GLASGOW

8 . Around Jamaica St- St Enoch

 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 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.

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 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 Grand Central

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 (with a kink in it)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. Outside seating off to right and back of room.

Have a pint here

Bitter:  Punk; Neck Oil;

Lager:  Madri; St Mungo;Tennent's; Coors; Peroni; Heineken; Carling; Innes & Gunn

Cider:  Strongbow; Strongbow Dark fruit Guinness

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 three pillars down the middle. Grey woodwork at counter at a third of way up walls and pillars with off white on rest of walls and ceiling

Have half pint here 

heavy          Belhaven Best; Neck Oil

lager          :Carling ;  Cruzcompo;  Birra Moretti;  Tennent's

Cider            Strongbow ; Strongbow Dark Fruit                                  

                    Guinness                  

see Old Glasgow Pubs

Pub Jukebox:

Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.

another Harry's bar - Jethro Tull

 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, 2025

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, which is reached by stairs at the end of the right-hand leg of the counter, and this overlooks the performance area and 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.  The upstairs mezzanine floor, with low ceiling, has half a dozen small tables and chairs overlooking downstairs.

History at Old Glasgow Pubs

Have a pint here

Real ale:           no more

Heavy:              Neck Oil; Gamma Ray; Maltsmiths IPA; Belhaven Best

Lager;             Amstel; Heineken; Carling; Red Stripe; Birra Moretti

Cider:               Strongbow; Strongbow Dark Fruit Guinness

Low Alcohol Heineken O.0

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. Wood predominates with a wooden floor, wooden counter and old wooden gantry. To the right, along the windows is standing room at a high shelf. Opposite the counter are three booths while the far wall has banquette seating and some tables. Seat covering is dark and wall is brick 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 snob screen which has the effect of splitting the room. There are stools along the counter which has a brass footrest and coat hooks beneath it.

History - see Old Glasgow Pubs

Have a pint here.

Heavy:                  John Smith;  Tartan; McEwan’s Export ; Disco Forklift Truck

Lager:                    Heverlee;  Tennent’s; 

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 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, 2025

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 (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. Round to the left at the back is large booth seating with their own screen.

Have a half pint here.

Heavy:      Camden Hells; Belhaven Best; Wolfpack Sesh IPA

Lager:       Corona; Madri;  Tennent’s;  Birra Moretti; St Mungo

Cider:       Strongbow                      Guinness

Crafty Joe’s closed

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

  • 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

  • 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)

  • Trail 3 -renfield St

    (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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • Trail 10 - Bath St

    (red with small square)

    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

  • Trail 16 - Charing Cross

    (yellow with small square)

    Bavaria Baurhaus

    Slug & Lettuce (closed)

    Bon Accord

    Chinaski’s

    The Locale

    Driftwood

    The Hall

    Nico’s

    Kilt & Kocktails

    The Hengler’s Circus

    The State

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Trail 23 - Shawlands

    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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Books on Beer

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

  • 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.

  • Books on Pubs

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

  • CAMRA

    The Campaign for Real Ale

  • 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