Òran Mór is a bar in West End, Glasgow.
Òran Mór is a bar and arts venue in a converted church at the top of Byres Road in Glasgow's West End, famous for its lunchtime plays and painted ceiling.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Scottish brasserie menu
Tip: A Play, a Pie and a Pint runs weekday lunchtimes; you get a short play, a pie and a drink for one ticket.
Address: 731 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 8QX
The Kelbourne Saint is a neighbourhood bar on Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow's West End, mixing craft beer, cocktails and a well-regarded pizza kitchen.
Signature drink: Rotating Scottish craft beer
Food: Wood-fired pizza
Tip: The pizza kitchen is a genuine draw, not an afterthought, so come hungry as well as thirsty.
The Spiritualist is a grand cocktail bar and dining room on Miller Street in Glasgow's Merchant City, set in a former bank with a long list of drinks.
Signature drink: Long list of signature cocktails
Food: Small plates and boozy brunch
Tip: The Thursday-to-Sunday bottomless brunch is the busy shift; weekday evenings are calmer for the cocktail list.
The Absent Ear is an award-winning hidden cocktail bar on Brunswick Street in Glasgow's Merchant City, a Van Gogh-themed speakeasy that takes bookings only.
Signature drink: Van Gogh-themed signature cocktails
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Entry is by reservation through a hidden door, so book ahead via their website rather than turning up.
Babbity Bowster is a Merchant City institution on Blackfriars Street in Glasgow, a French-Scottish bar, inn and eatery pouring cask ale since 1985.
Signature drink: Cask ale and Scottish whisky
Food: French-Scottish pub menu
Tip: It is a rare Merchant City pub with a beer garden and folk sessions; the upstairs eatery does a fuller menu.
The Pot Still is a fourth-generation whisky bar on Hope Street in Glasgow, pouring from more than 1,000 bottles under the eye of the Murphy family.
Signature drink: A dram from the 1,000-plus whisky range
Food: Pies and toasties
Tip: Ask the staff for a recommendation by flavour rather than name; they will find you a dram to suit and a pie to match.
The Kelbourne Saint is a neighbourhood bar on Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow's West End, mixing craft beer, cocktails and a well-regarded pizza kitchen.
Signature drink: Rotating Scottish craft beer
Food: Wood-fired pizza
Tip: The pizza kitchen is a genuine draw, not an afterthought, so come hungry as well as thirsty.
The Ben Nevis is a snug whisky and folk-music bar on Argyle Street in Glasgow's Finnieston, with over 100 malts and traditional sessions most weeks.
Signature drink: Malt whisky from over 100 bottles
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Turn up for a midweek folk session; the bar works first-come-first-served rather than taking bookings.
