GLASGOW

2. Along Hope Street

There are 23 pub trails in Glasgow. There are eleven trails in the centre of the city, plus five in the West End, three on The Southside across the river and three going East and of course the famous Subway Crawl

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, Around THE TRONGATE, BATH STREET

WATERLOO St & BOTTOM of HOPE St and CHARING CROSS .

Across the river Clyde, on the South side are PAISLEY ROAD WEST , SHAWLANDS and QUEEN’S PARK trails.

Going east are trails for up GALLOWGATE , DUKE STREET, Dennistoun and along to SHETTLESTON

In the West End there are more trails - GREAT WESTERN ROAD two trails covering Great Western Road and Woodlands Road via St Georges Cross to

Kelvinbridge Undergrounds

BYRES ROAD - two trails one down Byres Road and the other using Ashton Lane ,

FINNESTON,

KELVINHALL TO PARTICK - two routes back and forward between Kelvinhall and Partick subway stations

and MARYHILL - two trails split into top and lower

Plus the SUBWAY CRAWL - subway stops and the closest bars.

To Glasgow Introduction

Glasgow pubs along Hope St

GLASGOW: HOPE STREET TRAIL

HOPE STREET trail - however only three sell real ale but two of these are great pubs and not to be missed.

From Glasgow Central walk out the main entrance and turn left and walk to the corner. Going down to the right and left is Hope St. This crawl is going wander up the right hand side of Hope St then down the opposite side back to the train station.

First right is Renfield Lane and down here are two bars Stereo and The Old Hairdressers. Continue up Hope St and turn down right at West George St to find The Society Room (Wetherspoons) . Return to hope St and walking up there is The Pot Still just a at stat of next block. Another few blocks up is Molly Malone's. Keep going up and reach The Theatre Royal at the top. Opposite here are MacConnell's and Ardnamurchan (formerly Trader Joe's). Go into MacConnell's on the corner. Now return to Ardnamurchan

Then walk down this side of Hope St to reach Rufus T Firefly. Next block down are Swing and NYC bar. Just as you reach the station building there is Ad Lib then and on the next corner is The Toby Jug. Around the corner is The Smokin’ Fox ( formerly The Hope).

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Cross over and there are some more bars that are actually on trail 6, keep going down to Park Lane and next door The Alpen Lodge, then Solid Rock Cafe and finally Denholms Bar. Cross over to walk back up to the station and there is Number 16 (formerlySotto and before that The Two Heided Man) and 26 Hope St and into the station.

A place this size is bound to have its own guides to illustrate the vast quantity, quality and styles of pubs.

CAMRA in Glasgow

Glasgow guide illustrating top ten pubs in different styles of drinking (and dining) eg Style pubs or Live Music pubs.

Timeout listing of best 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

Stereo

Stereo has some stairs to go up before reaching the bar area. The counter is straight ahead while there is some seating for food to the left and, to the right is a longer area with more tables and chairs. Tables and chairs are deliberately really basic. There is a good range of bottled beer.

One of TIMEOUT’s top twenty Glasgow pubs

IPA: Stone Neverending Haze; ; Schoffenhofer Grapefruit Wheat Beer

Lager Williams Craft Lager; Pride Pils; Budvar ; Stone Buenaveza Salt and Lime Lager

Cider Hogans Midas Cider Guinness

Non-alcohol: Lucky Saint

The Old Hairdressers ★

The Old Hairdressers is opposite Stereo and is also a music/art venue of the intimate type. There is a very small servery under the stairs which lead up to seating. To the left of the servery and beyond the stairs is a small room with basic table and chairs in subdued lighting.

One of TIMEOUT’S top twenty pubs in Glasgow

Have a pint

Craft Joker

Heavy William's Draught

Lager Heineken; Amstel; Kruovice

Cider Guinness

Pub Jukebox:

Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.

The night they invented champagne - Seth Macfarlane

The Society Room

The Society Room is a Wetherspoon pub. It is basically one rather large room. It is only sectioned off by style of seating or carpet/wood flooring rather than different rooms.

CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular, including 2023, 2024, 2025

Have one here

Real ale :Arkells Noel; Salopian Holly Bush; Sneck Lifter; Exmoor Gold; Bishops Finger

Craft beer : Devils backbone; This.Is.Lager

Bitter : Belhaven Best

Lager :1664; Amstel; Stella; Tennents; Fosters; Heineken; Tuborg; Innis & Gunn

Cider : Magners Guinness

The Pot Still ★

The Pot Still is a small bar in the city centre specialising in whisky. Small amount of seating at front and then up in a mezzanine area. A regular in the Good Beer Guide it has 4 real ales changing regularly and offers over 800 whiskies. Dogs welcome and snacks served at lunch time.

Good Beer Guide(CAMRA) ……….2023, 2024, 2025

Have one here HISTORY

real ale : Deuchars, Carte Blanc (Kelburn), Braveheart Ale, Red McGregor

heavy: Caledonia Best

lager: Kelvin Pilsner (drygate), Heverlee, Tennent’s

Cider: Magners Guinness

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

Molly Malone’s

Molly Malone’s is an Irish pub run by Belhaven. It is a longish pub with seating either side of door and servery counter seating a third of the way in on the left-hand wall. Seating all around is raised above the floor level. Windows to front and down right hand side from the lane. High tables in centre of room. Dark wood furniture and bar, wooden floor but light high ceilings. Offers food, lunch and evening, and plenty of different whiskies.

Have a half pint HISTORY

Craft Dublin Porter

Heavy Belhaven Best; Chieftan; Level Head

Lager St Mungo; Tennent’s; Coors; Peroni; Madri; Flint Eye

Cider Guinness

MacConnell’s

MacConnell's, Glasgow - Hope St entrance

MacConnell's, Glasgow - Cowcaddens Rd entrance (old layout)

MacConnell's, Glasgow - Hope St entrance older layout

MacConnell’s is a two roomed traditional pub which has now been modernised , and has a downstairs function room. The “Lounge” entered from Hope St and “bar” entered from Cowcaddens Rd around the corner. However the only real difference is that what was the bar had a pool table. This “bar” area has some comfy booths up a few steps while the lounge area has many dining height tables and is where music acts perform. Lounge is banquette seating, dining size tables and chairs.. The décor of white bricks is common as is the lovely wooden counter at the serveries.

HISTORY

Heavy John Smith; Neck Oil

Lager Fosters; Amstel ; Birra Moretti

Cider Strongbow Guinness

PUB QUIZ

Which is the only county in Britain with two coastlines ?
Answer at foot of page

Ardnamurchan (was Trader Joe’s)

Ardnamurchan , Glasgow - when it was Trader Joe's

Ardnamurchan (formerly) Trader Joe’s is a large restaurant with a small area close to the bar for an intimate drink or while waiting on a table. There are a couple of tall tables with comfy stools near the servery. The servery is white marble with green tiles below white and green tiles on the wall.

Have a half pint

Beer Coast To Coast; Neck Oil

Lager Heineken; Birra Moretti; Bones; Amstel

Cider Orchard Thieves

Rufus T Firefly

Rufus T Firefly is a rock music pub. Walls are decorated with gold and silver discs and some musical guitars. There is a pool table to right of entrance. The main servery and the bar are both L shaped. Dark wood and low lighting. Food offered daily.

Have a pint here.

Heavy Joker; Disco Forklift Truck

Lager Fosters; Heineken; Amstel; Bear face Lager

Cider Strongbow Guinness

NYC

NYC has a tall bar to lean against. There are booths alongside the windows. with bar straight ahead of entrance. Drinking area curves downs a little towards the back where there are more seats

Have a pint here

American : Neck Oil ; Blue Moon

Lager : Heineken; St Mungo; Brooklyn Lager; Brooklyn Pilsner; Budvar

Cider : Inches Guinness

Hope and Vincent

Hope & Vincent, Glasgow - Hope St long side

Hope & Vincent, Glasgow - corner at St Vincent

Hope & Vincent, Glasgow - entrance from Hope St

Hope & Vincent, Glasgow - room to the right

Hope & Vincent, Glasgow - room to the left

Hope & Vincent, Glasgow - room length from the right

Hope & Vincent may be a successful use of this site which has had a few tennents. Long on the Hope St side and narrow up St Vincent’s. There is a long servery straight ahead opposite the Hope St door. The attractive modern decor and layout with high ceiling is let down down by a couple of barrel tables near entrance and the industrial look of the air conditioning. Banquette seating along windows to the right with tall tables in middle and against the wall. At far right a small room with labelled Snug. To left of entrance is booth seating along window and more banquette seating and mix of dining tables along back wall.

Have a pint here

Heavy/Pale Ale : Neck Oil ; Ice Breaker; Belhaven Best; Hazy Day

Lager : Tennent’s; Madri; Peroni

Cider : Aspall Guinness

Ad Lib closed

Ad Lib is a long thin burger diner/bar.

have a half pint HISTORY

Lager 1664; Heineken; Amstel; Weihenstephan; Sagres

Cider Strongbow Guinness

Toby Jug

Toby Jug opens to a large dark bar area (dark wood and low lighting) with booths at window and along left-hand wall. The bar, with stools, is on the right-hand wall with smaller tables in middle. Beyond this room is a larger very bright room with more comfortable seating. There is a fair amount of outside seating on the wide pavement.

Have a pint here HISTORY

Real Ale no more

Heavy Caledonia Best

Lager Angelo Poretti; Kelvin (Drygate);; Tennent’s; Carlsberg; Stella; Estrella ; San Miguel Special; Heverlee; Carling; Tuberg; Erdinger

Cider Ye Old English; Magners; Magners Dark Fruit Guinness

The Smokin’ Fox ★

(was The Hope)

The Smokin' Fox, Glasgow - when it was The Hope

The Smokin’ Fox (formerly The Hope) is an old two roomed bar which has been renovated to a high standard. The bottom half has an old counter and nice back bar. The room is light an airy due to high ceiling and large windows. This room has a large plinth table between columns for standing at in the middle of the room. There are tables at the windows, either side of entrance, and down the right-hand side. The second room is up a few wide steps from the back of the lower room and has a interesting ceiling. This has more tables and chairs and is used for dining. This pub used to be connect to The Toby Jug around the corner via both pubs back rooms. Some seating outside

Have a pint here HISTORY

Bitter: Cold Town Baltic IPA; Camden Pale; Gamma Ray; Neck Oil

Lager: Cold Town Lager; Birra Moretti; Tennent’s; Cold Town Pilsner; Cruzcampo

Cider: Inch’s Cider; Guinness

Real ale, now real gone - shame and now called The Smokin' Fox

Further down Hope St are six pubs which are part of trail 6.

These are Park Lane, Alpen Lodge, Solid Rock Cafe, Denhloms, No 16 and 26 Hope St.

Links for Glasgow city centre Pubtrails

Trail 1 - Around George Square

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Waxy O’ Connors
Dow’s
The Vale (now closed)
Camperdown Place (closed)
Millenium Hotel
The Alchemist
Flight Club
The Ark
The Press Bar
Committee Room No 9
Katie’s Bar
The Piper
Assaggin i(was Doppio Malto)
Drouthys
The Counting House
The Anchor Line
The Citizen (was The Trading House)
The Auctioneers

George Square
Trail 2 -Hope Street

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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
Hope & Vincent
Ad Lib (closed)
The Toby Jug
The Smokin' Fox (formerly The Hope)

Hope Street
Trail 3 -renfield St

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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

Renfield St
Trail 4 - West Nile St

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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

West Nile St
Trail 5 - around the Fruitmarket

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Bar 91
Beer Cafe
The Metropolitan
Marmalade Skies (was Boudoir Wine Bar) - closed
Bar Square (closed)
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
Mharsanta

Around The Fruitmarket
Trail 6 - Waterloo St and bottom of Hope St

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The Smokin’ Fox (was The Hope)
Kitty O'Shea's (downstairs)
Kitty O'Shea's (was El Camino and was The Drop)
Rhoderick Dhu
The Woods
The Waterloo
The Duke’s Umbrella
Sir John Muir
Oswald’s (was Kellys ;was Quarter Gill)
Lafferty's (was No 16 Bar & Kitchen was Sotto; was The Two Heided Man)
Denholms
Solid Rock Cafe
The Alpen Lodge
The Park Lane
26 Hope St

Waterloo & Hope St
Trail 7 - Queen St and Glassford St

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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
Poco Loco (was The Pavement )
BrewDog
The Gallery Bar
The Amsterdam
The Oriental (closed)

Queen St and Glassford St
Trail 8 - Jamaica St- St Enoch

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O'Neil's (was The Royal Scott)
The Grant Arms
The Crystal Palace
Macsorley's
The Imperial
The Mint & Lime - closed
Lauristons
Gallagher’s (was Kelly’s and was Coyote)
Hootenanny
Times Square
Crafty Joe's (taken over by Times Square)

Jamaica St- St Enoch
Trail 9 - Around The Trongate

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Grace’s Irish Sports Bar
Buck’s Bar
Boteco do Brazil
Maggie’s Rock n Rodeo
Avant Garde
13th Note -(closed)
Mono
Whistler on the Green
The Old Ship Bank Bar
The Winds
The Victoria & Clutha
The Scotia

Around The Trongate
Trail 10 - Bath St

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Golf Lounge
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

Bath St
Trail 16 - Charing Cross

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Bavaria Baurhaus
Slug & Lettuce (closed)
Bon Accord
Chinaski’s
The Locale
Driftwood
The Hall
Nico’s
Kilt & Kocktails
The Hengler’s Circus
The State

Charing Cross

East End and Southside links

Trail 17 - up the Gallowgate

Chrystal Bell & Co
MacKinnon’s (closed)
The Gate (check opening)
Bar ‘67 (check opening)
226 Gallowgate
Hielan Jessie
The Wee Man’s Bar
The Drover
Van Winkle (check opening)
St Luke & The Flying Ox
Traders Lounge
The Old Burnt Barns (check opening)
Braemar
Tollbooth Bar

Up The Gallowgate
Trail 18 - 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

Duke St, Dennistoun
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

Shettleston
Trail 19 - Paisley Rd West

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Lauriston Bar
The Quayside bar
The Union Bar
The Old Toll Bar
The Viceroy
The Bellrock
Grapes
The District bar
Kensington Bar
Park Bar

Paisley Rd West
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

Queen's Park
Trail 23 - Shawlands

Trail 23 - Shawlands
Old Stag Inn
Quaich
Loc's
The Millwood
James Tassie
Phillies of Shawlands
The Granary
Georgic
The Corona
Sweeney's on the Park

Shawlands

Links for Glasgow West End & Subway Pubtrails

Trail 11 a nd b - St George's to Kelvinbridge

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The Castle Vaults
The Hug and Pint
The Scallion (was Munro's then The Bull and now ..)
Wintersgills
The Lansdowne
Webster's
FORK A
Inn Deep
Cooper’s
The Belle
The French Horn (was Bakehouse)
Bank Street Bar Kitchen
The Left Bank
Stravaigin
The Doublet
or FORK B
Schoolhouse
Dram
FF West End
Arlington
The Drake
Camerons

St George's to Kelvinbridge
Trail 12- Byres Rd (a) & (b)

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Trail (a) Ashton Lane
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
Trail (b) Byres Road
Curler’s Rest
Tennent's Bar
Cottiers
The Rock
Topolabamba (was Bar Soba)
The Aragon
The Hill - closed
Gumbo - closed
The Record Factory
The Three Judges
Bag O'Nails

Byres Rd
Trail 13 - Kelvingrove

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Dirty Duchess
Lebowskis
Taphouse
The Grove
The Big Slide
The Snaffle Bit
The Butchershop
BrewDog
Dukes Bar
The Islay Inn
The Park Bar
El Jefe's
No 78
Kelvingrove Cafe
The Ben Nevis
Finnieston
Brass Monkey
Strip Joint

Kelvingrove
trail 15 - Kelvinhall to Partick and back

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Partick to Kelvinhall
Stumps Bar
The Fiddlers
Victoria Bar
Quarter Gill
The Linsmor
Sparkle Horse
West End Tavern
Record Factory
Gallus
Kelvinhall to Partick
Three Judges
The Dolphin
Bag O’Nails
Storm Queen
Smiddy Bar
Tenement Bar
Windsor Tav.
Rosevale Tav.
Deoch An Dorus

Kelvinhall to Partick
trail 20 - Maryhill

LOWER
The Castle Vaults
The Tower
the Star & Garter
Munn’s
The BrewHaus
The Botany Bar CLOSED
The Woodside Inn
The Royalty Bar
UPPER
The First & Last
Kelvin Dock CLOSED
The Punch Bow;
The Viking Bar
The Lockhouse
Harvey’s Bar
The Ram’s Head

Maryhill
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

Glasgow Subway

Who owns your pubs?

Pub Companies
Interesting articles to read

Reading
Who owns your beer?

Brewers
Comparing pubs in Scotland with England

The differences?

Links to pages and sites

Books on Beer

A variety of recommended books to improve your knowledge of beer and brewing

Books on Beer
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.

Map of pubs visted
Books on Pubs

A veriety of recommended books that describe the history and development of the public house.

Books on Pubs
CAMRA

The Campaign for Real Ale

CAMRA
Places visited by Pubtrails

Villages, towns and cities which appear on this website.

Places visited by Pubtrails

“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but couldn’t some compromise be made like being moderately wealthy and a bit moody.”

— Princess Diana

Atholl Arms, trail 3

ANSWER: Devon

GLASGOW

2. Along Hope Street

There are 23 pub trails in Glasgow. There are eleven trails in the centre of the city, plus five in the West End, three on The Southside across the river and three going East and of course the famous Subway Crawl

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, Around THE TRONGATE, BATH STREET

WATERLOO St & BOTTOM of HOPE St and CHARING CROSS .

Across the river Clyde, on the South side are PAISLEY ROAD WEST , SHAWLANDS and QUEEN’S PARK trails.

Going east are trails for up GALLOWGATE , DUKE STREET, Dennistoun and along to SHETTLESTON

In the West End there are more trails - GREAT WESTERN ROAD two trails covering Great Western Road and Woodlands Road via St Georges Cross to

Kelvinbridge Undergrounds

BYRES ROAD - two trails one down Byres Road and the other using Ashton Lane ,

FINNESTON,

KELVINHALL TO PARTICK - two routes back and forward between Kelvinhall and Partick subway stations

and MARYHILL - two trails split into top and lower

Plus the SUBWAY CRAWL - subway stops and the closest bars.

Glasgow pubs along Hope St

HOPE STREET trail - however only three sell real ale but two of these are great pubs and not to be missed.

From Glasgow Central walk out the main entrance and turn left and walk to the corner. Going down to the right and left is Hope St. This crawl is going wander up the right hand side of Hope St then down the opposite side back to the train station.

Then walk down this side of Hope St to reach Rufus T Firefly. Next block down are Swing and NYC bar. Just as you reach the station building there is Ad Lib then and on the next corner is The Toby Jug. Around the corner is The Smokin’ Fox ( formerly The Hope).

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A place this size is bound to have its own guides to illustrate the vast quantity, quality and styles of pubs.

CAMRA in Glasgow

Glasgow guide illustrating top ten pubs in different styles of drinking (and dining) eg Style pubs or Live Music pubs.

Timeout listing of best 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

Stereo

Stereo has some stairs to go up before reaching the bar area. The counter is straight ahead while there is some seating for food to the left and, to the right is a longer area with more tables and chairs. Tables and chairs are deliberately really basic. There is a good range of bottled beer.

One of TIMEOUT’s top twenty Glasgow pubs

IPA: Stone Neverending Haze; ; Schoffenhofer Grapefruit Wheat Beer

Lager Williams Craft Lager; Pride Pils; Budvar ; Stone Buenaveza Salt and Lime Lager

Cider Hogans Midas Cider Guinness

Non-alcohol: Lucky Saint

The Old Hairdressers ★

The Old Hairdressers is opposite Stereo and is also a music/art venue of the intimate type. There is a very small servery under the stairs which lead up to seating. To the left of the servery and beyond the stairs is a small room with basic table and chairs in subdued lighting.

One of TIMEOUT’S top twenty pubs in Glasgow

Have a pint

Craft Joker

Heavy William's Draught

Lager Heineken; Amstel; Kruovice

Cider Guinness

Pub Jukebox:

Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.

The night they invented champagne - Seth Macfarlane

The Society Room

The Society Room is a Wetherspoon pub. It is basically one rather large room. It is only sectioned off by style of seating or carpet/wood flooring rather than different rooms.

CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular, including 2023, 2024, 2025

Have one here

Real ale :Arkells Noel; Salopian Holly Bush; Sneck Lifter; Exmoor Gold; Bishops Finger

Craft beer : Devils backbone; This.Is.Lager

Bitter : Belhaven Best

Lager :1664; Amstel; Stella; Tennents; Fosters; Heineken; Tuborg; Innis & Gunn

Cider : Magners Guinness

The Pot Still ★

The Pot Still is a small bar in the city centre specialising in whisky. Small amount of seating at front and then up in a mezzanine area. A regular in the Good Beer Guide it has 4 real ales changing regularly and offers over 800 whiskies. Dogs welcome and snacks served at lunch time.

Good Beer Guide(CAMRA) ……….2023, 2024, 2025

Have one here HISTORY

real ale : Deuchars, Carte Blanc (Kelburn), Braveheart Ale, Red McGregor

heavy: Caledonia Best

lager: Kelvin Pilsner (drygate), Heverlee, Tennent’s

Cider: Magners Guinness

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.

HOME MAP of places visited

Molly Malone’s

Have a half pint HISTORY

Craft Dublin Porter

Heavy Belhaven Best; Chieftan; Level Head

Lager St Mungo; Tennent’s; Coors; Peroni; Madri; Flint Eye

Cider Guinness

MacConnell’s

HISTORY

Heavy John Smith; Neck Oil

Lager Fosters; Amstel ; Birra Moretti

Cider Strongbow Guinness

PUB QUIZ

Which is the only county in Britain with two coastlines ?

Ardnamurchan (was Trader Joe’s)