into. A few you would not take either into. However, most of the pubs are very pleasant.
HOME MAP of places visited
Alnwick Ambleside Anstruther Bakewell Bamburgh Barnard Castle Bath Berwick upon Tweed Birnam & Dunkeld Bourton on the Water Bowness on Windermere Bridge of Allan Chester Chichester Dunblane Dunoon Edinburgh Ely Fort William Glasgow Gourock Greenock Helensburgh Inverness Kelso Keswick Knaresborough Largs Linlithgow Lyme Regis Melrose Montrose Newton Stewart North Berwick Norwich Oban Pebbles Penzance Portree Pitlochry Quorn Richmond Rothesay St Andrews Seahouses Seend Shrewsbury Skipton Stirling Stratford-upon-Avon Stockton Heath Whitby Windemere Whitstable York
MacSorleys ★
MacSorleys is a traditional old corner pub now transported into a live music venue. The slightly raised performance area is to the left of the entrance door. There is a long and narrow horseshoe shaped servery coming out of the back wall with a pillar to the ceiling at the front of the counter. There is seating above this servery, reached by stairs at the end of the right-hand leg of the counter, and this overlooks the seating area down the right hand side. There are armchair stools at the bar. Mainly standing room between bar and stage but for two small tables. Shades of blue on ceiling and walls with dark wood supporting shiny brown wooden counter. History at Old Glasgow Pubs
Have a pint here
Real ale: Black Sheep; Doom bar; Lia Fail; Skye Red
Heavy: Punk; Belhaven Best; Fubar (Tiny Rebel)
Lager; Innes & Gunn Lager; St Mungo; Blue Moon; Carling; Staroperaman; Prevha;
Cider: Magners Guinness
The Imperial
The Imperial is a one roomed old-style bar with high ceiling with old cornice. There is a curved horseshoe bar coming out of the right-hand side. There is a wooden floor, wooden counter and old wooden gantry. To the right, along the windows is standing room at a high shelve. Opposite the counter are three booths while the far wall has banquette seating and some tables. Seat covering is Dark green and also for painted wall up to the picture rail. Rest of wall and corniced ceiling is white. A large mirror dominates the left-hand wall while the far wall has wooden panelling with three stained glass windows along the top. The counter has a partition in it having the effect of splitting the room. History - see Old Glasgow Pubs
Have a pint here.
Heavy: John Smith; Tartan; McEwan’s Export
Lager: Fosters; Tennent’s; 3 hop lager
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
PUB QUIZ
Who went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat?
Answer at foot of page
Mint and Lime closed
Mint and Lime is the bar and diner for EH! (Euro Hotel). It is a large room taking up the bottom corner of the hotel. Windows down to the right with tall tables. The counter is on the left-hand wall. Opposite the counter and up a couple of steps is a seating area with tall and dining height tables. This leads to the hotel reception. There is a pool table at the end of the right-hand side area. Most lighting comes via the window. The ceiling is low, lighting is subdued, counter is dark wood and floor dark tiles.
Have a half pint
Heavy: John Smith
Lager: 3 Hop Lager; Fosters; Heineken; Amstel; Birra Moretti
Cider: Strongbow; Strongbow Dark Fruits Guinness
The Laurieston ★
The Lauriston, Glasgow - bar to the left, lounge to the right; on Bridge St
The Lauriston, Glasgow - bar entrance on Nelson St
The Lauriston, Glasgow - bar servery
The Lauriston, Glasgow - bar servery
The Lauriston, Glasgow - back of lounge to far side of bar
The Lauriston, Glasgow - towards top of horseshoe shaped servery
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Lauriston, Glasgow - lounge
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Lauriston, Glasgow - lounge
The Lauriston, Glasgow - lounge
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Lauriston, Glasgow - Aitken pump for real ale (19th C) came from The Rising Sun pub
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Lauriston, Glasgow
The Laurieston has a central oval island bar of which a small portion serves the lounge while the rest serves the bar 1960s bar. The pub is situated on a corner. The entrance of the short side is directly to the bar, while the entrance on the long side has the lounge to the right and bar to the left. The main area of the bar has banquette seating and small red shelf width tables. Decoration is a pictorial history of bars the family have owned and their customers. The far end of bar is narrower and this leg of the oval is for stools or standing.
Family sold pub in 2024 - only noticeable change is Tennent’s in.
Featured in Scotland's True Heritage Pubs;
Regular in Good Beer Guide, including 2023, 2024
Recommended by Anthony Cooke author of A History of Drinking: The Scottish Pub Since 1700 link
A historic pub interior of some regional importance. History
Have a few here
Real Ale: Avalanche; Jarl, Suede all Fyne Ales
Heavy: John Smith; Tartan; McEwan’s Export ; McEwan’s 80/- ; Goose Island Midway; Innes & Gunn Session IPA
Lager: Fosters; Amstel; Cruzcampo; Tennent’s
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
Gallagher’s (was Kelly’s, was Coyote)
Gallagher's, Glasgow
Gallagher's, Glasgow
Gallagher's, Glasgow
Gallagher's, Glasgow
Gallagher's, Glasgow
Gallagher's, Glasgow
Gallagher's, Glasgow
Gallagher's, was Kelly's, Glasgow
Coyote , now Gallagher's, was Kelly's, Glasgow
Coyote , now Gallagher's, was Kelly's, Glasgow
Coyote , now Gallagher's, was Kelly's, Glasgow
Gallagher’s (was Kelly’s (was Coyote) –is on its third makeover over a few years, the counter is still set against the far wall. Windows down the right wall with seating . The layout has not changed from Coyote but it has moved from night venue to Irish - Irish TV, Irish bands, cut out of European Cup in corner. Servery was sparsely stocked. Gallaghers has now brightened the appearance using lighting and have more generously stocked back shelves. The seating has become more modern and is now in centre of floor as well reducing the amount of standing about.
Have a pint
Heavy:
Lager: Tennent’s; ;
Cider: Magners ; Guinness
Hootenany
Hootenany is a corner bar with entrance on each side and outside seating at each side. The counter has three fronts in a Z-shape. Counter, furniture and gantry are mainly dark brown wood. Seat coverings are red. There are tall tables in main bar area with lower tables in area beyond the counter. Lots of outside seating along front of the pub and in a large space to the right.
Have a pint here.
Heavy: Caledonia Best ; Munich Red (West)
Lager: Tennent’s; Amstel; Heineken; St Mungo; Birra Moretti; Heidi Wiesse (West)
Cider: Strongbow; Strongbow Dark Fruit Guinness
Times Square
Times Square is a warm welcoming pub on a cold day. The long bar starts half way up the right-hand wall. There is a variety of tables and seating.
Have a half pint here.
Heavy: Belhaven Best
Lager: Heineken; Tennent’s; Amstel
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
Crafty Joe’s
now part of Times Square
Crafty Joe’s has three distinct rooms off of a main bar area. The rooms have tiles a quarter of way up the walls. The servery has an attractive gantry. The main bar has dim lighting.
Have a pint here
Craft: Punk IPA;
Lager: Heineken; Tennent’s; Amstel; Belhaven Pilsner
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
Glasgow pub trails map
Links for Glasgow city centre Pubtrails
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Trail 1 - Around George Square
(blue with black dot icon)
Waxy O’ Connors
Dow’s
The Vale (now closed)
Camperdown Place (closed)
Georgics
The Ark
The Piper
Committee Room No 9
Katie’s Bar
Drouthys
The Counting House
The Anchor Line
The Citizen (was The Trading House)
The Auctioneers
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Trail 2 - HOPE STREET
(light blue icon)
Stereo
The Old Hairdressers
The Society Room
The Pot Still.
Molly Malone's.
MacConnell's
Ardnamurchan (was Trader Joe's)
Rufus T Firefly
NYC Bar
Ad Lib
The Toby Jug
The Smokin' Fox (formerly The Hope)
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Trail 3 RENFIELD STREET
(green icon)
The Merchant
The Maltman
The Raven
Lauders.
The Atholl Arms
Walkabout
The Renfield Bar
Revolution
Missoula
Revolucion De Cuba
The Drum and Monkey
The Horseshoe.
Dury Lane Bar & Kitchen
Yes Bar - closed
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Trail 4 - WEST NILE St
(red icon)
Vroni's Wine Bar
The Shilling Brewing Co.
The Iron Horse - closed
The Station Bar
The Intermezzo
Alfie’s (was Alfredo's)
Cul Cuil (was The Courtyard)
All Bar One
Innes & Gunn Talroom
Los Iguanas
Revolution
Ross's Original Bar
Tabac
August House
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Trail 5 - AROUND THE FRUITMARKET
(grey icons)
Bar 91
Beer Cafe
The Metropolitan
Marmalade Skies (was Boudoir Wine Bar) - closed
Bar Square
The Tap Room (was Steak, Rattle and Roll which was Bar Espagnol Mercado)
O'Neil's
Bar Soba
Bar Gandolfi.
Bar Home
Babbity Bowster,
Strathduie (was Macgregor's Pie & Ale Howf and before that Strathduie !)
The Black Bull
McChuills
Connolly’s LIQR (was LIQR and before that The G-Lounge)
Blackfriars of Bell St
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Trail 6 -A circle around Waterloo St & Hope St
(yellow icon)
The Smokin’ Fox (was The Hope)
Kitty O'Shea's
El Camino (was The Drop)
Rhoderick Dhu
The Woods
The Waterloo
The Duke’s Umbrella
Sir John Muir
Oswald’s (was Kellys ;was Quarter Gill)
No 16 Bar & Kitchen (was Sotto; was The Two Heided Man)
Denholms
Solid Rock Cafe
The Alpen Lodge
The Park Lane
26 Hope St
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Trail 7 - Queen St and Glassford St
(purple icon)
Biere Halle
The Lab
Wonderbar
Sloans
Rocky O' Sullivans CLOSED
Strata CLOSED
Max's Bar & Grill
Thundercat
The Spiritualist
Cairns
Steps Bar
Blane Valley
Bacchus
Rab Ha's
The Pavement
The Doghouse
The Gallery Bar
The Amsterdam
The Oriental (closed)
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Trail 8 - Jamaica St- St Enoch
(brown icon)
O'Neil's (was The Royal Scott)
The Grant Arms
The Crystal Palace
Macsorley's
The Imperial
The Mint & Lime
Lauristons
Gallagher’s (was Kelly’s and was Coyote)
Hootenanny
Times Square
Crafty Joe's (taken over by Times Square)
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Trail 16 - Charing Cross
(yellow with small square)
Bavaria Baurhaus
Slug & Lettuce
Bon Accord
Chinaski’s
The Locale
Driftwood
The Hall
Nico’s
Kilt & Kocktails
The Hengler’s Circus
The State
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Trail 10 - Bath St
(red with small square)
Golf Loung
Buck’s Bar
Bloc+
The Butterfly and The Pig
Palomino
Slouch
The Griffin
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn
St Judes
Howlin’ Wolf
Malones
The Bay Horse
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Trail 19 - Paisley Rd West
(dark blue teardrop)
Lauriston Bar
The Quayside bar
The Union Bar
The Old Toll Bar
The Viceroy
The Bellrock
Grapes
The District bar
Kensington Bar
Park Bar
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trail 22 -Queen's Park
McNeil’s
The Regent
Titwood Bar
TheBbungo
Allison Arms
MJ Heraghty
Victoria Bar
Ryan’s bar
The Bell Jar
The Rose reilly
Queen’s Park Cafe
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Trail 9 - Around The Trongate
(orange with large square icon)
Grace’s Irish Sports Bar
Buck’s Bar
Boteco do Brazil
Maggie May's
Avant Garde
13th Note -(closed)
Old Empire Bar (closed)
Whistler on the Green
The Old Ship Bank Bar
The Winds
The Victoria & Clutha
The Scotia
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Trail 17 - up the Gallowgate
Chrystal Bell & Co
MacKinnon’s
The Gate (check opening)
Bar ‘67 (check opening)
226 Gallowgate
Hielan Jessie
The Wee Man’s Pub
The Drover
Van Winkle (check opening)
Luke’s & The Flying Ox
Traders Lounge
The Old Burnt Barns (check opening)
Braemar
Tollbooth Bar
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Trail 18 - Duke Street, Dennistoun
The Bristol bar
The Louden tavern
The Duke Bar
the Crown Creighton
The Alexandra Bar
The Snug
The Palais
Redmond’s of Dennistoun
The Drover
The Wee Man’s Bar
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Trail 21 -Shettleston
Snedden’s Inn
The Palaceum
The Town Tavern
The Cottage Bar
The Marquis
The Drum
The Portland Arms
The Railway tavern
The Kirkhouse
Miller’s
Links for Glasgow West End & Subway Pubtrails
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Trail 11 - St George's to Kelvinbridge
(lime green with tick icon)
The Castle Vaults
The Hug and Pint
The Scallion (was Munro's then The Bull and now ..)
Wintersgills
The Lansdowne - closed
Webster's
Inn Deep
Cooper’s
Bakehouse
The Left bank
Stravaigin
The Doublet
Schoolhouse
Dram!
Arlington
The Carnarvon Bar
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Trail 12- Byres Rd
(light blue icon)
Curler's Rest
the Wee Pub/The Pub
Innes & Gunn Brewery Tap
Brel
Vodka Wodka
Jinty McGinty’s
Hillhead Book Club
The Parlour
Oran Mor
BeGin
Tennent's Bar
Bar Soba
The Aragon
The Hill - closed
Gumbo - closed
The Record Factory
The Three Judges
Bag O'Nails
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Trail 13 - Kelvingrove
(red with tick)
Dirty Duchess
Lebowskis
Taphouse
The Grove
The Big Slide
The Snaffle Bit
The Butchershop
BrewDog
Dukes Bar
The Islay Inn
The Park Bar
No 78
Kelvingrove Cafe
The Ben Nevis
Finnieston
Brass Monkey
Strip Joint
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trail 15 - Kelvinhall to Partick and back
(maroon circle with square or tic)
To To
Kelvinhall Patrick Stumps Bar Three Judges
The Fiddlers The Dolphin
Victoria Bar Bag O’Nails
Quarter Gill Storm Queen
The Linsmor Smiddy Bar
Sparkle Horse Tenement Bar
Bauhaus Windsor Tav.
Record Factory Rosevale Tav.
Gallus Deoch An Dorus
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trail 20 - Maryhill
LOWER
The Castle Vaults
The Tower
the Star & Garter
Munn’s
The BrewHaus
The Botany Bar
The Woodside Inn
The Royalty Bar
UPPER
The First & Last
Kelvin Dock
The Punch Bow;
The Viking Bar
The Lockhouse
Harvey’s Bar
The Ram’s Head
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Trail 14 - Glasgow Subway
Waxy O'Connors
Jackson’s
Castle Vaults
The Hug
The Doublet
Curler’s Rest
The Bag O' Nails
Deoch and Doris
Brechin's
The Louden Tavern
Kensington
The Bellrock
Stanley Bar - closed
The Old Toll Bar
The Lord Nelson - closed
Laurieston
Times Square
Links to pages and sites
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Books on Beer
A variety of recommended books to improve your knowledge of beer and brewing
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Stevenson & MacKay
Craig Stevenson and John MacKay use their bus passes to visit pubs the length and breadth of Scotland.
They have recorded their adventures in seven books.
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Books on Pubs
A veriety of recommended books that describe the history and development of the public house.
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CAMRA
The Campaign for Real Ale
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Places visited by Pubtrails
Villages, towns and cities which appear on this website.
“Always wake up at the crack of ice.”
— Joe E Lewis
ANSWER: The owl and the pussycat