Glasgow’s best bars and venues revealed ahead of award ceremony

Some of the nominees for the best pub award include the Pot Still, Old Toll Bar, Inn Deep and Oran Mor, while the best bar category includes Vodka Wodka Merchant City, Kelvingrove Café, The Gate and Absent Ear.

The 2025 Glasgow Bar Awards will culminate Bartender’s Ball at St Luke’s on Monday, February 17.

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TOP 15 BEST BAR (alphabetical order)

  1. Absent Ear
  2. Chinaskis
  3. Daddy Marmalades 
  4. Devil of Brooklyn
  5. Jack’s Bar at Dakota Hotel
  6. Kelvingrove Café
  7. La Jupe
  8. Lunar
  9. Malo
  10. Moskito
  11. Red Sky Bar at Radisson Red
  12. Tabac
  13. The Gate
  14. The Locale
  15. Vodka Wodka (Merchant City)

TOP 15 BEST PUB (alphabetical order)

  1. Church on the Hill
  2. Dram
  3. Drygate
  4. Inn Deep
  5. Innis & Gunn West Nile Street
  6. Kitty O’Sheas
  7. Koelschip Yard
  8. Malone’s
  9. Old Toll Bar 
  10. Òran Mór
  11. Pot Still
  12. Redmond’s of Dennistoun
  13. The Lismore
  14. The Palais Bar 
  15. The Piper

TOP 15 BEST RESTAURANT BAR (alphabetical order)

  1. Bar Vini
  2. Bar Brett
  3. Crabshakk Botanics
  4. Derby Lane
  5. Five March
  6. Gaga
  7. Gaucho
  8. Porter & Rye
  9. Roya 
  10. Sebb’s
  11. Sugo
  12. The Finnieston
  13. The Gannet 
  14. Ubiquitous Chip 
  15. West Side Tavern

TOP 15 BEST DRINK (alphabetical order)

  1. Aphrodite – Devil Of Brooklyn
  2. Auld Lang Seine – La Jupe
  3. Chimichurri Margarita – Gaucho
  4. Grand Anju – Lunar
  5. Gimlet – Gaga
  6. Glass Tears – Tabac
  7. Jack Aitken – Jack’s Bar
  8. Miller Street Slipper – Sebb’s
  9. Nitro Jazz – West Side Tavern
  10. Pinyin Pastries – Daddy Marmalades
  11. Pisco Blank Canvas – Absent Ear
  12. Shepherd’s Delight – The Gate
  13. Solero – The Social
  14. Space Ghetto – Saint Luke’s
  15. Steinbeck – Last Bookstore
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