Doublet Bar — Restaurant in Scotland

The Doublet is a traditional wee pub in Glasgow's west end that does occasional gigs in their upstairs lounge bar and my wife and I were there for the first time last night for Stanley Brinks and Freschard who were playing their second night there. The tickets said doors were 19:30 but in the event we didn't get in for another half an hour after that. Not necessarily the bar's fault (the artists notoriously like a swally and a fag I think they might have been dragging their heels a bit doing exactly that). The downstairs bar was very busy and the atmosphere was good as was the service from the young bar staff. It's not cheap though ... £6.50 for a pint of Estrella is what I'd expect in a trendy midtown brasserie not a small bar patronised by students and locals rather than professional types and tourists. The gig was sold out so the small upstairs lounge was choc-a-block with a very enthusiastic audience which obviously also made for a great atmosphere. So in short we had a great night and I look forward to future gigs in The Doublet. Just to touch briefly on a couple of downsides though; the stools in the upstairs lounge become quite uncomfortable after about quarter of an hour and are like implements of medieval torture after about 45 minutes ... and (importantly) the men's toilets are absolutely stinkin' and definitely need to be cleaned...

You have got to love this little tudor oddity in the westend, a wee secret in kevinbridges, pop inside for lovely selection of draft and bottles, great friendly staff and an array of customers from the jovial to the old gentleman of varied disposition, a wee toasty why not, make it a royale the old guy at the bar say so I do . . beer and toasty in warm wee snug with some political banter in the...

Cleanliness is next to godliness and the hairdressers is next to the chip shop.

Neither haircuts or fish suppers are available at the doublet but what they lack in cholesterol inducing food and bouffantery they more than make up for in booze, tables and chairs.

A pleasant place with friendly staff and the punters are sound. Some of them smell of crisps and some of them look...