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Location: 58 Bridge St, Glasgow G5 9HU

Year of Inscription: 2024

Venue Type: Corner Pub / Traditional / Historic Venue

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EBG Rating:	9.5/10
Choice/ Quality of Drinks	❤️❤️❤️❤️ Fyne Ales on cask with a couple of guest lines, along with old-school ‘heavies’ like McEwans and typical Scotch selection.
Style/ Décor	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ A bulldog of an exterior, new-build circa 1960s down to the facade and signage, which continues inside with a horseshoe bar, formica tables set across corners of the pub. Split between bar (left door) and lounge (right door) as you enter.
Atmosphere/ Character	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Perhaps aided by an unprepossessing interior, the change once you enter is both a relief and an uplifting sight. Friendly, social and cosy as they come. A true mixture of people across age and class too.
Amenities/ Events	❤️❤️❤️❤️ Pies, snacks, jukebox, community meet ups, seasonal specials (Warning: CASH ONLY)
Value For Money	❤️❤️❤️ Fairly standard for the area.
Description	The legend of the Laurieston has grown over the years to the extent it can be considered a genuine destination pub. Certainly its exterior and interior are time warps, worth a look as curios alone. The harsh 1960s flat roof exterior and the ‘murder pub’ connotations those have earned over the decades makes you double take in its bracing hideousness. Perhaps the fact it’s Glasgow, with a reputation for tough boozers (admittedly much outdated) adds an extra sense of threat. This could not be dispelled anymore firmly by walking inside. Warm, cosy, social and friendly, every spot in the pub looks worth sitting in, from the upholstered corners in the bar, to the cushioned lounge, to the bar stools around a stylish horseshoe shaped bar, that can be viewed through at either side. Formica tables screwed into the floor, matching curtains, reinforced glass and a pie heater add further to the sense of throwback, but the customers – those you can see, hear and sense around you lend it a vibrancy and relevance to match and beat any of the most cutting edge destinations in Scotland – this is no museum but a living, breathing democratic social space. Majestic. (Added December 2024)