This pains me to write. This used to be my favourite pub in the area. They had great food, a great atmosphere, and a great and varied selection of beers -- lots of Williams Bros.' range, plus a great selection of guests.
Until this past weekend, I hadn't been in for a few months, but had heard from friends that the menu had recently drastically changed for the worse, and that they'd dropped some regular guest beers they liked. I did not have food so couldn't comment on the former, but I was shocked to go to the bar and find on tap a selection of about a dozen IPAs and a handful of fruit beers/sours and lagers. That's not variety! Where are the bitters? The brown ales? The red ales? The stouts? Well, they did have Guinness, but ffs. My companion and I ended up getting a couple of darker Williams Bros. beers in bottles, in Williams Bros.' own pub.
Add to this the fact that from about a year ago, the larger inside room seems to have somehow gotten much louder and more echoey than it used to be (I'm not sure how), and the fact that -- at least according to rumour -- if you get food they are now insisting on table service rather than having you order and pay at the bar like they used to, I'm not sure if I'll go back.
Edit to respond: I was there two days ago (Sunday), and it was not busy. I think perhaps the echoey-ness of the back room might have been because it wasn't busy, so each individual voice was amplified?
In any case, whatever red ale and bitter have apparently been on in the last 10 days were definitely not there two days ago. Perhaps they'd been finished and replaced with more IPAs? The barman told me the closest thing you had was a doppelbock, and this is confirmed by your menu as currently posted on your website. I am not familiar with 'UNTAPPED' and I think it is an odd choice to have your website refer customers to a third-party site without even linking to it. I searched and found an app called 'Untappd', but the information in it is not accessible without downloading it. I am not willing to download an app to check the menu of a pub.
Thank you for the correction...
Read moreGreat location next to the River Kelvin. I had 2 days earlier called to book and explain clearly that one patron was in a powerchair and one in a regular wheelchair.
Nothing was passed on.
They were not sure where to put us when we arrived, as there were steps to where we had asked (2 days prior) to be seated. They were keen for us to get out the way til they decided where to.put us. They then told me to go through the bar so that I could join where my friends had been seated. As I got round the corner, there were 2 steps. I was told to come back out again.
They decided to put us outside and further down. We sat there as we waited on a table and chairs.
When it rained we went indoors, thankfully a ramp appeared, so i was able to get up the 2 steps.
Two of the staff members (Marcus and Sasha) really tried to help us, but the Manager seemed disinterested. Not the best welcome or start.
They did give us our first round of drinks as complimentary ones when asked.
The food though was delicious, I had Mackerel from the bbq that was to die for and they did some kinda wizardry with the cucumber salad, it was a feast for the taste buds.
It was a great place and I'd visit again. Hopefully they'll be a bit better...
Read moreOne of our PhD colleagues had invited me and a couple of friends to celebrate his last working day in our lab as a PhD student. He had already reserved us seats so getting in was easy. I am sure you can easily reserve the seats online when you do the booking. We got a really nice table that was right next to the river view. It was still summer so kind of felt great to sit next to cool breeze brushing against your face. It was not overly crowded and the staff managed the customers amazingly well. There were a few people outside. It's a great place to order a couple of drinks and have a nice time with friends. Since I do not drink, I had ordered black coffee followed by a cup of white coffee which was basically like a latte. I enjoyed the time spent with my friends. We stayed there for about 2-3 hours chit-chatting. I can thoroughly recommend this pub to anyone who's looking for a nice time with their friends. It's quite close to Kelvin bridge and River kelvin flows along the way so you definitely get a nice view and get to spend your time with nature as well- something that I...
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