The Pot Still is a bar in City Centre, Glasgow.
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.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: 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.
Address: 154 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 2TH
The Horse Shoe Bar is an 1884 Victorian gin palace off Buchanan Street in Glasgow, home to the UK's longest continuous bar and cheap pub lunches.
Signature drink: A pint at the UK's longest bar
Food: Cheap pub lunches
Tip: The upstairs lounge does a famously cheap three-course lunch; the ground-floor island bar is the historic draw.
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.
Signature drink: Cask ale in the wood-panelled bar
Food: 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.
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.
Kelvingrove Cafe is a dark, seasonal cocktail bar on Argyle Street in Glasgow's Finnieston, reviving lost drinks in the old cafe's original room.
Signature drink: Seasonal cocktail menu
Food: Small plates
Tip: The cocktail list changes with the seasons; ask the bartenders what is new before defaulting to a classic.
The Horse Shoe Bar is an 1884 Victorian gin palace off Buchanan Street in Glasgow, home to the UK's longest continuous bar and cheap pub lunches.
Signature drink: A pint at the UK's longest bar
Food: Cheap pub lunches
Tip: The upstairs lounge does a famously cheap three-course lunch; the ground-floor island bar is the historic draw.
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.
Signature drink: Cask ale in the wood-panelled bar
Food: 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.
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.
