Sloans is a bar in City Centre, Glasgow.
Sloans is Glasgow's oldest bar and restaurant, an 1797 room in the Argyll Arcade off Argyle Street, all mahogany, mirrors and a famous ceilidh upstairs.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Pub classics and fish and chips
Tip: The Saturday-night ceilidh in the upstairs ballroom is a proper Glasgow night out; book if you want to dance.
Address: 62 Argyll Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8BG
Nice N Sleazy is a Sauchiehall Street dive bar and gig venue in Glasgow, a scruffy city-centre institution for cheap drinks, a jukebox and live bands.
Signature drink: Cheap house spirits and craft cans
Food: Bar food, meat and vegan
Tip: The upstairs bar serves food until 9pm; the downstairs venue opens at 7:30pm for gigs and club nights.
The Butterfly and the Pig is a quirky, vintage-styled bar on Bath Street in Glasgow, mixing cocktails, Scottish comfort food and live music six nights a week.
Signature drink: Retro cocktails and tea-time serves
Food: Scottish comfort food
Tip: The tearoom next door at number 151 does an old-fashioned afternoon tea; the bar downstairs is the night-time draw.
Brel is a Belgian beer bar in a converted Ashton Lane mews in Glasgow's West End, pouring Trappist ales and mussels with one of the city's best beer gardens.
Signature drink: Belgian Trappist and abbey beer
Food: Moules-frites and Belgian dishes
Tip: The covered, heated beer garden means it works year-round; it is one of the few Ashton Lane spots with real outdoor space.
Inn Deep is a craft-beer bar in the railway arches beside the River Kelvin in Glasgow, pouring 33 taps and Sub Rosa pizza on a canalside West End terrace.
Signature drink: Rotating craft beer from 33 taps
Food: Sub Rosa pizza
Tip: On a warm day the riverside steps down to the Kelvin fill up fast; grab a pizza and a can and head outside.
Nice N Sleazy is a Sauchiehall Street dive bar and gig venue in Glasgow, a scruffy city-centre institution for cheap drinks, a jukebox and live bands.
Signature drink: Cheap house spirits and craft cans
Food: Bar food, meat and vegan
Tip: The upstairs bar serves food until 9pm; the downstairs venue opens at 7:30pm for gigs and club nights.
Brutti Compadres is a candlelit tapas and cocktail bar hidden in cobbled Virginia Court in Glasgow's Merchant City, set in the old tobacco exchange.
Signature drink: House cocktails and sherry
Food: Mediterranean small plates
Tip: It is tucked down a lane off Virginia Street and easy to miss; look for the courtyard entrance.
The Butterfly and the Pig is a quirky, vintage-styled bar on Bath Street in Glasgow, mixing cocktails, Scottish comfort food and live music six nights a week.
Signature drink: Retro cocktails and tea-time serves
Food: Scottish comfort food
Tip: The tearoom next door at number 151 does an old-fashioned afternoon tea; the bar downstairs is the night-time draw.
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.
Signature drink: Whisky and Scottish beer
Food: 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.
