15 editor picks in Glasgow.
15 bars in Glasgow, editor-picked for bars open past midnight. Bars going past midnight on friday or saturday. All bars in 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.
TipAsk the staff for a recommendation by flavour rather than name; they will find you a dram to suit and a pie to match.
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.
TipTurn up for a midweek folk session; the bar works first-come-first-served rather than taking bookings.
The Absent Ear is an award-winning hidden cocktail bar on Brunswick Street in Glasgow's Merchant City, a Van Gogh-themed speakeasy with a hidden door.
TipReservations are strongly advised and are taken through the bar's own site; it is closed on Mondays.
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.
TipThe pizza kitchen is a genuine draw, not an afterthought, so come hungry as well as thirsty.
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.
TipThe 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.
TipThe upstairs lounge does a famously cheap three-course lunch; the ground-floor island bar is the historic 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.
TipThe 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.
TipOn a warm day the riverside steps down to the Kelvin fill up fast; grab a pizza and a can and head outside.
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.
TipThe Saturday-night ceilidh in the upstairs ballroom is a proper Glasgow night out; book if you want to dance.
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.
TipIt is tucked down a lane off Virginia Street and easy to miss; look for the courtyard entrance.
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.
TipA Play, a Pie and a Pint runs weekday lunchtimes; you get a short play, a pie and a drink for one ticket.
Babbity Bowster is a Merchant City institution on Blackfriars Street in Glasgow, a French-Scottish bar, inn and eatery pouring cask ale since 1985.
TipIt is a rare Merchant City pub with a beer garden and folk sessions; the upstairs eatery does a fuller menu.
Nice N Sleazy is a Sauchiehall Street bar and gig venue in Glasgow, a long-running city-centre institution with an upstairs bar and a basement stage.
TipThe 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.
TipThe tearoom next door at number 151 does an old-fashioned afternoon tea; the bar downstairs is the night-time draw.
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.
TipThe Thursday-to-Sunday bottomless brunch is the busy shift; weekday evenings are calmer for the cocktail list.
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